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2840dESPNcricinfo staff

Record Netherlands stand forces Hong Kong to settle for draw

Hong Kong and Netherlands dueled to a high-scoring draw in the maiden first-class match played on Hong Kong soil

2839dPeter Della Penna

We've proven to ourselves we can put up big scores - Cooper

Cooper and Pieter Seelar batted out 79 overs on the fourth day and added a record 288 runs for the sixth wicket to ensure a draw for Netherlands against Hong Kong

Netherlands INNINGS		R	B
SJ Myburgh	caught wk	0	2
MP O'Dowd	bowled	22	47
BN Cooper	not out	173	317
W Barresi	stumped	41	50
RE van der Merwe	lbw	2	12
PW Borren	lbw	0	1
PM Seelaar	not out	138	239
VJ Kingma
PA van Meekeren
T van der Gugten
Sikander Zulfiqar
EXTRAS	(b 9, lb 5, w 1, nb 2)
TOTAL	393 (5 wkts; 111 ovs)

Hong Kong BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
Tanwir Afzal	13.0	4	48	1	3.69
Aizaz Khan	19.0	3	53	0	2.78	(2nb)
Ehsan Nawaz	22.0	4	85	3	3.86	(1w)
Nadeem Ahmed	30.0	3	101	1	3.36
Ehsan Khan	14.0	2	51	0	3.64
Anshuman Rath	2.0	0	10	0	5.00
Waqas Khan	1.0	0	11	0	11.00
Babar Hayat	6.0	2	11	0	1.83
Nizakat Khan	4.0	0	9	0	2.25

Netherlands 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	SJ Myburgh	MP O'Dowd
2nd	43	BN Cooper	MP O'Dowd
3rd	55	W Barresi	BN Cooper
4th	7	RE van der Merwe	BN Cooper
5th	0	PW Borren	BN Cooper
6th	288	PM Seelaar	BN Cooper

ICC Intercontinental Cup

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
AFG	7	6	0	1	121
IRE	7	5	1	1	109
NED	7	3	2	2	72
HKG	7	2	3	1	59
UAE	7	2	4	1	47
SCOT	7	0	2	4	46
PNG	7	2	4	1	43
NAM	7	1	5	1	27
CAN	0	0	0	0	0
KENYA	0	0	0	0	0