ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup, Group 1, Edgbaston
Netherlands 139-8 (20 overs): De Leede 50 (45); Marufa 2-31
Bangladesh 141-4 (19.1 overs): Ferdous 50 (33); De Lange 2-27
Bangladesh received by six wickets
Bangladesh prevented a scare of their opening match of the Ladies’s T20 World Cup as they beat the Netherlands by six wickets at Edgbaston.
They made a optimistic begin to their chase of 140 as Juairiya Ferdous and Dilara Akter Dola added 67 for the primary wicket earlier than a mini collapse to 85-4.
The Netherlands’ bowlers had been within the recreation till the ultimate over however with solely three required, Shorna Akter struck a boundary from the primary ball to recover from the road.
Shorna and Sharmin Akter Supta added 56 for the fifth wicket and the latter completed unbeaten on 37 after Ferdous’ fifty on the high of the order.
Netherlands spinner Caroline de Lange, who has given up her job as a physician to play within the match, was the choose of the bowlers with 2-27 as she eliminated set batter Ferdous and Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty for a golden duck.
The Dutch are taking part in of their first Ladies’s T20 World Cup and got here near an upset however their batting relied an excessive amount of on captain Babette de Leede.
De Leede top-scored with 50 however Heather Siegers’ 16 was the next-highest contribution. Established Yorkshire batter Sterre Kalis was bowled by Rabeya Khan for simply 4.
Each have very troublesome video games to observe on Wednesday, with Bangladesh taking over Australia and the Netherlands going through India.
