Match Details
W-R | Overs | Econ |
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0-35 | 3.3 | 10.00 |
Session | Open | PASS | 10 Over | 56 | 60 | 15 Over | 87 | 81 | 20 Over | 110 | 108 | 25 Over | 134 | 135 | 30 Over | 170 | 166 |
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Session | Open | PASS | 10 Over | 56 | 41 | 15 Over | 56 | 48 | 20 Over | 60 | 64 | 25 Over | 86 | 82 | 30 Over | 101 | 99 | 35 Over | 124 | 126 | 40 Over | 147 | 157 | 50 Over | 204 | 202 |
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Earlier, Pieter Seelaar, skipper of the Netherlands won the toss and opted to bat on a lush green pitch. Vikramjit Singh debuted for the Dutch while Michael Bracewell and Blair Tickner debuted for the hosts. Netherlands didn’t have a great start as this decision to bat first was proved to be wrong. Max O’Dowd and Stephan Myburgh opened for them. Kyle Jamieson and Matt Henry sent back both the openers by reducing them to 17/2. Vikramjit Singh (19 off 21) on debut showed some glimpses of his talent as he played some shots well. But then Blair Tickner, who too was on debut came into the attack and pushed the visitors back by picking up two more wickets in a matter of a couple of overs, reducing the Dutch to 45/5 in 13-overs. Colin de Grandhomme too chipped in with a caught and bowled.
At this point in time, it was thought that the Black Caps would ease past the lower-middle order of the Netherlands. But that wasn’t the case as the Dutch skipper, Pieter Seelaar and Michael Rippon stood tall against these fiery bowlers and stitched together a pride saving partnership. They added 80-runs for the sixth wicket. Seelaar was Tickner’s third victim as he gloved one down the leg side to the keeper. He anchored the innings with his 43 off 75-balls. In between there was a small rain break as well. Rippon, on the other hand, marched on and got to his 2nd ODI fifty. The Otago Volts player was the last man to be dismissed at his score of 67 from 97-balls. Some useful contributions came from Logan van Beek (14 off 14) and Philippe Boissevain (15 off 27) along with Rippon guided them past the 200-run mark. They were bundled out for 202 as they didn’t bat out their 50-overs.
It was an excellent debut to Blair Tickner as his figures read 10-0-50-4. Kyle Jamieson took three wickets for 45-runs in his 9.4-overs along with a maiden in it. Matt Henry was injured after his 8th over but before he contributed with a wicket. Colin de Grandhomme, and Michael Bracewell supported with a wicket each.
Akshaya: It was Tickner with the ball and Young with the bat. New Zealand have done it and Will Young has done it. Brilliant century by him sees his team home with seven wickets in hand and with 11.3-overs remaining.
Chasing an easy target of 203-runs to win, Kiwi’s too didn’t get off to a good start. They lost Martin Guptill very early in the piece as he edged one to the keeper in the bowling of Logan van Beek. Then Will Young and Henry Nicholls batted really well to keep the visitors at bay. Nicholls held an end up and Young took on the loose deliveries. He struck some glorious drives and pulls as it forced Seelaar to bring himself and Michael Rippon into the attack. It did keep the scoring rate on check. But they were not able to get past these two. In the process, Will Young completed his maiden ODI fifty while Henry Nicholls battled his way out to his 14th ODI fifty. Nicholls was anchoring the innings while Young was the aggressor. Both these added 162-runs for the second wicket before Nicholls (57 off 79) chopped on a length delivery in the bowling of Michael Rippon. The Legend Ross Taylor came to bat in at number 4 as he received a grand welcome by the Bay Oval crowd. He got a gentle full toss by Rippon to get off the mark. But sooner, he survived a review. Ross Taylor (11 off 17) didn’t enjoy the spin of Michael Rippon much as he ripped through the gates of Taylor, who for one final time walked back to the dug-out at the Bay Oval. Young took a long time from his 90s to reach on to his maiden ODI century. He converted his maiden ODI fifty to maiden ODI century. An excellent batting display by him as he was filling in the shoes of big fish, captain ice, Kane Williamson for this series. He finished the game and completed the century at the same time with a boundary over mid-off. He was unbeaten on 103 off 114 and Tom Latham was unbeaten on 8 off 11 at the end.
The Dutch bowlers were erring in their lines more as they gave away too many wide deliveries. Logan Van Beek and Michael Rippon were the two successful bowlers for them. Rippon collected two wickets while van Beek took a wicket in support of him. Fred Klaassen, Brandon Glover, Pieter Seelaar, Bas de Leede, and Philippe Boissevain tried hard to take the wicket but they couldn’t. Out of these Pieter Seelaar was very very tidy in his 10-overs but didn’t get any wicket to show for it.
With the loss, Netherlands will drop to the 13th spot in the ICC CWC Super League while the Kiwis after this win, go 4-wins in 4-matches.