England won the toss and elected to bat first against Netherlands in a must-win match in the ICC men’s World Cup at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India on Wednesday.
Winning the toss English captain Jos Buttler said, “We will have a bat. Looks like a good wicket, need to post a good score. Crucial matches for us, we need to win these games. Huge room for improvement. Need to play a good game of cricket. We need to trust in ourselves. Desperate to do things right. Wood and Livingstone are out, Brook and Atkinson are in.”
Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards said, “We have spoken about it as a group, need to play good cricket. Proud of the way the guys have played. Two more games to show more improvement. We have shown good signs as a batting group. Teja Nidamanuru comes in for Zulfiqar.”
England (Playing XI): Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler(w/c), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid.
Netherlands (Playing XI): Wesley Barresi, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren.
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
