T20 WC 2022 Qualifiers B | Bas de Leede guides Netherlands to a win over USA

The Netherlands won their semi-finals clash against the United States of America (USA) to qualify for the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier B. 

More importantly, the win places them in the main draw of the T20 WC 2022 scheduled for October.

How the chase went

Saurabh Netravalkar got the better of Stephan Myburgh in his first over. Max O'Dowd and Bas de Leede consolidated the innings, adding 53 runs for the second wicket, with the latter doing most of the heavy lifting.

O'Dowd fell for 16 to Nisarg Patel. Veteran Tom Cooper scored three runs before falling to Cameron Stevenson.

de Leede registered his second T20I half-century to keep the Dutch in the hunt.

He (91*) along with skipper Scott Edwards (26*) took the side to a comfortable seven-wicket victory, adding 77 runs together.

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Story of the first innings

Opting to bat, openers Steven Taylor and Monank Patel provided the USA with a brisk start, adding 51 runs in 5 overs, before Taylor was dismissed for 26 by Paul van Meekeren.

All downhill for the USA

Patel added 17 runs to the total, only to fall victim to Shariz Ahmad for 32, while Gajanand Singh was caught and bowled by de Leede for zero.

Aaron Jones' resistance ended on 15 after getting run out by Teja Nidamanuru. Duvvarapu Siva Kumar, too, ran himself out, making a 13-ball 7.

Bas de Leede got his second, knocking over Marty Kain’s stumps for a one-ball duck.

Chandigarh-born Jaskaran Malhotra gave his wicket for 12, handing a catch back to van Meekeren. Their innings witnessed a third runout in the form of Cameron Stevenson, who went for a duck. 

Nisarg Patel, who scored 28 runs, was the fourth run-out. Logan van Beek got the final wicket of Netravalkar, wrapping up the USA innings at 138.

Brief scores:

United States of America 138 all out in 19.4 overs 

Monank Patel 32, Nisarg Patel 28

Paul van Meekeren 22/2

Netherlands 139/3 in 19 overs

Bas de Leede 91*, Scott Edwards 26* 

Cameron Stevenson 23/1

The United States of America lost to the Netherlands by 7 wickets