Australia vs Netherlands Live Score Updates, Cricket World Cup 2023: Australia are the clear favourites for this match. They have a stronger team on paper and have been in better form in the tournament so far. However, the Netherlands have shown that they can be a dangerous team on their day.
Australia vs Netherlands World Cup 2023 Live Score: Centuries from David Warner and Glenn Maxwell have helped Australia to post a mammoth 399 runs on the board in Delhi. The latter becomes the fastest to make a 100 in the World Cups now. The Netherlands though started well with the ball script went horribly wrong for them as the final overs begun.
Earlie Australia skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bat in their World Cup match against Netherlands on Wednesday. Australia have made one change with Cameron Green replacing Marcus Stoinis. Netherlands are unchanged
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The Netherlands have had a mixed tournament so far, but the Dutch have a few dangerous batsmen in their ranks, including Max O’Dowd, Colin Ackermann, and Bas de Leede. They also have a good all-rounder in Scott Edwards.
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ICC Cricket World Cup, 2023 – Match 24
Australia
399/8 (50.0)
vs
Netherlands
53/4 (10.5)
Bowling
Josh Hazlewood1/21 (5)
Pat Cummins *1/10 (1.5)
Batting
Sybrand Engelbrecht5 (13)
Scott Edwards *0 (0)
Play In Progress ( Day – Match 24 )
Netherlands need 347 runs in 235 balls at 8.85 rpo
Logan van Beek: ‘Hope they stop cracking jokes about our cricket back in Netherlands’
For skipper Scott Edwards, Netherlands’ upset win over South Africa may be the landmark achievement of the World Cup campaign so far. But he, personally, has never had to answer more questions than during the buildup to their match against Australia in Delhi on Wednesday.
Like most of his teammates – at least 11 of the 15-member squad that has travelled to India have affiliations to other nations – Edwards is not a native of the Netherlands. His background, brought up down under through an Aussie father, where he learned most of his cricket, has been of interest ahead of the upcoming match. He believes that it is representative of the sport on a larger scale, throughout the football-mad country he is playing for.
“The diversity of our squad reflects cricket in the Netherlands,” Edwards told The Indian Express. “The backgrounds of those playing this sport back there is very multicultural, people that come from all over the world.”
The subject of national pride has been raging in top-level international cricket. With players’ commitment to their nations coming into question as some refuse year-long fixed contracts to keep themselves open for franchise leagues around the world. The downfall of the West Indies, who have failed to qualify for the World Cup this year, for instance, has been viewed in some quarters as a reason for them not representing their nation. (READ MORE)
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First published on: 25-10-2023 at 12:24 IST
