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the green machine are in town three teams here to been valuable World Cup preparation and the series on the line I’m Mr Maximo this is the ecn Netherlands T20 ey TR series and it starts right now [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hello and welcome to you wherever you’re watching from around the world and welcome to another huge day in European Cricket day two means match two in this Dutch Tri series T20 Internationals all week long here at the VCC ground in vorberg big crowd expected again today and I tell you it’s a beautiful day for Cricket currently around about 21 degrees and just a light Breeze got to say this really is what European Cricket should be hopefully in 20 years all around the continent so Scotland not playing today it will be the hosts the Netherlands taking on Ireland of course Ireland last week had a crazy Victory didn’t they over Pakistan on homea even though they did ultimately go down 2-1 in that series they’re certainly Keen to make a good impression I’m sure on day one for the Netherlands got to say I was really impressed with Michael lit at the top of the order uh yesterday also I think that vicam jit Singh he looked in incredible form and I wonder if he might push up into the top three today for Ireland of course they’ve got a lot of players to watch out for I’m certainly looking forward to seeing Paul Sterling now that guy is a guy I’ve followed for many many years it’s great to have him on the European Cricket network for the first time today of course he’ll be leading the Irish side let’s talk about this pitch I got to say held up pretty well yesterday and I heard about 150 160 is a pass score here maybe just a little bit skiddy I think that perhaps the Scottish Bowlers tried a bit too much I think the Netherlands were a little bit more consistent with their plans and ultimately they got the win yesterday coin toss all important I know that Andrew Leonard is standing by with the two captains let’s see who wins the coin toss in this match Netherlands versus Ireland in match two yeah thanks Vinnie time for the toss here in the middle at vorberg we got Paul Sterling captain of Ireland joined by Scott Edwards captain of the Netherlands and Phil willas the ICC match referee Scotty please give the coin a TOS tails is the call it comes down as aead Scott Edwards you’ve won the toss come right in here mate what are you going to do please and why uh yeah we’re going to have a bowl first um you know I think the the Wicket plays pretty well but uh yeah hopefully gets him some early wickets like with did yesterday and then keep into a smaller score you defended really well yesterday you have to do something different today in terms of chasing do you feel your experience here at vorberg all those Pro Series games and the experience on the hybrid pitches do you think that’s going to help you yeah I think definitely it does play a little bit different to to what most teams are used to so yeah hopefully use that to our advantage we’ve obviously played um a fair few games here in the last month or so how much is the difficulty of back-to-back T20 eyes your boys are very fit and very strong ready to go again yeah I think we do it uh pretty regularly these days so now we’re we’re good to go okay final question any team changes from me today yeah we’ve got Buster coming in and Tim Pringle uh for Arian dut and have one more C taking bre yes very well remembered Scott Edwards okay Scott Edwards choosing to have a bowl first Paul what would you have done yourself uh yeah I haven’t actually decided yet I’m glad it fell the other way um I think coming into this series probably looking to do a bit of both as the week goes on so today we get a hit first and then I’m sure as the week goes on we’ll get another one uh Bowl first so happy enough what are your Ambitions for this series are you looking at the rankings about the 2026 World Cup are you thinking purely about next month or you want to kind of assert your dominance and show Scotland and the Netherlands that you guys are are boss here in Europe uh I think we’re just focusing on today really um we want to put in a good performance uh it’s a first time in Holland for a number of years now and get used to the conditions and I think it’s a fantastic week I think personally we should play each other more often so hopefully this is a start of that sort of partnership and we can we can get more series like this as the Year’s go on did you catch much of the game yesterday what are you expecting from the hybrid pitch yeah I did I didn’t even know it was a hybrid pitch that’s a good start um yeah look I think again and we’re still in that phase where we’re focusing on the World Cup coming up and it’s the leadup to that we’re very much focusing on what we’re doing well and what we’re looking to do well and as the week progresses and maybe into the World Cup itself we’ll start sort of focusing on all our an analysis on uh pitches and circumstances and and weather conditions Etc so yeah okay final question team news uh myself in for rosad there uh Fon Han comes in for today’s game and I think we’ve got one more I think uh Gaz Delan is in for Neil Rock very well remembered okay that’s the news from the toss Netherlands they won the toss they going to ball first thank you very much Andrew Leonard and welcome from the central commentary box wherever you’re watching from around the world let’s get ready for some more cream of the crop of European Cricket it is the Netherlands the host taking on Ireland Ireland playing their first game in this six match series great aerial shots there of the VCC ground here the bber cricket ground in the ha and Island being sent in by the Dutch interesting that Paul Sterling said he wasn’t too bothered what what happens first whether he bats first whether he bowls first some of the crowd here and another thing Paul Sterling of course leading Ireland saying something that I really like to hear just before the game saying we need to be playing more of these matches against the European nations he’s really excited to be out here against the Netherlands and of course Scotland early later in the week and three quite evenly matched teams you have a look at the Irish lineup there Sterling listed to open with B Bernie Locker was very good last week against Pakistan and then you’ve got that kind of blend of mix that blend of Youth and experience in there Island 53% favorites over the Netherlands but you see there is neck and neck interestingly seeing the Netherlands are not a full member they actually have a better record against Ireland they have won more games than they’ve lost so pretty interesting interesting changes as well for the Netherlands with Tim Pringle bit of a cult hero wasn’t he in that World Cup last year he’s in the side at the expense of Aran Dart and also Bas Dela comes in don’t think he’ll be bowling and know he’s just kind of managing his workload I think he will be playing as a bat only and speaking of Tim Pringle looks like he’s going to bowl the first over so no Ari and dut but they are sticking with spin to open here we go with the start of match two starts with the do B Bernie out there with Paul Sterling this is the tactic we saw the Netherlands using yesterday starting the series of course with that win over Scotland this one actually gets through the field takes a piece of it so I don’t think it’ll go all the way although it might this field that’s quick just slightly mishandled there in the in the covers I think this is just had a bit of a haircut this field well Bernie gets the first runs finger won’t be too impressed that went straight through the field if any sound here Mr Maximo for ecn and joining me to start this one off is none other than Island Zone Andrew Leonard welcome Lenny to the commentary box yeah very good afternoon Vinnie good afternoon everyone great to be with you again this one just swept around the corner they won’t get a run here yeah of course you know this Ireland team intimately what do you make of the side and interesting thoughts from Paul Sterling at the toss saying know he’s really excited to be here would love to play more against against some of these nations yeah look I think that’s a really powerful message isn’t it um maybe Ireland’s best ever white ball player could well turn out to be Ireland’s greatest ever cricketer Paul Sterling in fact quite Rec L you’re going to love this St Vinnie became Ireland’s most capped cricketer goes after this deep Wicket is’s vacant and that’s going to be another boundary to Bal Bernie when fits that one from outside the off stump yeah Bal Bernie’s been in great touch over the last week he was brilliant against Pakistan I thought the most fluently I’ve seen him play in T20 eye Cricket looks to have really enjoyed just letting go of The reigns he’s handed them over to his old mate Paul Sterling GPS a little bit off this Earth is from Pringle and B Bernie Works away just the two boundaries off that first over eight with that loss after one yeah so he’s handed that captaincy over to Paul Sterling and since then maybe not in the initial couple of months always an adjustment period as you go from being the leader to being one of the troops he’s played really really nicely I thought he was exceptional against Pakistan that’s the schedule that we’ve got through this series and that message that Paul Sterling sent I think is such a good thing to hear a player of his caliber saying it’s not oh we don’t want to play against the associates we should be playing more against the associates and more against their European Rivals I I think they’ve benefited in a way where they’ve come in the last decade becoming a full member being have to play test Cricket the Pinnacle of of of cricket and you also I think they they understand the importance of developing these nations and kind of getting more more seats at the table if you like at the top level of the game Viv Kingman was excellent yesterday four wickets in a player of the match performance he’s going to start from the paddock end the far end there and Sterling will get to face up for the first time when you think of it it’s it’s an hour flight from Dublin or from Glasgow or from Edinburgh these three countries they should be playing more against each other how will King M go now against Ireland going to be good to watch him this one’s fairly straight around the corner they’ll get through for a single interesting they’ve got kind of floating slip in place there they’ve got the square outfielders is their two outfielders this was a tactic we saw employed by the Netherlands yesterday all the talk is of course not just of this series but the World Cup that’s going to follow it and I think we got a sign yesterday at an early warning shot from the Dutch that they’re going to be a team to watch at that T20 World Cup next month the trick for them the difficulty for them is that group they have such a difficult group in group d three test nations in Nepal they’ll play against Ireland maybe no easier with India and Pakistan and then USA and Canada too kingma on a good length there played Away by Bal bur he did score some runs last week pretty speaking of Pakistan Pakistan obviously playing in Ireland last week and for Ireland to to beat Pakistan that’s it big confidence boost going to the World Cup isn’t it as well yeah it was a huge win and there’s a lot of talk in and around the the probably the six or nine months leading up to that Paul Sterling assumed the white ball captaincy on a full-time basis late in 2023 late last year since then they’ve had an away series winter Zimbabwe they probably should have won the series against Afghanistan in this format to in charge after winning the first game they took that big Wing against Pakistan and clarf too backs away slightly this time Kingman one thing about him yesterday I think he just kind of went for consistency I think we saw uh Scotland probably trying a little bit more with their seamers kind of within the over yesterday but King was just getting that hint of away movement you saw it there as it whistles past the outside edge of Andy B Bernie yeah it feels like he’s been around such a long time doesn’t it Vivan kingma 29 years of age plays for the vber Cricket Club lives a matter of yards away May meters nowhere in Central Europe sorry but you can literally see his house and F he’s bowling to a guy who grew up right next to his Cricket Club in Penbrook Cricket Club in Andy Bal Bernie six doors away steps cross and down legs like won’t be wide because t20i regulations it kind of went to his original position but bour certainly trying things that was probably one one and a half stops away there’s M kingman’s house right there absolutely love it you couldn’t right it could you imagine how proud I Know Jack King was always proud of his son but must be even prouder today after a player of the match performance yesterday four for 21 he was the pick of the attack by a distance maybe the player of the day just superb won that player of the match award love watching him go about his business again fairly straight from kingma slight pull shot he’s going to escape the infield or come back for two appeared on a podcast last week without going into detail and one of the questions I got asked Vinnie was can you give this one player to watch from each of the associates and I had to go with Vivian kingma and it’s more than just a cult status he has now you know incredibly popular guys probably the only top level fast baller I know bowling in his spectacles that’s why I always have a soft spot for him but I think he’s a player to watch there with with real reason think of the players he’s beating out for this opening bowling role it’s been brilliant of late this one’s angled away finds the fielder in the circle that’ll be the end of the second over very tight one from kingma just two off it and after two overs Ireland after being sent in by the Dutch Skipper Scott Edwards there’re 11 without loss we anyway surprised that Scotty decided to to have a bow first given that they defended very comfort yesterday and and on these pitches here the hybrids that we’re playing on at warberg it seems to be that if you get runs on the board it might be a good way to go yeah I was a little bit surprised I I got to admit but then also I look at that Netherlands Innings yesterday and they got there in the end but there were times they were kind of a little bit flat let’s say in the middle overs maybe a new challenge obviously uh against a new opponent today uh but I think also you’d want to have an A mixture of of setting targets and chasing Targets in this week as well so so it’s probably probably a 50/50 but in the end he he decided he wants to chase I suppose the other thing about chasing you kind of you can set your your risk reward parameters in the second inning knowing what you have to do so I suppose that’s knowledge that you’ve got if you are batting second anyway his van bake was excellent yesterday the first one’s defended want to say quick hello to all of our viewers of course and there might be some people watching ecn for the first time of course with iseland on the park the full Irish side and a couple of things on the screen you see the expected score there that’s what the the technology is telling us is is the most likely score at the moment 168 Ireland kind of 52% at the moment but very even contest Netherland even had a little bit in that first over here’s man bake chances at this one and he will get the Gap maybe a fingertip on that I don’t think this one will go to the boundary possibly three there and Sterling does well to leg it back so he’ll have his first runs of the series you talked about that head-to-head record just before the the start of play Vinnie and certainly it’s maybe a bit of a misnomer if you look at things you look at the rankings Ireland higher ranked side but the Dutch absolutely edged the tail of the tape at the moment they’ve played 13 in their history Ireland with just five wins over the Netherlands seven for the Dutch and then one non result most recent game though that went to Ireland in a big way in the T20 World Cup in Abu Dhabi one kind of Beats now Bernie for Pace who tries to waft it to leg side of course that had an incredible four wickets in four balls I know I was watching that from Greece and we always couldn’t believe what we were seeing we had a crazy storm in in Corfu but uh I suppose the dut will be hoping to avoid that kind of Calamity with the bat today yeah Curtis CER with the four and four the double hat-trick on people call it it was was unique really because he hasn’t bold consistent since then in this format so he’s not a regular pick every time sometimes he has been bowling but other times not at all good delivery this time beats Paul Sterling bit of carry f b b is bowled at good Pace both yesterday and today yeah and it’s interesting with the the brand new ball I’d say kind of first three four overs we have seen kind of the hint of sideways movement off the pitch it is a hybrid which has some kind of artificial grass stitched in if you like to the Natural Turf surface another good one from Van B plays just inside it Sterling he just one more word about the hybrid you look at the pitch there you actually probably wouldn’t know in fact you’re watching at home you’re going what are these two yeah guys going on about in the commentary box is a hybrid pitch it’s a very fine weave of artificial grass which really I believe the the theory behind is that it just helps to keep together the real grass all the better you can get more games played on top steps across and this will go the unended F leg region and it’s going to go for four into some of the spectators that are here in this high level contest today so kind of taking Ms into his own hands there it’s great to see sobody the Dutch out on a Sunday afternoon kind of took that off off stump didn’t he got it fine enough to get it past van maker nice jot good Innovation and another good crowd look at that what a great way to watch cricket up at The Paddock end in front of the little canal there’s horses and pigs and all sorts behind you bit of sunshine 20 21 degrees maybe a Sunday early evening beverage is as well great day out good time for it good weather for it as well and yeah our crew spring spring media they love a little bit of National Geographic so I’m sure that they’ve said that we might see some animals today on the footage is kimma he’s hit straight back over his head but with not any significant power and first one will be a DOT and there is the spring media team in us up a probably not a thorough bread I don’t think that one is going to be at the Irish thorough Bread sales in gson County cuair but it’s just it’s a beautiful setting where about a five minute stroll away from the the city of warberg it’s a very small City H but beautiful river that runs through it and some beautiful houses really really nice part of the world probably 