NZ beat Netherlands by 99 runs
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
HYDERABAD, India, Oct 09 (Agencies): New Zealand beat Netherlands by 99 runs in their World Cup clash at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday.
Netherlands' Colin Ackermann has scored a fifty and New Zealand's Mitchell Santner took five wickets. He ends with 5/59 and becomes the first to take a five wicket haul in World Cup 2023.
Earlier, opener Will Young, Rachin Ravindra and Tom Latham struck half centuries as New Zealand overcame some tight bowling by the Netherlands to post 322-7.
Young scored an 80-ball 70, captain Latham made 53 off 46 balls while Ravindra hit a run-a-ball 51 after the Netherlands won the toss and opted to bowl on a slowish Rajiv Gandhi Stadium pitch.
In the slog overs, Mitchell Santner struck a rapid 17-ball 36 not out with two sixes and three boundaries to bolster the total.
Young put on a solid start of 67 after 12 overs with Devon Conway before spinner Roelof van der Merwe broke the stand by getting Conway caught at long-on.