Oman vs Netherlands, 3rd Match, Group B at Abu Dhabi, Jan 15 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
3rd Match, Group B, Abu Dhabi, January 15, 2017, Desert T20 Challenge
146/7
(19.2/20 ov, T:147) 148/5

Netherlands won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

michael-rippon
Player Of The Match
40 (38) & 1/15
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19.2
4
Bilal Khan to van der Merwe, FOUR runs

full and straight, squirts it over point, ball races away to the boundary

19.1
2
Bilal Khan to van der Merwe, 2 runs

full and wide, lofts it over point

Over19
13 runs
NED 142/5CRR: 7.47  RRR: 5.00
Roelof van der Merwe 29 (13b 5x4)Max O'Dowd 9 (4b 1x6)
Kaleemullah1/33 (4)
18.6
1
Kaleemullah to van der Merwe, 1 run

slower ball in the slot, driven to mid on, sharp single

18.5
1
Kaleemullah to O'Dowd, 1 run

length ball, clips it to midwicket, just falls short of the fielder, run out opportunity, missed

18.5
1w
Kaleemullah to O'Dowd, 1 wide

slower ball outside offstump, hits and misses, wide called

18.4
6
Kaleemullah to O'Dowd, SIX runs

right in the slot, stands and delivers over mid off, BIGGIE

18.3
2
Kaleemullah to O'Dowd, 2 runs

tries to ramp it from outside offstump, falls short of the fine leg fielder, good aggressive running

18.2
Kaleemullah to O'Dowd, no run

perfect yorker, under the bat

18.2
1w
Kaleemullah to O'Dowd, 1 wide

balls it too wide outside offstump, left alone

18.1
1
Kaleemullah to van der Merwe, 1 run

full and wide, squirted to point

Over18
8 runs, 1 wicket
NED 129/5CRR: 7.16  RRR: 9.00
Roelof van der Merwe 27 (11b 5x4)
Mohammad Nadeem2/24 (4)
17.6
W
Mohammad Nadeem to Borren, OUT

full and straight, tries to sweep it from outside off stump, gets a slight top edge, good high catch by Sultan

Peter Borren c †Sultan Ahmed b Mohammad Nadeem 5 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 83.33
17.5
1
Mohammad Nadeem to van der Merwe, 1 run

clipped to fine leg

17.4
4
Mohammad Nadeem to van der Merwe, FOUR runs

moves offside, Bowler follows him, tries to play a ramp, changes at the last moment and late cuts it to thirdman

17.3
1
Mohammad Nadeem to Borren, 1 run

Borren moves towards the legside too early, Bowler follows up, clipped behind square

17.2
1
Mohammad Nadeem to van der Merwe, 1 run

short ball, pulls it infront of square

17.1
1
Mohammad Nadeem to Borren, 1 run

tries to sweep off length, gets a thick inside edge past the stumps towards short fine

Over17
12 runs
NED 121/4CRR: 7.11  RRR: 8.66
Roelof van der Merwe 21 (8b 4x4)Peter Borren 3 (3b)
Bilal Khan2/27 (3)
16.6
4
Bilal Khan to van der Merwe, FOUR runs

short ball, scoops it over fine leg

16.5
1
Bilal Khan to Borren, 1 run

fullish length, tries to paddle it over square leg, gets the cue end of the bat to the bowler, Bilal runs it, turns and throws down the stumps, close call for borren

16.4
1
Bilal Khan to van der Merwe, 1 run

pushed to vacant square leg

16.3
4
Bilal Khan to van der Merwe, FOUR runs

attempted yorker, Van der Merwe, converts it into a low full toss, square drives it past the diving point fielder

16.2
1
Bilal Khan to Borren, 1 run

yorker length, jammed to point, quick run, perfect death bowling by Bilal

16.1
1
Bilal Khan to van der Merwe, 1 run

perfect yorker, angling in from around the stumps, digs it out, sneak a run from the keeper