Max O'Dowd showed the patience required to get the job done in the chase, even as Nepal's bowlers applied significant pressure of their own
Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Fidel Fernando
That's it for our ball-by-ball coverage from this game. Ashish Pant will have the report there for you to read shortly. Till next time, take it easy.
Tim Pringle was Player of the Match for his 3 for 20, by the way.
Netherlands captain Scott Edwards: "Our bowlers were awesome up top. We got two or three wickets in the powerplay. All five of our bowlers were brilliant. Ideally we would have got the runs a little quicker, but it was great the way Max batted, and Bassie finished it off well. We've got to play consistent cricket right way through this tournament."
Nepal captain Rohit Paudel: "The conditions while batting were really challenging. Netherlands bowled really well. We could have stretched it a little more and had more partnerships through the middle. I was moving laterally and using the crease to upset the bowlers. After the start I got I could have done better.
"As a bowling unit we did really well. The last catch that I dropped was very well and we didn't catch well. I want to thank the crowd. It felt like we were playing in Nepal. We are really grateful to them."
But it was the Netherlands bowling effort that brought this win about. Left-arm spinner Tim Pringle and Logan van Beek took three wickets each, and Paul van Meekeren and Bas de Leede took two apiece. Vitally, none of those bowlers went for more than a run a ball. As hard as Nepal defended, you always suspected Netherlands would hunt down 107.
Pratik Dahal: "You can't afford to drop catches especially at this stage. Certainly a couple of easy drop catches cost Nepal the match."
Not the dominant win we expected after Nepal were bowled out for 106. But a comfortable win nonetheless in the end, thanks largely to O'Dowd's 54 not out off 48 balls.
Nepal bowled tenaciously, but they did drop three catches - Aasif Sheikh, Sompal Kami, and Rohit Paudel dropping one apiece. If they'd caught those, it may have put a bit of extra pressure on Netherlands - could it even have changed the result?
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Max O'Dowd showed the patience required to get the job done in the chase, even as Nepal's bowlers applied significant pressure of their own
Both teams have exciting cricketers, their head-to-head record is almost dead even, and with higher-ranked teams in their group, this is a game they can't lose
| Super Eights, Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.35 |
| AFG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2.35 |
| AUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Super Eights, Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.343 |
| SA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.9 |
| USA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.9 |
| WI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.343 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.137 |
| USA | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.127 |
| PAK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.294 |
| CAN | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -0.493 |
| IRE | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1.293 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.791 |
| ENG | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3.611 |
| SCOT | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1.255 |
| NAM | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2.585 |
| OMA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3.062 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3.257 |
| AFG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.835 |
| NZ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.415 |
| UGA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -4.51 |
| PNG | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1.268 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.47 |
| BAN | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.616 |
| SL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.863 |
| NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.358 |
| NEP | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -0.542 |
