| 0.0 : Scott Edwards, the skipper of Netherlands says they saw in the first round that teams love to chase and also due to overhead conditions, they will bowl first. Adds they have done well to get to the next stage. Informs that Roelof van der Merwe is not fit enough to play. |
| Shakib Al Hasan, the captain of Bangladesh says they came late in Hobart but they got good preparation in New Zealand. Adds the seam bowlers have improved and hopes to do well now. Reckons it is important to guide the young players and also to perform well. Informs his team. |
| Netherlands (Playing XI) - Max O'Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Bas de Leede, Tom Cooper, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (C/WK), Tim Pringle, Logan van Beek, Shariz Ahmad, Fred Klaassen, Paul van Meekeren. |
| Bangladesh (Playing XI) - Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan (C), Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan (WK), Mosaddek Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud. |
| PITCH REPORT - Dale Steyn says it will be a good genuine wicket. Evenly paced and not much spin. Adds the overhead conditions can help the seam bowlers. Shares the batsmen may seem to have an upper hand. |
| The players are out in the middle for the national anthems. It will be the Netherlands first followed by  Bangladesh's. |
| Done with the proceedings. It's time for action. Najmul Hossain Shanto and Soumya Sarkar to open for Bangladesh. Fred Klaassen to start with the ball. Let's play... |
| 0.1 : Fred Klaassen to Najmul Hossain Shanto, Starts with a full ball, straight on the pads. Shanto flicks it to deep square leg for a single. Bangladesh are underway. |
| 0.2 : Fred Klaassen to Soumya Sarkar, This is full and outside off, swings away. Sarkar leans to drive but misses. |
| 0.3 : Fred Klaassen to Soumya Sarkar, Wide! Overcompensates this time! Tries to find the swing again but strays it down the leg side. Sarkar misses his flick. |
| Fred Klaassen to Soumya Sarkar, Wide! This is down the leg side again. Wided. |
| Fred Klaassen to Soumya Sarkar, FOUR! Sarkar is off the mark! Short of a length and outside off, again bit of away movement. Sarkar has a poke at it, splices his shot past first leg for a boundary. |
| 0.4 : Fred Klaassen to Soumya Sarkar, Short in length and on the pads. Sarkar misses his flick this time. |
| 0.5 : Fred Klaassen to Soumya Sarkar, FOUR! Not a good start by Fred! He is erring in his line and lengths. This is full and angling down. Sarkar helps it away past fine leg for a boundary. |
| 0.6 : Fred Klaassen to Soumya Sarkar, Length ball, outside off. Sarkar cuts it to deep point for a single. |
| 1.1 : Colin Ackermann to Soumya Sarkar, Shorter and on middle, tucked to mid-wicket. |
| 0.6 : Who will bowl from the other end? It is Colin Ackermann. |
| 1.2 : Colin Ackermann to Soumya Sarkar, Flatter, around off. Sarkar bunts it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 1.3 : Colin Ackermann to Najmul Hossain Shanto, On middle, Shanto rocks back and nudges it to square leg for one. |
| 1.4 : Colin Ackermann to Soumya Sarkar, On the pads this time, Sarkar pushes it to mid on for easy single. |
| 1.6 : Colin Ackermann to Soumya Sarkar, Full and on off, pushed straight to cover. Not much for the bowlers on this pitch. The ball is coming nicely onto the bat. Bangladesh will look for a good start. |
| 1.5 : Colin Ackermann to Najmul Hossain Shanto, Another single as Shanto hits it to sweeper cover. |
| 1.6 : Paul van Meekeren to bowl now. |
| 2.1 : Paul van Meekeren to Najmul Hossain Shanto, On a length and on middle, blocked out. |
| 2.2 : Paul van Meekeren to Najmul Hossain Shanto, Touch short and around off. Shanto has a feel for it but the ball jags away and goes past his outside edge. |
| 2.3 : Paul van Meekeren to Najmul Hossain Shanto, On the pads, it's flicked to deep square leg for one. |
| 2.4 : Paul van Meekeren to Soumya Sarkar, On a length and around off. Sarkar whacks it over mid on, not off the middle and takes two. The outfield is slow and the ball stops in the surface. Just two. |
| 2.5 : Paul van Meekeren to Soumya Sarkar, On off, pushed to mid off. |
| 2.6 : Paul van Meekeren to Soumya Sarkar, A good short ball to end the over, this is outside off. Sarkar slashes and misses. Good start by Paul van Meekeren. |
