1. Bas Zuiderant is the only player to have appeared in all World cups for the Netherlands since the 1996 edition.
2. Ravi Bopara’s six in the final over of the match was England’s only sixer in the match against the Netherlands’ three sixes (all by Doeschate).
3. Jimmy Anderson’s expensive 0-72 sets a unique pattern in which the new ball bowlers of few teams ending up on the most expensive side. He joins the list that includes – Sreesanth (India), Shafiul Islam (Bangladesh), and Khurram Chohan (Canada), so far.
4. Graeme Swann (2-35) in his debut World cup match was the most economical bowler in the entire match.
5. Ryan ten Doeschate had a remarkable match scoring 119 off 100 deliveries and claimed 2-47 in his 10 overs.
6. Doeschate also claimed his 50^th one day international wicket in just his 28^th match.
7. England’s Kevin Pietersen and Netherlands’ Doeschate were both born within 3 days of each other, 27^th June 1980 and 28^th June 1980 respectively.
8. Kevin Pietersen (39) has now scored a fifty only once in his last 23 innings.
9. Doeschate has scored at least a fifty in seven of his last 9 one day innings.
10. Strauss (England) and Borren (Netherlands) led their respective teams for the first time in a World cup match.
11. Doeschate’s 119 is also the first by a Netherlands batsman against a Test playing nation.

– Sharath