Van Beek’s Super Over fireworks put West Indies’ World Cup hopes on the road
Netherlands 374 for 9 (Nidamanuru 111, Edwards 67, Chase 3-77) tied with West Indies 374 for six (Pooran 104*, King 76, Zulfiqar 2-43). Netherlands received the Super Over
“I can’t really explain it,” Player of the Match Logan van Beek mentioned. Netherlands, chasing 375 in opposition to West Indies, had been deep in bother with 205 required from the remaining 125 balls with solely six wickets in hand. Who would have identified they might find yourself getting 204 of them in a frenetic end that may drive the sport right into a Super Over?
And in the event you thought that was sufficient pleasure for the day, van Beek bashed 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4 to smash the report for many runs in a one-over eliminator. In reply, West Indies misplaced two wickets for eight runs, and that was it. Netherlands took two important factors into the Super Six of the World Cup Qualifier, leaving West Indies with nothing to hold ahead after being crushed by each Netherlands and Zimbabwe. The two-time World Cup champions at the moment are teetering, their hopes of constructing the World Cup correct hanging by a thread.
Before van Beek batted like a free spirit, it was Teja Nidamanuru and his captain Scott Edwards who made that end doable, including 143 for the fifth wicket to provide Netherlands hope from essentially the most helpless of conditions. That stand consumed solely 90 deliveries. West Indies stormed again, although, taking 3 for 14 in a rush to depart Netherlands needing 30 from the final two overs.
At the crease was none apart from van Beek. The first three authorized balls of the forty ninth over, bowled by Roston Chase, disappeared for 4, 6, 4. Nine wanted off six balls. Four extra from van Beek. But there was a twist. With one to get from the final ball, he swiped to mid-on, the place Jason Holder tumbled to his proper to seize the ball. It was given out solely after the third umpire made certain Alzarri Joseph hadn’t overstepped.
Van Beek hit 28 at a strike charge of 200 in the course of the run chase after Nidamanuru belted 111 off simply 76 balls, with 11 fours and three sixes. Edwards, in the meantime, smashed 67 from 47. Not solely did they discover boundaries at will, additionally they made the West Indies fielders look ragged, changing ones into twos and twos into threes. Every run counted in the direction of a exceptional Super Over win.
The recreation was arrange by West Indies’ centurion Nicholas Pooran. After half-centuries from Brandon King and Johnson Charles laid a strong basis, Pooran added 108 with Shai Hope for the fourth wicket in lower than 13 overs.
Pooran was on 7 off 17 balls at one stage. He then took Saqib Zulfiqar for a 4 and a six within the thirty fifth over. In the thirty ninth, he focused the identical bowler with a six and 4 once more, earlier than reaching his fifty within the fortieth with one other run of boundaries off Vivian Kingma.
West Indies added 118 within the final ten overs. Pooran reached his second century of the World Cup Qualifier within the penultimate over, earlier than Keemo Paul took over, ransacking Aryan Dutt for 20 within the ultimate over to propel West Indies to 374. Who knew even that would not show sufficient?