Netherlands Captain Scott Edwards Statement: The Netherlands team created history on Tuesday. Netherlands beats South Africa in Dharamsala to win 2023 one day world cup Made another major upset. The Netherlands team has now become morale after the victory against South Africa. After this victory the Dutch captain has given a big statement.
Netherlands captain Scott Edwards said that the historic victory over South Africa is no fluke and his team can defeat any team in the World Cup if it performs as per its potential.
The Netherlands team defeated South Africa by 38 runs in the round robin league stage, which was its first win against a Test playing country in the history of the World Cup. This match was played in 43-43 overs due to rain.
After defeating South Africa, Netherlands captain Scott Edwards said, we enter every match with a strategy and try our best to win. We want to play our best cricket and by doing so we can beat any team.
This is Netherlands’ third victory in the 50-over World Cup and first in 16 years. It defeated Namibia in 2003 and defeated Scotland in the 2007 World Cup. Netherlands have made it to the World Cup by playing the qualifying round and Edwards said that his team is not here just to increase the numbers.
He further said, after qualifying we had decided what to do. We have not come here just to enjoy the World Cup. We are here to win. South Africa is a very strong team and also a strong contender for making it to the semi-finals. We will have to beat similar teams to reach their level.
At one time, seven wickets of Netherlands had fallen at 140 runs in the 34th over, after which Edwards himself took charge and scored 78 runs in 69 balls. In response to the Dutch team’s 245 runs for eight wickets, the South African team was out for 207 runs in 42.5 overs.
Edwards said, as a unit we take pride in playing complete cricket, so batsmen at number eight, nine and ten can also form partnerships.
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