England beat the Netherlands by six wickets

England beat the Netherlands by six wickets in their opening Cricket World Cup match at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium here today.

Brief Scores:

The Netherlands: 292 for six in 50 overs (Ryan ten Doeschate 119, Tom Cooper 47; Graeme Swan 2/35, Stuart Broad 2/65).

England: 296 for 4 in 48.4 overs (Andrew Strauss 88, Jonathan Trott 62; Ryan ten Doeschate 2/47).

Teams:

England: Andrew Strauss (Capt), Kevin Pietersen, IJL Trott, IR Bell, PD Collingwood, Ravi Bopara, Matt Prior (WK), Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson.

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