Big T20I win for the Dutch over USA
Published at 25 August, 2024The Netherlands beat the United States team with 102 runs difference. In Utrecht the match result was 217-115.
The USA sent in the Netherlands and will have wondered in the first overs if that was the right decision. After three overs it was 46/0, one over later 63/0 due to brilliant batting.
On 78 Max O'Dowd (28) saw a mistimed shot fly to third man. In the same over, Vikram Singh became the second victim of Van Schalkwyk.
Michael Levitt, who achieved his half-century in only 25 balls, added 55 runs with Scott Edwards for the third wicket, but was dismissed for 68.
Scott Edwards also played a wonderful knock - 81 not out off just forty balls. 217 was the excellent end result- the second highest score ever of the Dutch men in a T20I.
Apart from a partnership of 47 runs for the fourth wicket, there was little to be celebrated for the US. Aryan Dutt and Kyle Klein (2-11) successfully attacked the top order and Vikram Singh (3-16) retaliated for his duck with three wickets. Zach Lion-Cachet was also successful with 2-5.
After the aforementioned partnership of Aaron Jones and Shayan Jahangir, there was no more momentum in the US innings. It was all out for 115 in 15.4 overs.
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