Captain Edwards, Nidamanuru assist Netherlands safe first factors
Netherlands 214 for five (Edwards 67*, Nidamanuru 58, Jessy 2-35) beat USA 211 for 8 (Jahangir 71, Jessy 38, Klein 2-31, de Leede 2-37) by 5 wickets
Scott Edwards navigated his aspect out of uneven waters in a difficult chase, arriving at 83 for 4 in pursuit of a goal of 212 to strike an unbeaten half-century as Netherlands ultimately eased throughout the road by 5 wickets in Harare. Edwards completed with 67 not out off 60 balls, clinching victory with a trademark sweep to file Netherlands’ first win of the World Cup Qualifier with 40 balls to spare. Meanwhile, Takashinga Sports Club stays a home of horrors for USA, who’ve misplaced all three of their matches on the venue.
USA misplaced one other essential toss and had been despatched in for the second match in a row because the Netherlands seamers exploited early moisture to place the batters in a giant gap at 20 for 3 inside six overs. Sushant Modani fell for a third-ball duck edging Ryan Klein to first slip earlier than Steven Taylor was bowled by a Logan van Beek inswinger that got here again late to knock again off stump. After sucking Saiteja Mukkamalla right into a drive on the earlier ball for 2, Klein received a pitched up supply to sneak via the bat-pad hole on one other tried drive and bowl him for 10.
The rating was even worse with USA once more lacking captain Monank Patel because of sickness and his stand-in Aaron Jones failing for the third match in a row, chopping on a Bas de Leede supply for 8. Gajanand Singh received his third stable begin of the event, however was unable to transform it past 33. The choice by Edwards to toss the ball to Vikramjit Singh for a spell of part-time medium tempo labored as a leg aspect supply was gloved to Edwards. Nisarg Patel may handle only one earlier than an ill-fated slog towards the flip from left-arm spinner Clayton Floyd swirled over mid-off for a simple catch to make it 88 for six within the twenty seventh.
Shayan Jahangir top-scored for the second match in a row, main USA’s revival with 71 off 86 balls and he cast an 86-run seventh-wicket partnership with Jessy Singh. But Jessy fell within the forty third to finish the stand, driving a pointy low return catch to offspinner Aryan Dutt for 38. Jahangir picked out deep midwicket just a few overs later, and USA by no means regained any momentum. Across the ultimate eight overs of the innings, Netherlands conceded simply 39 runs and solely two boundaries as Dutt and the quick bowlers stored USA in verify.
Defending 211, the USA quicks then produced an impressed show led by Ali Khan with the brand new ball on his return from a two-match suspension. He produced an athletic one-handed return catch to say Vikramjit for 8 earlier than pulling a chunk of fabric tape out of his pocket and putting it over his mouth in celebration, a reference to the verbal jousting in a match towards Jersey again in April that triggered his ban for the first two matches within the qualifier.
Jessy changed Ali within the assault after 4 overs and claimed two wickets with a gritty spell of medium tempo. He trapped Max O’Dowd and Wesley Barresi with pitched up deliveries to win a pair of lbw choices, making it 68 for 3. Saurabh Netravalkar returned for a second spell a short while later and induced a prime edge from de Leede as Netherlands all of the sudden appeared nervy.
But Ali by no means got here again after his opening spell, off the sector for the rest of play with a abdomen bug, and Edwards picked on Nisarg’s left-arm spin with a collection of sweeps to launch the stress. Nisarg completed with no wickets for 60 in 8.2 overs as Edwards shortly recognized him because the weak hyperlink in USA’s assault upon his arrival within the twenty fifth over. USA’s fielding, which has been porous all through the event, was additionally exceptionally sloppy because the chase wore on with greater than a half-dozen misfields alongside the bottom that additional dissipated any nervousness between Edwards and his companions.
Teja Nidamanuru lofted Taylor’s offspin again over his head for a boundary to deliver up a half-century however fell for 58 attempting to brush Nosthush Kenjige, ending a 72-run partnership. However, that was the final hiccup Netherlands would expertise as van Beek supplied ample help for his captain with 12 not out whereas Edwards’ sweeping remained flawless till he dispatched Nisarg for the successful runs.