fullish ball, wide off off, and that's the game! De Leede beats cover with a strong drive and it skips away to the boundary and Netherlands breathe a sigh of relief
Nepal vs Netherlands, 7th Match, Group D at Dallas, T20 World Cup, Jun 04 2024 - Match Result
RESULT
7th Match, Group D, Dallas, June 04, 2024, ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Airee has broken the record for most catches by a fielder (29) in T20Is for NEP, going past Bhurtel's 28
This is the lowest match aggregate (215) involving Netherlands & Nepal in T20Is
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Scores: K Vairavan | Comms: Fidel FernandoScorecard summary
Nepal • 106/10(19.2 overs)
35 (37)
3/20 (4)
17 (12)
3/18 (3.2)
Netherlands • 109/4(18.4 overs)
54* (48)
1/6 (2)
22 (28)
1/18 (4)
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That's it for our ball-by-ball coverage from this game. Ashish Pant will have the report there for you to read shortly. Till next time, take it easy.
Tim Pringle was Player of the Match for his 3 for 20, by the way.
Netherlands captain Scott Edwards: "Our bowlers were awesome up top. We got two or three wickets in the powerplay. All five of our bowlers were brilliant. Ideally we would have got the runs a little quicker, but it was great the way Max batted, and Bassie finished it off well. We've got to play consistent cricket right way through this tournament."
Nepal captain Rohit Paudel: "The conditions while batting were really challenging. Netherlands bowled really well. We could have stretched it a little more and had more partnerships through the middle. I was moving laterally and using the crease to upset the bowlers. After the start I got I could have done better.
"As a bowling unit we did really well. The last catch that I dropped was very well and we didn't catch well. I want to thank the crowd. It felt like we were playing in Nepal. We are really grateful to them."
But it was the Netherlands bowling effort that brought this win about. Left-arm spinner Tim Pringle and Logan van Beek took three wickets each, and Paul van Meekeren and Bas de Leede took two apiece. Vitally, none of those bowlers went for more than a run a ball. As hard as Nepal defended, you always suspected Netherlands would hunt down 107.
Pratik Dahal: "You can't afford to drop catches especially at this stage. Certainly a couple of easy drop catches cost Nepal the match."
Not the dominant win we expected after Nepal were bowled out for 106. But a comfortable win nonetheless in the end, thanks largely to O'Dowd's 54 not out off 48 balls.
Nepal bowled tenaciously, but they did drop three catches - Aasif Sheikh, Sompal Kami, and Rohit Paudel dropping one apiece. If they'd caught those, it may have put a bit of extra pressure on Netherlands - could it even have changed the result?
18.3
1
Bohara to O'Dowd, 1 run
fullish outside off, driven square, to deep point
18.2
6
Bohara to O'Dowd, SIX runs
is that a a six? It is. A lovely scoop over the shoulder, and that also takes O'Dowd to fifty. This was a length ball on the stumps, he gets low and shovels it nicely right on to the boundary cushion to collect six.
18.1
4
Bohara to O'Dowd, FOUR runs
there's the boundary they needed! O'Dowd delivers it. This was a length ball on the pads, and he gets across and flicks this fine of the deep square leg and makes a dent in that requirement
40 balls since the last boundary was scored. But They only need 13 more.
end of over 186 runs
NED: 94/4CRR: 5.22 • RRR: 6.50 • Need 13 from 12b
Max O'Dowd43 (45b 3x4)
Bas de Leede7 (9b)
Sompal Kami 4-0-18-1
Sagar Dhakal 4-0-21-0
17.6
1
Sompal Kami to O'Dowd, 1 run
almost a chance again. O' Dowd is going for it and hits this full ball down towards long off again. Paudel runs around but can't get to the ball, it bounces a couple of metres short.
17.5
1
Sompal Kami to de Leede, 1 run
length wide of off, bashed down to Paudel. The ball's following him at long off
17.4
1
Sompal Kami to O'Dowd, 1 run
length on off, dragged through midwicket
17.3
1
Sompal Kami to de Leede, 1 run
length ball on off, driven to long off
17.2
1
Sompal Kami to O'Dowd, 1 run
dropped! Is that the match? That's captain Paudel down there and he should have taken it. O'Dowd went for the big shot against this fullish ball and Paudel only had to go a couple of metres to his left at long off and hold on and he grasses it. Such a big moment
17.1
1
Sompal Kami to de Leede, 1 run
attempted yorker first up but it's a low full toss in the end. De Leede drives, doesn't hit cleanly but gets it past the bowler and gets a single
Here's Sompal Kami. Is this the over Netherlands will target. He's coming around the wicket.
end of over 174 runs
NED: 88/4CRR: 5.17 • RRR: 6.33 • Need 19 from 18b
Bas de Leede4 (6b)
Max O'Dowd40 (42b 3x4)
Sagar Dhakal 4-0-21-0
Abinash Bohara 3-0-14-1
16.6
1
Dhakal to de Leede, 1 run
fired through on the stumps, driven to deep cover for a single
16.5
•
Dhakal to de Leede, no run
floated up on the stumps, driven just to the left of the bowler who dives and gets a hand to it, preventing the run
16.4
1
Dhakal to O'Dowd, 1 run
tossed up a little, wide of off again, goes back and squeezes this to deep point
16.3
1
Dhakal to de Leede, 1 run
length ball on the stumps, driven to cover
16.2
•
Dhakal to de Leede, no run
flattish, fired through outside off. De Leede tries to flay this square but it's straight to backward point
16.1
1
Dhakal to O'Dowd, 1 run
fired through wide of off, O'Dowd makes room and chops it through point for another single
Nepal doing well to take this deep. But they need two wickets quickly, and they need to get rid of O'Dowd, if they are to have a chance.
end of over 165 runs • 1 wicket
NED: 84/4CRR: 5.25 • RRR: 5.75 • Need 23 from 24b
Max O'Dowd38 (40b 3x4)
Bas de Leede2 (2b)
Abinash Bohara 3-0-14-1
Sagar Dhakal 3-0-17-0
15.6
1
Bohara to O'Dowd, 1 run
length ball on the stumps. driven to long on
15.5
1
Bohara to de Leede, 1 run
short ball, on leg stump, with the keeper up to the stumps. De Leede tries to help it around the corner, but only edges it and they take one as it goes off towards short fine leg
15.4
1
Bohara to O'Dowd, 1 run
length tight on the stumps, driven square this time and again deep point has work to do but keeps it to one
15.3
1
Bohara to de Leede, 1 run
length ball just outside off, opens the face and gets it to deep point for a single
Bas de Leede is the new batter
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
NED
54 runs (48)
4 fours1 six
Productive shot
flick
15 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
81%
NEP
35 runs (37)
5 fours0 six
Productive shot
cover drive
13 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
57%
Best performances - bowlers
NED
O
4
M
0
R
20
W
3
ECO
5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
2W | ||||
1W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
NED
O
3.2
M
0
R
18
W
3
ECO
5.4
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W | ||||
1W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
1W | ||||
Match details
| Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | |
| Toss | Netherlands, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2024 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Match number | T20I no. 2638 |
| Match days | 4 June 2024 - day (20-over match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
| Points | Netherlands 2, Nepal 0 |
Language
English
Win Probability
NED 100%
NEPNED100%50%100%
Over 19 • NED 109/4
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