18/10Result
3rd Match, First Round Group A, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Abu Dhabi, Oct 18 2021
Ireland won by 7 wkts (29b rem)
Player of the Match
Curtis Campher
Curtis CampherIreland
18/10Result
3rd Match, First Round Group A, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Abu Dhabi, Oct 18 2021
Ireland won by 7 wkts (29b rem)
Player of the Match
Curtis Campher
Curtis CampherIreland

END OF OVER:
20 | 4 Runs 3 Wkts | NED: 106/10 | RR: 5.30

  • Fred Klaassen0 (0b)
  • Mark Adair4-0-9-3
  • Josh Little4-0-14-1

3.45pm: Well, Netherlands won the toss, but seems like they selected the booby prize. Max O'Dowd make a stoic half-century but they had the rug whipped from under them by Curtis Campher's four-in-four, as Netherlands went from 51 for 2 to 51 for 6. Salvaging the innings from there was always going to be difficult, despite O'Dowd and Pieter Seelaar putting on a bit of a stand. Campher and Mark Adair (4-0-9-3) took the plaudits and you'd think Ireland will be very happy with that bowling effort. PDP will be back shortly for the start of the chase

Time for a quick word with Campher: [Taken it all in yet?] "Not at all. I've struggled with injuries so just good to be out there. Wasn't feeling great but thankfully I went through a few. It's a little bit slow, the UAE is like that, so nice to come off today. [Chase them?] Hope so, it's about getting a good start."

19.6
W
Adair to Glover, OUT, plopped straight up, long-off takes it running in! Campher with the catch, Adair has his third and Ireland end the innings with W-W-W! It's another collapse.com for the Dutch, who lost 4 for 0 in the tenth over and finish things in similarly chaotic fashion

BD Glover c Campher b Adair 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Brandon Glover is last man in

19.5
W
Adair to van Beek, 1 run, OUT, worked leg side, van Beek attempts to get back and keep the strike... but Rock takes the throw and runs him out! Good arm from the deep and he was always struggling, despite putting in the full-length dive. Netherlands finishing with a whimper

LV van Beek run out 11 (17m 12b 0x4 0x6) SR: 91.66

Adair has 2 for 8 now... Fred Klaassen is next batter in

19.4
W
Adair to Seelaar, OUT, slower ball, slogged to long-on! Seelaar's valiant attempt to scrap his side a score ends in the final over, completely mistiming a swish down the ground. Balbirnie runs in to take a straightforward catch

PM Seelaar c Balbirnie b Adair 21 (43m 29b 2x4 0x6) SR: 72.41

19.3
1
Adair to van Beek, 1 run, full and fast,131kph/81mph and whipped leg side from off stump
19.2
0
Adair to van Beek, no run, pace off, looks like a legcutter and it completely foxes van Beek, big old swing and a miss as it loops through outside off
19.1
2
Adair to van Beek, 2 runs, pitched up, van Beek digs it out down towards long-on and they hustle back

Adair to close the innings out

END OF OVER:
19 | 3 Runs | NED: 102/7 | RR: 5.36

  • Logan van Beek7 (8b)
  • Pieter Seelaar21 (28b)
  • Josh Little4-0-14-1
  • Simi Singh4-0-27-0
18.6
1
Little to van Beek, 1 run, flung down full and straight, nurdled off the pads for one. Still a good over from Little despite the missed run-out opportunities
18.5
1lb
Little to Seelaar, 1 leg bye, full outside off, Seelaar jumps across and attempts to paddle, gets hit on the boot - Little has a shy from further away this time, as they scramble through, but the ball comes out skewiff!
18.4
0
Little to Seelaar, no run, pitched up and dug out back to the bowler... van Beek should be run out backing up, but Little misses with an underarm from six yards! He'll take the dot, I guess
18.3
0
Little to Seelaar, no run, wide yorker, beyond the tramlines as Seelaar swings and misses. Not called wide by Marais Erasmus, because Seelaar had moved across early
18.2
1
Little to van Beek, 1 run, pitched up, 135kph/84mph and van Beek swats it down to long-off, bringing up the Neth 100
18.1
0
Little to van Beek, no run, round the wicket, full and wide out towards the tramlines, swing and a miss

Josh Little for his final over

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs | NED: 99/7 | RR: 5.50

  • Logan van Beek5 (5b)
  • Pieter Seelaar21 (25b)
  • Simi Singh4-0-27-0
  • Mark Adair3-0-5-1

Here's Dezz: "This looks like being a tournament were 150 plus will be a winning score... Could be quite exciting, just hope there's not too many 1 side chases where teams batting first only score 120 odd." Aye, dog fight after dog fight - just what the TV executives ordered

17.6
1
Simi Singh to van Beek, 1 run, lobbed up on the stumps and worked leg side
17.5
2
Simi Singh to van Beek, 2 runs, flatter as van Beek steps out, deflected past short third for a couple as Stirling gives chase
17.4
1
Simi Singh to Seelaar, 1 run, lofted over cover, just one as he tries to come down
17.3
4
Simi Singh to Seelaar, FOUR, slapped away through midwicket! Singh drops in a legbreak but it lands short and Seelaar swivels to biff it for four

"Mark Adair's bowling figures today make it look like he's bowling in the first session of a Test at Lords," snorts Adarsh

17.2
1
Simi Singh to van Beek, 1 run, pushed through and van Beek steps out to tuck through midwicket
17.1
0
Simi Singh to van Beek, no run, tossed up and prodded back

Singh for the 18th over

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | NED: 90/7 | RR: 5.29

  • Logan van Beek1 (1b)
  • Pieter Seelaar16 (23b)
  • Mark Adair3-0-5-1
  • Ben White3-0-27-0
16.6
1
Adair to van Beek, 1 run, short of a length and worked off the hip to long leg

"Was that Campher over an all South African affair, I think at least four of the five were born there?" Believe Scott Edwards was born in Tonga, Dave. But pretty close

16.5
1
Adair to Seelaar, 1 run, shuffles across and runs this through backward point
16.4
0
Adair to Seelaar, no run, length ball, 126kph/78mph on middle and off, defended

Logan van Beek is in at No. 9, Seelaar has the strike

16.3
W
Adair to O'Dowd, OUT, O'Dowd... Oh dear! Holes out to long-on! Adair's cutter does the trick, the batter unable to generate the power he needed when looking to slog down the ground. Almost went all the way, mind, only for Harry Tector to take a well-judged catch at head height in front of the rope

MP O'Dowd c Tector b Adair 51 (83m 47b 7x4 0x6) SR: 108.51

16.2
0
Adair to O'Dowd, no run, length outside off, O'Dowd mistimes it back down the track

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Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st27KJ O'BrienPR Stirling
2nd9A BalbirniePR Stirling
3rd59PR StirlingGJ Delany
4th12PR StirlingC Campher

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