KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 19
Netherlands registered its first victory under the tri- series of ICC World Cup Cricket League-2, defeating Namibia by 7 wickets today.
Netherlands met the target of 124 runs posted by Namibia in 27.2 overs at the loss of 3 wickets in the match held at Kirtipur-based TU Cricket ground.
With this victory, Netherlands collected two points in two matches. Nepal had defeated Netherlands by 9 wickets in the first match.
Similarly, Namibia has two points. In the first match, Namibia defeated Nepal by 4 wickets.
In today's match, Michael Levitt of Netherlands contributed highest 57 runs for the win while Max O' Dowd scored 28 runs and Bas de Leede 21 runs. Similarly, Zerrad Erasmus took 3 wickets for Namibia.
Invited to bat first after losing the toss, Namibia had scored 123 runs in 35.1 overs losing all wickets. JJ Smit of Namibia gathered 26 runs, Zane Green 19 runs, Ruben Trumpelmann 20 runs, Nikolaas
Davin and Captain Zerrad Erasmus 13 runs each and Bernard Scholtz 13 runs.
For the bowling side, Aryan Dutta of the Netherlands took 6 wickets and Kayla Klein two wickets and Roelof van der Merwe took one wicket.
