Paul van Meekeren’s three wickets assisted the Netherlands with guaranteeing their first victory of the T20 World Cup Super 12 stage Wednesday as their five-wicket win everything except wiped out Zimbabwe.
The Dutch, who are now out of the semi-last race, bowled out Zimbabwe for 117 in 19.2 overs at the Adelaide Oval and, driven by Max O’Dowd’s 52, accomplished their objective by arriving at 120-5 with 12 balls in excess.
Zimbabwe, who simply have one success from their four matches, need a numerical wonder to make the semi-finals as one of the main two groups in Gathering 2, at present driven by South Africa who next plays Pakistan on Thursday.
O’Dowd and Tom Cooper, who made 32, put on a second-wicket stand of 73 to direct the group home as the fans poured in for the night match of the Adelaide twofold header among India and Bangladesh.
Stephan Myburgh tumbled to Gift Muzarabani for eight in the fourth over before O’Dowd and Cooper started to score unreservedly pursuing an unobtrusive 118-run target.
Paul van Meekeren’s three wickets assisted the Netherlands with guaranteeing their first victory of the T20 World Cup Super 12 stage Wednesday as their five-wicket win everything except killed Zimbabwe.
Luke Jongwe had Cooper gotten out to end a 29-ball thump, which included two fours and a six.
O’Dowd raised his fifty with two straight limits however before long got out to Muzarabani and Richard Ngarava sent back captain Scott Edwards yet Bas de Leede stood firm to stir things up around town four.
The Netherlands bowled out Zimbabwe, who chose to bat first, in 19.2 overs regardless of a 24-ball 40 by the in-structure Sikandar Raza.
Van Meekeren bowled Wesley Madhevere for one with the batsman playing all around a quick and straight conveyance.
The quicks maintained the tension with trained bowling and Brandon Glover got Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine captured for three. Zimbabwe before long slipped to 20-3 out of six overs.
Raza hit back with a six and a four in a 14-run 10th over from Glover and put on 48 runs with Sean Williams before Van Meekeren got through.
The left-given Williams made 28 off 23 balls yet got out to Van Meekeren, trapped in his endeavor to increase the scoring.
Raza, an all-rounder who featured with the ball in his group’s shock prevailing upon Pakistan in Perth, resuscitated Zimbabwe and crushed Glover for an immense six over midwicket.
De Leede, who bowled with a swathed cheekbone after he was hit by a terrible bouncer from Pakistan’s Haris Rauf in the group’s past misfortune, got Raza’s valued wicket in the fifteenth over.
Zimbabwe worked beyond 100 as none of their batsmen neglected to make twofold figures separated from Williams and Raza.
Glover, de Leede, and Logan van Beek took two wickets each while pace lead Fred Klaassen returned figures of 1-17 from his four overs.