The Netherlands maintained all-win run in the first round Group A match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Cricket beating giant Namibia by five wickets at the GMHBA Stadium in South Geelong in Victoria, Australia on Tuesday.
With the day’s feat, the Netherlands brightened their chance to reach the Super-12 stage of the World Cup securing full four points from straight two matches and will face Sri Lanka on Thursday (Oct 20) in their last group match.
Namibia, which came to the limelight upsetting Sri Lanka in the opening first round match, today (Tuesday) opted to bat first after winning the toss and scored 121 for 6 in quota 20 overs with middle order batter Jan Frylinck making the team’s highest 48-ball 43 runs with one four and one six.
Later, Jan Frylinck was adjudged the most valuable player of the match.
Besides, opener Michael Van Lingen (29), one down Stephan Baard (19), captain Gerhard Erasmus (16) and David Wiese (11) were the other notable scorers for Namibia reaching the double figure.
Bas De Leede grabbed two wickets for 18 runs in three overs.
Chasing a target of 122 runs, the Netherlands scored the match-winner 122 runs for the loss of five wickets with three balls to spare.
Two openers Max O Dowd and Vikramjit Singh made a good foundation of the Dutch innings contributing 59 runs in 8.2 overs in the opening stand.
Max scored 31-ball 39 runs hitting three fours and two sixes, Vikram made run a ball 30 with two boundaries.
Bas De Leede, who earlier bagged two wickets, scored run a ball 30 featuring two boundaries to be adjudged player of the match.
No other Dutch batter failed to score the double figure run.
JJ Smit took two wickets for 24 runs in four overs.
Source: United News of Bangladesh