HOBART, Australia — Rain frustrated
South Africa’s hopes of beginning their Twenty20 World
Cup campaign with a bang as they shared the points with Zimbabwe after the
match was washed out, but Bangladesh beat the Netherlands to win their
first-ever Super 12 game on Monday.
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Quinton de Kock was
unbeaten on 47 when the players were forced off for the final time in the
second match in Hobart with South Africa, chasing a rain-revised target of 64
in seven overs, well on course to win at 51–0 in three overs.
Zimbabwe managed
79–5 after they elected to bat first, but their innings only began after rain
delayed it by two and a half hours.
The South African
quicks had an instant impact with Wayne Parnell and Lungi Ngidi rattling the
opposition top-order.
Zimbabwe slipped to
19–4 inside three overs before Wesley Madhevere hit 35 off 18 balls and put on
a 55-run stand with Milton Shumba, who made 18.
But De Kock’s
18-ball knock stood out before rain played spoilsport and the teams share one
point each in Group 2 led by Bangladesh.
It was a
celebration for Bangladesh with pace bowler Taskin Ahmed returning figures of
4–25 in his team’s nine-run win.
The Dutch, who
battled through the preliminary round to reach the Super 12, held the Asian
nation to 144–8 with Paul van Meekeren becoming his country’s joint all-time
T20 wicket-taker along the way.
But they got off to
a horror start in the run chase, losing two wickets off the first two balls to
Ahmed then suffered two run-outs in one over to slump to 15–4 in cold
conditions at Hobart.
Colin Ackermann
with 62 played a lone hand, making his maiden T20 half-century as the
Netherlands were all out for 135 on the final ball.
Veteran
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has played in every edition of the World Cup since its
inception in 2007 and this was his first Super 12 victory.
Defeat was a heavy
blow for the Dutch with two points desperately needed in a group that witnessed
India edge out Pakistan in a last-over thriller.
But it was relief
for Bangladesh, who had suffered from poor form since the 2021 World Cup,
playing 19 T20 internationals and losing 14.
Two run outs of Max
O’Dowd and Tom Cooper in the fourth over saw the Dutch slip to 15–4.
Ackermann attempted
to pull a rabbit out of the hat in his 48-ball knock laced with six fours and
two sixes but the required run-rate was just too much.
“Our bowlers were
quite amazing, but our run-outs were poor,” said Netherlands skipper Shaun
Edwards.
“Hopefully we can bring in a better performance with the
bat, looking forward to the next challenge (against India).”
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