Bangladesh v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753-Expert’s Take: Home team enhances its chances for the quarter-finals
Bangladesh have beaten Netherlands by six wickets and 52 balls to spare in a group B fixture of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011 at the
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/ground/56658.html.
This is an extremely important victory for the home team as these two points have enhanced their chances of qualifying for the quarter-final stage of the tournament. On the other hand, the Dutch should be very disappointed with their performance as they
are yet to taste success in the mega event, even though they looked quite promising in their opening game of the World Cup against England.
Batting is without doubt the strength of the Dutch team but apart from the first match Netherlands have failed horribly to post big scores on the board. Same was the case today as the whole team was dismissed for a mere 160 runs in only the 47th
over of the innings. Apart from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RN-ten-Doeschate-c2338, none of the Dutch batsmen were able to cope with the wily spinners of the home team.
It was a tough track to bat on as the pitch was offering a lot of turn and bounce to the spinners and naturally it was difficult for the Dutch batsmen as they are more used to play on their home conditions which are more conducive for fast bowlers and batsmen
rather than slow bowlers. However the Dutch team cannot give this as an excuse for their dismal batting performance as four of their batsmen were run out which is not acceptable at the highest stage of the game.
Dutch did not bowl too badly today but they lacked the fire-power to dominate the opponents completelyl. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pieter-Marinus-Seelaar-c82273 has emerged as a brilliant left arm orthodox spinner and bowled well one again but failed to pick up a wicket today.
Dutch captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PW-Borren-c2225 said in the presentation ceremony that, "we said we were going to play brave cricket, but we played bad cricket. We let ourselves down on a tough pitch. Not an easy wicket to rotate the strike but that's something we've worked
hard on. The running between the wickets was disappointing.”
Bangladesh on the other hand showed once again that their spin department is one of the best in international cricket, especially in the limited overs format of the game, however their real test will be against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in the next match as the Proteas
have one of the best batting lineup in the world and the home team’s spinners will be looking to steer their team in to the quarter finals.
The biggest positive for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-c2640 failed to open his account today but still the home team did not find it hard to achieve the target given by the Dutch.
Left handed opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imrul-Kayes-c64265 played the role of a sheet-anchor for his team and made brilliant 73 unbeaten runs to guide his team home. He was rightly named as the Player of the Match for his knock.
"It was a nervous game because we had to win to stay in the contest. The boys played well and kept up the pressure on Netherlands. We'll watch the West Indies-England game very closely, but we want to do well against South Africa," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c89559 said after
the match.
After a dismal performance against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 out of the tournament. Let’s keep our fingers
crossed and see what happens in group B as the situation has become very interesting after a couple of upsets.
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