Bas de Leede’s five-for and 92-ball 123 take Netherlands to the ODI World Cup

Netherlands 278 for six (de Leede 123, Vikramjit 40, Zulfiqar 33*, Leask 2-42, Watt) beat Scotland 277 for 9 (McMullen 106, Berrington 64, Mackintosh 38*, de Leede 5-52, Klein 2-59) by 4 wickets

In the morning, Scott Edwards opted to bowl citing assist for seamers within the first hour, and Logan van Beek duly despatched Matthew Cross’ off stump cartwheeling within the opening over of the match. Christopher McBride and McMullen ensured Scotland did not lose one other wicket within the first ten overs. While McBride struggled with timing, McMullen checked out ease. He used his toes effectively, usually coming down the monitor to attempt to disrupt the Netherlands seamers’ lengths.

McBride chipped in with two successive fours off left-arm spinner Clayton Floyd within the tenth over however fell to de Leede within the subsequent when he pulled straight to brief midwicket. De Leede picked up his second wicket when George Munsey gloved a pull that was caught down the leg facet.

That left Scotland 64 for 3 within the fifteenth over, however McMullen was trying an increasing number of comfy by now.

Through an ideal alchemy of timing and energy, he put up an exhibition of eye-catching strokes. In the eleventh over, he timed offspinner Aryan Dutt over long-off for his first six. Just a few overs later, he went down the pitch to a brief ball from de Leede and smashed it over mid-on. To deliver up his fifty – off 63 balls – he lofted Ryan Klein over huge long-off for an additional six, after which chipped Floyd over additional cowl for back-to-back fours.

Berrington held one find yourself and introduced up his half-century however could not present the impetus. He was on 64 when de Leede uprooted his center stump. Shortly afterwards, de Leede despatched again Chris Greaves and Mark Watt off consecutive deliveries to finish his five-for. All that meant Scotland might rating solely 74 within the final 12 overs.

Max O’Dowd and Vikramjit Singh gave Netherlands a gentle begin of 65 in 12.4 overs earlier than Michael Leask trapped each lbw in successive overs. The lack of Wesley Barresi and Teja Nidamanuru in a brief interval additional dented Netherlands’ possibilities, leaving them needing 170 in 20 overs to qualify.

De Leede was on 19 off 30 at that stage. He and Edwards revived the chase by hitting 4 fours in 4 balls, throughout the twenty fifth and twenty sixth overs. The pair added 55 in 44 balls earlier than Edwards failed to attach with a sweep towards Watt and was lbw.

Even at this level, Scotland had been the favourites; Netherlands wanted 115 in 13.1 overs with half their facet again within the pavilion. And when the subsequent three overs produced simply 12 runs, it grew to become 102 required from ten overs.

With Netherlands’ backs towards the wall, de Leede went on an all-out assault. He began by hitting Watt for a six earlier than choosing up two fours off Safyaan Sharif a few overs later. Saqib Zulfiqar too discovered the occasional boundary to maintain Netherlands abreast with the required price.

With 45 wanted in 4 overs, it was even-stevens. That’s when de Leede went into overdrive, hitting 4 sixes in an area of ten balls that additionally included a most from Zulfiqar. One of these hits took de Leede to his hundred, off simply 85 balls. By the group he was run out, Netherlands wanted simply two from 11 balls. They bought them in singles.