Cricket Highlights, 21 October: ICC Cricket World Cup (19^th Match) – Netherlands vs Sri Lanka – Finally Sri Lanka got their first victory. 

Netherlands vs Sri Lanka (19th Match) – Highlights

For the former world champion Sri Lanka, this year’s World Cup was a nightmare. They suffered three straight defeats. At last, a smile broke out on the Lankans’ faces. Sri Lanka defeated the Netherlands by 5 wickets and 10 balls remaining in the game to earn their first victory of the competition.

5 wickets for 71 runs and 6 batters lost their positions for 91 runs. Everyone was speculating if the Netherlands would be dismissed for the fewest runs in this World Cup. But suddenly, Sybrand Engelbrecht and Logan van Beek appeared in front of the Lankan bowlers and stood like the Himalayas.

These two Dutch batters scored a fantastic 130 runs as a pair. As a result, the Dutch gave Sri Lanka a goal of 263 runs.

The Netherlands chose to bat after winning the toss at Lucknow’s Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium. Although the batsmen initially played poorly, the persistence of Sybrand Engelbrecht and Logan van Beek allowed the Netherlands to eventually score a lofty total.

After winning the toss, Kasun Rajitha made a storm at the Dutch camp. He was accompanied by Dilshan Madushanka. Due to this, it was seen that 5 men of the top order were missing for 71 runs as wickets fell at regular intervals. Colin Ackermann scored the highest 27 runs.

At the very end, Sybrand Engelbrecht scored 70 runs off 82 balls. Logan van Beek lighted up with the bat alongside him. Based on the perfect pair of 130 runs from these two, the Netherlands were all out for 262 runs in 49.4 overs.

After hitting 59 runs off of 75 balls, Logan van Beek was stopped. He made one six and two boundaries. Additionally, Mack O’Dowd and Scott Edwards each scored 16 runs.

Dilshan Madushanka and Kasun Rajitha each grabbed four wickets for Sri Lanka. One wicket was taken by Maheesh Theekshana.

After losing 3 wickets for 103 runs while attempting to reach a total of 263, Sri Lanka was put under some strain. Pathum Nishanka, the opener, was dismissed for 54 from 52 balls.

However, the Lankans left the field with a win due to Sadeera Samarawickrama‘s responsible batting. Sadeera Samarawickrama scored 91 runs off 107 balls while remaining undefeated. Additionally, Dhananjaya de Silva scored 30 runs off 37 balls, while Charith Asalanka scored 44 runs off 66 balls. 

Aryan Dutt of the Netherlands took 3 wickets for 44 runs. Besides, Paul van Meekeren and Colin Ackermann took one wicket each. 

Netherlands vs Sri Lanka Scoreboard 

Netherlands – 262/10 (49.4)   

Sri Lanka – 263/5 (48.2) 

Result – Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets

Player of the match – Sadeera Samarawickrama 

Sadeera Samarawickrama

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