- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras16 (lb 12, w 4)TOTAL279/4 (50 Overs, RR: 5.58)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Alec Stewart), 2-42 (Neil Smith), 3-185 (Graham Thorpe), 4-212 (Mike Atherton)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RP Lefebvre 10 1 40 1 4 0 0 PJ Bakker 8 0 46 1 5.75 4 0 F Jansen 7 0 40 1 5.71 0 0 GJAF Aponso 8 0 55 0 6.87 0 0 SW Lubbers 10 0 51 1 5.1 0 0 TBM de Leede 2 0 9 0 4.5 0 0 PE Cantrell 5 0 26 0 5.2 0 0
21/02Result
11th Match, Wills World Cup at Peshawar, Feb 22 1996
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![England]( "England")
279/4 -
![Netherlands]( "Netherlands")
230/6 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
21/02Result
11th Match, Wills World Cup at Peshawar, Feb 22 1996
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![England]( "England")
279/4 -
![Netherlands]( "Netherlands")
230/6 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras12 (lb 4, nb 2, w 6)TOTAL230/6 (50 Overs, RR: 4.6)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Nolan Clarke), 2-46 (Peter Cantrell), 3-70 (Steven Lubbers), 4-81 (Tim de Leede), 5-195 (Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk), 6-210 (Bas Zuiderent)
Match Details
Series
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
22 February 1996 (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
England 2, Netherlands 0
Match Notes
- GP Thorpe 89 off 82 balls, 7x4 1x6
- GA Hick 104* off 133 balls, 6x4 2x6, brought up his 100 with a 6, highest score by any player at Peshawar.
- GP Thorpe and GA Hick 143 for the 3rd wicket, highest ever 3rd wicket partnership for England in the World Cup, 3rd highest for any English wicket in the World Cup, 4th highest for the 3rd wicket for England in ODIs, highest partnership for any wicket at Peshawar.
- KJJ van Noortwijk and B Zuiderent 114 for the 5th wicket, 1st ever half century and century partnership for the Netherlands in ODIs, 3rd highest ever 5th wicket partnership in the World Cup.
- England's 5th consecutive ODI win in Pakistan (dating back to 1987), 4th victory in 4 appearances at Peshawar.
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