ODowd 90(75) and van Beek 4/24 power Netherlands won the match by 7 wickets.
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The Group A 14th Match of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers 2023 was played today between Netherlands and Nepal at Takashinga Sports Club, Harare. In which Netherlands won the match by 7 wickets.
Netherlands won the toss and elected to bowl first, Nepal batted first started the inning not very well the entire team was dismissed just for 167 runs in the third ball of the 45th over. Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed very quickly just for 7 runs in 2.2 over, Aasif Sheikh dismissed without scoring in 2 balls, next batsman Bhim Sharki came to bat and handled the inning with Kushal Bhurtel, the second wicke has dismissed for 46 runs in 14.5 over, Kushal Bhurtel dismissed after scoring 27 runs with the help of 2 boundaires in 42 balls, next batsman Aarif Sheikh came to bat and he dismissed just for 6 runs in 4 balls as third wicket in first ball of the 17th over, the team score was 54 runs, next batsman Rohit Paudel came to bat, after a moments the fourth wicket also dismissed for 66 runs in first ball of the 19th over, Bhim Sharki dismissed after scoring 22 runs in 56 balls, followed by Kushal Malla came to bat and he good strike rotate for a while with Rohit Paudel, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 91 runs in 25.2 over, Kushal Malla dismissed for 12 runs in 19 balls, next batsman Dipendra Singh came to bat and he good strike rotate with Rohit Paudel, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 116 runs in 31.5 over, Rohit Paudel dismissed after scoring 33 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in 55 balls, next batsman Gulsan Jha came to bat, after a moments the seventh wicket also dismissed for 123 runs in 33.5 over, Dipendra Singh out for 14 runs in 21 balls, followed by Sandeep Lamichhane came to bat and played well with Gulsan Jha, the 8th wicket has dismissed for 155 runs in 41.2 over, Gulsan Jha dismissed for 15 runs in 31 balls, next batsman Karan KC came to bat and he dismissed just for 1 run in 3 balls as 9th wicket in last ball of the 42nd over, the team score was 157 runs, next batsman Lalit Rajbanshi came to bat, after a moments the 10th and final wicket also dismissed for 167 runs in 44.3 over, Sandeep Lamichhane dismissed after scoring 27 runs with the help of 4 boundaires in 33 balls, and Lalit Rajbanshi remains unbeaten without scoring in 1 ball. In this way, continuously wickets failed one after another, and end of the result the entire team all-out just for 167 runs in 44.3 overs and set a target of 168 runs in front of Netherlands.
Netherlands bowler Logan van Beek performed very brilliant bowling took 4 wickets just for 24 runs in 9.3 overs, Bas de Leede 2 wickets for 31 runs in 8 overs, Vikramjit Singh 2 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs, Aryan Dutt 1 wicket for 23 runs in 8 overs, Clayton Floyd 1 wicket for 31 runs in 7 overs, Ryan Klein was wicketless for 25 runs in 6 overs, and Shariz Ahmad also wicketless for 11 runs in 2 overs.
Netherlands chasing 168 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily for the loss of just 3 wickets in the first ball of the 28 over and won the match by 7 wickets. Netherlands started the inning very strongly, Max ODowd and Vikramjit Singh came to start the inning and gave a very strong start with a brilliant half-century partnership of 86 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 86 runs in last ball of the 13th over, Vikramjit Singh dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 30 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in 43 balls, next batsman Wesley Barresi came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 3 runs in 4 balls as second wicket in 14.5 over, the team score was 96 runs, followed by Bas de Leede came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 62 runs with Max ODowd, the third wicket dismissed for 158 runs in first ball of the 27th over, Max ODowd dismissed after playing a very brilliant powerful half-century inning of 90 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 75 balls, next batsman Teja Nidamanuru came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 2 runs in 2 balls with Bas de Leede, and Bas de Leede played a brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 41 runs with the help of 6 boundaires in just 39 balls. In this way, Netherlands chased the target very easily and quickly for losing just 3 wickets in 27.1 overs and won the match by 7 wickets.
Nepal bowlers Sandeep Lamichhane took 2 wickets for 60 runs in his spell, Gulsan Jha 1 wicket for 27 runs in 6 overs, Karan KC was wicketless for 26 runs in 4.1 overs, Lalit Rajbanshi was wicketless for 34 runs in 4 overs, and Dipendra Singh Airee also wicketless for 21 runs in 3 overs.
Netherlands batsman Max ODowd was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant decisive half-century inning of 90 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 75 balls.
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