Second win for The Netherlands
Published at 15 February, 2019The Netherlands team also won the second of their three T20I’s in Oman. Pieter Seelaar again won the toss, sent Oman to the wickets and the home team reached a score of 166/4. The Netherlands surpassed this total for the loss of only 2 wickets in the 19th over.
This time the Netherlands squad contained three new players compared to the first match versus Scotland.Ben Cooper, Sikander Zulfiqar and Paul van Meekeren played their first match. in Oman’s batting innings Roelof van der Merwe was the most difficult bowler to play with his 2 wickets in his 4 overs for just 14 (!) runs. The other two wickets were snapped up by Fred Klaassen (1-26/4) en Shane Snater 1-39/3).
The Dutch again produced a quickfire opening with Myburgh (34 off 36 balls) and Visée (44 off 24 balls, 3×4 and 3×6). On 80 in the 9th over Visée lost his wicket, but he was succesfully succeeded by Ben Cooper who contributed quick runs in the hunt for Oman’s total. First with Myburgh, thereafter with Ten Doeschate (32 off 19). Cooper reached his half century, 50 exactly in 34 balls, handing the win to his team. the Man of the Match award was for Roelof van der Merwe for his 2-14/4.
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