ICC ODI World Cup Qualifiers Day 9: Netherlands stun West Indies in a high scoring thriller, Zimbabwe produce record win.

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The 9th day of the ICC ODI World Cup qualifiers saw two outstanding contrasting performances with Zimbabwe producing record win over United States of America while Netherlands stunned West Indies in a high scoring thriller on 26 June 2023.

Zimbabwe versus United States of America

Zimbabwe produced a dominating win in their final league match against United States of America played at Harare Sports Club, Harare. USA captain Monak Patel won the toss and decided to field first. Joylord Gumbie and Innocent Kaia got off to a decent start before Kaia was dismissed. Kaia and Gumbie added 56 runs for the opening wicket.

Sean Williams and Gumbie looked in great touch keeping the scoreboard ticking making life tough for USA bowlers. Williams completed fifty off just 33 deliveries while Gumbie reached half-century off 73 deliveries. Gumbie and Williams added 160 runs for the 2nd wicket. Williams continued his aggressive touch with well made century off 65 balls. Williams hammered the USA bowlers along with Sikandar Raza keeping the scoreboard ticking with ease. Williams and Raza put on 88 runs for the 3rd wicket.

Ryan Burl came to the crease and scored a quickfire cameo with 47 off 16 deliveries. Burl and Williams added 81 runs for the 4th wicket. Sean Williams was eventually dismissed for 174 helping Zimbabwe post record score of 408 losing 6 wickets.

It was one way traffic as Zimbabwe bowlers kept picking wickets at regular intervals to bowl out USA for 104. There were three run outs in USA innings with Sikandar Raza and Ngarava picking 2 wickets each, Brad Evans, Jongwe and Burl grabbing 1 wicket each.

With this win, Zimbabwe will carry four points with them in Super Six stage as they finished top of points table with.

For his 174 off 101 balls, Sean Williams was named the player of the match award. This performance will help Zimbabwe to keep steady ahead of Super Six stage.

Zimbabwe 408 for 6 in 50 overs ( Sean Williams 174, Gumbie 78, Abhishek Paradkar 3/78, Jessy Singh 2/97) by 304 runs.

Netherlands vs West Indies

Netherlands produced one of the best performances defeating West Indies in a high scoring thriller played at Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare. Netherlands captain Scott Edwards won the toss and decided to field first.

Johnson Charles and Brandon King got the team off to a decent start putting pressure on the Netherlands bowling. Both scored 61 runs in the first 10 overs. Charles completed half-century off 48 deliveries to keep the scoreboard ticking. Kingma got breakthrough dismissing Charles to end 101 runs opening partnership.

It was a brilliant batting effort by West Indies batters as Shai Hope played a decent hand before Nicolas Pooran plundered opposition bowling with unbeaten century along with quickfire by Keemo Paul. Brooks and King added 59 runs for the 2nd wicket.

Pooran looked in sublime touch reaching fifty off just 38 deliveries and continued to play with attacking mindset. Hope and Pooran added 108 runs for the 4th wicket.

West Indies lost 2 more quick wickets of Romario Shepherd and Jason Holder. Pooran completed century off 63 deliveries putting on unbeaten 79 runs for the 7th wicket. West Indies posted mammoth total of 374 for 6 in 50 overs.

Chasing 375 runs to win, Vikramjit Singh and Max O Dowd provided aggressive start putting pressure on West Indies bowling. At the end of 10 overs, Netherlands openers raced to 71 for 0.

Chase dismissed O Dowd to break 76 runs opening partnership. Chase then struck to get rid of Vikramjit Singh. Bas de Leede and Wesley Barresi steadied the ship for Netherlands putting on 38 runs for the 3rd wicket.

Scott Edwards and Teja Nidamanuru regarded the Netherlands innings with a brilliant partnership taking singles and hitting boundaries. Neither batter allowed West Indies bowlers to settle.

Nidamanuru completed his half-century off 40 deliveries while Scott Edwards also reached fifty off 33 balls to keep Netherlands on course for a famous win. Chase struck to get rid of Netherlands captain Edwards with a simple return catch. Edwards and Nidamanuru added 143 runs for the 5th wicket. West Indies got wickets of Zulfiqar and Nidamanuru to stall Netherlands progress.

Logan Van Beek took charge against Roston Chase in the 49th over along with Aryan Dutt. Jospeh ended the resistance dismissing Dutt providing easy catch to Chase at short third man. Dutt and Beek added 44 runs for the 8th wicket. With 1 run required from final delivery, Beek could not cross the line as match ended in a tie.

Beek came to the crease in the Super Six and smashed 30 runs against Jason Holder. He delivered the goods with ball dismissing Charles and Shepherd to help Netherlands stun West Indies.

With this win, Netherlands will carry 2 points into the Super Six Stage while West Indies would not carry any points and need to win all three matches before hoping other results go their way.

For his all-round performance, Logan Van Beek was named the player of the match award.

Netherlands 374 for 9 ( Teja Nidamanuru 111, Scott Edwards 67, Chase 3/77) and 30 for 0 in 1 over ( Logan Van Beek 30*) beat West Indies 374 for 6 in 50 overs ( Pooran 104*, King 76, Saqib Zulfiqar 2/43) and 8 for 2 in 1 over ( Charles 6, Beek 2/8) in Super Over.









Netherlands stun West Indies in ICC ODI World cup qualifiers 


Netherlands stun West Indies in high scoring affair 

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