20:12 IST| What a match it was... It all went down to the wire. Remember the name, Teja Nidamanuru he played a magnanimous inning of 110* runs and he helped his team to snatch the victory from the jaws of defeat. This is Netherlands' first ODI victory away from home after 2014. The Netherlands needed 97 runs from the last 10 overs with just 4 wickets in hand and they have done it. All credit goes to this 28 yrs old man Teja Nidamanuru.While chasing a target of
250 runs, the Netherlands got off to a disastrous start as they lost the wickets of
Vikramjeet Singh and
Tom Cooper in the 5th and 7th over respectively.
Max O'Dowd and
Colin Ackermann tried to steer the sinking ship but they failed to do that as
Max O'Dowd departed after scoring
29 runs. The Netherlands kept on losing the wickets at regular intervals and the pressure was piling up on them.
Colin Ackermann and
Teja Nidamanuru got well settled in the middle and kept the run rate ticking. This duo glued a partnership of
46 runs for the 6th wicket. Colin Ackermann fell prey to Wellington Masakadza in the 32nd over.
Ackermann departed after scoring
50 runs off 72 balls.
It would be fair to say that it was a day of tailenders with the bat. Zimbabwe's tailenders scored an ample amount of runs and took Zimbabwe to a respectful total. In the same way, Netherlands tailenders held the fort in the later half of the innings.
Teja Nidamanuru and
Shariz Ahmad kept the run rate ticking and glued a brilliant partnership of 110 of 97 balls for the 7th wicket. Teja Nidamanuru played an anchor role in this partnership and accelerated his innings at the right moment. All was going well for the Netherlands but in the 47th over
Ahmad got run out after scoring 30 runs off 37 balls.Teja was the last hope for the dutch fans and he continued sending the oddballs towards the fence.
Teja played a majestic knock of 110* runs and took his team over the line. A short cameo by Paul Van Meekeren of 21* runs off 9 balls helped the dutch side to win this encounter with a ball to spare.
From bowling point of view,
Wellington Masakadza was the pick of the bowlers for Zimbabwe, he scalped
3 wickets and gave away just 36 runs in his 10-over spell. Richard Ngarava scalped a couple of wickets and Brad Evans got a solitary wicket.
Earlier in the game, the Netherlands won the toss and invited Zimbabwe to bat first. Netherlands bowlers bowled beautifully with the new ball and pushed the Zimbabwe batters on the backfoot right from the word go. There was some uneven bounce offered from the surface, and the dutch bowlers made full use of it.
Zimbabwe lost 3 big wickets in the powerplay at a score of just 45 runs. They were losing wickets at regular intervals which dented their run rate in the first half of their innings. They went from 48-3 to 98-7 in flash. At one moment it looked like it would be difficult for Zimbabwe to get to a total of even 150 runs.
But the credit goes to the duo of Clive Madande and Wellington Masakadza. This duo batted with sheer grit and determination. They orchestrated an excellent partnership of 70 runs for the 8th wicket. Masakadza departed in an unwanted fashion in the 38th over after scoring 34 runs. Masakadza got runout.
Clive held one end pretty well and kept the run rate ticking he was accompanied by Richard Ngarava in the middle. This duo glued a partnership of 66 runs for the 9th wicket. Richard Ngarava departed after playing a quick-fired cameo of 35 of 27 balls. Clive Madande played a magnificent inning of 74 runs from 98 balls and took his team to a total of 249 runs.
From a bowling point of view, Fred Klaassen was exceptional with the new ball, he scalped three wickets in 9.3 over spell. Paul Van Meekeren scalped a couple of wickets in his 9-over spell.
Stay tuned for the post-match presentation ceremony.