10 15 minutes from Den hag itself he’s Bal him as we see Val Bernie trying to go across the line there and King is still on Fifth Wicket of the series clatters into the off stop and irand L their first 19 for one this man is having the time of his life it’s Vivian kingma oh he’s always had so much potential isn’t he but he’s never done it consistently on the international stage he’s often being The Unlucky One to miss out but look at how accurate he’s been a lovely length you cannot pull that length with kingma’s natural trajectory just skids on you hit the top of off you’re going pretty good whatever you’re bowling and kingma does exactly that and he’s the back of a very in Andy Bal who’s the first batter to be dismissed Ireland in early trouble 19 for one and again I think it’s a Rec uh a reward for consistency for kingma who hasn’t tried too much he’s just tried to put the ball in dangerous areas put the ball on the bat as Court B bery is in good form we have seen always the touring openers so far have pretty subdued starts maybe this to do with the Wicket and the conditions but kingma was thrilled to hear the death rattle L and Tucker comes out at number three the Irish keeper it wasn’t he in good form last week as well Lenny and he needed to be because prior to that it was a stat that was kind of doing the rounds on social media he was averaging less than six Against full member nations since the last T20 World Cup in T20 o Cricket he had a real horror run of form I guess credit to the Irish back room staff for sticking with them many myself included were calling for him to be dropped down the order not dropped down of the team thought that he might have been a good option at 5 six or seven first one’s on the off stamp and won’t be me on but they’ve decided to stick with him at three and they got real reward with those back-to-back 50s that came at very good Pace in fact in that third T20 ey when he captained Ireland for the first time the sixth T20 ey captain in the history of the game for Ireland proud moment for the Pembrook and lster lightning man I thought the fluency with which he played with was the best I’ve ever seen him bat actually looked dead set for a 100 before he just remarkably gave it away hitting out holding out to Imad Wasim out at long off he’s a lovely player to watch he goes very much on the creative route he will find ways to to score in funny areas when he gets a stable base Vin he’s actually very powerful he’s really really good to watch 50/50 contest at the moment according to the numbers yeah Kim has been in in very very good form in Nepal in country that you know very well Lenny he took six wickets in fact he was third leading Wicket taker in that series also he kind of shows a lot of resilience after the Heartbreak of missing out the World Cup squad so narrowly last year you know they say don’t get B get better he’s just getting better this has glanced away though it’ll beat the man in the circle and that’s going to be for so kind of breaks the shackles a little bit as Tucker gets off the mark well not a great piece of Fielding from Daniel dorham I thought he should have got something on this yes it’s gone quickly but you need to get something just to stop the boundary prevent the momentum of the ball Tucker gets off the mark in nice Style with a boundary yeah kingma did have a very good series there and cman do that was a triangular with a final so five games was a very high scoring series as well plenty of totals over 200 so for Kingman to stand out on spin friendly pitches there another real achievement from him he’s finding his time now as a new ball bowler for the Netherlands been front but maybe just angling down the L side they the Fielding I suppose it was a little bit of a little bit of an issue for Scotland wasn’t it yesterday I think this one for me SC of carrying on past the leg stop yeah we don’t have a camera directly behind the Bowers arm from the other end but you could just see it there might have been a bit of height concerns too certainly half a shap to say the least but Kingman causing problems it’s not just with the movement away from the rander nips it back in sometimes too great bowler to watch yeah I think that was one that didn’t really have that kind of a w that he’s been getting most of the time and that’s why Maks the Inside Edge but do think was a good decision from the official last ball of the fourth goes on the walk and clips away in front of square and maxo down won’t be able to chase that one down so a boundary to finish the over two of them in the fourth and island starting to get going it’s 28 for one this is trademark lur Tucker here he’s on the walk sometimes he gets criticized he gets out of rhythm for not getting a stable base to a stroke but there you can see the energy gets into that shot really nice clip off his pads he gets for it’s interesting you said about the the hybrid pitch we’ll come back to that in a second but first let’s have a look at these groups and supp all the teams will see this week they won’t meet each other in the RCC men’s T20 World Cup unless of course they get the super eight where they potentially could but yeah Ireland in group a some pretty decent opponents there with India and Pakistan both in the same group yeah the way the fixtures fall is interesting for Ireland because it many are talking about it possibly coming down to that final group game against Pakistan on the 16th think they’ll need to play well to do that USA on home soil will be no slouches if we just hold the camera there to the right we just pass Jack balour and Ashley balber that’s Andy’s father and indeed Andy’s brother who’s playing at The V Club this is dorham coming to the attack for the first time made his debut yesterday first one offers a little bit of width that’s well put away by Sterling the Irish Skipper gets four yeah really good stroke wasn’t it just opens up his favorite offside he loves width Daniel may have to keep an eye on that Sterling he’s just prolific through the offside any width whether it’s off Pace or spin he’ll find a way to score really heavily through there oh po back a catch and doram was never going to miss that maybe a slight change of pace but horribly misjudged by Sterling who goes four and out an island 32 for two I think he’s trying to hit it to long on it’s just it’s almost stuck in the pitch rather than gripped well that’s the indication that Paul Sterling is giving definitely credit to dorham he’s held it back a touch but you can just see there sticking in the Wicket a fraction maybe a hint to turn two and it’s the simplest of catches you’re not going to be able to hit it over Daniel dorham cuz what is he 6’8 6’9 6′ 10 who knows it’s two big scalps for the Netherlands early in the power play Bal Bernie the first to go Sterling the second Ireland Captain has to take the long walk back walk back for 11 it’s 33 for two 32 for two yeah it might have been over a reg Siz human you never know but uh yeah Sterling just undone by that one you’re right kind of stops in the pitch just tap back really so this will bring Harry tector to the crease of course we’ve seen a fair bit of Tim on the network playing for the Irish 11 and uh he’s a player has a lot of talent and Harry of course certainly little bit ahead of where Tim is in his career comes in after a fairly subdued start I suppose I was going to say also the Fielding was a bit of a problem for Scotland in the first Innings yesterday they also had their their issues with some Miss opportunities we then a couple of misfields go for four so far Tor faces up for the first time Tim Tor had a really bright start to the year the brother of Harry for the lster lightning team he had a bit of a horror show of a tour with an Irish emerging team that went out to the Caribbean barely scored a run I think he had three or four ducks out there but since then then he’s at 350s for the lster lightning he’s Bal him he’s played all around that one and tor’s going to have to go for a duck and dorham’s got two in the fifth well this is Ireland’s modern attitude they keep going whatever the situation they keep attacking they keep playing shots occasionally it’s going to prove a little costly and can look a little foolish you’ve already lost a wicket in the over and Harry Tor as he watches this one back he’s not going to be overly pleased is he he’ll think this was in the area for him to hit and execute he’s probably looked to go a little squarer than he would have liked if he’d held his shape and gone down towards long on he might have been okay but it’s a massive over for the big man the left arm spinner called into action in the power play he’s found two in it and it’s two of Ireland’s biggest fish Paul Sterling gone and now Harry Tor to arand in all sorts of trouble 32 for three and dorham’s interesting isn’t he because he’s not afraid to slow the ball down a little bit and that certainly never really came on either to teor played all around it yeah the big man having a very good start to his his debut and uh you know that dorham actually those is his first these are his first T20 Internationals for the Netherlands he did actually debut in a first class match against Ireland in 2013 when he was only 15 years of age yeah you won’t believe that Vinnie July 2013 the IC InterContinental cup a couple of the orangish players playing today were still were actually playing that day George dck and Andy Bal Bernie both in the Irish lineup back then dorham seven wickets this is pretty close as well maybe thinking that’s just going to go down the leg side maybe a touch a bat on that as well camper coming in at number five yeah Curtis camp for the new man to the crease it’s just the drift look at the lovely drift that he’s got it’s clearly going to miss the leg stump that’s a really good decision Netherlands into favoritism 6040 at the moment tossed up V this one came back at camper so a great start for dorham with two for four in the fifth over and the score is 32 for3 let’s welcome you into the box here Vinnie Sandu Mr Maximo for the European Cricket network and joining me for the first part of this game none other than Andrew Leonard Lenny pretty impressive start for the hosts uh it’s particularly with the ball I mean the fielding’s been a little bit off but I think they’re really thrilled to have three early wickets yeah I think those who would have looked at this series and said oh Ireland are favorites there the test Nation they’re the highest rank side they don’t really know the three teams then because the Dutch are a very very fine T20 side Scots too I know we didn’t see the best of them yesterday and if you look at their records historically all three of these sides they always have find ways to beat each other also for Ireland this is going back to an Achilles heel of theirs they tend to struggle against leading associates they really do they actually in some ways go better against some of the lower ranked full members chose how competitive those sides ranked probably e to 20 aren’t it it really is it’s a a smaller SP Board of cricket on ecn as well and uh remind everyone that we’ve got three concurrent series at the moment as well so don’t forget to subscribe if you are watching on ecn as we get ready for over six and Van banking swung around to the padic end and the big question now for luren Tucker who’s who’s found that form and found a bit of Rhythm against Pakistan is can he keep doing it back to back t20i 50s over the last two games of that series they were in very different circumstances when Ireland were generally setting totals and actually looking really really good they’re in all sorts of trouble here like side maybe a little bit of a touch on the pad so no wide call from the Umpire interesting that the the computer’s still giving Ireland 150 which I I still think would be a a pretty competitive score that’s despite the loss of these three early wickets yeah and certainly if you look at all the changes for Ireland from that last game it’s a much deeper batting lineup today for Ireland if I was to suggest the likely batting order although they have shown some flexibility in the middle we’ll probably see George dck at six Gareth Delaney then at seven who’s been in good form with the butt and then after Delaney you’ve got real power still to come with markad and Barry McCarthy back into the team after those back spasm issues he had in the second and third T20 so batting all the way down not just to nine but 10 as well because funand into the team and he has a golden opportunity here in the Netherlands grem couldn’t travel over for well publish sized reasons F hand’s not in the World Cup squad but that’s a preliminary World Cup squad that can be changed if he can show his worth here not just with the ball also with the bat it’s a real sort of talismanic field or too golden chance for him then it’s Ben White at number 11 the only one won’t offer much value with the bat yeah I think opportunity is a really good word to sum up what this week’s all about as well individually and of course collectively as Tucker just prods this into the legs side he scramble through for a single V you were asking me off a could Ireland have won that series given that they they won the first T20 I against Pakistan they absolutely could have in fact for much of that second game they were right on top I think Pakistan were 13 for two needing one uh I think it might have been one0 in fact that they needed and there was two very costly drop catches at that phase of the game I think it was Faker Zaman and Muhammed rzan both dropped in their 15s or 20s went on to make 70 plus another T away to square back keeping things wheeling and dealing pretty tight three wickets for him yesterday was also excellent with the ball wasn’t he for the Dutch yeah really love watching Logan van bake you talk about him as that triple threat he absolutely is does it all b ball in the field he’s also possibly the nicest guy in the circuit which is a big statement given just how many great guys there are involved in European Cricket in the world game but Logan van bake he’s just living his dream isn’t he here for the Dutch this one’s clicked away they run the first one and happy with just that end of the six over power play and Ireland little bit behind the eight ball but still plenty of cricket to come here in this Innings it’s 35 for3 after 6 when sand here Mr Maximo leaving you with Andrew lenon stepping in for me now it’s going to be Cory Ruckers So Daniel dorham will continue I’m delighted to have Cory ruers come and join me very well-known man and face in in local Dutch Cricket circles this performance from the Dutch won’t surprise you at all yeah pleasure to be here to join you Lenny and yeah what a start for the Dutch again they’ve just picked up where they left off from yesterday and the bowling performance in the power play very impressive so far but I do think we’re going to see Irish with a bit of a counter punch at some stage yeah there is that deep batting lineup for Ireland that I was just discussing a moment ago but the Dutch the way in which they’ve celebrated the wickets this is just sort of business as usual the Irish fans they have traveled over nice weekend here the dut are dominating right now for me I still think those Pro Series games just before the series four matches three matches at forberg have helped them a lot just to get used to this Wicket to the parameters cashing in at the moment nicely dri but protection out there can you tell us a bit more about the pro series particularly for Irish viewers who might not quite understand it yes you had the Hurricanes vers the SE far it was the best of the north versus the best of the South out here in the Netherlands they played three matches on this Wicket on this hybrid pitch with the big boundary parameters it was actually a clean sweep it was three nil um Scott Edward as Captain of the Sea fars and Max Odell was captain of the Hurricanes but all the players got valuable experience out here and I just think since this Series has started they’ve really used the pitch wisely good use of the feet here from Tucker gets it very straight and straight enough despite the athletic dive from Logan van bake right in front of us that’s really good batting from Tucker It’s where you get good reward here straight down the ground despite the long boundaries okay beautiful shot absolutely beautiful shot using the Fate not easy man to come down to we touching on that dorms about 69 610 even uh but what a beautiful shot that is and maybe this is where Island can come back a little bit in this so those Pro Series games that was in the T20 format yeah T20 format all as their first sort of real preparation since the the series to get ready for this world cup and for this Tri series because there’s quite a lot of weight on this Tri series which I’ll touch on in a moment talker’s other goto shots the The Sweep shot and if you look at the importance of the domestic games the top class is still very very strong that’s the top club game but this is kind of trying to bridge the gap is it yeah you what the procedure is you’re trying to get the best of the best in the country just to go one step above what the top class are is so close out the seventh over it’s pumped down the ground for a single score 14 2 for three now yeah so what you’re trying to create is just a system where you have a level just above what the domestic scene is that brings the best in the country to try their skills and maybe put their hand up for selection for a World Cup squad for a tri series and there’s something about this Tri series I just want to touch on a little bit the rankings and the points numbers are massive with what happened last night with the Netherlands win over Scotland they’re actually moved up to 12th and if they beat Ireland today they would go to 11th there’s automatic spots on the line we’ve got India and Sri Lanka that World Cups in 2026 if you’re in that top 12 ranking cut off date in about 6 weeks time you get a free ticket so I mean this try series if any of these teams are able to go on and win three from four or maybe Ireland and Netherlands go four from four you almost guarantee that you will get the automatic spot in 2 years time as well yeah in essence the reason for that is the top eight teams from the USA and Canada will qualify automatically for the next T20 World Cup that will be co-hosted by Indi and Sri Lanka who get their tickets as co-hosts but if they go in and get to the super a it means it’ll be the next four on the rankings that qualifies as Paul Van Mak comes into the attack cut away immediately by Tucker behind Square really good shot right on top of the bounce four more to lur Tucker yeah beautiful shot rode the bounce nicely D van maker first delivered little bit back of a length a little bit of width on off but that’s a gorgeous Cricket Stoke yeah those rankings that will then power that decision beneath that it means that there’s really almost a guaranteed Banker for West Indies and