Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

MP O'Dowd
MP O'Dowd
54(48) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 15 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
3 7 5 12 3 5 8 11
RK Paudel
RK Paudel
35(37) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %56%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 13 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
2 4 4 6 9 0 2 8

Best performances - Bowlers

LV van Beek
LV van Beek
O3.2
M0
R18
W3
Eco5.40
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
TJG Pringle
O4
M0
R20
W3
Eco5.00
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

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
4
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

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
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND33062.017
AFG3214-0.305
AUS3122-0.331
BAN3030-1.709
Super Eights, Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA33060.599
ENG32141.992
WI31220.963
USA3030-3.906
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND43071.137
USA42150.127
PAK42240.294
CAN4123-0.493
IRE4031-1.293
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS44082.791
ENG42153.611
SCOT42151.255
NAM4132-2.585
OMA4040-3.062
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI44083.257
AFG43161.835
NZ42240.415
UGA4132-4.51
PNG4040-1.268
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA44080.47
BAN43160.616
SL41230.863
NED4132-1.358
NEP4031-0.542