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T20 WC 2016

Scorecard - 3rd Match, Group A, Bangladesh vs Netherlands at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, India (09 Mar 2016)

Bangladesh

153/7 (20) RR:7.65

Bangladesh won by 8 runs

MOM: Tamim Iqbal
Netherlands

145/7 (20) RR:7.25

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16.1 - van Beek to Tamim, FOUR, poor delivery from van Beek. Down leg and all Tamim needed to do was to get some bat on that. He does so with a gentle, little flick and off she goes to into the fine leg fence

13.4 - van Beek to Tamim, FOUR, you just need to time the ball here as the outfield here provides full value for your strokes. This shot is a precise example of that. Picked the fuller length delivery and just leant on the drive, scorched off the turf through cover

13.1 - van Beek to Tamim, FOUR, that's butchered! 100 up for Bangladesh. Tamim backed away slighly and got underneath this full delivery to bludgeon this back over the bowler's head for a one-bounce four, landed millimeters inside the rope

11.2 - Bukhari to Mahmudullah, FOUR, in the air and a boundary! Mahmudullah stayed still and deposited this fullish length ball over mid-wicket. It went towards the man at deep mid-wicket who was running in to snaffle the ball, covered good ground to his left but lost the ball in the sun

10.3 - Borren to Tamim, FOUR, cannot bowl there to Tamim! He is such a good driver of a cricket ball. Full and Tamim had enough width to free his arms, leant on the front foot and caressed the drive through cover

7.4 - Bukhari to S Rahman, FOUR, the keeper made a desperate dive to his left but did not get his hand to it, it was a poor delivery and Rahman got the tickle and it eluded the keeper into the fine leg fence

7.2 - Bukhari to Tamim, FOUR, that is cheeky from Tamim, third man was in the ring and he waited for this length delivery, steered it fine and fetched an easy four

5.2 - Meekeren to Tamim, FOUR, this is nicely done, bent a little and punched this back of a length delivery through the point region, timed it well and the ball raced away to the fence

1.2 - van der Gugten to Soumya Sarkar, FOUR, short delivery and Sarkar has taken heavy toll of it, not that short in fact. Sarkar went on the back foot and pulled it through mid-wicket with ease

0.5 - Bukhari to Soumya Sarkar, FOUR, edged and dropped at third man, Sarkar threw the bat after coming down the track at this length delivery and got a thickish leading edge that flew to third man, the fielder tried to reverse cup it after going back but the ball bursts out his hand and landed before the ropes

19.5 - van Beek to A Sunny, SIX, finally connects with one. It was fuller and well wide of off, Sunny fetches the delivery from there and heaves it over the wide long-on fence for a 93-metre maximum

19.1 - van Beek to Tamim, SIX, looks like! Oh what a strike that is! Clean as a whistle. Uses his stubby arms to good effort as he sends this length delivery over the wide long-on fence with a huge mow. There's a crowd catch too!

18.4 - van der Gugten to Mortaza, SIX, this time he gets underneath this full delivery. The bowler tried for a yorker but missed his length slightly and that SLIGHT error was enough for Mortaza who tonks it high and handsome over long-off

12.1 - van der Merwe to Tamim, SIX, that's Tamim for you! Such an elegant player of spin bowling. Waltzes down the pitch, gets to the pitch of the delivery and smokes it over the long-on fence

8.2 - van der Merwe to S Rahman, SIX, now those shots fetch maximum runs, tossed up delivery and Rahman comes down the track, flogs it over long-on and it goes deep into the stands

7.0 - van der Merwe to Tamim, SIX, it's the altitude of Dharamsala that made this one go over the fence at wide long-off, Tamim came down the track and sliced the loft, the fielder was interested there but it carried over the fence. Spinners will have to be careful here for sure, mishits tend to go over the fence at this venue

