By Meg Anderson
THE HAGUE
(TheSportsNext) July 25, 2012: A gutsy half century by opening batsman
Michael Swart helped Netherlands give 145-run target to Bangladesh who are
playing their last game on their European tour at the Sportpark Westvliet in
The Hague here Wednesday.
After winning the toss, Dutch captain Peter Borren decided
to bat first against the spin-thick Bangladesh bowling attack.
While Michael Swart clobbered 57 runs from just 41 balls
hitting four boundaries and two sixes but he lacked support from the other end
as his fellow opener Wesley Barresi (Duck), Tom Cooper (1 from 3), Eric
Szwarczynski (1 from 4), and Peter Borren (12 from 16 – 2 fours) all failed to
play a longer innings.
Tom de Grooth (22 from 18 – 2 fours) and Mudassar Bukhari
(12 from 15 – 1 four) somewhat resurrected the dwindling ship for the
Netherlands and a late cameo by Tim Gruijters (21 not out from 16 – 2 fours)
and Pieter Seelaar (9 not out from 5 – 1 six) propelled the home side to a moderate
total of 144 runs from their 20 overs.
Mashrafe Mortaza was once again consistent with his medium-pacers
as he captured two wickets for just 22 runs from his four overs. Mortaza was
ably supported by Shakib Al Hasan (4-0-23-2) and Mahmudullah (3-0-17-1) while
Nazmul Hossain (2-0-23-0) and Abdur Razzak (4-0-31-1) proved expensive for
Bangladesh.
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