ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 | Day 2 | 18 October, 2021 | Matches Discussion

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Netherlands Squad: Stephan Myburgh, Max ODowd, Ben Cooper, Colin Ackermann, Pieter Seelaar(c), Ryan ten Doeschate, Bas de Leede, Scott Edwards(w), Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Fred Klaassen, Philippe Boissevain, Paul van Meekeren, Brandon Glover, Timm van der Gugten

Ireland Squad: Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, Neil Rock(w), Simi Singh, Mark Adair, Craig Young, Joshua Little, Kevin O Brien, Andy McBrine, Benjamin White, Lorcan Tucker

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Sri Lanka Squad: Dasun Shanaka (captain), Kusal Janith Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya De Silva, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara, Maheesh Theekshana, Akila Dananjaya, Binura Fernando.

Namibia Squad: Stephan Baard, Zane Green(w), Craig Williams, Gerhard Erasmus(c), David Wiese, JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Jan Frylinck, Pikky Ya France, Ben Shikongo, Michau du Preez, Bernard Scholtz, Michael van Lingen, Karl Birkenstock

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Group A’s fascinating balance offers plenty of qualification hope for Ireland and Netherlands as they prepare for their opening World Cup fixture in Abu Dhabi.

Both teams are talking a good game, and their aspirations of making it into the second stage of the tournament are highly achievable, with each squad containing more than enough to trouble pool favourites Sri Lanka and fellow Group A hopefuls Namibia.

The Dutch arrive at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup without much in the way of warm-up time for their strongest side, with the core of the likely starting XI spread across the world in various franchise competitions. But it’s a talented squad, as they showed back in 2019 by winning the qualifying tournament outright, beating Monday’s opponents Ireland in the semi-finals before dispatching Papua New Guinea in the final.

As for Ireland, the full potential of the squad that has travelled to the tournament is slightly uncertain. Many of the golden generation who established the Irish as a white-ball force, particularly in 50-over cricket, have now moved on to retirement and coaching. It is a period of both promise and transition, with old heads Paul Stirling and Kevin O’Brien adding experience to a young and talented but raw squad.

The Irish group has plenty of power hitting, while the pace attack offers variety and depth. But balance could be an issue, with wicketkeeper Neil Rock possibly featuring as high as six to accommodate more bowling options. Whether Ireland stick with that set-up or look to utilise their part-time bowling options to make up the fifth set of overs remains to be seen.

But, regardless of the balance of the attack, if opening batters Stirling and O’Brien can operate effectively in the powerplay then Ireland have a good chance of not just making it out of Group A but also having a good crack at the Super 12 later in the month.

Opportunity beckons then for both Ireland and the Netherlands. But, helpfully, it does so without the weight of outward expectation. As Dutch captain Pieter Seelaar put it: “Sri Lanka need to go through; we want to go through. That's the difference."

Fixture details
Match: Ireland v Netherlands
Time: 14:00 local time on Monday 18 October
Venue: Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi

The Teams

Netherlands’ strength is their pace attack, which may well be suited to troubling the best sides in the world if they make it through to the Super 12s. Increasing the rate in the Powerplay is the priority for a side who have tended to set a platform before accelerating with that big-hitting middle-order.

Possible Netherlands playing XI: Stephan Myburgh, Max O’Dowd, Ben Cooper, Colin Ackermann, Ryan ten Doeschate, Roelof van der Merwe, Scott Edwards, Pieter Seelar, Paul van Meekeren, Fred Klaasen, Timm van der Gugten

Finding slow-bowling options is the priority for Ireland. The pace-bowling stocks available are rich, but there is lots of pressure on leg-spinner Ben White and off-spinner Simi Singh when pace needs to come off on stickier wickets. The experienced top three will hope to score the bulk of the runs with the bat, although Gareth Delaney’s emergence as an additional power-hitter gives Ireland greater strength in depth if they lose early wickets.

Possible Ireland playing XI: Paul Stirling, Kevin O’Brien, Andy Balbirnie, Gareth Delaney, Curtis Campher, Neil Rock, Simi Singh, Josh Little, Ben White, Mark Adair, Craig Young

Key Players

Ireland’s 21-year-old quick bowler Josh Little could hold the key to his side’s fortunes at the tournament. The young left-armer burst onto the scene as a teenager, capable of reaching high speeds and showing a penchant for bowling in the death overs. Little has developed his game even further since that initial splash, and can now be utilised in all three sections of the innings: producing high swing in the powerplay, pace in the middle overs, and variations at the death.

