Netherlands 278 for six (de Leede 123, Vikramjit 40, Zulfiqar 33*, Leask 2-42, Watt) beat Scotland 277 for 9 (McMullen 106, Berrington 64, Waterproof coat 38*, de Leede 5-52, Klein 2-59) by 4 wickets
Bas de Leede put in an all-round efficiency for the ages as Netherlands surprised Scotland to guide their ticket to the 2023 males’s ODI World Cup in India. First, de Leede’s maiden five-wicket haul helped Netherlands prohibit Scotland to 277 for 9. Netherlands wanted to chase that down inside 44 overs to trump Scotland on internet run-rate. Across the midway mark, they regarded all however out of the competition, earlier than de Leede smashed 123 off 92 balls, his first ODI century, to energy them over the road in 42.5 overs, with 4 wickets to spare.This shall be Netherlands’ fifth look within the males’s ODI World Cup. They final featured within the 2011 version. De Leede, in the meantime, grew to become solely the fourth participant to attain 100 and take 5 wickets in a males’s ODI, decreasing Brandon McMullen’s equally excellent hundred for Scotland to a footnote.
Within 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. Whereas McBride struggled with timing, McMullen checked out ease. He used his ft effectively, typically coming down the observe 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 wanting an increasing number of comfy by now.
By means of an ideal alchemy of timing and energy, he put up an exhibition of eye-catching strokes. Within 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…
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