he's done it on his first ball by driving that just past mid-off with a firm drive. Four runs it is, book your tickets to India!
Namibia vs Netherlands, 2nd Qualifying Play-off at Dublin, , Jul 21 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
2nd Qualifying Play-off, Dublin (Malahide), July 21, 2015, ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
135/6
(19.2/20 ov, T:136) 137/6
Netherlands won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
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NED
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Man of the Match Bernard Scholtz: The wicket today suited my bowling. We didn't get enough runs not he board and it probably got away at the start of the innings. Missed chances are a part of cricket, we'll try to take them next time. The guys are disappointed but we still have another chance.
N Scholtz: We knew from the start we needed 150, that was about par. We rebuilt and finished strong and felt the momentum was our way but they batted well. Rain always makes the ball skid, but we can't blame it on that. We need to put this behind us and focus on Thursday.
Borren: There's been a lot of pressure in the last 14-15 days, it's a lot of relief that we are going to India. Now we'll look forward to winning this trophy. We've been a pretty good Associate team for years now. We can definitely push Ireland, even in their home conditions. I'll back us to play good cricket against them.
That's all from us, today. Two teams booking their tickets to India and the other two have one more chance. Do catch us for the remaining matches as well, there are a few of them left. Till then, goodbye and good luck!
5.55pm Bukhari pumps his right fist and you can see what it means to them to qualify for the World T20. Not the most convincing win after bowling well, and the way Myburgh started. But this is not a rare feature in T20s and Netherlands will happy take this four-wicket win. All their batsmen, barring Barresi, chipped in and that would give them confidence too, going into the semi-finals. It's not the end for Namibia, they will play Oman for their last chance
19.2
4
Scholtz to Bukhari, FOUR runs
Can there be a twist here. Is there?
19.1
W
Scholtz to van der Merwe, OUT
and gets a wicket! Van der Merwe made room to drive that over the covers with the spin but he missed the line and the ball turned enough to strike middle and leg stumps
Roelof van der Merwe b Scholtz 18 (17b 0x4 1x6 17m) SR: 105.88
Just three more to go now, the captain comes on
end of over 195 runs
NED: 133/5CRR: 7.00 • RRR: 3.00
Roelof van der Merwe18 (16b 1x6)
Max O'Dowd19 (17b 1x4)
Gerrie Snyman 4-0-22-1
Sarel Burger 3-0-27-0
18.6
1
Gerrie to van der Merwe, 1 run
drives this one square towards cover point this time
18.5
•
Gerrie to van der Merwe, no run
full toss again, an edge again as it's gone back to the keeper
18.4
1
Gerrie to O'Dowd, 1 run
blocks the full delivery down, just past the keeper for one to long off
18.3
1
Gerrie to van der Merwe, 1 run
sweeps the ball in the air, it falls just short of deep midwicket
18.2
1
Gerrie to O'Dowd, 1 run
gets a full toss but gets an edge to the off side for one
18.1
1
Gerrie to van der Merwe, 1 run
turning in from outside off, he guides it late towards short third man for a quick single
end of over 189 runs
NED: 128/5CRR: 7.11 • RRR: 4.00
Max O'Dowd17 (15b 1x4)
Roelof van der Merwe15 (12b 1x6)
Sarel Burger 3-0-27-0
Nicolaas Scholtz 3-0-25-0
17.6
2
Burger to O'Dowd, 2 runs
swats the short of length ball down to long on for two more
17.5
1
Burger to van der Merwe, 1 run
17.4
1
Burger to O'Dowd, 1 run
short ball is pulled in the air, there's a fielder there and he drops it! Ran to his left from deep square leg, got there in time but couldn't get his fingers under it properly as the ball dipped on him
17.3
4
Burger to O'Dowd, FOUR runs
he's put it away in the gap for four! Used his feet and chipped it away over midwicket and to the wide long-on boundary
17.2
1
Burger to van der Merwe, 1 run
run out chance at the bowler's end as he defends the ball with soft hands towards midwicket and runs. No direct hit, though
17.1
•
Burger to van der Merwe, no run
tucks the ball towards square leg off the back foot
Anil Katwal: "Straight Forward chase for Netherlands, lets Jinx it." Remember Jinxy the Cat?
end of over 1711 runs
NED: 119/5CRR: 7.00 • RRR: 5.66
Roelof van der Merwe13 (9b 1x6)
Max O'Dowd10 (12b)
Nicolaas Scholtz 3-0-25-0
Sarel Burger 2-0-18-0
16.6
1
Scholtz to van der Merwe, 1 run
on length on middle and leg, steered off the back foot to deep midwicket
16.5
2
Scholtz to van der Merwe, 2 runs
enough time for him to first go back in the crease and punch it wide of cover, and then come back for the second
16.4
1
Scholtz to O'Dowd, 1 run
O'Dowd turns the ball from leg towards midwicket for one
16.3
1
Scholtz to van der Merwe, 1 run
some turn towards off from middle and a thick outside edge goes to point for one
16.2
•
Scholtz to van der Merwe, no run
cuts the ball firmly off the back foot to cover
16.1
6
Scholtz to van der Merwe, SIX runs
pitched up outside off, he goes down on a knee and tonks that high and straight down the ground, well over the ropes for a big six!
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