The Netherlands will be leaning even more heavily than usual on captain and all-rounder Pieter Seelaar. The veteran’s handy spin bowling gives the side a pace-off option on some of the slower pitches, and he may have to bowl himself regularly to take pressure off the Dutch battery of quicks.

What They Said

Andy Balbirnie: "We do have a lot of youth and inexperience in our squad - this is the first big ICC event for a lot of our guys - but we've had a good build-up here, played some good games, and we're slowly getting to where we want to be in that first game. We've got a crop of young, hungry cricketers… who want to go out and express themselves on the world stage."

Pieter Seelaar: "There's no clear favourite and no weak side [in Group A]. I wouldn't say Sri Lanka is going to go through, they are going to have a hard time beating all three of us."

 

[Saj]

Ireland look strong but Netherlands look a very balanced side.

Should be a good match.

 

[MenInG]

Netherlands have won the toss and have opted to bat

 

[sam_ahm]

Two very evenly matched teams, it is anybodys game. May be the Dutch are slight favourites.

I'm a bit surprised Ireland opted for White over McBrine. They haven't been playing Campher lately but he gets in today. Let's see how they go.

 

[sam_ahm]

Curtis Campher has taken 4 wickets in 4 balls for Ireland. I think the only bowler other than Malinga to acheive this feat!!

 

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NED 88/6 (16.1) CRR: 5.44
Netherlands opt to bat

 

[MenInG]

Curtis Campher has taken 4 wickets in 4 balls for Ireland. I think the only bowler other than Malinga to acheive this feat!!

Amazing - can watch again and again

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[hoshiarpurexpress]

Curtis Campher has taken 4 wickets in 4 balls for Ireland. I think the only bowler other than Malinga to acheive this feat!!

Rashid also vs ireland in 2019

 

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NED 106 (20)
IRE 37/2 (5.2) CRR: 6.94 REQ: 4.77
Ireland need 70 runs in 88 balls

 

[sam_ahm]

Rashid also vs ireland in 2019

Oh OK!

 

[MenInG]

Sri Lanka have won the toss and have opted to field

Teams:
Namibia (Playing XI) : Stephan Baard, Zane Green(w), Craig Williams, Gerhard Erasmus(c), David Wiese, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Pikky Ya France, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz

Sri Lanka (Playing XI) : Kusal Perera(w), Pathum Nissanka, Dinesh Chandimal, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka(c), Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara

 

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NED 106 (20)IRE 107/3 (15.1)

Ireland won by 7 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH

Curtis Campher

 

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Curtis Campher’s devastating four wickets in four balls helped Ireland to romp home to a seven-wicket victory in their opening ICC Men’s T20 World Cup fixture against the Netherlands.

The 22-year-old reduced the Netherlands to 51 for six before Mark Adair mopped up the tail to leave Ireland needing just 107 to win.

Paul Stirling anchored Ireland’s chase and Gareth Delany provided the firepower to give Ireland a first win at an ICC T20 World Cup since 2014.

Having won the toss and chosen to bat, the Netherlands continued the theme of the tournament so far with one of their openers getting out for a duck.

Ben Cooper was run out as Max O’Dowd set off for a quick single from the non-striker's end and Cooper was so far from safety Paul Stirling could take two attempts to dislodge the bails.

The Netherlands reached their 50 in the ninth over and looked to be making steady progress towards the halfway mark before Curtis Campher came on for his second over.

His spell began inauspiciously with a wide but five balls later he had four wickets in four balls and had reduced the Netherlands to 51 for six.

Campher saw off Colin Ackermann for 11 runs before sending veteran Ryan ten Doeschate back to the hutch out lbw. After a review, Scott Edwards was consigned to the same fate before Roelof van der Merwe dragged the ball onto his stumps.

The Netherlands needed rescuing and opener O’Dowd took on that responsibility, crunching back-to-back boundaries off Ben White to move their total to 71 for six from 13 overs.

O’Dowd brought up his half-century off 44 balls seemingly undeterred by the devastation he had just witnessed, but he was not immune to error either, slashing the ball to long-on to depart for 51.

There was still time for more drama as Mark Adair looked to one-up Campher, taking the two of the final three wickets, with a run-out sandwiched in between, to reduce the Dutch to 106 all out and earn himself figures of three for nine.

Needing less than a run a ball, Ireland were gifted their first seven runs from extras by Fred Klaasen before powerful hitting from Kevin O’Brien and Stirling showed Ireland’s intent to wrap up the victory quickly.

O’Brien was caught by Logan van Beek going for a huge heave and a similar end befell captain Andrew Balbirnie who attempted to smash a third four in a row, but his shot was instead snaffled by Van der Merwe.

