ICC Cricket World Cup Match, Group B: England v Netherlands at Nagpur, Feb 22, 2011

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Starts 0900 GMT.
Will anyone turn up to watch?

 

[CHAPPERS]

No, there's nobody there.

Netherlands bat.

 

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England team
AJ Strauss*, KP Pietersen, IJL Trott, IR Bell, PD Collingwood, RS Bopara, MJ Prior†, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson

Netherlands team
AN Kervezee, W Barresi†, TLW Cooper, RN ten Doeschate, B Zuiderent, TN de Grooth, PW Borren*, Mudassar Bukhari, PM Seelaar, BP Loots, BA Westdijk

 

[Stumpy Tim]

I'm glad we've gone with KP opening. I've advocated that for a while

 

[Uncle Buck]

A bit harsh on Yardy as his inclusion over the last 12 months has had a lot to do with the need to play 2 spinners.

 

[Titanic]

Broad goes for 13 (144..4) in the 6th over.

34-0

 

[CHAPPERS]

No plans here, bowling is a bit aimless. Probably regretting dropping Yardy, he would have bowled well on this pitch.

 

[Titanic]

58-2 Swann strikes in the 12th over... nice stumping by Matt Prior.

 

[Simster]

Absolute yawnage.

 

[Titanic]

If they don't lose too many wickets, they will get a decent total here... 250'ish, which would be a good work out for the batters.

75-2 after 16.2 (4.59/over)

 

[keaton]

No plans here, bowling is a bit aimless. Probably regretting dropping Yardy, he would have bowled well on this pitch.

I really don't think we need three seamers on these sort of pitches. Bresnan, Broad, Yardy, Swann with Bopora, Collingwood, Trott and Pietersen to bowl the rest would would have been fine

 

[Titanic]

Still going OK for the men in orange... 119-2 at the half way mark (4.76/over)

 

[CHAPPERS]

Pietersen going for a few.

 

[simmo]

136-3 ex Sussex player Bas Zuiderant at the crease

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

Tom Cooper gone.................just like that

 

[Everest]

FFS. It's a cricket ball, not a f***ing hand grenade.

One of you at least f***ing go for it!

 

[Titanic]

FFS. It's a cricket ball, not a f***ing hand grenade.

One of you at least f***ing go for it!

Pietersen and Andersen... 'After you'.... 'No, after you!'

D'oh!

 

[simmo]

No suprise Bas has gone.

 

[Titanic]

149-4

Bas Z gone for 1

 

[Everest]

Pietersen and Andersen... 'After you'.... 'No, after you!'

D'oh!

And that would have been the end of 10 Does Shat, wouldn't it?