20/10Result
9th Match, First Round Group A (D/N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Geelong, Oct 20 2022
Sri Lanka won by 16 runs
Player of the Match
Kusal Mendis
Kusal MendisSri Lanka
20/10Result
9th Match, First Round Group A (D/N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Geelong, Oct 20 2022
Sri Lanka won by 16 runs
Player of the Match
Kusal Mendis
Kusal MendisSri Lanka

END OF OVER:
20 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 162/6 | RR: 8.10

  • Wanindu Hasaranga5 (4b)
  • Chamika Karunaratne2 (2b)
  • Timm van der Gugten3-0-31-1
  • Fred Klaassen4-0-34-1

4.40pm An innings that appeared destined to close at around 135 ends at 162. It's all thanks to Kusal Mendis who nearly batted through the innings, overcoming pockets of struggle to fire Sri Lanka to a score they will feel very confident of defending.

Netherlands were in control for the first 10 overs, with van Meekeren impressing with his raw pace and hostility. The spinners too, Tim Pringle and van der Merwe, were thrifty but the bowling fell apart in the end with Sri Lanka blasting 102 off the last 10 overs to set up a massive chase for Netherlands.

19.6
2
van der Gugten to PW Hasaranga, 2 runs, squirts the drive to sweeper cover, they'll scamper for two more as Sri Lanka end with 162
19.5
1
van der Gugten to Karunaratne, 1 run, goes full and wide outside off from around the stumps, this one's dragged across the line to long-on where Ackermann does the hard yards in getting to the ball but it bobbles out as his elbows touched the ground
19.4
1
van der Gugten to PW Hasaranga, 1 run, dug out to point for a single

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19.3
1
van der Gugten to Karunaratne, 1 run, swung away to deep midwicket
19.2
W
van der Gugten to Mendis, OUT, top-edges this slog sweep, the ball goes miles in the air and Logan Van Beek does well the shadows lengthening at deep midwicket to take this steepler. The ball was swirling in the air for a bit but he kept his eye on the ball right till the very end to complete the catch. End of a superb innings.

BKG Mendis c sub (LV van Beek) b van der Gugten 79 (94m 44b 5x4 5x6) SR: 179.54

19.1
4
van der Gugten to Mendis, FOUR, full toss and belted down the ground to beat mid-off. Kusal takes a couple of steps down the pitch to convert this into a low full toss as he muscles this down the ground

END OF OVER:
19 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 153/5 | RR: 8.05

  • Wanindu Hasaranga2 (2b)
  • Kusal Mendis75 (42b)
  • Fred Klaassen4-0-34-1
  • Bas de Leede3-0-31-2
18.6
2
Klaassen to PW Hasaranga, 2 runs, misfield from Vikramjit at sweeper cover helps them come back for the second
18.5
0
Klaassen to PW Hasaranga, no run, beaten as he backs away to swing over cover

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18.4
W
Klaassen to Shanaka, OUT, straight down to long-on where Ackermann slightly misjudged it but held his composure to run a couple of steps back to the rope and take the catch sideways, seemingly mindful of the ropes behind.

MD Shanaka c Ackermann b Klaassen 8 (9m 5b 0x4 1x6) SR: 160.00

18.3
1
Klaassen to Mendis, 1 run, belts this full toss straight to deep square, gets away with a full toss
18.2
6
Klaassen to Mendis, SIX, length again, punished again! He needs to learn quickly here. Kusal clears his front leg and nails this pull over deep midwicket this time. He was hitting to a big parr of the rope but if you struck it as hard as he did, it doesn't matter. Sri Lanka raise their 150
18.1
6
Klaassen to Mendis, SIX, oh dear, short and gets punished! Another delivery that sits up, Kusal has enough time to set himself up and hammers this pull as he sat back and pulled it away. Outstanding hit.

END OF OVER:
18 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 138/4 | RR: 7.66

  • Dasun Shanaka8 (4b)
  • Kusal Mendis62 (39b)
  • Bas de Leede3-0-31-2
  • Timm van der Gugten2-0-22-0
17.6
0
de Leede to Shanaka, no run, looked to paddle as he went outside the stumps and got down really low, and then at the last moment tried to reverse ramp but got that off the absolute toe end as it rolled back to the off side.
17.5
6
de Leede to Shanaka, SIX, he has absolutely nailed that deep into the stands at deep square! Again an off-cutter that he drags down, spinning in and Shanaka had everything going his way as he swung that to the shortest boundary.
17.4
0
de Leede to Shanaka, no run, beaten by the slower one that he looks to swing over deep midwicket. Just bounced over the stumps
17.3
2
de Leede to Shanaka, 2 runs, sees this in his zone outside off and belts this up and over extra cover, they scamper back for the second as sweeper cover comes around to cut that off
17.2
W
de Leede to Rajapaksa, OUT, shovelled straight to long-on! Hit well but down the throat of the fielder. de Leede may have just for a moment wondered if that full toss may be put away but Bhanuka was in trouble the moment he hit it towards long-on because that's the longest part of the boundary.

PBB Rajapaksa c Pringle b de Leede 19 (18m 13b 2x4 0x6) SR: 146.15

17.1
1
de Leede to Mendis, 1 run, dug out to long-on as de Leede goes yorker length on middle

END OF OVER:
17 | 10 Runs | SL: 129/3 | RR: 7.58

  • Kusal Mendis61 (38b)
  • Bhanuka Rajapaksa19 (12b)
  • Timm van der Gugten2-0-22-0
  • Paul van Meekeren4-0-25-2
16.6
1
van der Gugten to Mendis, 1 run, mistimes a hoick down to wide long-on

James : "15.4 was a very harsh wide call. Almost over leg stump." -- Certainly was

16.5
1
van der Gugten to Rajapaksa, 1 run, into the blockhole, kept out to long-off
16.4
4
van der Gugten to Rajapaksa, FOUR, the top edge sails over the keeper for four! Bhanuka is onto his toes as he looks to tuck it off his hip but the ball flies off the edge.

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Netherlands 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st23MP O'DowdVikramjit Singh
2nd17MP O'DowdBFW de Leede
3rd7CN AckermannMP O'Dowd
4th25TLW CooperMP O'Dowd
5th28MP O'DowdSA Edwards
6th5MP O'DowdTJG Pringle
7th0T van der GugtenMP O'Dowd
8th4MP O'DowdFJ Klaassen
9th14PA van MeekerenMP O'Dowd
10th23RE van der MerweMP O'Dowd

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

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NED3214-0.162
NAM31220.73
UAE3122-1.235
First Round Group B
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ZIM32140.2
IRE32140.105
SCOT31220.304
WI3122-0.563
Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
NZ53172.113
ENG53170.473
AUS5317-0.173
SL5234-0.422
IRE5133-1.615
AFG5032-0.571
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND54181.319
PAK53261.028
SA52250.874
NED5234-0.849
BAN5234-1.176
ZIM5133-1.138