Netherlands choose to field first against Sri Lanka
Sports Desk
Netherlands captain Scott Edwards won the toss and elected to field first against Sri Lanka in their final league stage match of the T20 World Cup 2024, taking place at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, St Lucia.
The Netherlands can still qualify for the Super 8 stage if they win this game by a big margin and Bangladesh lose to Nepal.
Sri Lanka are already eliminated from the tournament.
"We will bowl first. The wicket looked good, hopefully we can restrict them to a total we can chase. We'll have to think about it in the second innings, but firstly it's important to win first. We have played a loot of good cricket, just off for a few moments, need to play the perfect game," Netherlands captain Scott Edwards said at the toss.
Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga(c), Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana.
Netherlands (Playing XI): Michael Levitt, Max ODowd, Vikramjit Singh, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma.
