Sri Lanka finish ODI WC qualifier, bowlers script big win in the final.
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The Final Match of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers 2023 was played today between Sri Lanka vs Netherlands at Harare Sports Club, Harare. In which Sri Lanka beats Netherlands by a big margin of 128 runs.
Netherlands won the toss and invited Sri Lanka to bat first, Sri Lanka batted first and started the inning very well, but the entire team was dismissed for 233 runs in the fifth ball of the 48th over. Pathum Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama came to start the inning gave a good start with a partnership of 39 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 39 runs in 8.2 over, Sadeera Samarawickrama dismissed for 19 runs with the help of 4 boundaires in 23 balls, next batsman Kusal Mendis came to bat, in meanwhile the second wicket also dismissed for 44 runs in 10.2 over, Pathum Nissanka dismissed after scoring 23 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in 33 balls, followed by Sahan Arachchige came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 70 runs with Kusal Mendis, the third wicket has dismissed for 116 runs in first ball of the 24th over, Kusal Mendis dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 43 runs with the help of 1 six and 5 boundaires in 52 balls, next batsman Charith Asalanka came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 54 runs with Sahan Arachchige, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 180 runs in 35.4 over, Sahan Arachchige dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 57 runs with the help of 4 boundaires in 71 balls, next batsman Dhananjaya de Silva came to bat, meanwhile the fifth wicket has dismissed for 181 runs in last ball of the 36th over, Charith Asalanka dismissed after scoring 36 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in 36 balls, next batsman Dasun Shanaka came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 1 run in 2 balls as sixth wicket in 36.4 over, the team score was 183 runs, followed by Wanindu Hasaranga came to bat, after a moments the seventh wicket also dismissed for 190 runs in 38.2 over, Dhananjaya de Silva dismissed just for 4 runs in 8 balls, next batsman Maheesh Theekshana came to bat and he good strike rotate with Wanindu Hasaranga, the 8th wicket has dismissed for 222 runs in first ball of the 45th over, Wanindu Hasaranga dismissed after scoring 29 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in 21 balls, next batsman Matheesha Pathirana came to bat and he dismissed just for 4 runs in 11 balls as 9th wicket in last ball of the 47th over, the team score was 233 runs, followed by Dilshan Madushanka came to bat, meanwhile the last wicket also dismissed for 233 runs in 47.5 over, Maheesh Theekshana dismissed for 13 runs in 30 balls, and Dilshan Madushanka remains unbeaten without playing any ball. In this way, continuously wickets failed one after another, and end of the result the entire team all-out just for 233 runs in 47.5 overs and set a target of 234 runs for Netherlands.
Netherlands bowlers Logan van Beek took 2 wickets for 40 runs in his spell, Saqib Zulfiqar 2 wickets for 59 runs in his spell, Ryan Klein 2 wicket for 42 runs in 9 overs, Vikramjit Singh 2 wickets for 12 runs in 4 overs, Aryan Dutt 1 wicket for 51 runs in 9.5 overs, and Clayton Floyd was wicketless for 28 runs in 5 overs.
Netherlands chasing 234 runs in the second inning, the entire team dismissed just for 105 runs in the third ball of the 24th over and lost the match by a big margin of 128 runs. Netherlands started the inning very poorly, Vikramjit Singh and Max ODowd came to start the inning, the first wicket has dimissed for 25 runs in 4.4 over, Vikramjit Singh dismissed for 13 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in 14 balls, next batsman Wesley Barresi came to bat and he dismissed very quickly without score in 6 balls as second wicket in 6.4 over, the team score was 31 runs, next batsman Teja Nidamanuru came to bat and he also dismissed without scoring in just 2 balls as third wicket in first ball of the 8th over, the team score was 32 runs, next batsman Noah Croes came to bat and he also dismissed just for 7 runs in 6 balls as fourth wicket in first ball of the 9th over, the team score was 39 runs, followed by Scott Edwards came to bat and he dismissed just for 1 run in 3 balls as fifth wicket in 9.5 over, the team score was 41 runs, followed by Saqib Zulfiqar came to bat and he also dismissed just for 6 runs in 7 balls as sixth wicket in last ball of the 12th over, the team score was 49 runs, next batsman Logan van Beek came to bat and he played well with Max ODowd, the seventh wicket dismissed for 85 runs in 19.4 over, Max ODowd dismissed after scoring 33 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in 63 balls, next batsman Ryan Klein came to bat and he dismissed just for 2 runs in 7 balls as 8th wicket in 21.2 over, the team score was 93 runs, next batsman Aryan Dutt came to bat he dismissed very quickly just in 2 balls without scoring as 9th wicket in 21.4 over, the team score was 93 runs, followed by Clayton Floyd came to bat and he dismissed for 9 runs in 7 balls as final wicket in 23.3 over, the team score was 105 runs, and Logan van Beek played an unbeaten inning of 20 runs in 24 balls. In this way, continuously wickets failed one after another, and end of the result the entire team was all out just for 105 runs in 23.3 overs and lost the match by a big margin of 128 runs.
Sri Lanka bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Maheesh Theekshana took 4 wickets just for 31 runs in 6.3 overs, Dilshan Madushanka 3 wickets just for 18 runs in 7 overs, Wanindu Hasaranga 2 wickets for 35 runs in 7 overs, and Matheesha Pathirana was wicketless for 16 runs in 3 overs.
Sri Lankan bowler Dilshan Madushanka was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling took 3 wickets just for 18 runs in 7 overs.
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