Holland team manager Ed van Nierop insists his side have not been paying too much attention to England's recent exploits in Australia ahead of the teams' World Cup opener in Nagpur on Tuesday.
The Dutch head into the encounter as massive underdogs but will not be daunted at the prospect of facing Andy Flower's side, who they famously beat at Lord's in the 2009 World Twenty20. England go into the match on the back of a mixed winter, with a hugely impressive Ashes series victory Down Under followed by an emphatic 6-1 loss to Australia in the one-day international series.
Van Nierop said: "Obviously they have done great in the Ashes and then in the ODIs not too great and this is the one-day format. We've been focusing on our own team - that's what we should do. If we start focusing on our opponent that would be a distraction."
He added: "We'll just go and have a go and see how good we are compared to the English. We have a decent line-up and we'll do our best.
"We know what to expect.
"The funny thing is there's a new practice facility called ProBatter with a hole in the screen where the ball pops out from footage [to the batsmen in nets].
"The boys really like that the England team management refused to give us the footage of the England bowlers so they must be a little bit afraid of us!"
Captain Peter Borren is expected to feature on Tuesday despite having struggled over the past week with an injury which caused him trouble while bowling.
"He has a side strain but he's good to go," said Van Nierop. "He'll have another fitness test on Monday but he feels well."
Also in the Dutch line-up is Essex all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate, possessor of the best batting and bowling average of anyone in this tournament. He acknowledges those figures are "skewed" by facing associate rather than Test nations for the most part.
The Dutch head into the encounter as massive underdogs but will not be daunted at the prospect of facing Andy Flower's side, who they famously beat at Lord's in the 2009 World Twenty20. England go into the match on the back of a mixed winter, with a hugely impressive Ashes series victory Down Under followed by an emphatic 6-1 loss to Australia in the one-day international series.
Van Nierop said: "Obviously they have done great in the Ashes and then in the ODIs not too great and this is the one-day format. We've been focusing on our own team - that's what we should do. If we start focusing on our opponent that would be a distraction."
He added: "We'll just go and have a go and see how good we are compared to the English. We have a decent line-up and we'll do our best.
"We know what to expect.
"The funny thing is there's a new practice facility called ProBatter with a hole in the screen where the ball pops out from footage [to the batsmen in nets].
"The boys really like that the England team management refused to give us the footage of the England bowlers so they must be a little bit afraid of us!"
Captain Peter Borren is expected to feature on Tuesday despite having struggled over the past week with an injury which caused him trouble while bowling.
"He has a side strain but he's good to go," said Van Nierop. "He'll have another fitness test on Monday but he feels well."
Also in the Dutch line-up is Essex all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate, possessor of the best batting and bowling average of anyone in this tournament. He acknowledges those figures are "skewed" by facing associate rather than Test nations for the most part.
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