| 3.1 : Bas de Leede to Najmul Hossain Shanto, Wide! Down the leg side. Wide. |
| Bas de Leede to Najmul Hossain Shanto, Short in length and on the hips. Shanto is hurried as he pulls it to deep square leg for a brace. |
| 3.2 : Bas de Leede to Najmul Hossain Shanto, FOUR! Shanto finds the boundary! This is full and on middle. Shanto launches it over mid on, it goes more off the inner half but gets enough distance for four runs. |
| 3.3 : Bas de Leede to Najmul Hossain Shanto, FOUR! This shot is much better! Pitched up on off. Shanto on drives it past mid on for a boundary. Bangladesh are off to a flier. |
| 3.4 : Bas de Leede to Najmul Hossain Shanto, Bas de Leede comes from around the wicket and angles it in on the fuller side. Shanto looks to flick but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 3.5 : Bas de Leede to Najmul Hossain Shanto, Wide! Too many wides already from Netherlands. This is down the leg side again. Shanto misses his clip. |
| Bas de Leede to Najmul Hossain Shanto, On the pads. Shanto tickles it but finds short fine leg. |
| 3.6 : Bas de Leede to Najmul Hossain Shanto, Wide! Third one of the over! Short and down leg. Left alone. |
| Bas de Leede to Najmul Hossain Shanto, This is full and on leg. Shanto nudges it to mid-wicket for one. 14 runs off the over. |
| 4.1 : Fred Klaassen to Najmul Hossain Shanto, FOUR! This is just poor from Netherlands! Full ball, down the leg side. Shanto flicks and hits it past short fine leg to find the fence. |
| 4.2 : Fred Klaassen to Najmul Hossain Shanto, FOUR! It is either too full or going down. Netherlands need to fix things quickly. Pitched up on middle. Shanto smacks it past mid on for four. |
| 4.3 : Fred Klaassen to Najmul Hossain Shanto, Length and around off. Shanto checks his shot as he pushes it to cover. |
| 4.4 : Fred Klaassen to Najmul Hossain Shanto, On middle. Najmul Hossain Shanto keeps it out. |
| 4.5 : Fred Klaassen to Najmul Hossain Shanto, A length ball on middle. Shanto pulls it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 4.6 : Fred Klaassen to Soumya Sarkar, Length and on middle. Sarkar clips it to deep square leg for one more. 10 runs off the over as well. Bangladesh would have dreamed for a start like this. |
| 5.1 : Paul van Meekeren to Soumya Sarkar, OUT! TAKEN! The opening stand is broken and Paul van Meekeren is pumped up. Netherlands needed this wicket so badly as Bangladesh were running away with a good start. Sharp bowling this. A short ball, well-directed on middle. Sarkar is cramped for room but he still goes through his pull shot. He hits from the higher part of the bat and to mid-wicket where Bas de Leede runs forward, slides and takes the catch. |
| 5.2 : Paul van Meekeren to Litton Das, Almost another one! Short ball again, outside off. Das mistimes his pull shot and the ball lobs over the mid-wicket fielder for a single. |
| 0.0 : Litton Das comes in. |
| 5.3 : Paul van Meekeren to Najmul Hossain Shanto, On a length and on middle. Shanto bunts it to mid-wicket. |
| 5.4 : Paul van Meekeren to Najmul Hossain Shanto, On middle, helped to square leg for one. |
| 5.5 : Paul van Meekeren to Litton Das, This is full and on off, Das pushes it to mid off. |
| 5.6 : Paul van Meekeren to Litton Das, Short of a length and outside off. Das pulls it over mid-wicket and collects two runs. Powerplay done, Bangladesh are 47/1. |
| 6.1 : Tim Pringle to Najmul Hossain Shanto, OUT! CAUGHT! Shanto goes and both the openers are gone in space of 6 balls. Was this shot needed though? Bangladesh were motoring along nicely but Shanto goes for a slog-sweep to this full ball. He gets a top edge and Logan van Beek at deep mid-wicket holds onto it. |
| 6.2 : Tim Pringle to Shakib Al Hasan, Shorter and outside off, Shakib misses his cut. |
| 6.3 : Tim Pringle to Shakib Al Hasan, This is full and on middle. Shakib drills it to long on for a single. |
| 6.4 : Tim Pringle to Litton Das, On middle, worked to deep square leg for one. |
| 6.5 : Tim Pringle to Shakib Al Hasan, Another single as this is hit to square leg. |
| 6.6 : Tim Pringle to Litton Das, Leg bye! This one is straying on the pads. Das helps it off the pads and to short fine leg for a quick single. |
| 7.1 : Shariz Ahmad to Litton Das, A googly to start with, this is full and on off. Das punches it through covers. The batters take two runs. Good running. |