Gareth Delany joined Stirling out in the middle as a more cautious approach was taken in chasing down the total, bringing up Ireland’s half-century in eight overs.

The pair brought up their 50 partnership in the 12th over, Delaney doing much of the heavy lifting as Ireland looked to score at a decent pace, having missed out on the knockout stages in 2014 due to a low net run rate.

Delany would be dismissed by Pieter Seelaar for 44 with Campher then on hand to steer Ireland home, a victory entirely of his own making.

Scores in brief:

Ireland beat Netherlands at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi by seven wickets.
Netherlands 106 all out, in 20 overs (Max O’Dowd 51, Pieter Seelaar 21; Curtis Campher 4/26, Mark Adair 3/9)
Ireland 107/3, in 15.1 overs (Gareth Delaney 44, Paul Stirling 30; Pieter Seelaar 1-14; Fred Klaasen 1-18)
Player of the Match: Curtis Campher (Ireland)

 

[sam_ahm]

Sri Lanka clearly a class above Namibia and it shows.

 

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Sri Lanka clearly a class above Namibia and it shows.

NAM 96 (19.3)
SL 18/1 (2.5) CRR: 6.35 REQ: 4.6
Sri Lanka need 79 runs

 

[Last Monetarist]

Good catch by Dasun Shanaka today:

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[MenInG]

Resounding win!

NAM 96 (19.3)

SL 100/3 (13.3)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets

 

[Saj]

Curtis Campher made history in taking four wickets in four balls to help Ireland to a thumping seven-wicket win over the Netherlands in their first match of the 2021 Men’s ICC T20 World Cup.

The all-rounder intervened spectacularly in the 10th over of the Netherlands' innings, reducing the opposition from 51-2 to 51-6 – the feat made him the first man to take four wickets off consecutive deliveries in a T20 World Cup fixture. Netherlands eventually finished on 106 before Paul Stirling (30*) and Gareth Delany (44) played significant hands in delivering victory with 29 balls to spare.

Pieter Seelaar won the toss and chose to bat first, but it didn’t take too long for a wicket to fall. Off the third ball of the opening over, bowled by Stirling, Ben Cooper was run out from a Simi Singh throw after a mix-up between the two batters.

Ireland then kept a lid on the run rate over the next few overs before Josh Little struck in the fifth; Bas de Leede failed to connect with a ramp shot over fine leg and was bowled by a full toss. Campher entered the fray after the powerplay – which had cost 25 runs – and was initially expensive, conceding 12 runs from his first over.

But when he returned for his second over, the improvement was drastic. Colin Ackermann was the first to fall after a review showed that the ball, initially called a leg-side wide by the on-field umpire, had been gloved on its way to Neil Rock behind the stumps. Ryan ten Doeschate was then struck in front of the stumps by a full delivery and Campher repeated the same delivery to Scott Edwards – another review was required to show the ball was projected to hit the stumps, leaving Campher and his teammates jubilant.

But the fun didn’t stop there for Campher. Roelof van der Merwe was bowled after inside-edging a delivery onto his stumps, leaving Ireland firmly in the ascendancy. O’Dowd kept one end ticking over for the Netherlands, eventually moving to a half-century from 44 deliveries, but it then came Mark Adair’s turn to dominate proceedings.

O’Dowd hit an Adair slower ball into the hands of Harry Tector at long-on in the 17th over and the right-arm quick claimed two wickets from the final three balls of the Netherlands innings, his changes of pace making him a difficult man to hit. He finished with superb figures of 3-9 from his four overs, and his economical ways were backed up by Little, who managed 1-14 from his set of four. Hat-trick hero Campher finished with 4-26.

In the chase, Stirling and Kevin O’Brien got Ireland off to a safe start with 20 from the first three overs. While O’Brien (9) and Andrew Balbirnie (8) fell soon after in the space of seven deliveries, Stirling and Delany kicked off a fine 59-run partnership.

Despite a stunning six over third man, Stirling played the more patient role, eventually finishing unbeaten on 30 off 39 deliveries; Delany, on the other hand, continued his big-hitting ways from the warm-up win over Bangladesh, striking five fours and two sixes in his 29-ball knock before he was bowled by Seelaar.

Fittingly, Campher was on hand to hit the winning run off the first ball of the 16th over, bringing an end to a fine all-round performance by himself and his teammates.

Ireland’s next match is against Sri Lanka on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi.

