It is the 25th match of the Cricket World Cup 2011 tournament, India vs. Netherlands, and we are here to provide you with live cricket scores, commentary, updates and live streams. India have a lot to celebrate – so far, in this ICC Cricket World Cup tournament, they have been undefeated, whereas Netherlands have already lost two of their World Cup games, to Sri Lanka and England. Today’s game should be a no brainer, but the Cricket World Cup 2011 has already produced a few surprises, including Ireland’s victory against England, and yesterday’s, where New Zealand defeated Pakistan.
The match will be held at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, India. India, playing home, has a clear advantage over Netherlands. They know the field, India’s fortress in Test cricket. But Netherlands are not that easily discouraged. Yet they don’t really know their strengths and weaknesses. So far, India and Netherlands met only once, in 2003 at Paarl, where India won by 68 runs.
This year, after a tie with England and a hard fought win against Ireland, India hope to defeat Netherlands in their quest for glory, before the highly-anticipated showdown against South Africa on Saturday. On the other hand, Netherlands enter the game with a cocky attitude:
“Sachin is a legend and on top of his game in the World Cup, and he is someone everyone around here in the tournament and people like us look to play against. He is a great player,” said Netherlands’ skipper Peter Borren in a press conference before the match. “But at the same time he is a batsman who can be dismissed like other batsmen and we are looking forward to that. Any of our bowlers having the opportunity to dismiss him and that will be a great entertainment.”
For our readers who want to watch the game online, here are a few websites providing live streaming, live scorecards and updates: ESPNstar.asia (live streaming available only in Asian countries),Crictime.com (site for live streaming, broadcasting on four different servers) and ESPN3.com (ideal for US viewers). Willow TV is also an official online broadcaster in the United States. Our most recent feed came via a very nice mail from someone who created a nice feed here called CricZero. Fans in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland can watch the game via BSkyB. A complete list of 2011 Cricket World Cup broadcasting rights can be found via Wikipedia, or at Yahoo! Sports, in *pdf format. Keep in mind, that the official website of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is Yahoo! Cricket, which is also our main source of information.
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