http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753 Women v Scotland Women - Women's European Championship Twenty20 – Match Summary
Netherlands Women 104 runs v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 Women 49 runs - Netherlands Women won by 55 runs
Netherlands women team beat Scotland by 55 runs in the ongoing Women's European Championship Twenty20 in a match that was played at the Kampong, Utrecht.
After winning the toss, Netherlands chose to bat first in a bid to post a formidable tally on the board to put pressure on the opposition in the shortest version of the game. However, the Dutch suffered an early loss when their opening batswoman Helmien
W Rambaldo lost her wicket after scoring only six runs off seven deliveries on the last ball of the second over when she was caught by Pedgrift off a delivery by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leigh-Megan-Kasperek-c72440.
In the next over opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Miranda-Veringmeier-c76358 also found her way back to the pavilion after playing a knock of six runs off seven deliveries as she was clean bowled by Kathryn White. At the time of her departure the Dutch had managed to post only 18 runs
on the board for the loss of two wickets.
White then hit timber once again when she took the wicket of the number three batswoman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Violet-Cornelia-Elizabeth-Wattenberg-c95403, who scored only a run before walking off the field.
Netherland’s middle-order was then stabilized by an outstanding batting display from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Caroline-Aimee-Salomons-c49291 and Esther Lanser as the women forged a commendable partnership against the opposition by playing superb shots all around the park.
When the Dutch had taken the tally to 54 runs, they suffered another loss as Salomons was caught behind by wicketkeeper Lorna Jack off the bowling of Lois Isla http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wilkinson-c96633. The batswoman had scored 12 runs off 23 deliveries before losing her wicket.
Scotland then managed to grab two quick wickets before snatching the prized wicket of Esther Lanser, who played a marvellous innings of 32 runs off 35 deliveries. She was caught by Anderson off the bowling of Wilkinson and at the time of her departure the
side had scored 78 runs for the loss of seven wickets.
In the end the Dutch managed to post 104 runs on the board after playing twenty overs, giving the Scots a tough tally to overcome.
Coming out to bat, Scotland needed to keep wickets in hand to dominate their opposition. However, in the third over when they had put only three runs on the board they lost the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Diane-Pedgrift-c54047, who was run-out after scoring two runs.
In the next over, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Catherine-EM-Smaill-c49326 also lost her wicket to a run-out as she found her way back to the pavilion after scoring only a run.
The Dutch bowlers completely overpowered their opponents in the match as none of the Scot batswomen scored in double figures which resulted in their demise in the match as they could only bolster 49 runs before getting bowled out.
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