Wednesday, February 23, 2011

England beat Netherlands at Nagpur

Andrew Strass led the English team to a victory in opposition to The Netherlands at the Vidarbha Cricket organization Stadium in Nagpur on Tuesday 22-Feb-2011 in the 5th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

Netherlands had set a respectable target of 292 for the opponents for the loss of 6 wickets. The highlight of the Dutch batting was century by Ryan ten Doeschate.

Ryan ten Doeschate was declared the Man of the Match. He scored 119 runs in 110 balls after striking 9 fours and 3 sixes.

England was able to achieve the target in the 49th over. It scored 296 at the loss of 4 wickets in 48.4. Andrew Strass played a captain's innings to score 88 runs in 83 balls. His comfortable start acceptable his team to seal a close victory in the 49th over.

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