- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.1 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. 15/21.6 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 10/17.4 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. 40/315.6 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 84/79.4 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 52/410.4 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. 53/513.2 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. 66/619.1 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. 106/918.5 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. 106/819.2 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 106/10Extras8 (lb 4, w 4)TOTAL106 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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB VJ Kingma 4 0 23 0 5.75 15 4 0 2 0 TJG Pringle 4 0 20 3 5.00 13 1 1 0 0 LV van Beek 3.2 0 18 3 5.40 14 2 1 0 0 PA van Meekeren 4 0 19 2 4.75 12 2 0 1 0 BFW de Leede 4 1 22 2 5.50 12 1 1 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 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. 3/18.2 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. 43/213.1 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. 71/315.2 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 80/4Extras2 (lb 1, nb 1)TOTAL109/4 (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)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Karan KC 3 0 17 0 5.66 10 3 0 0 0 Sompal Kami 4 0 18 1 4.50 12 2 0 0 0 Gulsan Jha 2 0 17 0 8.50 2 2 0 0 1 DS Airee 2 0 6 1 3.00 7 0 0 0 0 A Bohara 3.4 0 29 1 7.90 5 2 1 0 0 S Dhakal 4 0 21 0 5.25 8 1 0 0 0
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
Match Notes
- Wet Ground: Nepal - 0/0
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 29 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 3.5: Review by Nepal (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - L Rusere, Batter - RK Paudel (Upheld)
- Nepal: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: Nepal - 53/4 in 10.0 overs (RK Paudel 15, DS Airee 1)
- Nepal: 100 runs in 18.3 overs (111 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: Nepal - 106/10 in 19.2 overs (S Dhakal 0)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 1 wicket)
- Netherlands: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (58 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Netherlands - 52/2 in 10.0 overs (MP O'Dowd 23, SA Engelbrecht 4)
- Over 13.4: Review by Netherlands (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - L Rusere, Batter - SA Edwards (Upheld)
- Netherlands: 100 runs in 18.2 overs (111 balls), Extras 2
- MP O'Dowd: 50 off 47 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
Match Coverage
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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 | |||||
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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 |