Afghanistan v Netherlands - ICC World Cricket League Championship (21st Match) – Match Update - Netherlands win by 9 wickets
Netherlands claimed a 9-wicket victory over Afghanistan in the 21st match of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cricket League Championship, played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on March 29, 2012.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javed-Ahmadi-c66518 (25) joined forces for a brief 21-run partnership, which came to an abrupt halt in the 5th
over when Sadiq was caught out by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PW-Borren-c2225.
Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Swart-c76222 in the 10th over.
The peak performance of the Afghan batting order was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samiullah-Shenwari-c2430 was the only notable lower order batsman, amassing 11 before the ruthless
Borren struck again in the 31st over.
By this time, the Afghan team were 138 for 6. The remaining batsmen fell like dominoes, and Gulbodin Naib (1),Dawlat Zadran (4), and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Izatullah-Dawlatzai-c1609 (1) were all bowled out by the 40th over, with their side having managed to post a total of
153.
The Netherlands skipper remained the deadliest element of his side’s bowling attack – he claimed 4 for 32, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tom-Lexley-William-Cooper-c94199 took 3 for 11, with an impressive economy rate of 2.06.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753 batsmen treated the Afghan bowling attack with utter contempt, breezing to 156 at the expense of just one wicket, with 142 balls to spare. After Stephan Myburgh (23) was sent back to the pavilion by Dawlatzai, Swart (42) teamed up with the
brilliant http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Kervezee-c1027, whose 83 off 63 got his team to 156 by the 27th over.
Notable performances in the Afghan bowling attack included Dawlatzai, who claimed 1 for 19, and Sadiq, who conceded 11 runs in 4 overs. Mohammad Nabi was particularly expensive, conceding 37 runs in 5 overs, and debutant http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zakiullah-Zaki-c98550 also failed to impress,
giving away 27 runs in 4 overs.
The victory earned Netherlands 2 match points, and the team currently occupies the 4th position on the tournament points table (with 6 points), while Afghanistan are at number 6, with 4 points. The next match between the two teams is scheduled
for March 31 at the same venue.
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