MATCH SUMMARY

Ireland Men v Netherlands Men, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Round 1, Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, 8 October 2021

Netherlands106 (20 overs; M O’Dowd 51; C Campher 4-26, M Adair 3-9)
Ireland 107-3 (15.1 overs; G Delany 44, P Stirling 30*; P Seelaar 1-14)

Ireland won by 7 wickets

 

[Saj]

Sri Lanka’s bowlers brilliantly restricted Namibia before Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Avishka Fernando helped chase down a modest total in style to start their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 campaign with an impressive seven-wicket victory.

Competing in the tournament for the first time, Namibia came into the competition as a team in form –* winning 18 of the 22 T20Is they had played in their history, including three warm-up matches **–* but the 2014 champions showed their class in all three phases.

Sri Lanka were alert in the field and all five bowlers used took at least one wicket, with mystery spinner Maheesh Theekshana’s three for 24 the highlight as Namibia were all out for just 96.

Namibia did take three early wickets in response but Rajapaksa (42 not out) and Fernando (30 not out) added a brilliant unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 74 in just 8.2 overs to see them home with 39 balls to spare.

The Sri Lankan team sported black armbands and both teams partook in a moment’s silence before the match in memory of the country’s first Test captain, Bandula Warnapura, who died on Monday aged 68.

With Sri Lanka having won the toss and chosen to bowl, Chamika Karunaratne set the tone by beating the edge of Stephan Baard’s bat with the first ball of the match, although the Namibian opener did reach a milestone when a glorious cover drive for four moved him past 500 T20I runs.

Baard’s day soon took a turn for the worse however, as he skied Theekshana’s first ball and saw it pouched by a tumbling Wanindu Hasaranga at mid-off, before Zane Green departed in similar fashion off the same bowler soon after.

In between those wickets, Craig Williams danced down the pitch and smashed Theekshana for six as Namibia ended the powerplay at 30 for two and skipper Gerhard Erasmus also showed intent with back-to-back boundaries through the off-side.

But with the pace of Sri Lanka’s quicks unsettling the batting side, the run-rate failed to drastically pick up and when Erasmus tried to force the issue by slogging over long-on, he instead holed out for 29 to end a 39-run partnership with Williams.

Williams (29) himself was then trapped lbw plumb in front by Hasaranga trying to reverse sweep and at 73/4 with just 40 balls remaining, the Namibia innings need an injection of runs.

Instead, dangerman David Wiese was dismissed lbw by Karunaratne, Jan Frylinck was clean bowled by Theekshana and Hasaranga trapped Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton to turn the screw further.

Captain Dasun Shanaka sprinting in from extra cover to spectacularly produce a sliding, one-handed catch inches from the ground to remove Ruben Trumpelmann summed up the high standard Sri Lanka had set in the field and they polished off the Namibia tail to skittle them for 96 in 19.3 overs.

In response, Kusal Perera clubbed Trumpelmann back over his head for four and jabbed the following ball to the midwicket boundary but the Namibian seamer got his revenge by having Perera caught by a diving Smit at mid-off.

When Pathum Nissanka was promptly trapped lbw by Bernard Scholtz and Chandimal edged Smit’s tempter outside off stump to wicketkeeper Green, Sri Lanka found themselves slightly up against it at 26 for three.

Fernando soon steadied the ship however, with the highlight being a shimmy down the wicket and perfectly-timed chip for six wide of long-on, before Bhanuka Rajapaksa joined the party with a powerful four through the off-side and a huge six off Scholtz that was similar to Fernando’s strike.

Rajapaksa got a reprieve when he picked out Scholtz at fine leg, only for the Namibian to drop the catch and fumble it over the rope, and he made them pay with a stunning drive through the covers two balls later.

The duo then mostly knocked off the remaining runs with ones and twos but Fernando lofted another six over mid-off before Rajapaksa finished it in style by pulling Frylinck for a decisive six that secured a seven-wicket win with 39 balls remaining *– their biggest victory at an ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Scores in Brief

Sri Lanka beat Namibia at Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi by seven wickets

Namibia 96 all out, in 19.3 overs (Craig Williams 29, Gerhard Erasmus 20; Maheesh Theekshana 3/25, Lahiru Kumara 2/9)
Sir Lanka 100/3, in 13.3 overs (Bhanuka Rajapaksa 42 not out, Avishka Fernando 30 not out; JJ Smit 1/7, Bernard Scholtz 1/16)
Player of the Match: Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka)

 

[sweep_shot]

I expected Netherlands to do better.

Sri Lanka got a predictable win.

No surprise today.

 

[Snowflake]

Why didn't Rashid bowl vs SA?

Holding him back so that batters do not get a read on him?