Netherlands v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Twenty20 Qualifiers (preliminary final) – Match update – Netherlands win by 3 wickets
Netherlands secured a 3-wicket win against Scotland in a preliminary final of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers today on March 22 at the ICC Global Cricket Academy in Dubai.
Scotland won the toss and chose to bat. Openers Richie Berrington and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pieter-Marinus-Seelaar-c82273 in the 7th over.
MacLeod then teamed up with Preston Mommsen (26) and the two brought the total up to 113 by the 13th over. Jan Stander was the only prominent player out of the remaining batsmen, managing 17 off 15 balls, as captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DF-Watts-c1365
(5), and Craig Wallace (6) came and went. By the end of 20 overs, the team had managed to achieve 166.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PW-Borren-c2225, and Seelaar remained the most prominent bowlers claiming two scalps each.
Netherlands innings got off to a good start, with Stephan Myburgh (36) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Swart-c76222 (12) teaming up to post 31 on the board, after which Swart was caught out by Coetzer off Berrington in the 5th over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-David-Drummond-c60348 in
the 18th over, leaving the team at 152 for 7.
By then the Netherlands needed only a few runs to reach their target of 167, and tail-enders http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Timothy-Gruijters-c94014 (11) provided the remaining runs, bringing their side up to 169 with 5 balls left.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Berrington-c47840 chipped in with 2 scalps each. However, their efforts were not enough to restrict the Netherlands batsmen, who completed a successful chase which saw them into
the next round of qualifier matches.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 by 10 wickets) in the next stage of the play-offs, scheduled for March 23 in Dubai.
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