ENG vs NED Live Score, World Cup 2023: A win for either side tomorrow could significantly improve their chances of qualifying for the Champions Trophy.
England vs Netherlands Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: England skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and opted to bat in their penultimate World Cup game against the Netherlands on Wednesday. England made two changes with Gus Atkinson coming in place of Mark Wood and Harry Brook replacing Liam Livingstone. For the Dutch, Zulfiqar was replaced by Teja Nidamanuru
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England, who have registered just one win from seven matches in the World Cup, to slip to the bottom of the 10-team table. The Netherlands are a spot higher on ninth with two wins and four points. Both teams are out of the reckoning for a semifinal spot. The 33-run loss to arch-rivals Australia on Saturday was the final nail in the coffin for England. While the Dutch are also officially out of the race.
But with ICC announcing that the top seven teams and hosts Pakistan will qualify for the 2025 Champions Trophy, England must win their remaining two fixtures against the Netherlands and Pakistan to qualify.
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ICC Cricket World Cup, 2023 – Match 40
England
181/5 (31.2)
vs
Netherlands
Batting
Ben Stokes29 (32)
Moeen Ali *1 (3)
Bowling
Paul van Meekeren1/34 (6)
Colin Ackermann *0/19 (4.2)
Play In Progress ( Day – Match 40 )
England elected to bat
England should send Ben Stokes back home to keep him ready for the India Test series
Former England pacer Steve Harmison believes that with the men’s national team’s chances for a semifinal spot at the 2023 ODI World Cup all but gone, Ben Stokes should return back to England rather than featuring in the squad for the final two games against the Netherlands and Pakistan.
“I am amazed Ben is still in the country, I don’t see any point in him being there,” Harmison told PA. “I’m sure that conversation has been had but it needs strong leadership. It needs someone to say, ‘Ben, you’re going home. Here’s a ticket, there’s the plane, get on it’. I think Rob Key, as director of cricket, should probably take that decision and if I was (Test coach) Brendon McCullum I’d be doing everything I could to encourage him.” (READ MORE)
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First published on: 08-11-2023 at 12:19 IST
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