18.5 - van der Gugten to Mortaza, out Caught by T Cooper!! And he perishes now. Looks to repeat the same, this time over long-on. The bowler cleverly darted it full and got it to dip under Mortaza's threatening blade. It was on the stumps and Mortaza lofted it off the toe-end. Long-on trundles forward and takes a good, low catch. Mortaza c T Cooper b van der Gugten 7(5) [6s-1]

17.4 - Meekeren to Nasir Hossain, out Caught by Bukhari!! Second wicket for Meekeren and he is all ecstatic. Bowled it on a back of a length and kept his lines around off, Nasir Hossain was way too ambitious. Looks to flick it uppishly over mid-wicket but was too early in doing so. The ball catches the leading edge and swirls towards short third man who backtracks and snaffles it sans any fuss. Nasir Hossain c Bukhari b Meekeren 3(7)

14.5 - van der Gugten to Rahim, out Bowled!! Hooooooo! How about that? Two wickets in 3 balls. Rahim is beaten neck and crop. Hops like a school boy who just lost his lunch box. Meanwhile, van der Gugten is jubilant. Repeats the previous dismissal celebrations. Back of a length delivery, bowled with decent pace and Rahim was caught on the hop. The ball didn't rise as expected and sneaks through to hit the timber. Leg-stump goes for a walk. Replays show that Rahim got a thin inside edge. That's why it took out the leg stump. Rahim b van der Gugten 0(2)

14.3 - van der Gugten to Mahmudullah, out Bowled!! TIMBAAAAAH! van der Gugten jumps high, pumps his fist and lets out a big sigh of excitement. He had every reason to do so as he has nipped out Mahmudullah, arguably one of Bangladesh's best batsmen currently. It was slightly on a back of a length and Mahmudullah premeditated on the stroke. Had a big cross-batted smite and failed to pick the length. His head was falling all over the place and hears the death rattle as the wood misses the leather. Mahmudullah b van der Gugten 10(9) [4s-1]

10.5 - Borren to Shakib, out Caught by S Myburgh!! Shakib's poor patch continues. Couldn't get runs in the Asia Cup games and now here he is walking back for a mere 5 runs in 7 balls. This was a rubbish delivery to be honest. Short and ample width on offer, well wide of off to be precise. Shakib reaches out for the cut and flashes his hands on the stroke. Gets a thick top-edge and short third man gets a dolly. Shakib c S Myburgh b Borren 5(7)

8.3 - van der Merwe to S Rahman, out Lbw!! It could not have been more plumb. Gave this one some air perhaps, Rahman got a big stride, wanting to nudge it away, missed the ball as it came in with the arm, got struck right in front and the umpire raised his finger in a flash. The ball would have hit the middle stump. S Rahman lbw b van der Merwe 15(15) [4s-1 6s-1]

3.1 - Meekeren to Soumya Sarkar, out Caught by Barresi!! That is a poor shot from Sarkar and he has to pay the price for it, not wide enough to go for the cut but Sarkar had other ideas. The ball was pretty close to him and did not have enough space to flay the cut, got cramped for room and an outside edge carried to the keeper at a nice height. Meekeren has made up for the catch he dropped earlier, Sarkar was the batsman then. Soumya Sarkar c Barresi b Meekeren 15(13) [4s-2]

11.0 - Borren to Mahmudullah, 1 run, was that a drop? I think so. It was drifted down leg and Mahmudullah went for the tickle, the ball kissed the inside half and went past the keeper who got some glove but failed to cling on

12.5 - van der Merwe to Tamim, 2 runs, fifty for Tamim! Shortish and around middle and leg, Tamim tucks off his hip through mid-wicket and wanders back for an easy second. Handshake from his partner and a good round of applause from the dug-out

18.5 - Al-Amin to Seelaar, FOUR, haha, we are on folks. 16 off the over so far. Seelaar walks well across the stumps, his back leg nearly stomped on the wide line, picks a full ball and scoops it over short fine leg