| 7.2 : Shariz Ahmad to Litton Das, Full and outside off. Das pushes it straight to cover. |
| 7.3 : Shariz Ahmad to Litton Das, Ahmad slows it up and serves it on middle, the ball stays low of the deck, this is pulled to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 7.4 : Shariz Ahmad to Shakib Al Hasan, Too full, flighted and on off. Shakib eases it to long off for one. |
| 7.5 : Shariz Ahmad to Litton Das, Tossed up on middle. Das nudges it to square leg for a single. |
| 7.6 : Shariz Ahmad to Shakib Al Hasan, A single to end the over as this is hit to long off. |
| 8.1 : Logan van Beek to Shakib Al Hasan, On the hips, this is pulled to deep square leg for one. |
| 8.3 : Logan van Beek to Shakib Al Hasan, On a length and outside off. Shakib cuts it late to third man for a single. |
| 8.2 : Logan van Beek to Litton Das, On a length and on off. Das mistimes his heave and it goes over the mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 8.4 : Logan van Beek to Litton Das, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one goes! Netherlands have completely changed the course of the game! Logan van Beek gets one now! On a length and outside off and extra bounce there as well. Das probably got a bit hurried there. His one hand comes off and the ball goes off the higher part and to mid off where Tom Cooper takes a simple catch. |
| 8.5 : Logan van Beek to Afif Hossain, Wide! Short and down leg. Hossain misses his pull. |
| Logan van Beek to Afif Hossain, Leg bye! On the pads. Hossain misses his flick and it goes off the pads and to square leg for a leg bye. |
| 8.6 : Logan van Beek to Shakib Al Hasan, On the pads again, Shakib works it to square leg for one. |
| 9.1 : Shariz Ahmad to Shakib Al Hasan, OUT! TAKEN! It is Shakib this time! Bangladesh are falling like a pack of cards! What a catch from Bas de Leede! A floated full ball, angling around off. Shakib Al Hasan slogs it. He gets good distance on it but Bas de Leede at deep mid-wicket times his jump and takes an excellent catch in the deep. He was standing inches away from the ropes but did really well. Netherlands all over Bangladesh at the moment. |
| 9.2 : Shariz Ahmad to Yasir Ali, Around off, pushed through covers for a single. |
| 9.3 : Shariz Ahmad to Afif Hossain, SIX! Clean strike! Tossed up on middle. Afif Hossain slogs it high over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| Update - 10.19 am IST (4.49 am GMT) - It has started to rain. The players are going off and the covers are on. Bangladesh will be happy with this unwanted break. They needed a breather after losing wickets in a hurry. Let's hope the rain goes away. Stay tuned... |
| Good news! That was not a big pause. The rain disappeared quickly and the players are out in the middle. We are ready to resume.. |
| 9.4 : Shariz Ahmad to Afif Hossain, Tossed up, slower and around off. Blocked out. |
| 9.5 : Shariz Ahmad to Afif Hossain, Flatter and outside off. Hossain punches it through covers for one. |
| 9.6 : Shariz Ahmad to Yasir Ali, Outside off, slapped to deep cover for a single. |
| 10.1 : Paul van Meekeren to Yasir Ali, Short and on off. Ali nudges it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 10.2 : Paul van Meekeren to Afif Hossain, This is full and outside off. Hossain drives it through covers and takes a couple of runs. Afif Hossain has played couple of good shots now. |
| 10.3 : Paul van Meekeren to Afif Hossain, On middle, this is hit to mid-wicket. |
| 10.4 : Paul van Meekeren to Afif Hossain, Length and outside off. Hossain looks to drive but slices it to third man for a single. |
| 10.5 : Paul van Meekeren to Yasir Ali, Bangs a bouncer on off. Ali leaves it alone. |
| 10.6 : Nurul Hasan is the new man in. |
| 11.1 : Logan van Beek to Afif Hossain, Nearly chopped on! On a length and outside off. Hossain looks to punch it but gets an inside edge to fine leg for one. |
| 11.2 : Logan van Beek to Nurul Hasan, Length ball on middle. Hasan plays it to mid-wicket. |
| 10.6 : Paul van Meekeren to Yasir Ali, OUT! BOWLED! What a delivery! Another one bites the dust! Very full and angling around leg. Ali tries to work on the leg side but misses on this straight ball and it hits the stumps. In this way, Bangladesh will be all out in the next 5 overs. Someone need to stick in there. |
| 11.3 : Logan van Beek to Nurul Hasan, Outside off, guided to point. |
