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Zimbabwe go in with four points and Netherlands go in with two points. Windies have gone into the next round but would need truck loads of luck to have their hopes alive. We have witnessed a great game of cricket. There was a superb ton from Pooran earlier but all of it was eclipsed by some stunning display by the Dutch. The Super Sixes promise more excitement. We will be there to detail out everything to you. This is Kumar Abhisekh Das who had a gala time in covering this roller coaster of game in the company of Sagar Chawla and Abhinand Raghavendran.
Zimbabwe go in with four points and Netherlands go in with two points. Windies have gone into the next round but would need truck loads of luck to have their hopes alive. We have witnessed a great game of cricket. There was a superb ton from Pooran earlier but all of it was eclipsed by some stunning display by the Dutch. The Super Sixes promise more excitement. We will be there to detail out everything to you. This is Kumar Abhisekh Das who had a gala time in covering this roller coaster of game in the company of Sagar Chawla and Abhinand Raghavendran.
Van Beek, Player of the Match: I can't explain it at the moment. We wanted to do something special. Just to watch Scotty and Teja - the more they batted the more we believed. Have been playing for 13-14 yrs now. Amount of matches I've lost in that situation, it's so satisfying to get one over the line. Tell you what, I'll wait 13-14 yrs to do it again. For me, it was about keeping my head still. If you miss I'm going to hit it. I was disappointed with that last ball where I junked it to mid-on. In my head I said if it's meant to be it's meant to be. Thankful I got a bit of redemption. Remember facing Roston, thought I'm going to give myself a chance. When he came on in the 49th, I thought we've got to go here. It's in the books now. Massive, massive (what does the result mean to the team?). The culture we've built over the last 18 months. We've played a lot of Super League games last year and we were at the other end of the beatings. Nonstop, nonstop, nonstop. The amount of learning this group's had. And to come here, and in a crunch time to give ourselves a chance to go to the World Cup is huge. We'll enjoy tonight and then have our sights set on the next match.
Van Beek, Player of the Match: I can't explain it at the moment. We wanted to do something special. Just to watch Scotty and Teja - the more they batted the more we believed. Have been playing for 13-14 yrs now. Amount of matches I've lost in that situation, it's so satisfying to get one over the line. Tell you what, I'll wait 13-14 yrs to do it again. For me, it was about keeping my head still. If you miss I'm going to hit it. I was disappointed with that last ball where I junked it to mid-on. In my head I said if it's meant to be it's meant to be. Thankful I got a bit of redemption. Remember facing Roston, thought I'm going to give myself a chance. When he came on in the 49th, I thought we've got to go here. It's in the books now. Massive, massive (what does the result mean to the team?). The culture we've built over the last 18 months. We've played a lot of Super League games last year and we were at the other end of the beatings. Nonstop, nonstop, nonstop. The amount of learning this group's had. And to come here, and in a crunch time to give ourselves a chance to go to the World Cup is huge. We'll enjoy tonight and then have our sights set on the next match.
Edwards: Still soaking it in. Can't play a better individual game of cricket. They batted sensationally. We bowled well in patches. We thought we conceded 60 more. We had the belief though. That innings from Teja and van Beek was special. We pride ourselves on our running. You hit gaps and run hard. Logan was in a bit of a trance. I don't think he was listening to me. He was hitting everything for fours and sixes. This was going to be a massive game for us. To go in with two points is good.
Edwards: Still soaking it in. Can't play a better individual game of cricket. They batted sensationally. We bowled well in patches. We thought we conceded 60 more. We had the belief though. That innings from Teja and van Beek was special. We pride ourselves on our running. You hit gaps and run hard. Logan was in a bit of a trance. I don't think he was listening to me. He was hitting everything for fours and sixes. This was going to be a massive game for us. To go in with two points is good.
Hope: We just let ourselves down. I can't see us scoring 375 and losing. Honestly, I thought it was enough. I expected the bowlers to do the job. Just unfortunate we lost. The picture is right in front of us now. We need to do better.
Hope: We just let ourselves down. I can't see us scoring 375 and losing. Honestly, I thought it was enough. I expected the bowlers to do the job. Just unfortunate we lost. The picture is right in front of us now. We need to do better.
