Netherlands v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Intercontinental Cup - Day 1 – Live Score and Update
Netherlands 118/3 (37.1 ov) v United Arab Emirates - United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field
On the first day of the four-day match between hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753 and the touring team from United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Dutch managed to amass a total of 118 runs on the board for the loss of only three wickets, at Sportpark Het Schootsveld, Deventer, on Monday, July 16.
With both minnow teams testing their skills in the longer version of the game, UAE still had the upper hand over their rivals and were considered as the favourites before the start of the game.
After winning the toss, UAE chose to field first as they wanted to test their bowlers under the Dutch weather.
The obvious plan was without a doubt to take as many wickets possible to leave the home team in ruins, and being a football following nation, Netherlands definitely were expected to show less composure against the experienced side of UAE.
However, the plan backfired as the Dutch openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/W-Barresi-c2773 and ST de Bruin put up an impressive show in front of a small crowd as they neutralized the UAE bowlers, who were desperately seeking a wicket right at the start of the match.
Finally in the tenth over, the partnership met its demise on the wicket of de Bruin, who was caught behind by wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Amjad-Ali-c44076, off the bowling of Guruge, after scoring an innings of eight runs. At the time of this wicket, the hosts had managed to post 20 runs on the board.
It was then time for skipper MR Swart to come in the middle and he forged an astounding partnership with Barresi, as the two batsmen hammered the bowlers ruthlessly.
After suffering by the hands of the batsmen, the fielding side struck back by dismissing Barresi as the batsman fell after scoring 52 runs.
Then with 105 runs on the board, the hosts saw the demise of their third wicket on the departure of their skipper, who hit the showers after jabbing an innings of 33 runs.
At stumps, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahbaz-Bashir-c89333 on three.
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