| 11.4 : Logan van Beek to Nurul Hasan, Short ball on middle. Hasan pulls it flat behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 11.5 : Logan van Beek to Afif Hossain, Length ball on top of off. Hossain mistimes his pull back to the bowler. |
| 11.6 : Logan van Beek to Afif Hossain, On a length and outside off. Hossain cuts it to deep point for a single. |
| 12.1 : Tim Pringle to Afif Hossain, This is full and outside off. Hossain pushes it to point for one. |
| 12.2 : Tim Pringle to Nurul Hasan, Flighted, full and outside off. Hasan drives it to cover. |
| 12.3 : Tim Pringle to Nurul Hasan, THREE RUNS! Clever! Flatter and outside off. Hasan waits and plays it very late past short third man for three runs. |
| 12.4 : Tim Pringle to Afif Hossain, A single as this is hit to long off. |
| 12.5 : Tim Pringle to Nurul Hasan, Around off, pushed through covers for a single. |
| 12.6 : Tim Pringle to Afif Hossain, Flighted ball, outside off. Hossain goes inside-out over covers. The fielder in the deep collects it on a bounce. |
| 13.1 : Fred Klaassen to Afif Hossain, Short ball, outside off, this is dabbed tto third man for a single. |
| 13.2 : Fred Klaassen to Nurul Hasan, Wide! Short again, down the leg side. Hasan looks to clip but misses. The keeper appeals but the umpire shakes his head. |
| Fred Klaassen to Nurul Hasan, Short ball again, around off. Hasan pulls it to deep square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 13.3 : Fred Klaassen to Nurul Hasan, Two leg byes! Angling on the pads. Hasan misses his flick and it goes off the pads to square leg for two runs. |
| 13.4 : Fred Klaassen to Nurul Hasan, On a length and around off. Hasan taps it to point. |
| 13.5 : Fred Klaassen to Nurul Hasan, Touch fuller and outside off. Hasan works it to mid on for a single. |
| 13.6 : Fred Klaassen to Afif Hossain, Short of a length and outside off. Hossain mistimes his pull shot. The ball lobs and goes over the bowler's head for a single. |
| 14.1 : Shariz Ahmad to Afif Hossain, A googly, around off. Hossain drops it to point. |
| 14.3 : Shariz Ahmad to Afif Hossain, SIX! BANG! Much needed! Afif Hossain is targeting this over! This is full, floated and on middle. Hossain comes down the track and heaves it over mid-wicket for a biggie. 100 up. |
| 14.4 : Shariz Ahmad to Afif Hossain, Very full and on middle, flicked to square leg for a single. |
| 14.5 : Shariz Ahmad to Nurul Hasan, Outside off. Hasan punches it to point. Hossain wants a single but is sent back fro the halfway mark. The fielder there takes his time and Hossain gets in quickly with a dive. |
| 14.6 : Shariz Ahmad to Nurul Hasan, On middle, worked to long on for one. |
| 15.1 : Logan van Beek to Nurul Hasan, Length ball, outside off, Hasan guides it straight to point. |
| 15.2 : Logan van Beek to Nurul Hasan, Full ball, outside off. Hasan drives it through point for one. |
| Shariz Ahmad to Afif Hossain, FOUR! A welcome boundary! Wrong 'un, this is full and down leg. Hossain sweeps it behind square leg for four. |
| 15.3 : Logan van Beek to Afif Hossain, Dropped! Short of a length and on middle. Hossain pulls it straight to deep mid-wicket. Tim Pringle reaches to his left to take the catch but fumbles to collect. At one moment it looked like he hold onto it but the ball just didn't stick in his palm. Should have been taken. |
| 15.4 : Logan van Beek to Nurul Hasan, On middle, pushed through covers for one. |
| 15.5 : Logan van Beek to Afif Hossain, Short ball, outside off. Hossain looks to push but misses. |
| 15.6 : Logan van Beek to Afif Hossain, On middle, nudged to square leg for one more. |
| 16.2 : Paul van Meekeren to Afif Hossain, On a length and on middle, bunted to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 16.3 : Paul van Meekeren to Nurul Hasan, Outside off, steered to third man for a single. |
| 16.1 : Paul van Meekeren to Afif Hossain, A length ball, outside off. Hossain dabs it to backward point where the fielder dives to his right and half-stops. Two runs now. |
| 16.4 : Paul van Meekeren to Afif Hossain, A bouncer on middle. Hossain hits it to square leg for one. |
| 16.5 : Paul van Meekeren to Nurul Hasan, A yorker, around leg. Hasan makes room and somehow squeezes it out to third man for a single. |
| 17.1 : Mosaddek Hossain walks out. |