Afghanistan to get through and in the final two spots this is presuming that nothing funny happens in the Caribbean somebody from well outside of things in Nepal for example if they got to the super eights that would throw the cat amongst the pigeons but there’ll be two spots up for grabs on the rankings table and right now it’s really the two teams that we’re watching that actually kind of hold hold up pole positions and badway are left stranded hopeless watching on they won one of the five against Bangladesh which gave them something Scotland and the Dutch have played the least game so their volatility within the rankings will be higher it’s all a bit complicated there’s only one thing to do if you don’t know follow ber Young on Twitter he’ll explain it all well luckily he’s in the tent next to me so he was giving me all the insights just before but no it is a massive opportunity for these teams and if you can win three out of these four in the series win the series but also catapult yourself for 2026 and I have to say both the back room staffs I know the like of Scott Irvine and Chris Sid they do a lot of work for that with the Irish team I think the the Dutch coaching staff’s never been in a better place all the Ryan Ryan Cook I know he’s not here he’s still out at the IPL with Sunrisers Hider bad nerk is here got great back room staff with the Dutch yeah H as well as on the ground and actually Ru off andom M here as well so I know a lot of people talking about the disappointment that he’s not going to the World Cup maybe stepping more into a coaching role he’s been here during the pro series the last month he’s running all the Fielding drills at the moment I’m sure he’s good with his energy to have aboard on the coaching staff I asked him about in the middle yesterday I said is this the evolution are are you enjoying becoming a coach he goes I miss playing I want to be playing still but he’s going to play a bit more I think he’ll play for sumers set this summer might be his last year there I think he’s still going to be in in around the franchise league so it’s not we’re not saying never again for rolloff but for right now you can see with the quality that they have coming through dor and Pringle you can understand why he stepped aside you can understand why there’s a little bit of a transitioning phase going on for him but also in that Pro Series actually he played a couple of games just to show the younger fellas look I’m still here and I can still get it through good bowling from Van maker and that’s his natural length isn’t it yeah it’s his natural length he’s probably the quickest of the Dutch all around so Tim’s not here Shane SN a few others in the county system but out of all of the Dutch fast Bowlers he really does get it through tell us about some of the others Brandon Glover he’s kind of been in and out at points the two klees I know Ryan has an injury Kyle Klein’s in very good form domestically though Ryan kle just came back to bowling over the weekend um unfortunate time to pick up an injuries wasn’t able to be selected for the World Cup squad Kyle Klein who is going as the traveling Reserve was probably the star bowler in the country at the moment with for gets us to the end of the eth good change up from Van maker and who gets out of his over really well having been hit for that boundary from the first ball it’s 47 for three yeah K Klein in good form they’re not finalized those World Cup squads is he going to be The Unlucky One at traveling Reserve maybe well he’s definitely going as the traveling Reserve as we just have a look at some of the fixtures coming up for irand pretty soon I mean just touching on this you’re telling me that last game on the 16th adren I was listening to your Affair you think that’s what most people are calling the one that could be the Trump game for Ireland yeah and and look there’s a huge presumption there that firstly India are going to beat Pakistan which as we saw in other T20 World Cups I know they beat them in 2022 but back in 2021 Pakistan won very comfortably so that’s no given and there’s also no given that you will take that IPL form individually and and through your team into an international setup India only have one warm-up game that’s against Bangladesh on June 1st as Pringle returns to the attack but I think some are speculating they’d expect Ireland to get past USA and Canada I think most Ireland fans will tell you they will not take those games for granted Ireland have a pretty poor record against Associates over the years they find ways to lose games against lower ranked opposition and then beat higher ranked opposition but that’s kind of the potential makeer of the group I can’t see Canada getting through but I could see USA causing an upsetter too yeah interesting looking forward to all of that I mean so many different permutations with 20 teams going this Edition that has absolutely been bombed for six what a lovely shot from Kea Pringle was brought back into B the ninth overcooks this one lul tossing he’s hit that into the bleachers well it’s actually I think it’s gone on the Athletics track this is gone miles he’s hitting with the wind and that’s the one thing we haven’t mentioned yet it’s gone a long long way it’s still running down the 100 met track we saw Usain Bolt announced as one of the ambassadors for that T20 World Cup will need to send a bolt out to get after him there’s a really strong wind blowing across the ground good tactic from camp for hitting with it picks it up nicely I think pring will be disappointed to a little bit of a low full toss and that just releases the shackles a little bit cuz it has been all the Netherlands so far in this International fixture they fit the ground running in the series don’t discredit the Irish know they’ve just come off the back of a pretty competitive Series against Pakistan I know you were there Len we talking a little bit off air one question I’ve got for you I know the boundary sizes over there were quite small what will sort of adjustments do you think they’ll have do cuz we’ve touched on a few times VCC vorberg we’ve got some big boundaries here yeah I think the biggest difference Square probably not a gigantic difference somewhat similar but straight compare warberg cc to CL Turf CC in Dublin massive difference particularly one of the ends I don’t think it could have been more than 50 m straight and down here You’ probably got 70 72 M straight down the ground so you can try and look to run your ones and TW which is something that camper and indeed dockal who will follow in next really like to do push the ones and twos around but certainly there was a high scoring series I think a few of the bowlers had some nightmares with the average strike rate economy rate up over 10 van bake will be one of the ones trying to prevent it to the perfect example right on Q there yeah perfect examples good batting isn’t it accessing the field straight on that long 72 74 M boundary an easy to to the left of Logan van good seat Pringle back in the lineup for the Dutch as well missed the whole Dutch summer last year unfortunately had a big injury wasn’t able to come over after sort of coming on the scene during the back end of the ODI Super League yeah really is a very very difficult time wasn’t it for the injury he did was it was a horror one yeah it wasn’t great and unfortunately we didn’t te him in the country for more than a year tell us about his dad as well a bit of an icon of of I know he played uh internationally for New Zealand but a bit of an icon of Dutch Cricket a huge amount of of Dutch Club records he holds yeah holds a lot of Dutch records came back back over many years in the ‘ 80s 90s and and was one of the figureheads of Dutch cricket and I sure it’s a very proud moment to see his boy back in the orange shirt for this series he’s not got his length rout at all here gets away with that one Tucker misses out another full toss not the best over the ninth is done it’s now 58 for three it’s a big game for for Tim Pringle as well coming back into line he plays cre for Northern districts in the New Zealand but AR and dut obviously rested for you’d have to say rested for this one you wouldn’t assume dut would have been dropped for this one only rest because they’re trying their combination that was very impressive you say four overs none for 21 very good with the new ball they gave Pringle the new ball this one so I still think Netherlands also keeping an eye on this world cup and what their best combination might be I wonder is it a case of matchups of they looked at the Irish lineup they’ve seen that there’s no left-handers in it certainly Neil Rock is the one option he’s not on the team today grem Hume is not here also BS left-handed down the order but believe somebody in Ireland will tell me immediately on Twitter if I’m wrong or something but I believe all 11 batters for Ireland today all right-handed which is very rare historically for Ireland going back 10 15 years so as a consequence they’ve gone for the two left arm Spinners rather than the off spinner in the team as well there was that period in Irish Cricket wasn’t there it almost felt like everyone was a left-handed how many was there in the lineup well we had Porterfield we had Ed Joyce we had Nile O’Brien we had John money he often had four of the top six or four of the top Seven what’s in the water out there I don’t know but not as much anymore Owen Morgan of course as well at one stage before he migrated generously over over to England there’s a little bit of talk that some players get used to Growing Up playing hurling which has played reverse handed um and they just B left-handed a bit more naturally quite a lot of those left-handed batters we’re talking about are actually right-handed writers for example but then they’ve just I think in Ed Joyce’s case it might have been the back Gard I might have got that wrong but something to do with he only wanted to score on okay okay okay so but we produced certainly plenty of very talented left-handed batters over the years of late very few it’s interesting goes in round abouts things like that as well obviously the Dutch they’ve got vickram J sing who will come out as number three as the Leander I believe he might be one of the only lone leanders in the game you don’t of to see that in this day and age yeah we have that check but I think you could be right nicely hooked away right off his nose by lur and Tucker well he’s picked up just where he’s left off from last week against Pakistan isn’t form the funniest thing you can imagine as a batter he could not buy a run in this format all of a sudden He’s Back To His Brilliant P look he’s looking really good isn’t he especially with the wickets falling around him 128 runs in that Pakistan series was the standout batter for the Irish but right now batting beautifully 30 off 22 playing a little bit of a Vic seeing Innings of yest y today when wickets were falling a little bit around was able to go at a very good Tempo something that was hugely noticeable last week Cory was was Ireland continuing to attack from ball one even after they lost wickets Harry Tor came in and hit a six from one of his first deliveries markad there I think twice in the series hit his first ball for four it’s this new mantra it’s a very positive mantra sometimes it can bring about clusters of wickets though as well yeah I guess the sort of the English way from a few years ago when they sort of redeveloped the white game as trickled into maybe some other nations but we’re seeing a me with the IPL the scoring go through the roof I think a lot of expectations in T20 cricket you’ve got to get on with it for the whole 120 balls uppercut and not where he intended and bazala does what bazala does so brilliantly he makes a very difficult catch look easy and this wasn’t at all the breakthroughs come from nowhere and camper has to go a brilliant catch from Buster later into the side today he made good ground one of the better fielders here in the Netherland Squad he tried to uppercut it over third it’s sort of in a half of the bat and he made good ground Reddit perfectly and that’s a really good pouch that’s an exceptional catch the reason we haven’t got even bigger on that he’s made it look so easy but the ground that he made as soon as that ball made contact with the bat was exceptional really good piece of Fielding from a very special cricketer it sees the back of Curtis camper who’s gone for 10 and the are side are in trouble again at 65 for four well before he moved to darham this was his home ground VCC vorberg very well known as the prince of vorberg young Bast later his father Tim is the king of vorberg uh so great to have him back on home soil playing at VCC but that is a really marvelous catch he’s lucky enough to do my level three coaching course with Tim DEA baz’s father small and I spoke spoke to him yesterday and I said there’s a rumor going around your son is the prince of warberg and he he says oh yes I won’t do the accent sorry oh yes some people some people say that and I said well Tim does that make you the king oh no oh no don’t believe that Tim is very well known as king I know he’s on air over there for the the Dutch TV stations and all that but he’s very much known as the king explain that to me as we take the drinks break and score 65 for four I think there’s still a ball of the 10th left how brilliant is that to see Dutch Cricket on television during the Cricket World Cup last year domestic television and now this series being broadcast not just with us on YouTube and and around the world but on Dutch TV I think it might be on a on a on a streaming platform but with the language driving the commentary so good to see yeah it’s very important I think for the growth of cricket in this country and all these other associate sort of nations in Europe that want to grow the sport to have the natural language so we’ve got Dutch TV have picked up the the cricket as well Dutch commentary on another Network which is fantastic I know they did this two years ago on zigo sport as well and it’s just another step in the right direction the national team’s growing at such a rate we need to get more to the public eye to get more Cricket fans and more cricket players in the country you’ve lived here a long time what are the kind of questions you you get domestically because I know the profiles never been bigger I saw during the World Cup itself there was a lot of interest in interaction with how well the Dutch team were performing what questions do you get do they understand the sport I think it’s the what the team’s achieving at the moment is giving it more eyeballs but still you’re trying to get into a public that doesn’t truly know the ins and outs of cricket but credit to the men’s Nation credit to the Women’s National team as well who are doing really good things and it has got more eyeballs more attraction more kids are playing than ever hopefully the next generation of superstars the next pass delayer might be coming through one ball left in the 10th dock roll it will be at number six and his role that he loves to play for Ireland finisher role but he’s in earlier than he would have liked he likes five or six overs in these t20s halfway stage of the first innings for me the Dutch are much more than 57% favorites right now Ireland need to go somewhere to get a defendable score 65 for four the score look this is what they are all warming up for but it’s not just warm up along the line here but the Big World Cup just around 20 Nations and I know that must mean a lot for yourself L as well I know you cover a lot of crick in around the globe 20 Nations finally a big event for Cricket has expanded to this amount how does that make you feel does it give you a nice little tingle well you’re going to you’re going to Sledge me but I’ve just got the Goosebumps running up my arm because about time it’s taken far too long for me to us to expand to the point at which the associates deserve and the sport deserves the best stories in our game for me by a distance they’re not in the IPL they’re not in ashes they’re not in the bilaterals they’re in the associate game that the stories of sacrifice the journeys that players take to go on to represent their Nation or their adopted Nations the sacrifices that players and their families have made to go and chase their dreams to play against the very best players in the world I’ve always thought we’ve got the most brilliant sport in the world but sometimes we don’t tell people about it this world cup is a chance to do that and we’re going to be live across ental Europe and iccv I think that’s in almost every part of Europe maybe with the exception of the UK and Ireland that’s a great Innovation too and I’ll tell you something I’ve stake my reputation on it which isn’t worth much as you know you only on me a couple of days but I think there’s not just going to be one associate win at this world cup over full members I think we’re going to see multiple associate beating full member occasions at this world cup which will be some of the big stories of the tournament yeah absolutely they usually grab the headlines those big upsets oh that’s a gorgeous SL sweep it’s one of Tucker’s very favorites again tactical strategic hitting with the wind that’s piling across the ground picks it up lifts it out towards the athletic track six more as you mentioned that breeze is going from left to right on your screen just had to get it Up and Under he’s playing a lone hand at the moment he moves to 3 of25 lovely shot lovely extension of the hands that’s brilliant batting six more to the total K Tucker keep going about his business probably not the start that the Irish would have liked but a good last 10 here 160 170 definitely plays yeah the Brilliance of that stroke from Tucker you you saw it from side on there he got that stable base he’s a very very strong man he’s done a lot of gym work actually these two in particular really transformed their bodies when they first came to international cricket George dooll was a a young 17-year-old left spinner he was lanky as and skinny as could be he’s added about 15 kog in muscle Tucker the same he’s really powerful hits the ball really really hard this is a good start to this fourth fifth Wicket partnership for AR they badly need it this one’s kept low and dorham’s convinced so too is Edwards with the ypar is unmoved what’s this missing oh Big Moment In the game rzan Akra the standing umpire shakes his head it was slowed up from dorham skids on oh I don’t know what that’s missing Lenny I think that’s crashing into middle and leg stump was given leg by so there’s no bad on it well for me I don’t think it could be going over the top but it’s as you said it’s been given as leg buys it’s just skied on isn’t it surely slows it up it SK very good shout I think that’s clattering into leg stum but sometimes it’s your day a lot easier to see that from the replay obviously the Umpire only has one view last ball of the 11th slowed up again hit pretty