England bowl against Netherlands

By AFP
March 31, 2014

CHITTAGONG: England won the toss and chose to bowl first in their final game of the 2014 World T20 game against Netherlands in...

CHITTAGONG: England won the toss and chose to bowl first in their final game of the 2014 World T20 game against Netherlands in Chittagong.

With the fate of both sides already decided, England might have been expected to provide some opportunities to squad members who have hardly featured so far. But they made only one change, bringing in the left-arm spin of Stephen Parry for the seam of Jade Dernbatch, who proved so expensive in the defeat against South Africa.

Stuart Broad, who has tendinitis in his knee, retains his place despite admitting he would require at least four-weeks off before England's summer commitments start while the selection means that Ian Bell, who was called into the squad at the end of the Caribbean tour, will return to England having neither played or benefitted from the prolonged period of rest he might have
anticipated following England's chastening tour of Australia.

Peter Borren, the Netherlands captain, admitted he would also have batted first had he won the toss. Netherlands keep an unchanged team, meaning they have used the same XI for seven games in succession.

Teams:
England: Alex Hales, Michael Lumb, Moeen Ali, Eoin Morgan (captain), Jos Buttler (wk), Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Chris Jordan, Stuart Broad (captain), James Tredwell, Stephen Parry.

Netherlands: Stephan Myburgh, Michael Swart, Wesley Barresi (wk), Peter Borren (captain), Tom Cooper, Ben Cooper, Logan van Beek, Mudassar Bukhari, Timm van der Gugten, Pieter Seelaar, Ahsan Malik.
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