Leicestershire v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753 - Clydesdale Bank 40 - Group A - Live Score and Update
Netherlands 304/3 (40/40 ov) v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807 261/9 (40.0/40 ov) - Netherlands won by 43 runs
Fans at Grace Road, Leicester, witnessed a high scoring game on Monday in the ongoing Clydesdale Bank 40 Group A match between Leicestershire and Netherlands, where the visitors the Dutch exhibited tremendous batting resolve by hammering a gigantic total of 304 runs in 40 overs for the loss of three wickets.
Leicestershire made a mistake of fielding first on a batting track as they got hammered all around the park by the Dutch.
Netherlands openers SJ Myburgh and MR Swart belted an opening stand of 52 runs as they ripped apart Leicestershire’s bowling attack that contained the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robert-Joseph-Taylor-c86004.
On the penultimate delivery of the 8th over, Netherlands suffered the loss of their first wicket when Myburgh was run out after scoring a knock of 37 runs off 27 deliveries.
This wicket, however, did not get Leicestershire back in the game as they needed to get a few more breakthroughs to halt the batting side.
Number-three batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TLW-Cooper-c2690, then joined Swart as the two batsmen continued the batting onslaught, leaving the bowling side in tatters.
With a massive total of 204 runs on the board, the intimidating partnership finally came to its demise on the wicket of Swart, who found his way off the field after smashing a belligerent innings of 102 runs off 100 deliveries.
Later, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cooper-c51561 became the third and final wicket to fall from his side after bolstering an innings of 68 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mudassar-Bukhari-c77863 remained unbeaten on 61 and 23 runs as the side ended their innings after hammering a cracking total on the board.
With a huge total ahead of them, Leicestershire failed to get off to a flying start as they lost their first wicket with only a run on the board as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 der Gugten for nil.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RR-Sarwan-c2371 and middle-order batsman J du Toit then tried to forge a potent partnership as they took the score to 92 before Toit was trapped in front of stumps after scoring an innings of 48.
The side then suffered a batting collapse in the middle, and crumbled on a total of 261 runs with Sarwan as the highest scorer from the side by playing a knock of 115 runs.
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