firmly down the ground Logan van bake do the mopping up and able to keep that to a single so big moment in this match score after 11 is 76 for four yeah the two umpires rzan arram who was making that decision from the city end and Pim van Limu is standing up at Paddock dend joined by the third umpire today that’s Nan baty and Phil wh case the IC match referee traveled across from leerer the former Lester County cricketer that’s the table at the moment Dutch not just in a good position with the win but a big net run rate boost too they were in the end in a really Topsy turby game they were quite comfortable Victors yesterday yeah quite comfortable in the end it was one partnership there was only two men barington and cross going past the well 10 actually both bring up a fantastic every other batsman unfortunately just came in and got out early yeah this game at the moment it’s nicely poised I think isand just want to throw that counter punch at any moment but the Netherland still keeping the nose head that was a big moment in the previous over easily could have been given out lbw goes the Irish way can they have a big nine over finish here and get up to that 160 Mark see Team Pringle have a change of ends Cory if you’re Scott Edwards here do you want to get us a sixth bowler into play like he did yesterday with the one over of Aran dut I’d be tempted this probably would be a moment that you could go to a sixth ball I mean Michael V we’ve seen bow a little bit in the pole recently for an over or two but maybe just backing the main five today it is always a captain I think it’s always in the back of the Mind as a captain if I get my sixth Bower just a bow one I’ve got that get out over that’s complete so then I can focus on maybe the other five I think Pringles bow okay today maybe not at the top of the level he would have liked he’d love to pick up a wicket it’s George dockal pumping him down the ground that’s where he’ll like to Target despite the bigger straighter boundaries yeah his father Chris bringle 68 appearances for New Zealand 14 test 58 Odis but it was really his journey to come and play Club Cricket here that has made a son that’s been born in the Netherlands very much proud of his Dutch parentage as well his mother is is a Dutch woman and representing the Netherlands very proudly that that injury he had has meant that this is his first T20 ey for I think about 18 months quite some time he was quite prevalent in the Super League he came over and played England and all the big 50 over games and then unfortunately wasn’t back on the shores for quite some time as that was a lovely exquis St but might have found the Fielder and he’s going to have to go Tucker well he got a life probably in the previous over it could have easily been lbw Pringle slows this one up slightly it was a nice looking Cricket strike but he finds vicam jet Singh had a deep Long off you can see tooker just Shadow batting he wanted to go Square he was looking to go over Extra cover he’s just dragged it a touch isn’t he maybe he got cramped for room or something a bit of a look now no he didn’t get cramped for room he just ended up going much straighter than he intended he’s given this one away good catch very well judged by vicam jet Singh the Dutch are finding that very happy Knack of continuing to take wickets it’s Tucker who is the latest one to go moments after having that very close lbw go his way he’s gone for 40 his good form continues but he’s gone now and Ireland continue to be in trouble 78 for five it’s Gareth Delaney coming out now plenty of time in these batting Innings to build a partnership and to explode at the end Pringle does pick up that Wicket he would have been searching for probably stems a few nerves first game for the national side in quite some time we’ve touched on this long batting lineup from Ireland don’t count them out just yet they’re a very strong Nation have come a long way previous 10 to 15 years any score of above 150 on this surface the big long boundary is will play one ball remaining pring Scott Edwards does change his Bowers quite often be interesting to see who comes on from the city end bu later moves into slip yeah good positive captaincy like to see that Gareth Delaney’s best match up if you go by the analytics is against left arm spin really likes murdering that down the ground I think the way the wind is coming though as we get to the end of the 12th 78 for five I think if you’re going to go down the ground it needs to be well it might be swirling a touch there we’re just trying to work it out but I’m not sure you want to hit the way L can Tucker just hit I think you’ll get better reward for me I think it’s coming across the ground and a little bit down so if anything Tucker’s gone sort of uphill into the wind a little bit and that’s why he ended up perishing there is batting to come often these men towards the middle and lower have to rescue Ireland they have to do it again today what sort of score do you think that Ireland from this position Ling eight overs to go 785 what’s a a realistic score they’d be happy with coming off from here I think if they could get to 140 that they’ probably take it from this position it wouldn’t have been what they would have wanted at the start but that would be 60 62 or 48 sort of thing yeah that’s kind of going at eight and over with five wickets in hand but one things for certain these two in particular well exit of Paul Sterling you could make a case that they hit the biggest ball of all Irish batters so if they’re still there they could get more than that too seen a few haven’t we just like that one there from Van bake where it’s not significant bounce the kind of default is ones keeping lower rather than coming through higher on these wickets at bber yeah I think this is we’ve talked about the wickets like it is a stitched in hybrid Wicket something very new and every now and then it it’s not that it loses too much Pace it’s sort of like this skiddy sort of pitches and gains a little bit of speed sometimes I know yeser say Scotland were getting pinned a couple of times in the power play that like that ball there is a great example it’s a ball in a good length but players have just sometimes struggle to find their natural timing because it pitches and doesn’t naturally slow down what you’ll get on a normal Turf Wicket watch she pitch it’s more more of a little rolling off cutter but it gains a little bit of speed it does not slow down sometimes batsman are getting a little bit stuck and not easy to adjust to something that you haven’t really batted on much doesn’t look like they’re bowling many cross seers they are they sort of wobble seams yes correct I know Logan Van’s been working on sort of the one rolling cross little bit of wobble seam leg Cutters with a change of pace from Van bake and good protection out there so it’ll just be a single all of the kind of the various options you have in this Dutch bowling attack for me whoever they pick it always looks nicely balanced yeah I think so and obviously we’re not seeing Bast later either today either and you’ve got Freddy Clon sitting on Sil so I think that’s one thing and why we’re talking about leading teams and maybe leading Associates know the don’t like to use that word they believe they’re higher than that and they definitely are they’ve always had such good variety with their bowling attack I mean Aran D not pick today I mean we’ve seen chariz armed and sakib zika recently the two leg Spinners in the country or charz is a little bit more over the top uh but they’ve got such different Bowlers for any condition any situation and once again we’re seeing them come to come to show here today in balberg Cory getting some questions in the live chat and it’s great to have everyone watching got the highest audience of the series thus far thousands in enjoying the action on a early Sunday evening here questions coming in plenty of Nepal viewers as always too Archie’s asking this new bowler Daniel dorham it’s going to be tough for Nepal to judge him they won’t be used to Bowlers of his height yeah people don’t know a lot about Daniel playing his first class Cricket for lewood Island down in the West Indies from s Martin which is a Dutch Province so holds a Dutch passport extremely tall bowler but very clever and deceptive with his paces and the way he changes the gam that one’s nudged into leg S one I think something special if Daniel can bowl at the top he can bowl in the middle he can bow the end because he comes from such little bit like Solon Ben in the you look at him come to ground you think he’s Bing left arm Thunderbolts but just left arm little fingers Tweakers and look the NEP side when they come up against NE that’s going to be a corker of a game at the World Cup it will open uh the tournament for both sides and it’s already a cellout which is an amazing story associate V associate I don’t think there’s going to be that much Orange in the crowd I think it’s going to be a little bit more Nepal support all that diaspora they have out Across America I did see you in a bit of a music video earlier today and I was impressed thank you tanko timlen and we got to give him a shout out the official Nepal T20 World Cup Song 13 VA at for five what about yourself coming from a full member background but you’re very much integrated into the associate game now you do coaching work with Spain and also here in the Netherlands how good is the associate game for you I think it’s come on lepes and Bounds it and for for yourself as we were talking about 20 teams at the World Cup I get that tingle as well to see a world cup where more associate nations are finally getting invited a team like Uganda who upset Zimbabwe out in uh Namibia it was and to to get that win to win a ticket it’s just massive for the game and the way it’s growing so fast it just think it brings everyone to Parry puts more eyeballs on the sport I know the Spanish system is getting better and better and better and an exciting time to be involved and I’ve got Dutch grandparents myself so I came back to basically my homeland and to be involved to watch how much these players have grown in the last few years is very exciting they’re going on the same trajectory I think Irish Cricket has been going on in the last 10 to 15 years Ireland were the leading associate to become a full member Netherland Scotland they’re not that far away to be honest no I think I think it’s a really good show because the thing that brought Ireland to test status it wasn’t just the vision of the organization and driving towards that it was the performances on the pitch there’s onfield and off field that you have to tick but the onfield stuff was ticked so heavily by because of their domination of the associate game in 2013 there was the treble for them there will the eyup there is no iup at the moment 4day competition 50 over competition which was the world cricket league championship at the time and they also won the T20 World Cup Global qualifier too so they really made strength of a case and then they combined that alongside the Ascension of Afghanistan the growth of Afghanistan for to take the political box of one Asian Nation one European nation coming in to join the full member Club I think if it happens again that will need to be something similar probably be one Asian Nation obviously lots of people are talking about Nepal but also the UAE and Oman are doing really really good things the three best Asian Associates and then maybe a Scotland or a Netherlands or who knows a Namibia could go alongside them and really join together to maybe be the next two test Nations big thing for me the game’s never been stronger in more countries that can only be a good thing yeah it can only be a good thing in just a beautiful day like this at VCC vorberg I’d say plus a thousand at least today have rocked up on this sunny Sunday afternoon to watch the cricket there a lovely crowd that’s built up and lovely Vibe about this ground to to have the fans be able to walk all the way around watch a good game of cricket and right now if you’re a Dutch supporter I think you’d be pretty happy they’ve got their noses ahead I have to say really impressed with the crowds really impressed with the energy the enthusiasm say we had about about a thousand in yesterday very similar number today and the highlight of the day for me was actually the end of the match yesterday they all kind of came towards the vorberg Ian and every single one of the Dutch players was doing autographs selfies with kids that’s stuff we didn’t see 10 15 20 years ago yeah it’s just grown an exponential rate and we’re all trying to catch back up to the rate that it’s growing I’m sure with Ireland and Pakistan last week you were there you would have seen that as well I’m sure a lot of the kids coming out see they’re Irish Stars they want to be the next Paul Sterling or they want to be the next Irish star in the next 10 to 15 years very exciting time for everyone’s getting himself in a bit of bother here against van makr but he does get down the non striker end difficult start for the two former lster Cricket Club teammates that’s where they both started in R Mes in Dublin four off nine two off six 140 looks a long way away it does look a long way away someone’s going to come out here with a little bit of a cameo but there’s still six overs to go after this credit to the Dutch again there hasn’t been too much loose bowling but his Irish team don’t count them out just yet there is a long way to go in this T20 just a couple of boundaries release the shackles just a bit nicely played by dckr tends to look in this massive V from kind of a wide Extra cover to a wide long on everything he’ll try to hit is that direction just loves going straight down the ground whether it’s Quicks or indeed Spinners that he’s facing the challenge for Ireland here Cory for me is they are very much set up as a chasing team they don’t defend totals particularly well they don’t even really like to do it all together too often and I know Paul St kind of called my bluff out there in the middle he said he didn’t know what he wanted to do I can guarantee you he would have bowled first if he won the toss he’s gone straight up Scott Edwards runs back the short ball a good option to duckroll and it pays dividends oh the Dutch have been inspired here they’ve been exceptional they’re completely outplaying Ireland right now who’re having it put up to them by the associates yet again the Dutch on top looking for two and two yeah they’re looking for two and two and they are streaking ahead in this game van mak’s bowling a handy spell here digs this one in he’s the quickest of the Dutch Bowlers which we’ve been talking about he gets the line right here cramps him for a little bit of room Scott Edwards the captain runs back good catch over his left shoulder he’s not going to drop that right now the Netherlands the orange they can’t do anything wrong youon be really difficult innings for D wasn’t getting any help from Delaney at the far end and as a consequence he’s the latest to go he’s caught for six it’s 83 for six Ireland and all sorts it does make me think how how difficult it is for touring teams to come and play on this new sort of wicket because it does seem like once again same with Scotland sa so late on some sometimes early on some there has to be something going on here they’re a very talented batting group The Irish look there still a deep batting line up to come maybe 140 maybe 135 still game on for me Cory can you explain to the viewers a bit more as well about the kind of the Dutch high performance system and how they’re trying to keep the Dutch national team and contracted players in and around Dutch Cricket I here in the Netherlands for more of the year than ever before it’s about seven months of the year they’re trying to keep them here I think for the first time in Dutch Cricket more players than ever been contracted High contracts ABC and then high performance contracts so even players that might not be in the starting 11 is starting to be looked after more healthy and the expectation is that if you’re playing for Holland we want you in the country more instead of just flying in every now and then and there’s so many positives that you can have with that keeping your group together as another overs complete 83 for 6 or 6 for 83 after 14 keeping the team together it means a lot I think it really means a lot instead of only seeing people a couple of months or just in round tour they’ve got a really good summer Squad and they have winter squads as well and these guys are training four five days a week now together and you just see the benefits of it and that’s going to be their fixtures at that T20 World Cup coming up starting with well for me it’s going to be one of the fixtures of the tournament isn’t it brilliant to be thinking that we’re talking about two ass has been one of the standout clashes that everyone’s looking forward to the sold out game in Grand Prairie in Texas quite close to Dallas and then of course that one that will follow at Netherlands against South Africa the Dutch will be favorites for that surely the way they’re going they probably are South Africa are probably thinking oh no but you have look at that tour for the Dutch Dallas New York St Vincent the grenades and St Lucia pretty good tour for that one and if they get through which they’ve done recently could be a very good Dutch World Cup again return into the attack for Vivian Kingman now I don’t know who did their schedule but they’re the only one of the 20 teams to go to four different venues and in fact they’re in three different countries of course I heard that from a couple of players and I think they were pretty pleased with that so they they did get a pretty good draw but I think also looking at that group a lot of people saying oh three full members if you ask the Netherlands and you said South Africa Sri Lanka and Bangladesh they’ve been South Africa Bangladesh recently and they’ve pushed Sri Lanka a couple of times so that group’s wide open me and don’t count discount napole Paul they coming on Leaps and Bounds also yeah it’s such a funny group isn’t it because the Netherlands could easily lose that opening game to Nepal then they’re on all sorts of trouble but if they could win it then they’re really in a strong position to upset the apple cart yet again I’d really fancy the Dutch to beat Bangladesh I think that’s kind of one of the the highest percentage chances of an associate versus a full member kind of being turned over and then Sri Lanka I’d worry a bit more about that the Brilliance of hasaranga in particular on what could be turning wickets to that’s the big probably the thing that we don’t know and it’s hard to group it all into one because Texas is going to be different to Florida to the drop-ins up in New York and then all of the Caribbean venues are very very very different some of them have good pace and bounce others turn a lot so it’s hard to know how to set up your squad and