Zimbabwe 271 (Williams 77, Madande 52, Madhevere 43, Shariz 5-43) beat Netherlands 270 (O’Dowd 81, Cooper 74, Madhevere 3-36, Raza 3-39) by one run
In a match that ebbed and flowed proper until the ultimate ball, Zimbabwe held their nerve to beat Netherlands by one run within the second ODI in Harare. The win helped them degree the three-match sequence 1-1.
Earlier, Zimbabwe began effectively with Craig Ervine and Madhevere including 61 in 11 overs for the opening stand earlier than the previous was cleaned up by Colin Ackermann for 39 off 42. Gary Ballance struck three fours however was dismissed for 14. Shariz then bought into the act, eliminating Madhevere and Sikandar Raza within the area of three balls to stifle Zimbabwe. In his subsequent over, the legspinner induced a prime fringe of Ryan Burl’s blade to make it 120 for five.
Williams and Madande revived the innings by including 104 runs off 93 balls for the sixth wicket. Williams struck 77 off 73 balls, whereas Madande hit his second successive half-century. But Shariz struck again. He first eliminated Williams, who top-edged a sweep to deep-backward sq. leg, and two balls later trapped Brad Evans lbw to finish his five-for.
O’Dowd gave Netherlands a fast begin though his opening accomplice Vikramjit Singh managed solely 14 off 25. O’Dowd and Cooper then saved the Zimbabwe bowlers at bay for 25.2 overs, including 125 runs for the second wicket. But then Cooper was run-out, and some overs later, Raza had O’Dowd lbw.
Klaassen and Ryan Klein, although, made the Zimbabwe camp very nervous within the remaining over however failed to shut the sport.
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