In the ICC World Cup qualifier match on Tuesday, Zimbabwe defeated the Netherlands and won the match by six wickets. Following the defeat, Netherlands captain Scott Edwards said, We dropped catches, we weren't up to it today, as per the official website of ICC.
The ICC Cricket World Cup qualifiers will kickstart tomorrow with matches between Zimbabwe and Nepal and West Indies and the USA from Zimbabwe. Each match will be high stakes, with teams contesting for two places at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 in India that gives the two victors nin
The victory ensured South Africa claimed the three-match series 2-0, but more importantly moved past the West Indies and into the eighth and final spot on the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League standings
The Netherlands welcome back spinner Roelof van der Merwe in the mix, with the squad being led by Scott Edwards. The spinner last featured for the Netherlands in an ODI in November 2021.
Van der Merwe has played a total of 16 ODI's till date. Of the 16, he has played 13 for South Africa and featured for Netherlands in the remaining 3 ODI's. The 38-year-old all-rounder has 96 runs and 19 wickets after featuring in 16 matches. He was also a part of the SA 20 title-winning side
The South African batters failed to chase a moderate score of 159 runs as the Dutch bowlers restricted them to 145/8 in their 20 overs. Brandon Glover starred with the ball for the Netherlands as the pacer claimed three wickets in his quota of four overs.
Edwards stated that the team had come to the T20 World Cup to compete and win some matches against the top teams of the world, which they have achieved.
Edwards talked about the reasons that led to their defeat against the Pakistani team and said that the batters couldn't get going, which resulted in the team setting a low total.
With this win, Pakistan have registered their two points and are at fifth position. Netherlands is at the bottom and is yet to gain a point. Mohammad Rizwan (49) and Shadab Khan (3/22) were the key architects of this crucial win
A 35-run stand between Colin Ackermann (27) and skipper Scott Edwards (15) was useful for the Dutch to stay away from a humiliating finish. Shadab Khan (3/22) made sure that Netherlands' back was broken in the first half itself, which led to them not even touching 100-run mark