and set up your team and what matchups you’re going to expect but Sri Lanka’s Spinners K Shana hanga against the Dutch I think that for me would make Sri Lanka big favorites yeah they will probably keep Sri Lanka definitely ahead i’ saying the favor think when you at thatth Africa and Bangladesh Nethers with the system they’ built will go over there very confident as Scotland with the systems they’ve built I think there’s never been a a bigger opportunity for all three teams in this Tri series actually all to break through into the Super race slower ball picked and clubbed down the ground just one bounce straight as anything and marad there well he’s a fantastic FC Ace to have up Ireland’s sleeve at number eight he possibly hits the biggest ball of them all when he hits it it goes a long way career best last summer against Scotland this is a lovely way to get him going yeah lovely shooting isn’t it slow ball just sort of floaty there from Vivian kingar picked it perfectly nice shot down the ground for four can that give them a bit of a lift and a big push in the last 5.2 overs it’s his go-to change up isn’t it the leg cutter King was comfortable bowling that was talking to him yesterday about his options he says mainly leg cutter off cutter you worker or back of a length for him at the death does go back of a length but air helps himself to more runs hitting with the wind and it’s a little counter punch a little onew from Ireland’s number eight just to keep them in this contest yeah one of the first times we’ve seen back-to-back boundaries in this inning it’s another sort of slow ball maybe a rolling leg cutter pulled away one bounce four Buster L is quick but he’s not that quick 94 up now for the Irish deep batting order has been asked questions but if they do get to that 140 150 they’ll take confidence out of the out of their series from Pakistan the bowlers will enjoy bowling here a little bit more than those small boundaries back home definitely game on I suppose the other factor to remember I know that the Dutch don’t have Vaz DEA bowling or or Freddy Classen playing right now but Ireland have no Josh litland and he’s really their xfactor bowler I think he’s ended up on a playing yesterday back unless we get some break news from the Irish camp we don’t expect to see him in this series obviously even though he only played one game he live at a heavy workload traveling and training and playing in the IPL and he’s never played better ever in his career than right now I think he’ll be a real asset for Ireland so they they won’t worry about forcing him into action here at forberg five overs Remain the score 95 for six Andrew Leonard here with Cory Rooker Cory just a little bit more on the Dutch side how do they continue to punch above their weight given that that small playing population about 5,000 players I think also the coaching staff need to be given a huge wrap at the moment Ryan Cook Ryan vaner Kirk and Hano couldn’t have come in for the last couple of years and probably just take Ryan Campbell did a fantastic job they’ve just taken to another level and the way that they’ve looked after these boys and built this culture it does really feel like there’s a spirit and a great team culture at the moment they seem to be able to keep punching above their weight but they don’t feel like they’re punching above their weight they believe they truly belong and that belief of saying we’re not associate we deserve the name to be there with you that belief has just flipped things and they’re just putting out consistently better performances Daniel dorham he’s a change of ends and Adair lines him up through the offside this is a bit more like it from Ireland and marad there’s batting well it’s such potential it’s shown flashes of Brilliance very nearly on the honors Board of the century at Lords he came up 14 or 15 short he’s a good ball Striker brilliant shot just backing away to the leg Side Access see it over cover cover’s gone back now cover Point into the ring looks like the Dutch are going to stick with that five bowler policy today so Pringle will still have to bowl one more that could be an over that a d will Target as well yeah very interesting indeed usually Edwards does like to use six or even seven Bowers sometimes so expect maybe Pringle to bowl the next has looked good since he’s come to the crease 14 off seven quicker through the air this time just building on on the point of it such expectations and and very much feeling that their wins are not upsets ripples of Applause as the 100 comes up around the field I caught up with the boys in Bangalore just before their final World Cup game against India was just transiting through coming from Nepal of course as I spent so much time there and got to go out for dinner with a few of them that evening and they were telling me they were disappointed with the World Cup that they’d had and that was after wins over South Africa and Bangladesh and really good performances they thought they left a couple of wins out there and that’s the belief that were there just so integrated into their system and their culture at the moment every game they truly believe they belong and they’re going to win it shot out to Deep Cover point for a single so yeah that sort of belief that you have in the past it felt like oh the Netherlands have won a game against England at a T20 World Cup it’s amazing it’s a miracle it’s not that anymore it isn’t that anymore it’s belief it’s this confidence amongst your peers that you cons can consistently play cricket at the top level you’re showing that again and again good work from levit is going to allow dorham to get out of his spell without any further damage good figure is just his second T2i two for 27 for him it gets us to the end of the 16th 101 for six so with four overs remaining just of a bit of a shuffle here in the commentary box Vinnie Sandu joins me now Netherland on top but Ireland with a flying finish 140 maybe 150 if they play really well could be competitive no doubt never judge a game in the first half either but I got to say they have kind of picked up those key those key batting threats I suppose in the top order kind of takes that huge chase out of the equation it might be kind of average or maybe slightly less than average the way things are shaping up really interesting just just hearing your conversation with Cory and I can kind of feel that belief as well in the Netherlands uh National side over the last few years that sense of belonging and that sense of confidence has come into their their lineup but it is a challenge to retain their players for the majority of the Year here on home so yeah I just love the way they they play their Cricket the sort of the the brand of cricket they have all the talk in the what was it the 7s and 80s was of Total Football wasn’t it I think the Dutch actually play their own brand of kind of total Cricket they fi wonderfully well they run between the wickets as effectively and enthusiastically as any team that you’ll see and they just try to to manage all their 1centers right on Q another run saved in the field they make the most of all of their ability brilliant to watch there it all adds up in the end doesn’t it and interesting for me uh that they haven’t given vickraman over yesterday they did that did that yesterday didn’t they to give that flexibility with some choices at the end of the Innings there’s vickram there right on right on Q thought something they might have done but they seem to have locked themselves into the the five Bowlers at the moment with Van bake to bow out here then you’ve got Pringle for one we’ got B Kingman for one and man makan for one no one really has been very expensive so far for the Dutch it’s interesting for me that the ecn superc computer Vinnie is saying that it’s a one and three chance for Ireland still it I think most fans would watch this thinking the Dutcher ad20 on top yeah that’s right but it takes into account a lot of things doesn’t it the previous performance the players you’ve got on on both sides the individuals obviously the I don’t think any batting side has come out and ever looked like in this in this series blasting a 200 score or something like that so we know the Batters had to work pretty hard for their runs yeah to sorry V to back that point up we saw yesterday Dutch’s score in the first Innings with the highest ever in the t20i at this round so we’re not EXP 180 190 200 regularly it’s a bit different to clar for that irand Pakistan series last week oh yeah definitely and you can see the computers predicting 130 to 134 something like that I mean if the Irish can pick up some early wickets similarly to what the Dutch did then I think this could still be a very close contest van bank’s been very tight hasn’t he way less than a a run of ball he’s going about four and over economy at the moment that’s Gareth Delaney finally getting one many a mile oh that’s An Almighty strike it’s somewhat with the wind and it’s over our shoulders it’s all the way for six well Lenny I’ve be waiting for this it’s our first splash down it’s in the canal and a bit like my golf that one is going to take some fetching I don’t know if we can pick it up here on the camera but it goes all the way over everything over the crowd and there’s a fair bit of waters Fair bit of waterway in here in the Netherlands and that that Cricket balls ended up in one of them yeah that was an incredible St the PO Scoops coming out yeah there’s Tom deg grut the former Dutch International cricketer the head grounds but look at the skills here look at the skills how has he done that well that’s not a driver that’s I don’t know seven drivers in one and it’s an 80 EUR or 90 old caber is saved they’ll go to a new one cuz I think it’s too wet well that’ll be the end of the over as well gives us a chance to welcome you into the box s here Mr Maximo back with Andrew Leonard and we’ve actually got the ball so they’re not going to use this one I just want to few how it is I mean I don’t even know what the protocol is get Tom in here get in come on Tom in your come Tom Ian play it Tom’s a hero play it as it lies yeah come in Tom come on in Tom there’s the head ground great to have you how’s he found that I want to know how often you have to bring the pool scoop out this guy’s prepared for everything serious skills to do that yeah it should be fine is that still good to go just give it 5 minutes in the sun anyway van bake here is going to continue yeah completely miscued this time won’t quite carry how brilliant is that we we always say you should love your groundsman well get him on to comcam in he comes what a legend for Dutch International he’s a lovely Guy Tom but I just love how he seems prepared for absolutely every scenario and it’s not even a matter of oh let’s go find out where the pool scoop is he had it right there ready to go well I know you know your social media you’ve got to get the team onto that get the six get the pool scoop and get Tom coming into comcam there’s a lovely package I was pretty surprised about how how good that ball felt consider it just got very wet this is what’s coming up tomorrow of course on ECM we have three concurrent tournaments we in Estonia for the European cricket series at the moment it’s the last day of group action there before they start round two on Tuesday Talon tallion versus Talon Rising Stars got tatto teams involved as well tatto is about a couple of hours outside the capital Talent and we had a bit of a crazy one today 244 the second highest ever total in a T10 on ecn that’s a good score T10 T10 yeah you heard me you struggling get struggling to get 200 here but you can just flick over tomorrow early in the day he’s been maker and coming back to ball out Delaney goes downtown again he’s finding a bit of Rhythm may not quite get to the Rope it will took a long time to get there I suppose with midon up in the circle there’s going to be a change now Delaney just finding a little bit of a flourish I thought perhaps they put that wet ball back out there cuz it seem to stop pretty quickly but I think this is kind of the wind the wind is kind of uh coming towards us the main camera and a little bit left to right as well that just kind of held up hit with a bit of Back Spin I think did just get to the rope in the end yeah this is the lineup that I like for Ireland I love Mar adir as a security blanket at number eight G delane’s batting as well as he has probably in Irish colors over the last 6 months and then you’ve still got McCarthy to come at nine remember he had a T20 i50 against India last year few on hand in the team he’s no SLO at all at number 10 so there’s lots of Safety and Security it can allow all of those batters to just keep going hard even though they haven’t been successful at doing it it gives them that little bit of relief you said it before the game didn’t you 10 genuine batting threats in there and they shouldn’t run out of batting here as they can certainly continue to attack the game just a quick shape for Estonia as well there is a a tiny Irish link there Kevin O’Brien has been out there a couple of times I think he’s at two trips being brought out to do some coaching I know he’s the assistant coach of Italy currently but he has done a bit of work in and around the continent being to Germany being up to Estonia too it’s a great facility there in Estonia and one of the issues there The Season’s pretty short just because of weather they said they did try and start the season in April once but the ground was completely covered in snow so that was a problem but right now that’s it’s a pretty interesting series over there we’re getting loads of Irish viewers who might not be regular Watchers let’s say of the ECM we’re just talking a Cory about the growth of Dutch Cricket what about the growth of of cricket on the continent how many countries are you in across Europe yeah I mean look we uh on ecn now we have the Euros of cricket in the T10 format in September and October it features 32 Nations uh in in two divisions this year so there’ll be a promotion relegation system of course the Irish 11 have played in that made the the top four last year essentially an Irish development Squad that plays in that but we have seen players like Matt humpr for example then going on to to play test cricket and a lot lot of good young players playing in that and yeah I suppose it’s just about kind of making Cricket more accessible and opening up to new audiences nontraditional Cricket playing audiences really clever from marad he’s going to get four just an uppercut didn’t try to extend or over hit he didn’t need to cuz the pace is on the ball from Van makan nice little Cameo from marad yeah it’s in took a big risk there going that short ball outside the off stump because there was no deep third back and it’s interesting earli in the over it seemed like he wanted to bring his long on Long off kind of straighter and back and setting a field essentially for a for a full delivery then with the the mid off coming up into the circle it didn’t really pan out the way that van makan wanted last ball of his spell coming up you can see van Maker’s reaction there couldn’t you a really great chop from our camera team I don’t know whether he was annoyed at himself or annoyed it maybe the stroke he just grimaced didn’t he and he’s asked orm to come a little finer almost sort of catching fly slip rather than a short third now not any power from aare but it’s not going to carry and he’ll keep the strike rounds out his spell for Paul Van makran very impressive today two for 27 the same figures as Daniel dorham Ireland one two2 for six needing a big last two yeah just going back to Cricket on the continent obviously the Netherlands and Ireland and Scotland they’re real leaders suppose amongst these this kind of next wave of countries Cory who we just had on the commentary coaches Spain they’ve just cracked the top 30 in the world for the first time outside of of these three here I suppose I saw a little bit of them in the T20 World Cup EUR Europe final uh the kind of regional final for that last year I think the qualifying sides were Italy Germany Austria and one other that escapes me off the top of my head but who is it that’s coming up beneath them Spain quite good too Spain yeah I mean Jersey I me Jersey are there forget Jersey and they’ve now cracked ODI cricket and I know that that was a big moment for them last year to play in the 50 over format the highest level Italy are a good example as well I think know Italy are are an emerging side there with some quite seasoned professionals amongst a smattering of locally based players as well and and the soal we call them got of Rogue sides they’re sides that that that are very dangerous I do think you saw they got a bit of National Geographic here got got the geese in as well nice work from our crew at Spring media that’s in the Athletics track there V isn’t it they’re very very good and here’s kingm looking to bow out here in the 19th D is set up outside off stump and that’s why he is going to smash that Miles and Miles May well still be going out there King my said it’s the death where he has those few issues starts with a well a low full toss hammered for six yeah and it wasn’t even that low of a full toss it proper kind of baseball kind of length wasn’t it from kingma and if this one was a movie it’ Be Gone With the Wind because as soon as he hit it that was flying miles out of the ground excellent strike it’s exactly where you want to hit that wind is piling across the ground Still d goes straight down the ground towards long off not going to carry to Tim Pringle just be single gets away with the full toss this time they’ve left Pringle ball the last over and you assume he would so spinning the last is is probably the plan that’s a really good point and if you could find a matchup that Gareth delaye in particular would want actually I think marad will like it too it would be left arm spin in the 20th and final I wonder is this a bit of a misstep a miscount potentially from Scott Edwards yeah I suppose we tend to make a lot of that first Innings I suppose a death over a death over so to speak here kingma with four balls still remaining in his spell the third consecutive full toss skes off an outside edge and oh it’s a brilliant catch and it’s Max odow who’s saying it’s not out yeah he fires it and I thought it was in Celebration but obviously that’s hit the turf at some point fantastic honesty in sportsmanship from Max he’ll be disappointed if he hasn’t held on to that one a lovely moment he gets a big round of applause too and a thumbs up from Gareth Delaney and thanks great spirit of cricket on show here because for all money this looked da Vinny didn’t it it did but let’s have a closer look at it yeah I mean we couldn’t see what happened when he turned around it could actually see him pick up the ball off the ground so yeah that that SP Sports m in the first degre it looked like K was it’s going to be Third Time Lucky on the full tosses