03/04Result

2nd Match, Group A, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier at Harare, Mar 4 2018

IrelandIrelandIRE
268/7
NetherlandsNetherlandsNL
149 (32.2/41 ov, target 243)

Ireland won by 93 runs (D/L method)

Player of the Match

Andy BalbirnieIreland

03/04Result

2nd Match, Group A, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier at Harare, Mar 4 2018

IrelandIrelandIRE
268/7
NetherlandsNetherlandsNL
149 (32.2/41 ov, target 243)

Ireland won by 93 runs (D/L method)

Player of the Match

Andy BalbirnieIreland

Match Day

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Balbirnie shakes off blow to head to beat Netherlands

The bowlers also contributed greatly to fashion a 97-run win for Ireland in their first game of the World Cup Qualifier

Netherlands INNINGS		R	B
W Barresi	caught wk	15	20
MP O'Dowd	bowled	0	1
BN Cooper	caught	19	33
RN ten Doeschate	lbw	21	33
PW Borren	run out	3	7
RE van der Merwe	caught	16	21
SA Edwards	caught	26	35
PM Seelaar	caught wk	3	5
T van der Gugten	caught	33	25
PA van Meekeren	caught	7	8
VJ Kingma	not out	2	6
EXTRAS	(lb 1, w 3)
TOTAL	149 (all out; 32.2 ovs)

Ireland BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Murtagh	7.0	0	28	3	4.00
BJ McCarthy	6.0	1	28	2	4.66	(1w)
WB Rankin	5.2	0	19	2	3.56	(2w)
KJ O'Brien	7.0	0	28	2	4.00
GH Dockrell	7.0	0	45	0	6.42

Netherlands 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	1	W Barresi	MP O'Dowd
2nd	24	W Barresi	BN Cooper
3rd	25	RN ten Doeschate	BN Cooper
4th	9	PW Borren	RN ten Doeschate
5th	4	RN ten Doeschate	RE van der Merwe
6th	19	RE van der Merwe	SA Edwards
7th	20	PM Seelaar	SA Edwards
8th	6	T van der Gugten	SA Edwards
9th	24	T van der Gugten	PA van Meekeren
10th	17	T van der Gugten	VJ Kingma

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy)

Super Sixes
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
WI	5	4	1	8	0.472
AFG	5	3	2	6	0.302
ZIM	5	2	2	5	0.42
SCOT	5	2	2	5	0.243
IRE	5	2	3	4	0.346
UAE	5	1	4	2	-1.95
Group A
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
WI	4	4	0	8	1.171
IRE	4	3	1	6	1.479
UAE	4	2	2	4	-1.177
NL	4	1	3	2	-0.709
PNG	4	0	4	0	-0.865
Group B
Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
ZIM	4	3	0	7	1.035
SCOT	4	3	0	7	0.855
AFG	4	1	3	2	0.038
NEPAL	4	1	3	2	-0.893
HKG	4	1	3	2	-1.121