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ODI World Cup: Netherlands head coach Ryan Cook believes his batters being involved in four run-outs was a major reason behind the seven-wicket defeat against Afghanistan in the Men’s ODI World Cup and reiterated that his team will try to improve this aspect of the game, while valuing every run they take in their running between the wickets.

“We do pride ourselves on running between the wickets and it's something that we actually practice, probably not much like other teams, but we do put a lot of time and effort into it. Our turning technique and our running between the wickets in terms of the speed and stuff, we do a lot of training on that. So that's something that our game is built on and we do pride ourselves on that.”

“As you can see four runouts and you know not just any run outs that are two, three, four and five in your batting order getting run out not ideal and probably some decision-making inside of that as well. So, we'll have to go back and have a look at that but it won't stop us, it's part of our DNA of our team and we'll keep trying to run between the wickets and value every run like we do,” said Cook in the post-match press conference.