let’s see if he can find the pitch here this is really good batting Adair and Delaney combining effectively for the seventh Wicket Ireland finishing with a real flourish 150 very much on the cards now and it’s mainly thanks to these two and how about the outstanding power here from marad off the back foot to generate that pace I wouldn’t say it’s it’s a very fast pitch but he punched that off the back foot through Extra cover read no chance for the fielders yeah great credit to to Max OD In the Heat of battle he can easily do something you regret he did exactly the right thing lovely Spirit of cricket on show they all know each other very well these three European sides but aare the Cameo is turning into more than that now look at this brilliant batting it’s not just par he possesses it’s touch two it’s going to be consecutive boundaries again King is Going the Distance in his fourth and final he doesn’t seem to have an answer yeah all happening in the 19th for Ireland they’re kicking in the tail aren’t they and this is a bit of panach to go with the power of earlier in the over from marad Kingman decides to kind of follow him he made a little bit of a pre-movement outside the off stump it’s almost like a dare was couple of steps ahead and deflects that one away nicely for four it’s another one that Daniel dorham has managed to not get anything on beats his dive real pressure on kingma this over is going round the par finally gets one into the block hole sixth time lucky if you will but it’s a very expensive over and it gives Ireland a real platform into the 20th 150 on the cards 160 don’t rule that out either with the left arm spinner to bowl it’s 139 for six I suppose one of the ideas maybe of bowling Pringle from this end is that if you are going to hit him kind of straight or hit him to to midwicket then you’re you’re going to be hting into the teeth of the breeze so that might be something to do about it identical figures for dor and Van M there to for 27 wickets also for Pringle and kingma Van Bank also doing a very good job the most economical of the bowlers conceding only 22 of his four over spell that last over coming up and it will be Tim Pringle to baller and Vivian kingma goes for 17 off the 19th over it’s the biggest over of the Innings it’s just the fifth double digit one of the Innings and well I would not be surprised if we have a here because Adair and Delaney if they could have designed a match up that they would have liked it would have been left arm spin in the 20th and final the only Advantage Pringle has that wind it’s coming diagonally across the ground so if they are going to go straight down the ground they’ll be kind of hitting into a cross head Breeze yeah that’s right yeah it’s also the first over the Innings it’s had three boundaries in it so won’t be too happy about the way things worked especially there was a missed opportunity in there here’s the 20th brilliant batting don’t think this is a good call from Scott Edwards this could be Carnage in the 20th and final it’s a maximum to start with for Mark Adair well this for me is maybe the Innings of the two days that we’ve seen so far it’s at a strike rate of over 200 quite brilliant for markad there strategic thinking from ad again kind of going with that breeze rather than fighting it pretty much knew what he was going to get from Pringle knows his field saw that there was no real Deep Cover there’s kind of a deep forward Point more than anything had the long off found the Gap hit it perfectly IR really kind of hurting the Dutch bowling in the LA the last over and a bit marad there for so long as batting it didn’t deliver on its initial promise I think he got 30 odd on debut and then played 90 games after that cross format and that was still his highest score it’s another misfield from dorham you won’t believe it he has had a shocker of a day in the field that’s the third if not the fourth for me that should have been stopped instead it’s four more yeah doram at the moment he’s proper throwback isn’t he I know he’s compared to Roger Harper with his bowling action yesterday maybe the Fielding not quite the same unfortunately this is one probably should have been kept in the infield and what a a time to bring out the reverse as well once again kind of going with the breeze tries it again this time no luck but the Netherlands leading in this game still but only by whisker now with this this fight back from Ireland at the back end of the Innings critical dot that time for Pringle as D tried to repeat the dose he’s trying to hit with the wi that’s why he’s trying to reverse sweep big appeal this time the finger goes up a dare just shy of what would have been the third international 50 to go alongside those Innings at Lords and the gra up in Edinburgh last summer but 49 off 24 a fine contribution as Pringle get some relief yeah Pringle goes straight kind of takes the gamble against the sweep shot this time the regulation sweep but beats the bat looks pretty out to me I suppose the the curse of the non half centuries occurs again Matt cross we saw it yesterday say he was out for 49 but I think Adair given the game situation will be pretty happy he don’t have the best angle there but it’s hard to see what it was missing hit him well back as well but what a great Innings from marad we’ll see more of him in the second half of this game no doubt right now he leaves with two balls remaining Island 149 for 7 and out comes Big Barry McCarthy to the crease he will tell you that he hits the biggest ball in the whole Irish team I don’t think his Irish teammates believe that but he’s certainly not shy of confid he’s got two balls to prove himself right doesn’t he well where he tends to like to go is kind of long on to K corner there is a big gap between long on and deep midwicket that might be where he’ll look at but going straight down the ground won’t be easy he’ll just get a single skewed off an Inside Edge probably not a bad result 150 comes up for Ireland it looked incredibly unlikely throughout the vast majority of those first Innings but they have something for their Bowlers to defend I know you were doubting the capabilities of AI but really the the computer never had Ireland well out of this contest did they I think many Irish fans did for almost all of that first Innings the dominated at least 75% to it last ball of the first Innings and Gareth Delany May well have picked out the man at long off because of that wind it’s a big swing isn’t it difficult to hit uphill into it and the risk the gamble to Bow the left arm spinner in the 20th and final it’s not too costly in the end two wickets fall in it and Delaney perishes yeah they kind of had to go for it nothing to lose really kind of went for what he thought was his best shot took on the wind in L so Delaney will go and that’s the end of the 20 overs 150 for8 isand just looking at the splits they were 65 in the first half of the Innings they were 85 in the second you can see the fight back pretty impressive as well considering that they had had a lost six wickets in the first 14 overs or so that really influential partnership for the seventh Wicket of 64 got them back on the right track and ultimately we think it’s about to pass score 150 let’s go back and have a look at some of the highlights here from the first 20 overs of match two with the Irish being sent in certainly in a bit of early trouble with three very early wickets putting them on the back foot yeah they got themselves into real trouble early and being honest with you there was a couple of injudicious shots like that one from Andy B Bernie but it was mainly due to the Excellence and the accuracy of the Dutch Bowlers thought they were really really nice the way in which their seamers and their Spinners affected combined dorham well he’s taken to a second career in international cricket like a duck to water two big wickets for him Sterling and tector yeah no doubt but I think it also shows that the touring bats they haven’t really come to terms with this pitch so far and perhaps a few balls stopping in the pitch a few skinning on and it’s hard to tell what’s going to do what suppose when you don’t use the pitch bad things are going to happen we saw a bit of over pitching didn’t we from the Dutch at certain times a lot of those did get put away but I got to say I did enjoy the batting of Tucker 40 off 30 it was pretty important in turning things around five fours and their six in there that was a great catch by B toer wasn’t it out on the point boundary to get camper but really come the second half of the Innings isand kind of found another gear fought back to to essentially put on a pretty competitive title it’s going to be something that the Dutch batters will have to think of hitting in that direction towards the paddock end will not be easy good skills from Paul Van maker and bouncing out George dockle another a strong area of his viian kingm well he got dispatched towards the third and fourth overs his Innings I think the Dutch need to think about bowling him three up top with the new ball cuz he’s nowhere near as good at the dep as he is at the start yeah it’s really good in point a good point you made I suppose he didn’t take the last week last night but he wasn’t just a little bit off I think still hitting more of an early early Innings length at times and when he is going for the or they over pitching this one was a nice kind of slice straight down the ground for four and maker and then rolled the dice with a short wall and paid the price as that was a late boundary Yeah you mentioned that that 19th over we say it all happens in the 19th in T20 Cricket kingma going for three boundaries including uh this moment as well in the 19th where odan put down a chance then we saw two more boundaries come after that so I suppose they do pay a little bit maybe without that you’re looking more the 140 the 150 does look a little bit more but certainly game on here in match too yeah I think maybe honors even in fact Ireland might quite fancy their chances of Defending that total nine bound in from Arad he was the star of the show wasn’t he he was helped by the occasional misfield I think Daniel dorham had a day to forget in the field although he was brilliant with the ball and Tim Pringle got two late wickets in the last over to make his fingers look a lot better with three for 32 it may well be honor even at the halfway stage yeah dorm in the last he’ll be a little bit upset with that classic outset of the riddle what happens when a tree falls in the woods but unfortunately we were all here to see it let’s have a look at the scorecard Island sent in by Duck Skipper Scott Edwards to put 150 for8 on the board Mar Adair batting in the number eight position mention he’s an insurance policy he certainly is a very good one that paid out there 49 of 24 out late in the piece 40 for L kaker batting in number three position no one else able to exceed 20 for Ireland just the 3x was pretty disciplined bowling even though maybe those full tosses late in the piece turned out to be a bit costly for the Dutch Bowlers but lots of good performance there for the home nation yeah I think for the butters certainly disappointment or three people getting in in terms of Sterling and indeed B ber alongside him and camper and then getting out getting to double figures and getting out but the wickets were shared around eight in total everyone baring Logan van bake took a wicket Al his Figures were the most economical of the lot no doubt so team effort so far let’s see if the Dutch bats are swinging we’ll see Ireland in the field for the first time in the series 151 will be the target for the Aria Vinnie sand here Mr Maximo with Andrew lenon big 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International World Cup in the West Indies in USA in just a couple of weeks time v s here Mr Maximo for ecn on a sunny Sunday afternoon and joining me once again for the chase is Andrew lard 150 exactly for Ireland after being sent in in match two pretty evenly points I’d say at halim well when Ireland were 83 for six with one ball left of the 14th over I don’t think they would have believ they could have got up to 150 but thanks to marad there and a nice little flourish to alongside him from Gareth Delaney with 19 49 the start of the show though marad there off just 24 balls just one run shy of what would have been a third T20 i50 they have to open the bowling there of course too and alongside a good contribution from L and Tucker the man on your screen who made 40 off 30 deliveries has given Ireland life in this game I don’t think they’re ahead but I think if they bowl and field well it could just possibly defend this total it’s interesting out of all the opening batters we’ve seen so far in the series we’ve seen six of them lit’s the only one to really be able to take the game on and win early and so let’s see if he can come out hit them similarly to how he did yesterday was was very impressive and I’m not sure how much Ireland will have seen of Michael levit in terms of their playing Personnel I know Scot IR will have crunched all his numbers and he’ll probably have watched every ball he’s at a flying start at the international game what can he do against markad been in great form domestically Cory Rooker has been telling us all about that and I think if anything the Dutch they look comfortable and confident in their position they’ve done the business in the first half despite that good finish from Ireland they should be confident to chasing this down yeah I think so and especially we talked a lot about the fact that they have experience on this this pitch and R experience they’re just a little bit more comfortable in their own backyard D searching for an early Wicket floating slip in place does find the outside edge but it’s wider Paul Sterling who’s the one catcher in there and good running will’ll get them back for a couple I know we’ve said it a few times Vin he but a big shout out to the vorberg team there’s got to be over a thousand fans in here they only found out about this series about 10 days ago when it was switched across from Amsterdam it’s a brilliant facility run by great people what a lovely Community here yeah definitely and I might even be a slightly bigger crowd than yesterday now being a Sunday I don’t think there’s as many the local cricketers that have Club commitments on a Sunday compared to a to a Saturday there just been a lovely atmosphere it’s kind of a family atmosphere but it’s also feels like a pretty learned Cricket atmosphere everyone seems to be very much aware of what’s going on the occasional bottle of beer going there too I think it’s only fair on a Sunday it’s it’s in the culture Al I love the way it’s kind of barded you’ve got the the church in the background you got the the kind of windmill as well on one side you got the trees as well got the canal on one side you got the beautiful Clubhouse here as well the endoor facility the Athletics track it’s a really nice atmosphere in a week I’ll tell you about it in a moment but we’ll be having a very special day here at the VC ground next Sunday that’s going to be okay just inside the guideline the Umpire adjudicates that as being fine so the the kcv finals it one is probably just okay for me stepped away made it look a bit wider than actually was U is next weekend is the kcb T20 finals uh at the club level so the top four clubs in the Netherlands will be playing two semi-finals and then a final next Sunday so three matches from this beautiful venue as well it’s a big day on the the Dutch domestic calendar oh so nearly the first Wicket and a real moment of Fortune for Michael levit it’s the Inside Edge that is saved him the DAR skills with the new ball unparalleled the fan gets a moment to remember levit somehow gets four yeah a little bit of luck there kind of tried to go down the ground pick the wrong line the game is so close never gets the better of the luck sometimes comes out on top could have easily been gone there yeah so next weekend not quite sure if you have the fixtures yet maybe I can ask Cory but we’ll we’ll have the two semis and the final of course the winner of that goes to the European cricket league in 2025 cut away pierces the infield Sterling tries to get something on it then it’ll be Harry Tor and Gareth Delany who have to combine and maybe a little bit of acrobatics the end result will be one run save but that only tells half the story great Fielding from Ireland in the Deep wow classic case of The Three Amigos here and we do spend a lot of time in Spain this is unbelievable Fielding I I think it’s fine you see knocks it up it’s only the first touch that that’s really in question and that looks clean to me and from here there’s no doubt and then you can see takes off inside I mean that’s something that you might see at the Harlem Globe trots never mind a T20 International here in the Netherlands but this is amazing Uno THS th third in line gets the ball we were talking about something a little while ago as we get end the first over nine without loss after one but we were talking about the fact that we would maybe like to see Catch assists come into the game CU now that you see kind of boundary catches often they’re completed by more than one Fielder similarly to how we credit a run out on ecn to the last two fielders touch the ball and uh someone said well why only the last two and I realized I’ve never seen a team patch involved three fielders that wasn’t a catch but it certainly did all three fielders in the action well if that had ended with the run out would have been incredible Barry McCarthy to take the new ball Paddock end he starts down the leg side Tucker does just enough to keep it to just the one y wi that would be signal yeah Harry Tor very fit and fast and agile combined with Gareth Delany and then George Docker you talk about hunting in packs in the field that’s exactly what your coaches would want you to do good work from Ireland McCarthy excited to see him ball he’s balling with the wind at his back as well L faced every delivery so far at the other end maxo down run a ball 30 yesterday but certainly not not the best we’ve seen of him in a dut shirt ke to make him mens today that’s the the ones that have interested me here on these surfaces we haven’t seen any fly through and be taken up above the Keeper’s head really we’ve seen a few skid on and keep a bit low yeah that’s kind of the the male on this pitch as well we tend to talk about it more with the slow Bowlers but I kind of agree we haven’t really seen dangerous looking bounce have we and maybe in a lot of ways it it’s good preparation before you you might see in a place for example like the West Indies which is it’s kind of known for having reasonably slow wickets USA is a bit of a lottery with the drop in pitches that actually come from Australia good tight line from McCarthy he was really missed in in games two and three you were talking about scorecards there Vinnie if you looked at the score card from that