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Australia vs Netherlands (5th Warm-up game) – Highlights

Australia and Netherlands faced each other in the 5th warm-up match of the ICC World Cup. The warm-up match at Thiruvananthapuram was reduced to 23 overs due to rain. In that 23-over match, Australia scored 166 runs for 7 wickets after winning the toss and batting first with Steve Smith’s fifty. In the first over to chase this run, the Netherlands fell under Starc’s cannon. Then the game was stopped again due to falling rain. As a result, the Netherlands scored 84 runs for 6 wickets in 14.2 overs till the end of play. Consequently, no result is published in this match.

After winning the toss, Australia did not start well. Josh Inglis was bowled out first by hitting a golden duck. After that, Alex Carey and Steven Smith were playing well together but Alex Carey had to leave the field after the team scored 59 runs. He scored 28 runs off 25 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six before leaving the field. But the Netherlands showed good bowling in front of a strong team like Australia. Another wicket was taken in the next over. This time Glenn Maxwell, scored only 5 runs in 6 balls.

Then in the 15th over, Steven Smith, who scored the most runs for them, had to leave the field. When the team was at 101 runs. Steven Smith scored 55 runs off 42 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. Then in the 19th over and 20th over, another 2 wickets fell in the space of 1 ball. With the help of 4 fours and 1 six, Cameron Green was caught out after scoring 34 runs off 26 balls. And captain Pat Cummins scored only 1 run off 2 balls. In the end, Matthew Short left the field after playing 8 balls and scoring 5 runs due to lbw. Besides, Mitchell Starc was unbeaten on 24 runs off 22 balls and Marnus Labuschagne was unbeaten on 3 runs. In the end, they scored 166 runs with 11 runs extra.

Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, and Bas de Leede took 2 wickets each for the Netherlands. Besides, 1 wicket was taken by Shariz Ahmed. 

Mitchell Starc alone destroyed the Netherlands when they came down to bat with a target of 166 runs. Starc’s first victim was Dutch opener Max O’Dowd. On the fifth ball of the first over of the innings, Max O’Dowd was lbw in the inswinging delivery of this Australian fast bowler. Wesley Barresi, who dropped at number three on the next ball, had no answer to Starc’s bowling. He returned boldly. 

Starc’s hat-trick was completed in the third over of the innings and the first ball of his second over. Starc’s inswinging yorker bowled the veteran Bas de Leede. All three were out for zero runs. After losing three consecutive wickets, the Netherlands lost their way chasing 166 runs. After that, Vikramjit Singh left the field after scoring 9 runs. Sybrand Engelbrecht was bowled out for 9 runs after playing 13 balls. Captain Scott Edwards left the field for 14 runs after playing 10 balls with the help of 2 fours. Besides, Colin Ackerman scored 31 runs from 37 balls with the help of 3 fours until the game was stopped due to rain and Logan Van Beek was playing for 9 runs. 

Apart from Starc, Marnus Labuschagne, Sean Abbott, and Mitchell Marsh took 1 wicket each for Australia. 

Australia vs Netherlands Scoreboard   

Australia – 166/7 (23.0)

Netherlands – 84/6 (14.2)

Result – No result – 23 overs game due to rain

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Australia vs Netherlands Playing XIs