18.2 - Al-Amin to Bukhari, FOUR, now that will do. Bukhari won't even bother looking at the replays. Makes a bit of room to a short of length delivery on off, still gets cramped on the cut and runs it off a thick edge wide of the flying keeper. Just out of Rahim's reach

15.2 - Shakib to Borren, FOUR, that's been scorched wide of long-on one-handed. Brilliant shot. Had to reach out for the slog, bent his knees a little while stretching and heaved it away along the carpet

14.2 - Mortaza to Borren, byes, FOUR, jeez, that's took off. Banged in on a short of length trying to follow Borren who was backing away. Zooms off the pitch and Borren lets it go. The keeper couldn't get his mitts high enough to stop

14.0 - Shakib to T Cooper, FOUR, full enough outside off, Cooper's eyes light up as he sees a drive through the covers. Blazes it along the carpet and finds the gap

13.3 - Shakib to T Cooper, FOUR, oh well played! Much needed boundary. Wasn't all that short outside off, Cooper allows it to come on, plays it from under his eyeline and laces the cut through the backward point region

9.2 - Shakib to Borren, leg byes, FOUR, how's that not out? Borren came down the pitch and had shuffled way too across trying to glance it fine. Was rapped on the pad and the keeper couldn't stop it either. Looked plumb

9.0 - Nasir Hossain to Borren, FOUR, and another. Another one barreled down to third man with a reverse sweep. The ball was outside off this time and Borren had the room to turn around more. Placed it wide of backward point, to his right, and got a boundary

8.4 - Nasir Hossain to Borren, FOUR, that was so cheeky that a backward point's half-stop proved lacking. Flatter on off, Borren crossed his bat in front of his pads and reverse swept it to third man

7.5 - Mortaza to Ben Cooper, FOUR, this time he uses his feet to get close to the pitch and renders the bounce rather impotent. Punches this length ball through extra cover and there was no stopping it. Bulleted away

6.3 - Mahmudullah to S Myburgh, FOUR, that was thumped. Had the width and Myburgh crashed it away through cover. Beats Arafat Sunny's one-handed dive and ran away

6.0 - Nasir Hossain to Ben Cooper, FOUR, another good shot and the runs have started to sieve out. Flighted, Ben kneels and sweeps it over mid-wicket. Off the middle and it races away

5.4 - Nasir Hossain to Ben Cooper, FOUR, that was tailored. Flatter on off, Ben had made room already. Just opened up and pierced the point-cover arc with a well-timed back foot punch. Eluded the diving duo at point

5.2 - Nasir Hossain to S Myburgh, FOUR, enough dragged down and just enough down the leg-side for Myburgh to kneel and sweep it through deep backward square leg. Top shot!

4.4 - Al-Amin to S Myburgh, FOUR, no timing and placement off late but this sees the ropes. The good, old French cut. Only superior to Mankading in derision, perhaps. Length and just outside off, not enough room to flash it square and an under-edge runs close to off-stump to scoot behind

3.3 - A Sunny to S Myburgh, FOUR, you earn it sometimes. Flighted ball on leg-stump, ample room for Myburgh to swivel and sweep it uppishly. Broomed away over backward square leg, one bounce over the ropes

2.2 - Taskin Ahmed to Barresi, FOUR, that's lazy. Plain lazy. Length ball, Barresi skipped down the track and opened the bat face to drive it uppishly. Wide of backward point and it runs away. Third man had done well to run across, gets on his knee to collect but lets it burst through. Al-Amin was the man

0.3 - Taskin Ahmed to S Myburgh, FOUR, short and wide. Immaterial of the bounce, Myburgh throws his hands all flat-footed. Top-edge and it bounces over the slips and runs away

18.3 - Al-Amin to Bukhari, SIX, kaboom! Netherlands have come roaring back through Bukhari. 10 off 2 balls and this was right off the screws. Takes a couple of steps down, Al-Amin dishes a perfect length ball in the slot and finds himself pumped over wide long-on

