ENG v NED: England Restrict Netherlands To 235/7 In Rain Hit 2nd ODI
The 2nd ODI between England and Netherlands got reduced to 41 overs per side.
Newly-minted Dutch skipper Scott Edwards won the toss and decided to bat first in the match, reduced to 41 overs.
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The move paid far better dividends than Friday's first ODI, when England was sent in to bat and proceeded to set a new one-day world record of 498.
Top-scoring Dutch batsman Edwards, with 78, played a skipper's innings which included three sixes and four fours after surviving an appeal for caught behind off the bowling of Adil Rashid shortly after taking the crease.
Television umpire Rizwan Akram also ruled out a subsequent call for lbw -- and Edwards who scored 72 in the first ODI -- continued his good form, including a solid drive for six off a lightning-fast Carse to reach 50, and a magnificent reverse scoop for another six later in his innings.
Together with exciting rookie Teja Nidamanuru, who slugged 28 off 30 balls, the captain put on a day-best partnership of 73 runs.
Edwards was eventually run out after Willey removed the bails at the bowlers' end with a bull's-eye throw.
Young Bas de Leede carved out a patient 34 including slogging a big six off the bowling of Adil Rashid in the 15th over, the ball flying over cow corner to break a window pane in the press box.
A promising spell however came to an end when De Leede mistimed another attempt at a slog off the bowling of Liam Livingstone, popping the ball up into the air for an easy catch by Willey.
A late flurry by Logan van Beek with 30 not out saw the hosts post a defendable total against a top England batting line-up.
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Eoin Morgan's men drew first blood early in the Dutch innings, when opener Vikram Singh was dismissed for 10 in a soft catch off Willey's bowling.