first T20 I you’d say oh Barry McCarthy four overs none for 39 did not tell the tale of his day quite remarkable football Style run out where he kicked one onto the Stomps a sensational five run save in the Deep where he stopped a certain six that brought about a wicket from the next ball and then a spectacular catch down at long on he’s a a wholehearted cricketer that really arand they love getting in and around and he’s approaching his 100th cap now for arand just too shy of that I think after today special cricketer good stop this time from dock roll at cover a point and a little bit off with the line early in the over now seems to have settled in probably kind of boed a little bit by that you might want to call it variable bounce or kind of unexpected low bounce ear in the over kind of plays into the Ban’s mind as well it run a ball here through the first over and a half they’ll be looking to just kind of hold their own in the power play Island maybe a wicked or two push that up to kind of 9 and over over all so we could see that the percentage is swinging around good skills from mcarthy that’s the line he likes to ball he’s added a real yard of pace in recent times something he did coming back from an injury identified that his way back into the team was trying to get up towards 140k plus he’s been clocked just above that occasionally when he’s at his very best to bowl there but he’s like that middle overs in forcer rle in the Odis in the t20s he has to bowl tough overs at the top and then at the death as well test debut for McCarthy earlier in the year against Afghanistan of course took a three for a debut there so obviously a player that’s establish himself in the lineup and yeah offers more than what you might see on paper that’s pretty clear really good lines here from McCarthy on that test debut it also was in Ireland’s first ever test victory yeah and for those who watched that game it was the third morning in Abu Dhabi and there was a really stiff breeze from one end of the ground it was very clear that all the sameers are had four same options would want to ball from one end McCarthy stuck his hand up that morning to Bow unchanged nine consecutive overs from the uphill into the wind end I think he got two wickets in the spell but one of them was with that trademark McCarthy Roar in celebration he kind of turns himself into the Hulk he quite literally put his team his Nation on his shoulders that day and actually bowled Ireland to a test match victory at D was the player of the match as this one goes just over the D’s head but it was McCarthy had a huge role to play in that first ever test win for Ireland that many of the players have referred to as their favorite moment ever in the game and it doesn’t doesn’t surprise me at all end of the over here 12 without L half two McCarthy only going for three in that over last ball saw two in Fairly unconvincing fashion from levit this is the table of course with the Netherlands getting over Scotland one 67 to 126 yesterday they head up the table Scotland will see them again tomorrow against the Irish double round robin format team will play Four matches like each of their opponents twice if he is the Hulk he’s certainly wearing the right color isn’t he bar McCarthy he’ll be very happy with that start he’s just got this kind of habit of being involved in big moments not quite a Freddy flintoff character but there’s kind of shades of that to him when he’s good Ireland tend to be good as well Adair in for his second now Mark adir he’s had a brilliant 18 months or so probably longer than that actually 24 30 months in in international cricket B Bernie with the Fielding Ireland’s Fielding outside of the the three k critical drop catches against Pakistan it’s been much better over the last little while too but the Dutch just three extras in that first Innings they did a lot of things right with the exception of those misfields from Daniel dor yeah that’s true uh perhaps King m didn’t quite hit his spot I think he had a very good point about bowling him three in the power play if it’s working don’t change it the other option would be maybe two in the power play then let him bow the seventh which is is sometimes seen as one of the easier overs to bowl I a lot depends on if he gets away with his first if he Bowls two and four and he could Bowl the seventh maybe even the eighth so he can stay at the same end often we’ll see teams going to spin at the end of the six although we have seen the duck use using spin a bit earlier opening with Arend yesterday opening with dorham today but uh yeah pretty even contest here’s nose in front but feel like they’re a couple of wickets away from getting back to par and certainly all of a sudden that 6040 feel to the game is very much in play isn’t it OD had a very turgid stay at the crease yesterday no initial signs that that’s going to be any different today 30 off 30 you look at a score card you think oh second highest score in the Innings but that doesn’t really tell the tale of the day and especially when you consider that he has been one of their Premier for performers over the last last three or four years in the orange shirt but it is still I suppose reasonbly early in the in the European season at least not going to read too much into one performance does have an interesting kind of almost baseball like setup doesn’t he though Max odow he’s made his own Inside Edge again and lit once more fortunate to survive irelander just keeping things tight keeping things simple applying some pressure to the Dutch early yeah that style that odad has the only one in world cricket I can think it’s similar as actually Gareth Delaney yeah that’s a good point I suppose he’s very still and that’s something that you see sha Marsh not quite the same but also a player that kind of would would start with a bat horizontal gr G was another one going back but nothing quite like the kind of angles you see from Max that one might have just kept out a little bit as well from a that’s an off cutter good skills from Air showing them all off yeah I’m so happy to see Gareth Delany back batting with fluency lovely shots in the crowd here Andy Valour it’s off camera but he’s in the crowd signing some Dutch shirts Irish very much getting into the spirit of this Festival feel to the game but delany’s return to form is just so important important Vinnie because he had a a real difficult patch where his technique was questioned he tried to tweak it but he’s gone back to what he knows now he’s bading as well as he ever has he’ll have a role to play too with his leg breaks today yeah beat yourself I suppose what gets you so far as the Netherlands still fairly quiet so far it’s 14 without loss after three yeah there is something special about this ground I know it’s only my second day here but rapidly tur into one of my favorite International venues I think the other thing the kcb deserve credit for playing these games at 5:00 p.m. local time just makes them really accessible yeah I think you’re exactly right no mistake in the Netherlands they they’re playing the Saturday and Sunday fixtures here imagine a lot of the cricket lovers that can do they’ll be here tomorrow night to watch the island versus Scotland match first time the two visiting Nations will lock horns got the the rest day Tuesday before we pick it up Wednesday Thursday Friday this pitch will be used for 3 days and then it’s likely we’ll move strips for uh the fourth fifth and sixth matches that one about three or four pitches to the left big moment here funand gets a first Bowl in international cricket in quite a while he’s had real moments of Brilliance since he’s burst onto the scene he was then being left out and sometimes it can be difficult to find a way back in but Ireland of later playing more and more wolves Cricket he was actually the player of the series for the Irish wolves in their one of the two Series win they had against the Nepal a team in KATU recently so he’s forced his way back in he started really nicely he will be chomping at the bit Vinnie he knows how massive an opportunity this is two or three good performances here he could be on a plane to the USA and the Caribbean yeah no doubt about it I’m sure he recognized it I’ve got to ask you about that irland wolves in the Nepal series what was that like for you I mean you have a special affinity for Nepal I know we’ got a lot of Nepali viewers here as well obviously that must have been very very special for you ah look it was Mana from Heaven I was kind of involved initially in the discussions trying to get the two boards together at first we were hoping for it to be a senior V senior series as this goes a long way up now there’s a man back there Curtis CER not going to be able to get there but he does brilliantly well might have created a runout opportunity too oh Sensational Fielding never quite going to be catchable but he nearly turned it into a runout chance two runs to the total he did and was a bit of a gamble for the second run here trying to make something happen almost kind of had to throw against his momentum which was still very sideways but aggressive running there from levit he does get back for the double you could almost see the panic in levit sprinting for the second where he realized could be in trouble here if the throw was right on target might have been a chance throwing into the wind though was the challenge so yeah that tour was was very special it ended up being a a wolv side which is the RSA team to to play two games against the full Nepal side which Nepal they to be honest they absolutely hammered the Rish wolves team but then the a VA team games were exceptional really closely played and even though Ireland won both series Neal had plenty of good moments too and I just love the way I was a bit nervous about the boys going over I was hoping they’d love it as much as I do and every single one of them fion in particular who did a lot of Vlogs he’s worth a follow on the gram if you’re on there he really took Nepal into his heart this time slapped away standard deliver from levit four to the total very good shot very very good shot and he has been offing a bit of with there hand hasn’t he so far we saw him win the battle with the tram line the ball before this time standing deliver from levit goes up and over that cover in the circle you can see hand there kind of willing the Fielder to get up off the ground but that was always heading over for four it’s interesting what you said about the eight teams locking horns and of course Cory was talking about the pro series and building that bridge between Club cricket and international cricket it’s uh it’s something I think the all countries are in a unique situation they have to try and find their own solution obviously the chance to travel internationally is is very important as well to see how local players handle different conditions eny over here right now Netherlands 20 without loss after four yeah it’s it’s not just the travel it’s the the exposure to different conditions and you know for irand to go out and face so much spin like they did in Nepal they weren’t facing big 6’5 dut man coming in and bowling faster them they’re facing mainly Nepali left arm Spinners and plenty of skills with them too so there’s been a bit of talk in Irish Cricket over the last three or four years about the the Darth and the lack of wolves Cricket but there’s been a real move towards getting more more of it there was an emerging team side that went out to the Caribbean in October November and now a West Indian team will come to Ireland this summer to play against a similar side and the Wolves of that great tour of Nepal as Barry McCarthy will change ends again another one just keeping a wee bit low how’s this one miss Vinnie yeah just maybe a little high a little bit outside off but see odow wasn’t really in a great position to play that to play that pull shot see the back foot doesn’t really go anywhere maybe a bit fortunate to survive you see also he’s ke to make things happen isn’t he Max soow Bo needs to get on a little bit of a run maybe a couple of boundaries has turn his confidence around McCarthy now pushing up into the wind you always do the hard overs for you I think that’s why he’s such a popular man in and around the squad driven with real positivity finally OD gets something to get his account going and he kind of takes Ms into his own hands here doesn’t he probably got the exact ball that he wanted here when he was on the charge turn it into something drivable so down takes mans into his own hands and then a little bit of a a Scurry from some of the younger Dutch supporters to handle the match ball this Paul Sterling just a quick word on on Paul Sterling something that he completed against Pakistan we probably didn’t talk about as much as we should have though as this one is now cut away almost driven off the back foot on the up extra Pace from McCarthy right into the middle of Max od’s back yeah what a shot from odad and what a difference one ball can make got one out of the middle now he’s got two and right on Q Max he’s turning this power play around and turning into something productive for the Dutch Paul Sterling with the his appearance in the second T20 I went to 390 Ireland caps that is now breaking and has broken the record of Kevin O’Brien not just the most capped Irish cricketer but the most capped Irish Sports man or woman in any sport in the history of the sport of all sports in our country phenomenal achievement from an incredible player Paul Sterling we’ll see if he can bring him to you again in a moment but it’s just what an achievement a legacy that he’s left he’ll almost certainly fingers crossed no injuries he’ll be the first ever person to go to 400 caps and that’s quite something unbelievable and who knows with a World Cup run it might be during during the World Cup next month that’s a good point Vinnie so okay if he plays the four here 391 today that would get him to 394 I think they’d need to get to the super eights but you might just have called something in there if if Ireland could go on and beat Pakistan they’ll have to play well of course that’ be a lovely way to do it and he he’s such a modest guy’s he’s someone who who doesn’t look for the Limelight but occasionally he really deserves it that’s a very good point you make and very excited to have player of that caliber and he’s in Good Company here as well but on ecn obviously promoting European cricket and you couldn’t really find a better example of European Cricket than than Paul Sterling of what he’s done in the game cont tracking that Irish runup to full member status and to be able to play to play test Cricket be competitive to win a test now and and setting things up for the next generation of young Irish cricketers he’s a he’s a great role model he’s had a really impactful start as Captain as well I have to say that the Irish boys across all three formats have played it very much in a a different manner to the kind of the the final stages of Andy Bal Bernie’s Reign that’s no disrespect to Andy Bal Bernie was a great Captain for Ireland too but they just seem to have been freed up under Paul Sterling now very positive intent in everything they do very happy group yeah for sure it’s a great adventure they’ve got ahead of themselves as well you imagine that with the the 201 World Cup and hopefully expanding even even further in in the next few editions isand they should be a fixture there last B the fifth over coming up from McCarthy FS into the p is there some bat involved L Tucker was interested momentarily it gets us to the end of the fifth no wickets for Ireland but the Dutch just being kept in check 30 for n the score they run a ball through the first five just kind of been him for BCE I don’t think there was any any bat in it but Le it not quite the fluency we saw from him yesterday let’s welcome you into the commentary box V sand Mr maximor with Andrew Leonard of course to have these discussions about about the Irish team of course from you but but also just uh suppose noticing the kind of sense of optimism and and opportunity that these players are getting heading into a World Cup uh just now though we’re going to talk a little bit of ecn news of course we’ve got so much happening right now in fact next week we’ll have four concurrent series for the first time so we’re calling it May Madness Lenny because we’re in Estonia right now it’s a Portugal Night series we’re here in the Netherlands of course we got the Continental cup which is a t20i series in Romania next week we head to England for the first time ever uh and then plenty more Cricket as we head into June so uh it’s it’s a pretty hectic time at the moment on the network my head spinning just looking at the schedule let alone working out the logistics of how you’re going to go and deliver it all as Curtis camper comes into the attack yeah look at if you didn’t realize we have something like 1,700 matches planned this year as I’ve commentated I think already around about 500 matches this year this season alone there you go which is and and Vinnie every one of those 1700 games are all broadcast they’re all Broad BR they broadcast worldwide as well so offers a platform to show what’s Happening kind of WS and all in some cases on the continent but I think just showing it is the is the step to establishing it as the biggest question I get in so many countries I go to is what is cricket is that the one where you ride horses and hit the ball around is it croquet uh people say I must be a good horse rider and so really showing it is is part of the strategy to grow cricket and something obviously we’ve we’ve now been doing for around about four or 5 years and have come along way to the point that here we are doing the Netherlands versus Ireland in Europe so it’s it’s bit of a dream come true for us picked up into the air and well over the head of marad there at Mid on Curtis camper dispatched with a little bit of disdain all the way for six and a shine of the ball oh thank you sir yeah well looks like it might have been a little bit of a cutter from Campa but he D kind of picks it and smacks it doesn’t he Maximo time for the Netherlands check it out here in the replay I think does just kind of try to get it to hold up in the pitch but Maxi certainly deal with it and I like this even the home crowd trying to help the the Irish team by a little bit of The Shining of the ball not something we see Too Much Anymore well I think all he’s saying is right arm over umpire that’s my action I’m ready for a trundle nice to see the crowd and look who knows this might be the biggest crowd we get obviously we’re heading into the week now the last two matches Thursday and Friday they are morning starts so they’re kind of lunch time matches just wonder do the umpires want to double check whether or not this went all the way for six because there’s a bit of a discussion marad is never short of a word to the umps I can assure you of that and I think he’s run back from mid