New Zealand will be high on confidence after beating England by nine wickets in the inaugural match of ODI World Cup 2023, hence they are expected to be clear favourites to win the game against the Netherlands at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. New Zealand would continue to play in the absence of their skipper Kane Williamson while Netherlands would once again rely on all-rounders like Bas de Leede to perform well in this game.
Numbers and Stats ahead of the NZ vs NED game:
2 - Trent Boult needs two more wickets to complete the milestone of picking 200 wickets in ODIs.
Most wickets by a New Zealand pace bowler in ODIs:
Kyle Mills - 240
Tim Southee - 214
Chris Harris - 203
Chris Cairns - 200
Trent Boult - 198
2 - The Netherlands have won only 2 out of 21 matches they played in the ODI World Cup so far.
Those two wins came against Namibia in 2003 & against Scotland in 2007.
The Netherlands have lost all seven ODI matches that they have played on Indian soil so far.
2 - Will Young has smashed two centuries in the last three ODI matches against the Netherlands.
Will Young ODI scores vs Netherlands:
103*(114) in Mount Maunganui, 2022
1(5) in Hamilton, 2022
120(112) in Hamilton, 2022
2 - Devon Conway has smashed two back-to-back centuries in his last two ODI innings on Indian soil.
Devon Conway ODI scores on Indian soil:
10 vs India in Hyderabad, 2023
7 vs India in Raipur, 2023
138 vs India in Indore, 2023
152* vs England in Ahmedabad, 2023
4 - New Zealand have won all four out of the four matches they played against the Netherlands in ODI cricket.
New Zealand vs Netherlands in ODIs:
New Zealand won by 119 runs in Vadodara, 1996 WC
New Zealand won by 7 wickets in Mount Maunganui, in 2022
New Zealand won by 118 runs in Hamilton, 2022
New Zealand won by 115 runs in Hamilton, 2022
7 - Logan van Beek has taken 7 wickets against New Zealand in three ODI matches.
Logan van Beek vs New Zealand in ODIs:
1/34 (6) in Mount Maunganui, 2022
4/56 (10) in Hamilton, 2022
2/58 (9) in Hamilton, 2022
140 - In the 2nd ODI match of the three-match ODI series played between New Zealand and the Netherlands at Hamilton, Tom Latham went on to smash an unbeaten 140 runs from 123 balls as a skipper when his team was struggling at 89/6 in one stage.
