Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    3.1 And he's struck with his first ball! That looks plumb on first view. Will Bhurtel review, though? Nope, he's off. Length ball angling sharply back into Bhurtel, who was eyeing an across the line hack. Misses and is struck bang in front of off pole. 15/2
    1.6 And Pringle strikes. Reward for flighting the ball. Tossed up on middle stump, Sheikh backs away, once again looking to clear the inner ring on the off side. The bounce, however, does him in. Gets a thick outside edge, and short third takes a simple catch 10/1
    7.4 Pringle gets his second! Floated well outside off, he eyes a sweep, but has to fetch it and that means he gets a top edge that goes to Van Beek at deep backward square leg. 40/3
    15.6 Paudel goes, playing a chip when perhaps he should have committed to a big shot. This was fired in outside off, and Paudel tries to go inside out but plays a checked lofted shot, which long off runs forward to and gets underneath. That's a soft dismissal 84/7
    9.4 Gone straight up and O'Dowd makes no mistake. Malla perishes. Rolls his fingers on the ball and deceives the batter. He looks to go up and over again, skies it straight up. O'Dowd gets across from mid-off and takes a simple catch 52/4
    10.4 another one! De Leede has been threatening to do this all over. This is back of a length pitching on about off, and Airee is squared up. It takes the outside edge and flies to van Beek at wide slip, at about throat height. Netherlands keep rocking these conditions, and Nepal have lost one of their big hitters. 53/5
    13.2 bowled him! Kami's pained stay is at least mercifully brief. This was a length ball that pitched outside off for van Meekeren. It jagged in (it was a wobble-seam ball), and Kami had his inside edge beaten, and had a huge gap between bat and pad, which the ball zipped through to take off stump. 66/6
    19.1 scrambled seam ball, fullish, honing in on the stumps, Gulsan tries to launch this into the stratosphere beyond deep midwicket, but misses the ball completely and has it clatter into the stumps. That's the last of Nepal's batters gone, and they've got five balls left. More smart bowling from Netherlands. 106/9
    18.5 tries it again, but de Leede has gone a touch shorter this time, so Karan gets only a big top edge to it, and the fielder at deep third (Kingma) runs around to get under that one beautifully. Karan had to go for it, but he's been done in by a smart bit of bowling, and Netherlands' frequently excellent fielding. 106/8
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    19.2 that's out as well and van Beek wraps it up smartly, to finish with three all up. This was a back of a length ball on about off stump, which Bohara goes back to and tries to crash over long on I think. It ends up hitting the top edge near the splice, and pops up for Van Beek himself to get under it and take the simplest of catches 106/10
    Extras
    8 (lb 4, w 4)
    TOTAL
    106 all out (19.2 Overs, RR: 5.48)
    Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Aasif Sheikh, 1.6 ov), 2-15 (Kushal Bhurtel, 3.1 ov), 3-40 (Anil Sah, 7.4 ov), 4-52 (Kushal Malla, 9.4 ov), 5-53 (Dipendra Singh Airee, 10.4 ov), 6-66 (Sompal Kami, 13.2 ov), 7-84 (Rohit Paudel, 15.6 ov), 8-106 (Karan KC, 18.5 ov), 9-106 (Gulsan Jha, 19.1 ov), 10-106 (Abinash Bohara, 19.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    VJ Kingma402305.75154020
    TJG Pringle402035.00131100
    LV van Beek3.201835.40142100
    PA van Meekeren401924.75122010
    BFW de Leede412225.50121110
  • BATSMEN
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    1.2 that goes high. And caught in the covers to the HUUUUGE delight of this very pro-Nepal crowd in Texas. This was a length ball outside off, with just a bit of shape away again, and Levitt tries to crash this over the offside infield I think, but ends up giving only a big top edge that the cover fielder has tons of time to get safely under. Nepal are pumped. 3/1
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    8.2 He's got him now! The drop didn't end up costing Nepal much. This is tossed up, tempting Vikram into a big slog sweep. Oitched on middle and off, and would have been hitting middle. The umpire didn't take long to raise the finger, and Vikram doesn't really think about reviewing. Looked pretty plumb. 43/2
    13.1 run out at the non-striker's end! Not the Mankad kind - the type when the batter hits straight, the bowler gets a tickled on the ball and the non-striker fails to make his ground before the ball hits the stumps. Engelbrecht seems to think he's out! And yes, Kami has got a finger to that straight drive from O'Dowd, and redirected it slightly (it might have missed the stumps otherwise). The non-striker is out too far and puts in a dive, but is caught about 10 centimetres short. 71/3
    15.2 bowled! Do Nepal have a hope here? Their death overs bowler Bohara has got the opposition captain. This was a length ball just wide of off, that Edwards stays in the crease to and tries to chop in front of square. The ball has skidded a bit though, and takes an under-edge that cannons into middle and off 80/4
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    Extras
    2 (lb 1, nb 1)
    TOTAL
    109/4 (18.4 Overs, RR: 5.83)
    Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Michael Levitt, 1.2 ov), 2-43 (Vikramjit Singh, 8.2 ov), 3-71 (Sybrand Engelbrecht, 13.1 ov), 4-80 (Scott Edwards, 15.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Karan KC301705.66103000
    Sompal Kami401814.50122000
    Gulsan Jha201708.5022001
    DS Airee20613.0070000
    A Bohara3.402917.9052100
    S Dhakal402105.2581000

Match Notes

Netherlands 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st3MP O'DowdM Levitt
2nd40MP O'DowdVikramjit Singh
3rd28SA EngelbrechtMP O'Dowd
4th9MP O'DowdSA Edwards
5th29MP O'DowdBFW de Leede

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super Eights, Group 1
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AFG3214-0.305
AUS3122-0.331
BAN3030-1.709
Super Eights, Group 2
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ENG32141.992
WI31220.963
USA3030-3.906
Group A
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USA42150.127
PAK42240.294
CAN4123-0.493
IRE4031-1.293
Group B
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AUS44082.791
ENG42153.611
SCOT42151.255
NAM4132-2.585
OMA4040-3.062
Group C
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AFG43161.835
NZ42240.415
UGA4132-4.51
PNG4040-1.268
Group D
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BAN43160.616
SL41230.863
NED4132-1.358
NEP4031-0.542