41 overs Netherlands 235 for 7 (Edwards 78, Willey 2-46, Rashid 2-50) vs England
On the same pitch which yielded 764 runs, including England’s world-record total of 498 for 4, on Friday, Netherlands were 33 for 1 after the eight-over powerplay.
Adil Rashid entered the attack at that point after David Willey had dismissed Vikramjit Singh cheaply for the second time this series and he struck with just his third ball, tempting Max O’Dowd into a slog-sweep with Dawid Malan leaping a long way to his left at square leg to pouch a sharp catch.
Brydon Carse, in the England side for Sam Curran who is managing his return from a back stress fracture, then struck with his second ball to remove another top-order batter, Tom Cooper pinned lbw for 17 by a nip-backer that struck in line with middle and leg stumps and looked to be clipping the top of leg.
With just one run to his name, Edwards overturned his lbw dismissal to a Rashid delivery which was shown on review to be spinning past off stump by just enough to earn him a reprieve.
Edwards moved to 47 by slogging Livingstone over the fence which dropped short of the commentators’ perch this time, and he brought up his fifty with a mow down the ground for six off Carse.
With the crowd finding their voices following an understandably subdued start given the earlier delay to proceedings, they roared to life when Willey beat Teja Nidamanuru’s attempted straight drive with one that shaped in a little to peg back his middle and off stumps, ending a 73-run stand with Edwards.
Edwards prompted more cheers as he reverse-scooped Willey over third man for six to move past his unbeaten 72 scored in the first match. He was eventually run out by an excellent direct hit by Willey running in from deep midwicket and throwing down the stumps at the striker’s end as Edwards, returning for a second, dived in vain.
Tim Pringle, the 19-year-old son of former New Zealand and Netherlands medium pacer Chris Pringle making his international debut, fell for a second-ball duck, outdone by an excellent googly from Rashid.
It fell to Shane Snater and Logan van Beek to bump up the Netherlands’ total, Snater snatching 17 off 10 while van Beek managed 30 off 36 as Willey and Rashid took two wickets each.