NEW DELHI – West Indies thrashed Netherlands by huge margin of 215 in Group ‘B’ match here on Monday (Feb. 28) at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi.
West Indies totally dominated an inexperienced opposition in both of the innings; first with the bat piling up might total of 330 and then with the ball getting opposition out for paltry 115.
Earlier, Netherlands won the toss and invited West Indies to bat first. Openers, veteran Chris Gayle and Devon Smith, provided a solid stand of 100 runs. Devon Smith fell on 53 while Chris Gayle (80) kept on punishing Dutch bowlers. First five batsmen contributed with good scores to help West Indies past 300 marks. Kieron Pollard proved to be the maser blaster of West Indies innings smashing 60 runs off just 24 balls. Pieter Seelaar was the most successful bowler from Netherlands picking up 3 wickets; while Muassar Bukhari claimed two.
Later on Kemar Roach tore away the Dutch batting line up with his six wickets haul including a hat-trick. He picked up last three wickets of Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots and Berend Westdijk in first three balls of his 9th over. Sulieman Benn also claimed three wickets. The only resistance came from Tom Cooper (55*) of Netherlands while only four batsmen touched the double figure.
Except South Africa and Ireland each team of Group ‘B’ have played two matches each and India is leading the table followed by England. West Indies climbed up to third position in Group ‘B’ with this big victory while Netherlands slipped to seventh.
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