ICC Men's Cricket World Cup: Tigers suffer massive defeat to Netherlands
Sports Reporter :
Bangladesh suffered a massive 87-run defeat to Netherlands in their sixth match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.
Electing to bat first, Netherlands piled up 229 in 50 overs.
In reply, Bangladesh made 142 off 42.2 overs.
The batters of the Tigers totally failed to resist the Netherlands’ bowling attack.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahedi Hasan, Tanzid Hasan and Taskin Ahmed could reach double digit figures scoring 35, 20, 20, 17, 15 and 11 runs respectively.
Paul van Meekeren captured four wickets in the space of 23 runs. He was adjudged the Man of the Match for his superb bowling display.
Bas de Leede picked up two wickets at the cost of 25 runs, while Ayrun Dutt, Logan van Beek and Colin Ackerman took one wicket each for 26, 25 and 30 runs respectively.
Netherlands lost their early two wickets for four runs.
One-down Wesley Barresi and second-down Colin Ackerman added 59 runs for the third wicket partnership before Barresi was dismissed by Mustafizur Rahman when Netherlands’ total was 63 for the loss of three wickets.
Barresi hit a run-a-ball 41 including eight fours.
Third-down Scott Edwards and Bas de Leede built another notable partnership scoring together 44 runs in the five-wicket stand before Bas (17) was caught behind by wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim off Taskin Ahmed when Natherlands’ score was 107 for the loss of five wickets.
Scott Edwards and Sybrand Engelbrecht contributing together 78 runs for the sixth wicket partnership before Scott Edwards was dismissed by Shakib Al Hasan when Netherlands total was 185 for the loss of six wickets.
Scott Edwards hit a captain’s knock of 68. His 89-ball innings had six fours.
Sybrand was trapped leg before wicket by Mahedi Hasan when Netherlands’ score was 185 for the loss of seven wickets. Sybrand made 35 from 61 deliveries with three fours.
Mustafizur Rahman, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam bagged two wickets each instead of 36, 40, 43 and 51 runs respectively.
