Remember Dutch “total football?” Get ready for “total cricket” from an orange-clad underdog team at the World Cup in India.
At a qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe, the Dutch showed that on their day they can mix it with the big boys of world cricket, bowling out Sri Lanka — one of their opponents in India — for 213 before falling short in the run chase and edging the West Indies in a super over thriller.
However, they were both upstaged by all-rounder Logan van Beek, who once played for New Zealand at an under-19 basketball world cup. He blasted three sixes and three fours off Jason Holder in the super over and followed that up by taking two wickets for eight runs to seal victory in five balls of the West Indies reply.
De Leede, who plays English county cricket for Durham, took five wickets and scored a 92-ball 123 as the Netherlands chased down Scotland’s total of 277. He became only the fifth player to score a century and take five wickets in a one-day international. The others include the West Indies’ Viv Richards and Paul Collingwood of England.
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