Netherlands vs New Zealand, 1st T20I at The Hague, NL v NZ, Aug 04 2022 - Match Result

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Mitch Santner: Yeah, it was obviously a challenge it's probably a slightly slower wicket than we thought but I thought we we did well to scrap to 150 and I thought that was probably par and then you know bowlers really well up top got wickets and kind of kept the pressure on. (On Jimmy Neesham) Yeah, obviously that quick fire runs he got kind of changed the momentum for us. Obviously we're looking at probably getting 131-140 which probably wouldn't have been enough. So to get up to 150 , and then obviously it taken wickets in the powerplay. is pretty clear. We're able to do that and kind of squeezed through. (On Blair Tickner) You know, when you get wickets up top, it's kind of slows them down a little bit. I guess it was his type of wicket at what he thought of length look pretty tough. And he obviously extremely well up top. So, you know, we obviously knew where to get wickets in the powerplay and he obviously delivered for us.

Scott Edwards: It was a little bit tricky but yeah I thought we're in the game and they obviously bowled well up front and we're a little bit behind the eight ball, yeah de Leede obviously played unbelievable innings but yeah just couldn't quite get there Yeah Clayton was awesome, little bit of tough at the end there which was a bit rough falling in the 19th over but yeah, all the spinners are amazing. Yeah, can't fault any of the bowls there. I think we'll go back review a few things and hopefully come back bigger and better tomorrow

New Zealand win by 16 runs and comprehensively, thanks to their quicks. Netherlands batters opted for aggressive play which didn't pay off as they expected. Once you lose three inside six the winning probability diminishes alarmingly. Blair Tickner started the riots with three in his first spell and bagged four over all. Ben Sears in middle was spot on with his lengths and like and took three. Bas de Leede batted brilliantly but ran out of the partners.

Dave: "Being an optimist I think that Ireland, Scotland and now Netherland losing these close matches means there are huge hope of major upsets in the World Cup. Laws of average would have meant a win here and loss there. Now the reverse is qute possible."

Can de Leede do Bracewell? or Burl?

Micah : "If Netherlands hadn't lost so many wickets this would have been a close match"

Lockie Ferguson

Jaap: "MoM? Bas de Leede, even when NZ win. Top run scorer, 2 catches, decent bowling."