Deflated England take on already ousted Netherlands as Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bat first in their ODI World Cup clash at the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium in Pune on Wednesday, November 8.
Buttler dropped Mark Wood and Liam Livingstone to bring back Harry Brook and Atkinson in England's playing XI in their penultimate league match of the ongoing World Cup.
England skipper Buttler, after the toss, said," We will have a bat. Looks 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."
Meanwhile, Netherlands captain 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 for to show more improvement. We have shown good signs as a batting group. Teja Nidamanuru comes in for Zulfiqar."
Pitch report
It's a beautiful bating surface, it's nice and compact. The average score batting first is 319 at this venue. This pitch is batting friendly, but fast bowlers have picked 77 wickets at this venue in the last six games.
England's 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.
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