Turning Points

Ireland v Netherlands, World Cup 2011, Kolkata

Atse Buurman took a good catch to remove William Porterfield, but Ireland prevailed  •  AFP

Atse Buurman took a good catch to remove William Porterfield, but Ireland prevailed  •  AFP

2.3 Rankin to Cooper, OUT, Netherlands in early trouble here, short of a good length and it's there to cut but Cooper fails to keep it down, strikes it straight into the hands of point, easy catch, Ireland are in control.
19.4 Dockrell to ten Doeschate, no run, pushed back towards the bowler, Dockrell dives to his right, he's in some pain now. Has he dislocated his shoulder? Dived full length to his right to stop the single. He's in plenty of pain. The physio's out there attending to him. Dockrell's walking off, the physio's holding his shoulder as he's making his way out. Unlikely we'll see him bowl again today, but he's impressed in this World Cup. Disappointing way to sign off, but lets just hope he recovers quickly. He is one of Ireland's key players.
21.5 Stirling to Barresi, OUT, Review: Appeal for lbw, it's bowled on a good length, he walks across to turn it square, turns in, he misses, and is caught in front. Doctrove's the umpire, he raises his finger immediately. Barresi wants a review, but he's gonna have to go. That was out. Landed in line, struck him in line and was hitting middle and off.
39.5 Stirling to ten Doeschate, OUT, Stirling bowled it flat this time, ten Doeschate had made his mind up, came down the track and tried to clear long-off but it was mistimed, the ball was quicker and he couldn't quite connect well, found a perfectly placed long-off, Mooney taking a simple catch.
2.4 Mudassar Bukhari to Porterfield, 1 run, dropped! Raja at third man puts down a straightforward high chance, Porterfield went pulling a ball that was not short enough and outside off stump, got it off the toe end of the bat, the ball went steepling to Raja at third man, and right through his hands.
27.3 Seelaar to Stirling, OUT, Netherlands keep bowling long hops, and they keep getting wickets, short, wide, sitting up, begging to be hit out of the ground, Stirling launched in to the pull, but picks out the man at deep midwicket, he is hugely disappointed as he walks back, hand on his head.
47.1 Seelaar to KJ O'Brien, SIX, Kevin tees off, Seelaar finally pays the price for consistently flighting it, the big man needs only two steps to get to the ball, it is picked up beyond the straight boundary