Recent Match
Cricket World Cup 2023, 40th Match, Pune, Nov 8th, 2023

England

(49.6 ov) 339/9

Netherlands

(37.2 ov) 179/10

Complete England won by 160 runs

2.1
Aryan Dutt to Bairstow, no run, fraction short on off, Bairstow rocks back and scythes this to cover-point
1.6
van Beek to Malan, no run
1.6
van Beek to Malan, wide, another delivery sprayed down the leg-side, one more wide by van Beek
1.6
van Beek to Malan, wide, fired down the leg-side, Malan misses out on his glance
1.5
van Beek to Malan, no run, back of a length outside off, Malan opens the bat face, steering this to backward point
1.4
van Beek to Malan, FOUR, hat-trick of boundaries.
1.3
van Beek to Malan, FOUR, drilled down the ground. van Beek overpitches this and Malan has nailed his straight drive for back-to-back boundaries
1.2
van Beek to Malan, FOUR, bowls a freebie now.
1.1
van Beek to Malan, no run
Logan van Beek, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
0.6
Aryan Dutt to Bairstow, no run, turning into the batter around middle and leg, nudged down the pitch by Bairstow
0.5
Aryan Dutt to Bairstow, 2 runs, on the shorter side, Bairstow rocks back and slices it through backward point for a couple of runs
0.4
Aryan Dutt to Bairstow, FOUR, Bairstow opens his account with a boundary. Goes down on his knee and sweeps this powerfully through backward square leg to get going in style
0.3
Aryan Dutt to Bairstow, no run, on the shorter side again, Bairstow rocks back and cuts this to cover-point
0.2
Aryan Dutt to Bairstow, no run, drags back the length, on the shorter side as the ball grips and turns, Bairstow nudges it into the leg-side with soft hands
0.1
Aryan Dutt to Bairstow, no run, tossed up delivery to start off, Bairstow knocks it back to the spinner
Bairstow and Malan are at the crease. Bairstow is on strike. Aryan Dutt will open the attack
Netherlands are gathered in a huddle as their captain gives them a peptalk. The two England openers haven't lived up to their expectations. So let's see what we have got in store for us today. Aryan Dutt to bowl the first over of the match. Here we go!
Right then, the players are lined up for their respective national anthems.
Harry Brook: The next two games we have to win to qualify for the champions trophy, obviously we are out of the World Cup now, but a big opportunity going forward in these next two games to try and cement a place in the Champions Trophy. It's frustrating not being in the team all the time, you have to just try and feel like you are playing every game, come to training and practice before the game when I know I am playing and just hope for the best. Just to stay consistent (talking about the learnings over the last couple of weeks), we had lots of downs, but it is important to stay level and not get too high or too low, concentrate on your own game and try and work hard to get better. I'm just gonna try and play the way I usually play and hope for the best.