19.2 - Taskin Ahmed to Bukhari, out Bukhari Run Out!! 1 run completed! Now Soumya is much more agile, swoops in on the ball, gathers, and fires a bullet throw at the striker's end. Bukhari was always struggling. But what about Taskin! How good has he been! Brilliant low full toss on leg, Bukhari can only hit it along the turf to long-on. If he keeps going this way, his team are home. Bukhari run out (Soumya Sarkar/Rahim) 14(5) [4s-1 6s-1]

18.1 - Al-Amin to T Cooper, out Caught by A Sunny!! Excellent variation in pace. Saw Cooper shaping for the reverse-scoop, took all the pace off the ball and delivered it on a back of a length. Cooper has to manufacture all the power on his own. Tries to hoick it over the infield, gets it high on the bat and spoons it to short third man who runs to his right, dives and takes it nicely with both hands. T Cooper c A Sunny b Al-Amin 15(18) [4s-2]

16.4 - Mortaza to van der Merwe, out Caught by Rahim!! This time he nicks it. Almost a similar delivery to the previous one, this one rises higher, van der Merwe slashes hard, never in control of the extra bounce and gets a faint tickle. van der Merwe c Rahim b Mortaza 1(3)

16.0 - Shakib to Borren, out Caught by Nasir Hossain!! Nasir Hossain makes immediate amends at deep mid-wicket. Almost a similar catch, this time running to his right, gets to the ball and cushions it in front of the chest while sliding on his knees. For the gazillionth time, Borren had sliced the slog-sweep. Had to reach out for the ball well outside off, and could only lob it off the toe-end. Credit to Shakib here for tossing it wider. Borren c Nasir Hossain b Shakib 29(28) [4s-3]

11.2 - Shakib to Ben Cooper, out Bowled!! With the required rate jumping, Cooper feels obliged to do something out of the ordinary. Premeditates a slog-sweep to a ball which lands very full. It was pushed through quicker as well from Shakib making his job even tougher. Sneaks under the swinging bat and takes middle stump. Ben Cooper b Shakib 20(15) [4s-3]

8.1 - Nasir Hossain to S Myburgh, out Bowled!! You miss, I hit. The typical tailender theory that embarrassingly gobbles up Myburgh here. Quicker ball sliding in on middle, Myburgh knelt and slog-swept. Missed and it was hara-kiri behind. S Myburgh b Nasir Hossain 29(29) [4s-5]

4.3 - Al-Amin to Barresi, out Caught by S Rahman!! He perishes trying to take on the larger half of the ground. Shortish delivery robbed of pace, Barresi pulled it alright but is deceived. Off the middle but doesn't get much power behind it. Deep square leg was in business straightaway and completed an easy catch. Barresi c S Rahman b Al-Amin 9(11) [4s-1]

15.4 - Shakib to Borren, 2 runs, Nasir Hossain runs across from deep mid-wicket, gets to the ball and puts it down. After covering all the ground, it should have been taken. A mistimed slog-sweep from Borren fetches him a couple

8.0 - Mortaza to Ben Cooper, no run, straight back at Mortaza but that was gunning for his head. Full ball drilled back, Mortaza did well to sway away and got a hand to it. The ball parried away towards mid-wicket but there was no run. Only cruel souls will call that a chance dropped

10.1 - Mortaza to Borren, no run, tries to pick a back of a length delivery from off and work it through the on-side, closes the bat-face early and the leading edge pops in front of backward point. Borren charges down for a single which isn't there and is sent back. Would have been well short had there been a direct-hit

6.5 - Mahmudullah to S Myburgh, no run, mayhem there. A near run out chance. Would have been out if it was a direct hit. Myburgh had plonked his front leg across looking to sweep, Mahmudullah followed him with a flatter delivery and he missed. The ball scooted to backward point as Ben Cooper was halfway down the pitch. turned around and hurried back, thanking his luck that it wasn't a direct hit