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| March 08, 2007 | Thursday | Safar 18, 1428 |
India thrash Dutch
TRELAWNY (Jamaica), March 7: Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate's five-wickets heroics proved too little as India eased to a 182-run victory in a World Cup warm-up game on Tuesday.
Skipper Rahul Dravid top-scored with 74 and Sachin Tendulkar made a fluent 61 and raised 116 runs together for the fourth wicket to guide India to 300 for nine on a slow pitch which helped the slow seam bowlers in the Dutch ranks.
Indian slow bowlers then took over to strangle the Cup minnows for runs, dismissing them for 118 in 37.5 overs.
Netherlands batsmen were out of depth on a slow pitch as Yuvraj Singh grabbed four for 12 with his occasional left arm spin. Leg spinner Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh took two wickets apiece.
South Africa-born ten Doeschate stole the show in the morning to finish with five for 57 after joining Dutch handyman Darron Reekers to reduce India to 82 for three.
He removed Saurav Ganguly (19) off his first ball and bowled fellow opener Virender Sehwag (28) with an in-coming delivery before adding the scalps of Yuvraj Singh (14), Mahendra Dhoni (21) and Harbhajan Singh (0).
However, Dravid and Tendulkar calmed any nerves in the Indian dressing room after negating the Dutch slow medium bowlers on a slow pitch.
Dravid and Tendulkar struck five fours and two sixes apiece.
Ten Doeschate, seen as key to Dutch hopes of impressing when the tournament starts, scored 31 before Kumble trapped him leg before as the difference in class showed. Opener Bas Zuiderent top-scored with 32.
Netherlands innings ended when Yuvraj claimed the last two batsmen off successive balls, finishing with four for 12 off just 3.5 overs.
Scoreboard
INDIA:
V. Sehwag b ten Doeschate 28
S.C. Ganguly c Stelling b ten Doeschate 19
A.R. Uthappa b Reekers 20
S.R. Tendulkar c van Troost b de Leede 61
R. Dravid c Kervezee b Borren 74
Yuvraj Singh c Kervezee b ten Doeschate 14
M.S. Dhoni c Reekers b ten Doeschate 21
K.D. Karthik b Borren 3
Irfan Pathan not out 25
Harbhajan Singh c van Troost b ten Doeschate 0
A. Kumble not out 2
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-7, W-11, NB-12) 33
TOTAL (for nine wkt, 50 overs) 300
Fall of wickets: 1-60, 2-64, 3-82, 4-198, 5-244, 6-248, 7-251, 8-283, 9-284.
DID NOT BAT: S. Sreesanth, M.M. Patel.
BOWLING: Jonkman 5-0-36-0 (7nb, 1w); Reekers 8-1-34-1 (2w); ten Doeschate 10-1-57-5 (1w); de Leede 10-2-41-1 (2w); Stelling 5-0-33-0 (1nb); Mohammad Kashif 5-0-44-0 (1w); Borren 7-0-45-2 (1w).
NETHERLANDS:
B. Zuiderent c Karthik b Patel 32
D.J. Reekers lbw b Pathan 6
A. Kervezee st Dhoni b Harbhajan 14
R.N. ten Doeschate lbw b Kumble 31
D.L.S. van Bunge st Dhoni b Harbhajan 4
E.S. Szwarczynski lbw b Yuvraj 5
T.B.M. de Leede c Dhoni b Yuvraj 4
L.P. van Troost c Ganguly b Kumble 0
P.W. Borren c Dhoni b Yuvraj 13
W.F. Stelling not out 0
J. Smits lbw b Yuvraj 0
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-4, NB-3) 9
TOTAL (all out, 37.5 overs) 118
FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-56, 3-64, 4-69, 5-100, 6-102, 7-105, 8-105, 9-118.
DID NOT BAT: Mohammad Kashif, M.B.S. Jonkman.
BOWLING: Irfan Pathan 6-2-12-1 (1nb, 2w); Sreesanth 7-1-24-0 (1nb, 2w); Munaf Patel 8-0-30-1 (1nb); Harbhajan Singh 8-0-24-2; Kumble 5-1-14-2; Yuvraj Singh 3.5-2-12-4.
RESULT: India won by 182 runs.
UMPIRES: S.A. Bucknor (West Indies) and E.A.R. de Silva (Sri Lanka).—Agencies
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