NED vs NAM

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Scott Edwards (Netherlands captain): Yeah, looking forward to the day, I think we're probably a little bit of a better condition there. I thought that we bowled really well as a unit, but obviously taking those wickets late and restricting them to what we thought was going to be a little bit lower possible. Yeah, I think, you know, we back our right-up bowlers to bowl to all, you know, left-handers and right-handers, but it is nice when there's a few left-handers through the middle there and we can sort of keep bowling that spin at them. So, you know, I think in the end they actually negated it quite well, but yeah, I thought the bowlers all went quite good. Yeah, you know, he does it all, doesn't he? I thought he was sensational with the ball there, obviously. Bowled his first over, I think, in about the 10th over there and just really took control of the game for us. You know, we give our openers freedom to try and express themselves, so I thought we had a decent sort of pathway there. It would have been nice maybe if we were one down, but you know, we back our guys to go hard and get us out of the game. Yeah, he's been massive for us over the last few years. I mean, he's such an aggressive batsman. He's got a lot of power behind him and he can sort of put the ball up there lengths. So, yeah, he's been really good. It was nice for him to get away there and I'm sure he's got a real big one coming around for him. Yeah, massive, obviously. I think, you know, we've got to win that game for ourselves a chance. So we'll be obviously travelling tomorrow and then getting really ready for that game and hopefully putting in a good performance.

Gerhard Erasmus (Namibia captain): "I thought we did reasonably well with the bat. The wicket was tacky, but we should have got a bit more in the power play. Still, on the whole, we batted okay through the middle period. There were some moments though that didn't go our way and we fell short of the 160-170 mark. We lost wickets at crucial stages. But the batters tried. With the ball, it was a matter of putting pressure on the batting. But when you're a few runs shy, you need to try and buy a few wickets, which we couldn't. (On the next game here against India) The next game, it will be under lights and so, we will have to get used to the conditions. Good that we're playing here, but, the crowd will be pretty big! So, we have the preparation to do for it!" 

Bas de Leede (Player of the Match, 72 unbeaten runs with the bat and 2 wickets with the ball): "I think we were lucky to bowl first. But, we got the lengths right and changed pace. In the second innings, it got tricky, because it started to skid on more. I felt that targeting the straight boundaries is crucial here. I wanted to focus more on my game, I wanted to help my country do well in these big tournaments, hence, my decision to concentrate only on international cricket." 

Netherlands chase down 157 with ease to defeat Namibia by seven wickets.

Batting Highlights (Netherlands):
Bas de Leede 72* (48) | Colin Ackermann 32 (28) | Michael Levitt 28 (15)
Bowling Figures (Namibia):
Bernard Scholtz 1/27 (4) | Ruben Trumpelmann 1/30 (4) | Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 1/31 (2)

Chasing a target of 157, the Netherlands recovered quickly after an early wicket, with Michael Levitt providing early momentum through positive strokeplay. Bas de Leede then anchored the chase with a composed yet fluent knock, finding the boundary regularly to keep the required rate under control.

Colin Ackermann offered solid support in the middle overs, rotating strike effectively and ensuring there was no pressure on the batting side. Despite Namibia picking up a couple of wickets, the Dutch batters remained calm and composed.

With Scott Edwards joining de Leede late, the Netherlands crossed the line comfortably in the 18th over, sealing a controlled seven-wicket victory to cap off a confident chase.

The Netherlands chase down the target in just 18 overs. It has been an amazing win for them in dominating fashion. They will be very pleased with their performance. 

17.6 Jan Nicol Loftie Eaton to Bas de Leede, FOUR RUNS TO END THE MATCH! NETHERLANDS PICK UP THEIR FIRST WIN! Full and around off. De Leede just opens the bat face and guides it down to the gap between short third and backward point, for a lovely boundary! 

17.5 Jan Nicol Loftie Eaton to Bas de Leede, SIX MORE! Good length and slow on leg-stump. De Leede stayed inside the line of it and slog-swept it over deep backward square-leg for a maximum! 

17.4 Jan Nicol Loftie Eaton to Scott Edwards, good length and flat around off. Patted on the up to the right of the backward point fielder for a quick single! 

17.3 Jan Nicol Loftie Eaton to Scott Edwards, flighted around off-stump. Sliced away from the body to the right of deep cover point, for a well-run two! 

17.2 Jan Nicol Loftie Eaton to Scott Edwards, SIX RUNS! On the good length and slow, on off. But Edwards was good enough to get down on one knee and slog-sweep it over deep mid-wicket! 

17.1 Jan Nicol Loftie Eaton to Scott Edwards, good length and on off-stump. Swept against the turn to the right of deep backward square-leg for a brace. 

16.6 Ruben Trumpelmann to Scott Edwards, pitched up on off-stump. Edwards knocks it on the charge to the right of mid-off, and collects the single to be on strike for the next over. 

16.5 Ruben Trumpelmann to Scott Edwards, over the wicket, FOUR RUNS! Goes into the wicket on off-stump. Edwards gets in line on the front foot and pulls it on the up just to the left of deep square-leg! 

16.3 Ruben Trumpelmann to Bas de Leede, short around off-stump. De Leede cuts it off the back foot to the backward point area now, but finds the fielder. No run again. 

16.2 Ruben Trumpelmann to Bas de Leede, short and slow around off. The attempted cut shot off the back foot gets mistimed to short cover. Dot ball.