Australia vs Netherlands Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Australia lost Mitchell Marsh early after they won the toss and opted to bat against the Netherlands in the World Cup 2023 encounter in New Delhi on Wednesday. David Warner and Steve Smith then held the fort and helped Australia gather 66/1 at the end of first powerplay. They have so far stitched a 50-plus stand and are going strong in the middle. Both Warner and Smith have completed their respective half-centuries.
The Australia vs Netherlands have had a mixed tournament so far, but the Dutch have a few dangerous batsmen in their ranks, including Max O’Dowd, Colin Ackermann, and Bas de Leede. They also have a good all-rounder in Scott Edwards.
After starting the tournament with back-to-back defeats, five-time world champions Australia have finally found the rhythm in the ongoing World Cup. They have won their previous two matches emphatically and will hope to carry forward the momentum against Netherlands.
For skipper Scott Edwards, Netherlands’ upset win over South Africa may be the landmark achievement of the World Cup campaign so far. But he, personally, has never had to answer more questions than during the buildup to their match against Australia in Delhi on Wednesday.
Like most of his teammates – at least 11 of the 15-member squad that has traveled to India have affiliations to other nations – Edwards is not a native of the Netherlands. His background, brought up down under through an Aussie father, where he learned most of his cricket, has been of interest ahead of the upcoming match. He believes that it is representative of the sport on a larger scale,