Super Overs in ODIs ENG vs NZ, Lord’s, 2019 CWC Final - Won by ENG (boundary count) PAK vs ZIM, Rawalpindi, 2020 - Won by ZIM NED vs WI, Takashinga Sports Club, Harare, 2023 - Won by NED
Highest second innings totals in ODIs 438/9 - SA vs AUS, Johannesburg, 2006 (won) 411/8 - SL vs IND, Rajkot, 2009 (lost) 389 - WI vs ENG, St George’s, 2019 (lost) 374/9 - NED vs WI, Harare (Takashinga SC), 2023 (tied, NED win Super-Over) 372/6 - SA vs AUS, Durban, 2019 (won)
Super Overs in ODIs ENG vs NZ, Lord’s, 2019 CWC Final - Won by ENG (boundary count) PAK vs ZIM, Rawalpindi, 2020 - Won by ZIM NED vs WI, Takashinga Sports Club, Harare, 2023 - Won by NED
Highest second innings totals in ODIs 438/9 - SA vs AUS, Johannesburg, 2006 (won) 411/8 - SL vs IND, Rajkot, 2009 (lost) 389 - WI vs ENG, St George’s, 2019 (lost) 374/9 - NED vs WI, Harare (Takashinga SC), 2023 (tied, NED win Super-Over) 372/6 - SA vs AUS, Durban, 2019 (won)
What a game! Unreal. Surreal. Adjectives would need more adjectives for me to describe this. One for the ages for sure. Yes, Windies were sloppy but credit to Netherlands for being relentless. They ran so many twos. They ran hard for everything. Former champions - West Indies - now have lost two games. Might well be very tough for them to make it to the top 2 now. Netherlands have managed to script something magical. England 2009, SA 2022, Windies 2023. They have slewed and slained a few goliaths in the big events. Credit to van Beek, credit to Nidamanuru, credit to Edwards and almost everyone in the Dutch camp. Games like these just tilt the debate in favour of ODIs. I don't know what the captains will have to say. But I would shout out loud - INCREDIBLE - for me to describe this game. After being unseparated for 100 overs, it was up to van Beek, again, to win it for the Dutch. He smashed 30 runs off 6 balls in the super over to rest the case. Windies had no answers as van Beek with the ball picked up two wickets as well
What a game! Unreal. Surreal. Adjectives would need more adjectives for me to describe this. One for the ages for sure. Yes, Windies were sloppy but credit to Netherlands for being relentless. They ran so many twos. They ran hard for everything. Former champions - West Indies - now have lost two games. Might well be very tough for them to make it to the top 2 now. Netherlands have managed to script something magical. England 2009, SA 2022, Windies 2023. They have slewed and slained a few goliaths in the big events. Credit to van Beek, credit to Nidamanuru, credit to Edwards and almost everyone in the Dutch camp. Games like these just tilt the debate in favour of ODIs. I don't know what the captains will have to say. But I would shout out loud - INCREDIBLE - for me to describe this game. After being unseparated for 100 overs, it was up to van Beek, again, to win it for the Dutch. He smashed 30 runs off 6 balls in the super over to rest the case. Windies had no answers as van Beek with the ball picked up two wickets as well
Ball 5: van Beek to Holder, out Caught by Edwards!! That is it. Windies are down. They have lost another crucial game. Netherlands did something similar to SA in the T20 World Cup in 2022 and might well have snatched the World Cup ticket from the Windies team as well. Was a short ball, the batter got a faint edge and was taken by the keeper. Harare has turned Orange today. Rightfully, they have painted it with their vivacious energy and spirit. Holder c Scott Edwards b van Beek 0(1) 8/2
Ball 5: van Beek to Holder, out Caught by Edwards!! That is it. Windies are down. They have lost another crucial game. Netherlands did something similar to SA in the T20 World Cup in 2022 and might well have snatched the World Cup ticket from the Windies team as well. Was a short ball, the batter got a faint edge and was taken by the keeper. Harare has turned Orange today. Rightfully, they have painted it with their vivacious energy and spirit. Holder c Scott Edwards b van Beek 0(1) 8/2
Ball 4: van Beek to Charles, out Caught by Zulfiqar!! Charles is out. More ignominy for the Windies. Was a fuller length ball, van Beek is the man! 23 off 2 balls won't happen. Was hit high by Charles but he found the man at long-on. Johnson Charles c Saqib Zulfiqar b van Beek 7(3)8/1