The Netherlands will take on Australia in match 24 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on October 25 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India. The match will start at 2:00 PM IST. The Dutch team suffered huge defeats against Pakistan and New Zealand early in the competition. However, they shocked South Africa with a 38-run win for their first victory of the tournament. The Netherlands go into the match against Australia on the back of a five-wicket loss to Sri Lanka. However, despite the margin, the Dutch pushed the islanders to the limit.
Openers: Vikramjit Singh, Max O’Dowd
Dutch opener Vikramjit Singh started the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 with a 67-ball 52 against Pakistan, albeit in a losing cause. He will be looking to get back into shape after some low scores in the last few games.
Max O’Dowd, meanwhile, has complimented fellow opener Vikramjit Singh at the top, the right-handed batsman will have to perform against the experienced Australian bowling line-up if the Dutch team is to have any chance against the five-time champions.
Middle order: Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards
Colin Ackermann is the leading run-getter for Netherlands in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. The right-handed batsman has scored 127 runs at an average of 31.75 with a strike rate of 84.66 so far. Colin Ackermann scored 69 against the Kiwis earlier in the competition.
Sybrand Engelbrecht scored 118 runs at an average of 39.33 and a strike rate of 77.12 in the previous three matches. He scored 70 runs against the Lankan attack, his highest score in the tournament so far and took his team to 262 in their previous encounter.
Teja Nidamanuru will have to perform with the bat in the middle order if the Dutch team is to cross the 300-run mark against the Australian attack. The Indian-origin Dutch all-rounder is yet to set the World Cup on fire, but given his ability to perform in difficult conditions, as evidenced in the World Cup qualifiers, we can be confident that he will perform well.
Scott Edwards has been one of the notable players for Netherlands during the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. The right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman has so far amassed 124 runs at an average of 41.33 and a strike rate of 108.77 in four matches till so far . Scott Edwards made a crucial 69-ball 78 in the team’s emphatic win over the Proteas last week.
All-rounder: Bas de Leede
Bas de Leede was the star player of the Dutch cricket team in this competition. The all-rounder is the biggest wicket-taker for the Dutch so far with 7 scalps. The right-arm pacer achieved his best figures of 4/62 in the World Cup against Pakistan earlier in the tournament.
Bas de Leede is also a handy batsman lower down the order.
Spinners: Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt
Roelof van der Merwe, the left-arm spinner, was quite effective in the middle overs for the Dutch team in containing runs and keeping the opposition in check. Roelof van der Merwe has taken four wickets in four matches. His figures of 2/34 in the team’s win over South Africa are his best so far in the tournament.
Dutch off-spinner Aryan Dutt has complemented Roelof van der Merwe well in the tournament, Aryan Dutt was impressive with his trickery on the slow Indian tracks. The tweaker is the second highest wicket taker in the Netherlands in the tournament with 6 scalps and recorded his best bowling figures of the World Cup (3/44) against Sri Lanka.
Fast bowlers: Logan van Beek, Paul van Meekeren
Dutch right-arm pacers Logan van Beek and Paul van Meekeren have scalped 4 wickets each in this tournament. The duo will have to be at their best when they have to contain the likes of David Warner and Mitchell Marsh on Wednesday.
The Netherlands predicted an eleventh match against Australia:Vikramjit Singh, Max O’Dowd, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (C&WK), Bas de Leede, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Logan van Beek, Paul van Meekeren
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