| 17.2 : Bas de Leede to Mosaddek Hossain, FOUR LEG BYES! Bangladesh are riding luck! on a length and on the pads. Mosaddek Hossain fails to flick and it goes off the pads behind the keeper who should have stopped it. |
| 17.3 : Bas de Leede to Mosaddek Hossain, FOUR! On a length and outside off. Mosaddek cuts it through point for four more. |
| 17.4 : Bas de Leede to Mosaddek Hossain, A slower bouncer, outside off. Mosaddek watches it go over to the keeper. |
| 17.5 : Bas de Leede to Mosaddek Hossain, On middle, flicked to deep square leg for a single. |
| 16.6 : Paul van Meekeren to Afif Hossain, FOUR! Much needed! Lucky one though! Bangs a bouncer, outside off. Hossain looks to pull but gets a leading edge and it goes over the keeper for a boundary. |
| Taskin Ahmed comes in. |
| 18.1 : Fred Klaassen to Mosaddek Hossain, FOUR! Two boundaries for Mosaddek! This is full and outside off. Mosaddek skips down and smashes it over covers for a boundary. Handy runs. |
| 18.2 : Fred Klaassen to Mosaddek Hossain, Angling on the pads, bunted behind square leg for a single. |
| 18.3 : Fred Klaassen to Taskin Ahmed, OUT! TAKEN! This is full and outside off. Ahmed looks to go big but miscues his shot completely. The ball goes over mid off but Logan van Beek times his jump well and takes it over his head. |
| 17.6 : Bas de Leede to Afif Hossain, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Scott Edwards gets another one! Afif Hossain goes! A timely wicket! Short of a length and down leg. Afif Hossain looks to pull but gloves it to the keeper. Scott Edwards dives to his right and pouches it safely. |
| 17.1 : Bas de Leede to Nurul Hasan, OUT! TAKEN! Straight down the throat of fine leg! On a length and on middle. Hasan gets inside the line of the ball as he looks to whip it away but hits without conviction and Paul van Meekeren takes a sharp catch. |
| 18.4 : Fred Klaassen to Hasan Mahmud, This is full and on middle. Mahmud keeps it out on the leg side. |
| 18.5 : Fred Klaassen to Hasan Mahmud, On middle, kept out. |
| 18.6 : Fred Klaassen to Hasan Mahmud, This is full and tailing in, just around off. Mahmud makes room to drive but misses. That was close to the pole. |
| 19.2 : Bas de Leede to Mosaddek Hossain, A short ball, outside off. Mosaddek misses his pull. |
| 19.3 : Bas de Leede to Mosaddek Hossain, SIX! This is a fine innings from Mosaddek! Full ball, outside off. Mosaddek lofts it over deep extra-cover for a biggie. |
| 19.4 : Bas de Leede to Mosaddek Hossain, Full and on middle. Mosaddek again lofts it but toe ends his shot this time. The fielder from mid on runs back and tries to take over his head but fails to do so. Dropped. Two runs. |
| 19.1 : Bas de Leede to Mosaddek Hossain, Short ball, outside off. Mosaddek pulls it to deep mid-wicket. The fielder there goes for the catch and dives forward but it falls short. Good effort though. Mosaddek Hossain keeps the strike and denies a single. |
| 19.5 : Bas de Leede to Mosaddek Hossain, Length and on middle. Mosaddek smashes but straight to mid on. |
| 19.6 : Bas de Leede to Mosaddek Hossain, TWO RUNS! 10 runs off the last over! Touch fuller and on off. Mosaddek mistimes his pull but clears the mid off region for a couple. BANGLADESH END WITH 144. |
| The handy innings could prove to be vital as Mosaddek Hossain has helped Bangladesh get past 140. Still, not what Bangladesh would have liked but the bowlers have something to bowl at now. There were off to a good start. Both the openers started with a bang but once Soumya Sarkar fell, the wickets fell like a pack of cards. Afif Hossain and Nurul Hasan build a much needed stand in the back end but it is the late cameo from Mosaddek Hossain that Bangladesh needed dearly. A decent score no |
| Right then! It is a good pitch to bat on. Netherlands top three needs to play a key role. They have the momentum and Bangladeshi bowlers are not in great form. Stay tuned for the chase. |
| The pitch is evenly paced! Netherlands bowlers were erring in lines at the start but made a fine comeback to get on the front foot. They would have taken this score at the start. Scott Edwards shuffled his pack and apart from Colin Ackermann, everyone got into the wickets coloumn.  Netherlands will be the happier side at the break. A couple of innings took the game a bit away but Netherlands kept their cool till the end and took wickets at regular times. |
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