Netherlands will take on World Cup champions England in the first of three ODIs at the VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen on Friday (June 17). England’s limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan said he will manage his workload to give himself the best possible chance of helping the side to a World Cup victory.


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The 35-year-old, who has struggled with injury and endured a run of poor form recently, hopes to lead England to a successful T20 World Cup campaign in October and November but said it was too soon to think about their 50-overs title defence in 2023. “That’s a long way away,” he said of the ODI World Cup.


“I need to get to the T20 one first. I’m going to take it as it comes, managing my contribution, my body. At the moment, I still feel like I contribute and still feel like I can contribute to a World Cup win. That’s an important drive for me.”


Morgan took charge of the limited-overs sides in December 2014, guiding England to the Twenty20 World Cup final two years later before helping them win the 50-overs event in 2019. He suffered a low-grade quadriceps injury in January after playing back-to-back games in a T20 series against West Indies but hopes to play all three ODIs against the Netherlands over the next week.


“Some of our international games are back-to-back, I did it in the West Indies where I played Saturday, Sunday and then injured myself before the game on Wednesday,” Morgan said.


Match Details


Netherlands vs England, 1st ODI


Venue: VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen


Date & Time: June 17 at 2.30 PM IST


Live Streaming and TV details: Fancode


NED vs ENG Dream 11 Prediction


Wicketkeeper: Phil Salt


Batters: Vikramjit Singh, Tom Cooper, Max O’Dowd, Liam Livingstone, Jason Roy


All-rounders: Sam Curran, Logan van Beek


Bowlers: Reece Topley, Fred Klaasen, David Willey


Captain: Max O’Dowd


Vice-Captain: Vikramjit Singh


NED vs ENG Probable Playing XI


Netherlands: Vikramjit Singh, Max O’Dowd, Musa Ahmed, Bas de Leede, Tom Cooper, Scott Edwards (wk), Pieter Seelaar (c), Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Vivian Kingma


England: Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (c), Liam Livingstone, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley