| 2.4 : 2.4: M Adair to Max O'Dowd, FOUR! Clean hitting. A length ball, around off, O'Dowd lofts it over mid on and gets a boundary! |
| 3.4: C Young to Max O'Dowd, OUT! Excellent catch! There goes the first wicket. A length ball, around of, O'Dowd looks to tuck it to the leg side but the ball moves sideways, takes the leading edge and goes to point. Harry Tector at point dives forward and takes it! |
| 5.2 : 5.2: C Young to C Ackermann, FOUR! How did he get that in that region? A length ball, around off, Ackermann gets across to paddle. But the bowler has dished out a slower one. So, the batsman has to wait for the ball to come to him but he is already through his shot. The bat is already swung and just when it completes its rotation, the ball makes contact. Hits the back of the bat and flies over short third man to the fence! |
| 5.3 : 5.3: C Young to C Ackermann, OUT! BOWLED! Waste of a wicket. Ackermann, after getting across on the previous ball, moves leg side this time. Exposes all the three sticks, challenging Young to hit. Young accepts the challenge, fires in a yorker and misses Ackermann's bat. Misses the off stump. Misses the leg stump. Hits middle. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: C Young to Ben Cooper, FOUR! Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a boundary! |
| 7.4 : 7.4: S Thompson to P Seelaar, FOUR! Short and wide outside off, Seelaar throws his bat at it and gets it over cover. Sweeper dives to his right but cannot get there! |
| 8.1 : 8.1: G Delany to P Seelaar, FOUR! Short and around middle, Seelaar rocks back and pulls it through mid-wicket! |
| 11.2 : 11.2: B Rankin to P Seelaar, OUT! Caught down the leg side! Rankin has struck. The 44-run stand has been broken. A short ball, down the leg side, Seelaar looks to pull but is cramped for room. The ball goes past and generates a noise. The keeper collects and appeals, followed by the raise of the finger. Guess it was glove. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: G Dockrell to Ben Cooper, SIX! Effortless! Around middle and leg, Cooper comes down the track and sends it sailing over mid-wicket. The fielder runs to his right, sticks his right hand out but the ball sails over! |
| 13.5: S Thompson to ten Doeschate, FOUR! HANDSOME! Full and outside off, ten Doeschate leans and drives it through the covers! |
| 14.6 : 14.6: G Delany to Ben Cooper, OUT! BOWLED! Cooper is gone. Excellent bowling by Delany, targetting the stumps, Ben rocks back to cut but is beaten by pace. The ball skids through, misses the bat and hits the leg stump. End of a sluggish knock from Cooper. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: G Delany to van der Merwe, DROPPED AND FOUR! Another short of length ball, this time van der Merwe connects the pull but not with perfect timing. The ball goes towards deep mid-wicket where the fielder lunges forward to catch the ball but it goes between the hands and into the fence. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: G Delany to van der Merwe, FOUR! Another boundary. Delany this time sprays down the pads, van der Merwe flicks it to the fine leg fence. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: M Adair to van der Merwe, FOUR! Short and outside off, van der Merwe hammers it through covers uppishly. The ball races to the fence in a jiffy. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: M Adair to van der Merwe, FOUR! Van der Merwe gets this off the outer half of the bat but he wouldn't mind it. Another short ball outside off, van der Merwe looks to slap it over the covers again but the ball takes the outer half of the bat and goes over the short third man fielder and into the fence. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: C Young to ten Doeschate, FOUR! Beautiful! Length ball on off, ten Doeschate makes room and slaps this over the man at cover for a boundary. |
| 18.5 : 18.5: C Young to ten Doeschate, SIX! Huge! On middle and leg, ten Doeschate gets one leg out of the way and slams this one over the long on fence for a maximum. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: C Young to ten Doeschate, SIX! Even bigger this time! Right in the slot on middle, ten Doeschate again clears his front foot and smashes this one over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. 19 off the over. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: M Adair to ten Doeschate, FOUR! Misfield this time. This should've been just two. Full and around off, ten Doeschate creams this towards mid off where Thompson misfields and the ball goes to the fence. |
| 0.3 : 0.3: F Klaassen to K O'Brien, FOUR! Full and outside off, Kevin throws his bat and connects. The ball flies towards the third man region uppishly and goes to the fence. First boundary of the innings. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: van der Gugten to P Stirling, SIX! First one of the Irish innings. Length ball, in the slot for Stirling. He gets to the pitch of the ball and hammers it over the long on fence. Superbly timed. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: B Glover to P Stirling, FOUR! Stirling showing how strong he is on the off side. Short and outside off, Stirling slaps it over the point fielder for a boundary. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: F Klaassen to P Stirling, FOUR! Up and over. A full ball on middle, Stirling hammers it over mid on to earn another boundary. Full use of the Powerplay here from the Irish openers. |
| 5.1: van Meekeren to K O'Brien, FOUR! Hammered! Short ball on middle, Kevin pulls it to deep square leg for a boundary. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: van Meekeren to K O'Brien, FOUR! Whacked! Short again, Kevin powers this to deep mid-wicket fence. Superb batting this. |
| 6.6 : 6.6: van der Merwe to K O'Brien, OUT! The opening stand is broken. A simple catch for Cooper. This is a soft dismissal though. Short and slower one through the air, Kevin O'Brien checks his shot towards mid off. The ball goes uppishly and Cooper pouches it at long off. O'Brien has been dismissed for a run-a-ball 22 runs. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: van der Merwe to P Stirling, OUT! Knocked him over! What a massive wicket this one. Van der Merwe is the man again. Wicket number 2 for him. He added important runs with the bat and now showing his class with the ball. It is a quicker ball around off, tad shortish length. Stirling goes back to cut but misses to see his timber behind get rocked. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: van der Merwe to G Delany, SIX! A much needed maximum this one. Around off, Delany skips down the track and powers it over the long off fence. |
| 11.3: B Glover to G Delany, FOUR! Smacked! Short ball on middle. Delany clubs it to the mid-wicket fence. |
| 12.2 : 12.2: F Klaassen to G Delany, OUT! Caught! Klaassen gets his man. The slower cutter has worked for him. This lands on middle, Delany looks to crunch it over the long on fence but finds the long on fielder instead. Another timely wicket for the Dutch. 75 needed of 46 balls. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: F Klaassen to A Balbirnie, OUT! Bowld'em around the legs! Two in two for Klaassen. And it is Balbirnie this time. Full ball on the leg pole, Balbirnie goes for the sweep by shuffling across the off stump but misses. The ball goes behind and disturbs the stumps. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: P Seelaar to G Wilson, OUT! BOWLED! Seelaar dismisses his counterpart. Wilson looks to make room and hit this one over the off side, Seelaar is clever and follows him. Wilson now looks to flick it towards the leg side but misses to get hit on the pads. The ball deflects off the pads and onto the stumps. Half the side in the hut for Ireland and they still need 70 runs off 36 balls. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: P Seelaar to M Adair, OUT! CAUGHT! Van Meekeren takes the catch. Seelaar gets his second of the game. He floats one on off, Adair dances down the track and tries to go over the cover fence. He does not get the perfect timing on it and van Meekeren at sweeper cover takes the catch. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: P Seelaar to H Tector, OUT! CAUGHT! 2 in 2 for the skipper! And Tector is the man who departs now. Floated ball on middle and off, Tector goes down on one knee and looks for the slog sweep but does not get the desired timing on it. The ball goes straight to Ackermann who takes the catch at deep mid-wicket. |
| 16.6 : 16.6: van Meekeren to S Thompson, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Thompson is the man to walk back now. Short of a length ball on off, Thompson rocks back and looks to pull. He manages to get just the top edge on it and the ball goes high to the left of van Meekeren. He almost misjudges it but manages to get to it and hold out in the end. Netherlands falling apart here. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: B Glover to C Young, OUT! A blinder from the Dutch skipper at mid-wicket. Back of a length ball, Young looks to pull but the ball hits the higher part of the bat and goes high in the air towards mid-wicket. Seelaar runs to his right, gets to the ball and catches it. But as he gets down, the ball pops out of his hand but he takes it on the second attempt. Netherlands 9 down. |
| 18.1 : 18.1: van Meekeren to G Dockrell, FOUR! Over the bowler's head. Length ball around off, Dockrell goes back and hammers the ball over the bowler's head to earn a boundary. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: van Meekeren to G Dockrell, FOUR! Another one. Short and outside off, Dockrell this time slaps it over the extra cover region to get consecutive boundaries. |
| 18.5 : 18.5: van Meekeren to B Rankin, FOUR! Nicely done by Rankin. Full ball on off, Rankin gets his bat down in time to guide it to the third man fence. Three boundaries in the over but this is coming too late for the Irish players. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: F Klaassen to G Dockrell, SIX! WOW! Runs are coming but too late for the Irish. This is a length ball on middle, Dockrell brings out the pull and deposits it over the mid-wicket fence. |
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