HYDERABAD: Kiwis batters Will Young, Ravindra, and Daryl Mitchel took New Zealand to a decent total of 322 for the loss of seven wickets in the 50 overs against the Netherlands in their World Cup Match being played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, India on Monday. Despite having a fine beginning in the tournament, the New Zealanders, who won a one-sided match against England, faced superb bowling from the Dutch pacers.
Earlier winning the toss, Netherlands invited New Zealand to bat on a flat track. The Dutch pacers bowled the first two overs as maidens; however, from the third overs, the Kiwis launched the Batton charge to reach the first 50 runs in just 8 overs and then moved on till they lost the first wicket of Devon Convey on 32 in the 13th over. Young was joined by the number third to inform Ravindra, and both the batters accelerated the innings with a better run rate. Both completed their half-centuries till Young was dismissed by Meekeren on 70 when the total score reached 144 in the 27th over. In the 33rd over, the Kiwis lost the 3rd wicket of Ravindra at 51.
The Kewis managed to accelerate the innings; however, Dutch blowers (particularly Meekeren) also managed to take wickets with intervals. After the third loss the, Mitchel and Latham pushed the scoreboard ahead to take their side beyond 200. In the 41st over, Meekeren removed dismissed Daryl Mitchel on 48 while facing 47 balls. At the time, New Zealand was 238 for 4. The Dutch managed to check the pace of the Kiwis and got another wicket on 247 when Glenn Philips was caught behind the wicket on 4 on the bowling of De Leede. On 254 in the 45th over, the Dutch took another wicket of Mark Chapman, who scored just 5 runs. At the time it seemed the Dutch would manage to restrict the Kiwis below 280. However, Tom Latham was on the crease, who along with Santner, added some crucial runs to the total. Meanwhile, Tom Latham completed his half-century as well. When both the batters took the score to 293 in 48.4 overs, Dutch spinner Aryan Dut managed to remove Latham on 53. However, Santner added some quick runs (36) to take his team to a decent total of 322 runs in 50 overs.
From the Netherlands, Aryan Dut, Meekeren, and Van Der Merve got two wickets each, while De Leede got one wicket.
New Zealand (Playing XI)
Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w/c), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult.
Netherlands (Playing XI)
Vikramjit Singh, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards(w/c), Sybrand Engelbrecht, Roelof van der Merwe, Ryan Klein, Aryan Dutt, Paul
