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Australia vs Netherlands prediction and betting odds: ICC World Cup 2023

October 24, 2023 4:05 am
Australia vs Netherlands prediction and betting odds: ICC World Cup 2023

Five-time champions Australia will face the awe-inspiring Netherlands side in the 24th game of the 2023 World Cup. This match, hosted in Delhi will be played on Wednesday, October 25.

Our top Australia vs Netherlands predictions

Australia have gotten themselves on to a bit of a roll after losing their first two matches and start a 1/14 (1.07) favourite against a team which had had to make it through the qualifiers to enter the tournament. Netherlands might have shocked South Africa but have been inconsistent overall and are 10/1 (11.0) to win this.

First Prediction: Top Australia bowler – Mitchell Starc: 3/1 (4.0)

The mistake that South Africa made against Netherlands was they tried to bounce their batsmen out. Swing and seam could be the answer to it and who better than Starc to exploit whatever little there’s in the surface early in the encounter and then towards the death overs.

Second Prediction: Warner to hit a four and a six: 4/11 (1.36)

Warner re-discovered his form with a blistering century against Pakistan and he can be expected to start off strongly against the relatively lesser experienced Dutch bowling too. A half-century at the very least beckons and it’s tough to see how that wouldn’t include a four and a six.

AUS vs NED – Can Australia impose themselves again?

With a semifinal berth on line, Australia will know they need to win all their matches against the potentially bottom four sides and then add at least two more victories to that. Netherlands might not be out of the semifinals race but they have an uphill battle to even get close.

Australia

Following defeats to India and South Africa, Australia have come back strongly by overcoming two Asian sides in conditions that could have suited their opponents.

They defeated Sri Lanka in a bit of a shaky chase but then came back with a thumping batting performance against Pakistan to defeat them by 62 runs in a Bengaluru run-fest.

Netherlands

Netherlands shocked the world by beating South Africa and while they followed that up with some fight against Sri Lanka, they fell to the 1996 champions by five wickets.

It wasn’t a docile performance by any stretch but Netherlands sure do need a better showing with the ball in unhelpful conditions.

Australia vs Netherlands h2h score

There have two previous ODIs between these two sides and Australia have won them both.

Both these matches came in World Cup cricket but they haven’t faced off since 2007.

Pitch report and weather conditions

The Delhi weather is expected to remain hot with highs of 31 degrees centigrade and humidity in the 50% region but there is one other factor – the pollution index. That’s expected to rise to unhealthy levels and that could be a cause for concern.

There have been three matches played here this World Cup and the team batting first has won two. India had chased down Afghanistan’s 272 in 35 overs in the third game.

Key match details for AUS vs NED

  • Date & Time: 8.30 am GMT, Wednesday, October 25
  • Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
  • Where to watch: This match can be watched in the UK with Sky Sports while in India you can watch it on Star Sports and Disney+ Hotstar. Australian fans will need to subscribe to Fox Cricket or FoxtelGo to be able to watch this match while in Netherlands, this encounter can be viewed with NOS Sport or on Yupp TV.

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