- 5.1 outside off short of good length he looks to pull and manages to get an edge. BIG wicket for Ireland. 46/26.3 changed of the end for the off spinner worked,he was beaten all ends up 52/418.3 that was on the stumps he went on backfoot trying to cut,completly missed and a good inngs comes to an end. 136/715.3 unlucky,tries to go over the short cover but straight in his hands 116/516.1 on to his pads big appeal and OUT says this umpire. 117/619.5 comes down the ground and hits that high straight to deep mid wicket and Netherlands are all out for 144. 144/10Extras11 (b 1, lb 5, w 5)TOTAL144 all out (19.5 Overs, RR: 7.26)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Tobias Visee, 2.3 ov), 2-46 (Ben Cooper, 5.1 ov), 3-52 (Max O'Dowd, 6.1 ov), 4-52 (Saqib Zulfiqar, 6.3 ov), 5-116 (Pieter Seelaar, 15.3 ov), 6-117 (Sikander Zulfiqar, 16.1 ov), 7-136 (Bas de Leede, 18.3 ov), 8-139 (Shane Snater, 18.6 ov), 9-139 (Scott Edwards, 19.1 ov), 10-144 (Paul van Meekeren, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JNK Shannon 1 0 11 0 11.00 0 0 CA Young 2 0 24 0 12.00 2 0 BJ McCarthy 4 0 26 3 6.50 0 0 GH Dockrell 4 0 18 1 4.50 0 0 SR Thompson 4 0 27 1 6.75 3 0 KJ O'Brien 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0 Simi Singh 3.5 0 23 3 6.00 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR2.3 tries to slog that and edges straight to the keeper,BIG wicket for Dutch 18/17 came down the ground and is beaten by spin,keeper does the rest. 38/34.2 tries to go over mid on but only manages to loop it high,Cooper takes this easily 21/29 Seelar gets him this time,batsmen looking to cut and is beaten completly. 45/49.5 he pulls again,does not time it well and seelar takes it running backwards at mid wicket 47/511.2 tries to play towards mid on,manages to get top edge which went high in the air and another catch for Dutch Skipper,he is everywhere today 55/613.1 he tried to sweep and is bowled across the leg stump,what a bowling change - Seelaar you beauty ! 63/716.4 comes down the ground hits it high straight to Sweeper,Seelaar with another wicket on his name 96/8Extras6 (nb 2, w 4)TOTAL140/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7)Did not bat: CA YoungFall of wickets: 1-18 (Stuart Thompson, 2.3 ov), 2-21 (William Porterfield, 4.2 ov), 3-38 (Paul Stirling, 6.6 ov), 4-45 (Gary Wilson, 8.6 ov), 5-47 (Kevin O'Brien, 9.5 ov), 6-55 (James Shannon, 11.2 ov), 7-63 (Stuart Poynter, 13.1 ov), 8-96 (George Dockrell, 16.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB PM Seelaar 4 0 25 3 6.25 0 0 FJ Klaassen 4 0 38 1 9.50 3 0 S Snater 4 0 25 2 6.25 1 2 PA van Meekeren 4 0 20 1 5.00 0 0 Saqib Zulfiqar 3 0 22 0 7.33 0 0 MP O'Dowd 1 0 10 1 10.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Ireland , elected to field first
Match number
Season
Match days
12 June 2018 (20-over match)
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Netherlands 0, Ireland 0
Match Coverage
All Match NewsSimi's heroics in vain as Netherlands hold on for close win
The allrounder put Ireland in sight of an unlikely win, but was held down in the last over as the hosts opened the series with a win