Netherlands elect to field under heavy overcast skies in Dallas
Rain and bad light delayed the toss but the forecast for the rest of the morning is promising
04/06Result
7th Match, Group D, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Dallas, Jun 4 2024
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![Nepal]( "Nepal")
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![Netherlands]( "Netherlands")
109/4 (18.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
04/06Result
7th Match, Group D, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Dallas, Jun 4 2024
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![Nepal]( "Nepal")
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![Netherlands]( "Netherlands")
109/4 (18.4/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
MP O'Dowd
54(48) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %81%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 15 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
RK Paudel
35(37) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %56%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 13 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
Match Details
Toss
Netherlands , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
4 June 2024 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Netherlands 2, Nepal 0
Scorecard Summary
NETHERLANDS 109/4 (18.4 OVERS)
- Max O'Dowd*54 (48)
- Vikramjit Singh22 (28)
- Sompal Kami1/18 (4)
- Dipendra Singh Airee1/6 (2)
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?
18.4
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Bohara to de Leede, FOUR, fullish ball, wide off off, and that's the game! De Leede beats cover with a strong drive and it skips away to the boundary and Netherlands breathe a sigh of relief
18.3
1
Bohara to O'Dowd, 1 run, fullish outside off, driven square, to deep point
18.2
6
Bohara to O'Dowd, SIX, is that a a six? It is. A lovely scoop over the shoulder, and that also takes O'Dowd to fifty. This was a length ball on the stumps, he gets low and shovels it nicely right on to the boundary cushion to collect six.
18.1
4
Bohara to O'Dowd, FOUR, there's the boundary they needed! O'Dowd delivers it. This was a length ball on the pads, and he gets across and flicks this fine of the deep square leg and makes a dent in that requirement
40 balls since the last boundary was scored. But They only need 13 more.
END OF OVER:18 | 6 Runs | NED: 94/4 (13 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.22, RRR: 6.50)
- Max O'Dowd43 (45b)
- Bas de Leede7 (9b)
- Sompal Kami4-0-18-1
- Sagar Dhakal4-0-21-0
17.6
1
Sompal Kami to O'Dowd, 1 run, almost a chance again. O' Dowd is going for it and hits this full ball down towards long off again. Paudel runs around but can't get to the ball, it bounces a couple of metres short.
17.5
1
Sompal Kami to de Leede, 1 run, length wide of off, bashed down to Paudel. The ball's following him at long off
Match Coverage
All Match NewsNepal's Dallas diaspora and the sound of passionate silence
Netherlands take the spoils, but the local fans steal the show, even as the cheering stops
Netherlands elect to field under heavy overcast skies in Dallas
Rain and bad light delayed the toss but the forecast for the rest of the morning is promising
Pringle and Co stifle Nepal as Netherlands open their account
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
Netherlands vs Nepal - the one match neither team can afford to lose
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
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Super Eights, Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.017 |
| AFG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.305 |
| AUS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.331 |
| BAN | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.709 |
| Super Eights, Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.599 |
| ENG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.992 |
| WI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.963 |
| USA | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.906 |
| 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 |