Netherlands vs England

England take on the Dutch in the second of three ODIs. Follow over-by-over updates here.

We’re back at the ground for the first time in time, and Mark Butcher – who’s been a really good addition to Sky’s first team – confirms that water did indeed seep onto the pitch from on top of the covers. Making up for the situation by watching ‘play’ on TV whilst wearing my sun hat, and my wife has made a picnic lunch.” The more of them we get to hear, the merrier. Now I feel sad that I didn’t make any pork pies as I would have in the UK. General consent in our side of the stands is that James Anderson and Ben Foakes are very handsome and that we are unhappy neither is here. I’ve managed to get away with bringing in alcohol to Scotland games when visiting my in laws north of the border, and I live in London where Lord’s has an exemption. It is in terms & conditions on the website but not mentioned on the ticket and no link. Back in the middle, Willey takes Malan out from second slip and moves him to short cover, then Singh edges one and O’Dowd paddles three to deep point, a lovely, confident shot. That’s a nice shot, likewise the slash that follows, hammered uppishly to the third man fence for the first boundary of the innings. 2nd over: Netherlands 7-0 (Singh 2, O’Dowd 4) It’s Topley into the breeze – I know he’s big, but I’d much rather face him down than upwind – and he concedes just two singles from a decent over. We then learn that Topley’s last over was the serieseseses’ first maiden, O’Dowd works one more to off, then Cooper retreats in his crease, elevates onto tippy-toes, and punches to the point fence for four. “ I am with a Dutch friend who has never been to the cricket,” says Eva Broer, “so I am doing a lot of explaining (she is taking to the beers at 11 like a duck to the proverbial, mind). Apart from the *handsome* men we are sat with a female cricket team from Leiden who have invited us to their next game. That was a decent delivery, but the track is true and the ball’s coming on, so it’s possible to trust it and play shots.