Johnston puts Ireland in command

Netherlands 200 (van Nierop 38, Johnston 4-34) v Ireland
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On the first day of the Intercontinental Cup match at Deventer, Trent Johnston has bowled Ireland into a good position with 4 for 34, as Netherlands were dismissed for just 200. Ireland, who won the toss and opted to field first, are without their captain, Jason Molins, who has had to withdraw from the match after injuring his hamstring.

Tom de Grooth was the first to go this morning, caught by Kyle McCallan, who took over as stand-in captain, off the bowling of Johnston, Ireland's Australian import, for 10 (18 for 1). Adeel Raja blocked his way to 1 off 30 balls before being trapped lbw by Dominick Joyce (29 for 2), but Maurits van Nierop and Bas Zuiderent temporarily steadied the ship with a 64-run partnership. However, when both were dismissed before the score had reached 100, the Netherlands innings never recovered.

Zuiderent was caught behind by Stephen Ogilby off the impressive Johnston for 24 (93 for 3) and van Nierop, who had crawled to 38 off 125 balls, was lbw to Andrew White (97 for 4). Luuk van Troost, Netherland's captain, made 19 before he was bowled by McCallan and Feiko Kloppenburg, on his first-class debut, became McCallan's second victim when he too was bowled. McCallan bowled 11 overs of offspin for just six runs, as well as picking up the two wickets, as the Netherlands batsmen seemed unwilling to play their shots, but unable to protect their wickets for any length of time.

Darron Reekers, Jacob-Jan Esmeijer and Edgar Schiferli all made starts, with Reekers in particular looking promising, but all were dismissed in the 20s, and Johnston eventually wrapped up the innings when Sebastiaan Gokke was caught behind for a duck.