04/06Result
2nd ODI, Ireland tour of Netherlands at Utrecht, Jun 4 2021
Ireland won by 8 wkts (42b rem)
Player of the Match
Josh Little
Josh LittleIreland
04/06Result
2nd ODI, Ireland tour of Netherlands at Utrecht, Jun 4 2021
Ireland won by 8 wkts (42b rem)
Player of the Match
Josh Little
Josh LittleIreland

END OF OVER:
43 | 5 Runs | IRE: 158/2 | RR: 3.67

  • Andy Balbirnie63 (127b)
  • Harry Tector30 (59b)
  • Timm van der Gugten8-0-23-0
  • Pieter Seelaar9-2-38-1

Thanks for joining me, Chandan, Kate and Vairavan today. Please do join us for the 3rd match of this series on Monday. In captain speak, we will know who gets to take 20 points from this series. Till then good night from all of us here

Josh Little is the player of the match: To be honest, I had an injury a couple of months ago and forced myself into the game. I have lost a little bit of weight, got fitter and the ball is coming out faster. It was a huge disappointment in the previous game and it was important to come out and make a statement in this game

Seelaar: It was a good toss to lose. We should've batted better and the pitch got flatter in the afternoon but 160 (158) wasn't going to be enough. Josh bowled more often in the good areas. We should take a step back, relax and train better on Sunday. We were probably expecting the same sort of game from the first game, but the pitch misbehaved when we batted. 10 points are more important than a series win. We should've forgotten what happened on Wednesday. Now, we should forget what happened today for the game on Monday

Balbirnie: I thought we bowled really well and chase was more composed than the other day. We, as a batting group, saw it over the line today. As a batting group we decided to play as much time as possible. It's satisfying but it's only one game. It wasn't easy when he (Harry Tector) came out but we decided to see out time. (Paul Stirling) He is a world class player. We bowled better with the new ball today. There was some moisture in the pitch. We are not going to look too ahead of ourselves. We are going to have some bad days. It's going to be an important day on Monday. Like Pieter said, it's going to be about the 10 points.

Netherlands batting has been off from the time they lined up to face Scotland. Their bowling covered up the poor batting in two games. They didn't have enough runs on the board for the bowlers to make a difference. Stirling seemed to be batting on a featherbed while Balbirnie fought his way out of a rut. He scored 32 runs off his previous five innings before this game

Stirling's performance was the bedrock for Ireland's win. Stirling and Balbirnie did what Seelaar wanted his batters to do - play a lot of deliveries and take the bull by its horns.

42.6
4
van der Gugten to Balbirnie, FOUR, finishes it in styleShort ball outside the off stump. Balbirnie pulls it to deep midwicket for a boundary. That's 10 points for the win for Ireland
42.5
0
van der Gugten to Balbirnie, no run, good length delivery on the off stump. He defends and gets an inside edge to the leg side
42.4
0
van der Gugten to Balbirnie, no run, comes down the track and slices the short delivery to point
42.3
0
van der Gugten to Balbirnie, no run, makes room. Good length delivery on the stumps. Balbirnie defends it to the off side
42.2
1
van der Gugten to Tector, 1 run, wide of the crease, good length delivery on the stumps. Off the outside edge to short third man for a single
42.1
0
van der Gugten to Tector, no run, fuller ball outside the off stump. Defends it solidly to the off side

END OF OVER:
42 | 3 Runs | IRE: 153/2 (5 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 3.64, RRR: 0.62)

  • Harry Tector29 (57b)
  • Andy Balbirnie59 (123b)
  • Pieter Seelaar9-2-38-1
  • Timm van der Gugten7-0-18-0
41.6
1
Seelaar to Tector, 1 run, fuller ball outside the off stump. Tector comes forward and drives it to long off for a single
41.5
0
Seelaar to Tector, no run, comes forward and cuts it to point
41.4
1
Seelaar to Balbirnie, 1 run, turns it to short fine-leg for a single
41.3
0
Seelaar to Balbirnie, no run, comes forward and pushes it to the leg side
41.2
0
Seelaar to Balbirnie, no run, defends it to the leg side
41.1
1
Seelaar to Tector, 1 run, pushes it to point and sets off for a single

END OF OVER:
41 | 2 Runs | IRE: 150/2 (8 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 3.65, RRR: 0.88)

  • Andy Balbirnie58 (120b)
  • Harry Tector27 (54b)
  • Timm van der Gugten7-0-18-0
  • Pieter Seelaar8-2-35-1
40.6
0
van der Gugten to Balbirnie, no run, short of a good length delivery outside the off stump. Left alone
40.5
0
van der Gugten to Balbirnie, no run, comes forward and turns it to the leg side
40.4
0
van der Gugten to Balbirnie, no run, comes forward and punches it to cover
40.3
1
van der Gugten to Tector, 1 run, steers it to third man for a single
40.2
0
van der Gugten to Tector, no run, defends it back to the bowler
40.1
1
van der Gugten to Balbirnie, 1 run, fuller ball outside the off stump. He drives it to sweeper cover

Bowling Change - van der Gugten back into the attack

Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9WTS PorterfieldPR Stirling
2nd82A BalbirniePR Stirling
3rd67A BalbirnieHT Tector