Netherlands v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 - ICC World Cricket League Championship - 29th Match - Live Score and Update
United Arab Emirates 96 (31.2 ov) v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753 97/3 (21.4 ov) - Netherlands won by 7 wickets (with 170 balls remaining)
In the 29th match of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cricket League Championship, minnows Netherlands beat the more experienced side from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by seven wickets on the weekend, at Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam.
UAE, who were put into bat first by the Dutch, failed to exhibit any resolve towards boasting a stiff total on the board, as they fell on an embarrassing total of 96 runs, failing to even play out their 50 overs.
After openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khurram-Khan-c71386 (0).
This batting meltdown was just too severe for UAE to come out of, as they never seemed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thomas-George-Burrows-c93472he same after this debacle.
From Netherlands, T http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mudassar-Bukhari-c77863 were the ace bowlers with four wickets each to their names, as they were just too good for the batsmen to counter.
Meanwhile, with all the wreckage of fallen batsmen around him, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rohan-Mustafa-c86538, was the star performer from his side, as he hammered an under pressure knock of 41 runs, helping his team put at least something on the board.
Needing an easy target of 97 runs to win, Dutch openers, MR Swart and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/W-Barresi-c2773 belted a resounding opening partnership by smashing 41 runs together, before Barresi was trapped in front of stumps by AM Guruge, after hammering an innings of 15 runs.
It was then time for number-three batsman, TLW Cooper, to take guard as he helped his team head towards a total of 71 runs alongside Swart, before the latter became the second wicket to fall for Netherlands, after hitting an innings of 27 runs.
With 90 runs on the board, UAE secured their third wicket, by dismissing Mudassar Bukhari, who fell without scoring a run.
Nonetheless, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TLW-Cooper-c2690 unbeaten on 37 runs, Netherlands reached the required target in 21.4 overs.
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