on and said what are you talking about that wasn’t six I saw it bounce inside the Rope yeah and we don’t have the assistance of the technology for this series but Mark there I can guarantee you has let the umpires know exactly what he thinks yeah and it did appear from the the play that it does bounce just inside don’t know if it maybe takes a little bit of the Rope but uh just need to keep an eye on the on the Umpire because he can change his decision before the next ball is bowled it doesn’t looks like right now it’s still I’ve got it still is six but again there’s some discussions going on and uh I guess who know two runs could make a difference in the end this is a pretty tight contest at the moment and we’ll try and get official word from the Reserve umpire six is given and confirmed and marad there well he’s not happy at mid- on it’s a long way from the camera it does bounce pretty close to the Rope I don’t know if they think that it’s just flicked a bit of the Rope on the but uh more for than six to me odad won’t mind that’s that’s runs for him the bigger question for me is is the introduction of Curtis camper here we haven’t really seen him used a huge amate I know he did both four overs in one of the games maybe actually two of them against Pakistan but prior to that he was barely bowling Ireland were sticking rigidly with the eight overs of wristpin coming from Ben White and GTH Delaney and the reason we got told in the Pakistan series that irand went away from that was that the boundaries were too small in clarf that’s not the case here today yet they’ve turned to camper who’s immediately gone for some runs that for me is a very interesting strategic decision they seem absolutely at pains Vinnie to use a sixth seventh or eighth bowler to despite Paul Sterling being there despite Harry Tor bowling in I think eight of his nine appearances at the BPL in January in the Bangladesh premier league and George dck is getting used less and less of late which given how well he’s bowling ball one over for five against Pakistan across 3 T20 eyes it surprises me it continues to surprise me yeah it’s interesting isn’t it especially as this is a golden opportunity I suppose to to try those things out getting into the world cup goes to the short ball now there’s a man out there this should be a catching opportunity it’s the sub Fielder I think rosad has come on just momentarily for Andy Bal Bernie and he’s got a catch to his name that’s why he com for his bowling says Paul Sterling Ireland they have their first and lit he was a bit of a stand at the top of the order yesterday and kind of seemed to to have that timing to be reading the pitch well but he backs away slightly pulls it anyway the were two fielders waiting on that shot and it’s a simple catch taken in the end and is that rosad I think rosad on the field at the moment takes the catch and so that will be the first Wicket down Le Falls for 19 of 24 not quite hitting his straps here the score is 39 for one after six end of the power play as well so leit kind of joins the joins the list of openers that haven’t quite been able to to get Motoring in the power play yesterday we saw Scott Edwards coming in at the number three position but today we are seeing vjit sing I think is where he belongs belongs in top three him very well yesterday for the Netherlands got a got their their Innings moving in the middle 39 of 18 34s 36ers coming out at number three and joining me in the compy box now there’s none other than Cory Ruckus yeah good to be back Vin he with a great game on the hands don’t we 39 for one at the end of the power play just want to touch on that Wick a little bit more Paul Sterling great cap they just moved deep midwicket back they deep midwicket deep squar dug it in Le it tried to be brave didn’t pay off it’s a big Wicket in this game seem also with Lev kind of backed away a little bit maybe trying to open up that offside but the ball followed him he kind of went the hook anyway simple catch was taken and now I know there are a lot of Dutch fans here as well but I got to say there’s been a little bit of an Irish in you think getting pretty rockus out there V in my little break I went for a bit of a lap and it’s starting to get loud from the Irish F hand is going to B over number seven into the power play five outfielders available stops through the Fielding this time that wasn’t moving too far how do you see OD Down’s Innings compared yesterday when he really struggled to get going yeah he’s shown definitely some signs here after the first uh four overs actually he’s only gone two runs and hadn’t had much strike he found two boundaries consecutively lovely straight drive and then got a six away over deep mid which bit contentious could have been for so he’s got flowing in this one bit more responsibility on him today whipped away this time by a down he only get a single so we’ll see Vikram on strike for the first time wasn’t he good yesterday yeah he was probably the player that took the game away from Scotland in that middle period Scotland were fighting back with the Spinners in play cuts into the deck vicam J sing’s Innings yesterday was exceptional V I think he timed the ball lovely played some shots over side that will saying shot of today 39 off 18 yesterday if he can imitate even half of that today get himself here Netherlands will go pretty close in this and the Netherlands chose to chase they’re getting a Chase here aren’t they I think some talk as well that the Irish maybe haven’t had the best record defending scores here’s fand just gets a thick outside edge on this one he’s off the Mark I think the Irish Bowlers will enjoy bowling on this surface as well obviously coming up against Pakistan last week on quite small boundaries they’ll enjoy having quite straight boundaries so at a long distance so they’ll definitely find themselves in this contest they’ll know vicam Jing OD doubt if they can get these two in the next coup will bring Edwards out into the middle a Manu still to come must delay to probably a big potential to come out at number four who’s into the side today interesting match up this game tucked away but they got two fielders guarding this side of the boundary turn for it to kind of bed the fine leg in the Deep backwood square and OD doubles back yeah good running from odad himself into the 20s a slight fumble out there at Deep fine leg so game’s well poised wickets column only one down for the Dutch I think they’d take this start I think isand would take this start as well they haven’t let them get off to a flyer middle over is the key here I think if EV can’t kind of find those multiple boundary overs at times I think that we’ll see this game kind of head back to a 50/50 punched out to the sweeper also should say if you’d like to get a bit interactive with us that’s one of the unique and special things about ecn Cricket you can get in the live chat ecn European Cricket network if you have any questions or comments let us know what you think about this contest at the moment yeah I think a lot of the neutral viewers would be enjoying it as well really does feel like it’s a 50/50 game at the moment could go either way bit of Brilliance from some of the Irish players in the field about a getting a couple of boundaries away to get their team ahead a good over here from hand try take on the pull should be gone and it’s taken so not able to replicate the effort of yesterday vicam jit Singo second ball for just one it’s a simple catch taken there by Harry Tor running around from it on and the Irish supporters are getting louder and louder in these second Innings Netherlands Now 44 for2 great shot of the locals there the Irish have come in their droves and they are happy a seriously good over here from handy put on a good length line mid off and mid on were in the ring there he tested him out with the ball vicam J saying he’ll be very disappointed to get out in that manner and it’s a big Wicket for the Irish there’s the fans there’s the loc they love it course they do loving their sunshine how about that for a little bit of the old old shoulder bump there but viam he won’t be celebrating here’s a second to four 44 for2 I think the shot was on though you’re right they brought the mid on up uh wind probably helping this shot a little bit as well but just nowhere near the middle of the bat and good reward for fand who’s been really tight so far into seven Basta comes out here at number four and of course he’ll be a real injection of quality into this touch middle order today obviously been released from Durham for this series and for the World Cup not uh picked as a b bowling allrounder or batting all round in this game wasn’t bowling in uh he won’t be bowling in the first couple of t2s I’ve been told but look out for him as a batsman a standalone batsman he’s good enough to be selected just as a bat gets a big opportunity here at number four and will be interesting to what sort of plans irland come up with with to come up against him great couple of O from hand wonder if they’ll be tempted to keep him going you see there that Ben White is coming on now for the first time fifth bowler being used by Ireland so we’ll see a bit of a change of pace here in over number eight yeah good time to get white into the game it’s clever bowler bit of a traditional T20 field here you’ve got point and cover pretty tight trying to save ones short third and 45 in the ring everyone else on the Rope just trying to get the field right interesting to see what that Wicket does to the percentages as well when we see them here they come pretty shortly oh doubt faces up in over number eight first one’s a rank long hop really down the leg side and pretty well done by Lo and Ducker to make sure that didn’t get past him but now it does look like we’re dealing with a genuine coin flip here in match two wasn’t the most easy series for white obviously the small boundaries and Pakistan got a hold of him quite a bit but he’ll enjoy that big deep mid off deep mid on just needs to put in the right area ask some questions much better this time from White I think there no mistake he’s operating from that padic end where if you if you do want to take him down the ground you’re going to have to fight that wind it probably is from the from where you stand is about you’re probably talking like a 77 78 M hit down the ground yeah probably take me about three Club lengths to get it that far Vinnie especially with a bit of Breeze as well not easy you just got to work on your Club selection anyway adad 21 of 16 at the moment been joined by Bast later the prince of warberg on his home ground he’ll be loving this atmosphere let’s see what he can do first one not a bad shot at all it’s going to test the Fielder and he’s not going to pass the test four runs a perfect start for deler well what a what nice way to start deler series with the bat over pitched outside off stamp he loves batting out here at VTC it’s his home club before he moved to Durham and that’s a lovely shot to open up the account it’s a really nice kind of breaking of the wrist there for bass as well he’s had some breakout performances in the last couple of years in a Dutch shirt now pushes in the same direction only a single there’s a reason they call him the prince just you can see with certain players around there it’s a bit of ooze of skill and the silkiness to him are you’re right Vinnie he played many breakout innings in the last year or two I know Ryan Campbell invested a lot of time in him when they first wanted to get bust into the system and if he can put on a good showing here he’ll get the Dutch very close to getting these runs also that partnership with Ryan going to continue at Durham as well that kind of that Affinity they have developed his game a lot I think one it’s kind of quick and push through and odow will just work a single big opportunity for odow here as well I know this year he’s had a lot of starts he’d love to get that big score over the line he’s got himself to 23 I think today’s tempos looked really good some really nice striking so he’s got himself he’d love to go on for a big one Highland also I think at the moment be pretty happy with this stting the ball quite tily here today driven but not beating Sterling he’s still in pretty tight in there at cover isn’t he trying to keep that single creates a DOT there white recovered well after a slightly shaky start now Dela will get one down the ground apologies with the score just disappearing for a moment but we’re sure it’ll be back pretty shortly as white finishes his first over great atmosphere here I mean I love the windmill being here it’s always it’s like a postcard isn’t it this ground also I like the little bit of hint of America with the with the American Food Truck Yeah I’m not going to lie that the hot dog stand got me a little bit an hour before play and walked past and I finally felt guilty to it at least none of it’s on your jacket I was going to say though a little bit of cultural adjustment you know when people used to go to India and you have to adjust to the food and all that of course absolutely but no I went for a bit of a lap when I was off the air and you can see the fans some of the Dutch viewers out there with the orange floppy hats and some of the the Irish have flown over the ditch and they’re here as well quite a nice crowds built up think is’s a bit more than yesterday I reckon we’ve cracked 1 th today good to see it’s a perfect time to come watch evening fix J up here in balberg loving it weather’s been amazing as well score after 8 53 for two that’s camper he’s going to be swung around to this city end first one’s a deflection straight down to the Deep third for a single delat certainly has kind of hit the ground running here hasn’t he as opposed to some batters that have kind of struggled for touch early in their Innings yeah he’s only had a small sample size of five balls but all of them have shown a little bit of class so Dows 23 of 18 looked good today as well they’ll know though at ad andova they can control that right the odd boundary at the star and over noge it round they run very well between the wickets punched off the back foot should be handled out there it’s a long single for oow R’s just quietly crept up hasn’t it it’s kind of up in the eights now I think with the wickets in hand though eights wouldn’t make you feel too worried if started to get to the 10 maybe or 9.5 you start to question maybe the tempo you’re out there but eights and over is definitely doable in this day and age with players being able to play 360 as well played out in the same direction This Time by Bas Dela of course the Dela family bit of a dynasty like he said his dad Tima the king of vorberg we’ve commentated B bet as well in the ecws before and of course the the women have a T20 Series against Italy the Dutch women coming up next week I know that you’ll be sticking around for that yeah an exciting time in the Dutch sort of cricket summer for the men’s and the women’s as are for the island as well obviously going over to the World Cup very soon this time down on the pool get a single I like what isand have been doing here so far in this Innings Vinnie haven’t been changing it up so much they’re hitting a very good heavy length often there’s a short ones the surprise ball got vicam J sing out got levered out at the moment with the two balls back of a length just seem like they’re they’re enjoying the bigger boundaries using the surface well they’ll be pretty happy with their start also look at the comparative scores right now actually identical just is lost one more Wicket at this stage yeah it’s really good observation goes a little bit too wide and we’ll be called a run of eight balls without a boundary at the moment you can see there camp for just saying hey didn’t he move across a bit I do think it was quite a lot outside the tram line that’s why the Umpire still makes the call great to have a few comments and discussions happening right now in the live chat ecn European Cricket network this time more of a full-blooded cut shot from Dela and he’s going to get his second boundary just that width off it again from camper but this time the prince of warberg Cashes in small sample size of seven deliveries in this Innings from DEA but boy he’s looked good hasn’t he a drive through the covers to get himself off the mark that ball wasn’t that short wasn’t that wide and he makes something of it gets it away through backward point for four the Dutch kids enjoyed that one so many youngsters here that’s one thing I really really like around this ground I got for noas classic Cover Drive this time from Dela he’ll get another boundary here he’s come out red hot yeah he’s come out firing like a bullet from a gun three fours in his eight deliveries so far the Dutch have got themselves to 66 for2 after nine interesting with delay today think earlier in the over he was kind of making a definite effort see a little skip step outside there off sum I think partly might be kind of Daring camp for the bowl straigh out to to be able to pick up and hit with the wind to the leg side do you think Bowers should Double Bluff a little bit more that one about shuffles outside the off stump they try pin leg stump just that bit more do you think that Bowlers of this level are good enough just to go okay if you’re going to move across I’m going to Bluff you and hit the leg stump yeah I think or not even just the leg stump but fo in at the stump challenges the better especially early in his Innings to to hit the ball opens up the obw and the potential bold we see camper there was pretty determined to kind of keep it kind of tram line kind of line well here’s a bit of a surprise dock Ru it’s only one over recently against Pakistan hasn’t been used much Delaney not given the ball just yet which is interesting as well but doal gets his chance little bit left arm off spin now Vin yeah was a good overy bold one again just showing the variet in this tag so it’s been a bit a different type of spinner well with the scores that were going on in Ireland you bow you one over for five runs yeah that’s my series done I’ll see you in the next series just like remember Michael Slater taking a wicket for Australia and saying well that’s it I think he had a bowling average of four and he said I’m never bowling again anyway see how I doubt handles doal R’s got up towards 8 over now required Fielder perfectly placed out here so your conditions pretty perfect I will say uh with a pitch I’ll be curious to see how it might develop over the 3 days we’re using it so already to I’m picking up a little bit the odd one keeping L bit more than yesterday too very experienced campaigner has just feels for this one no run there so was a good start from isn’t it just one off the three balls so far there’s Us in the background enjoying the view good crowds turned out now it’s just over 700 p.m. local time a lot of people still coming in for the end of this game they might just get a photo finish the way things are shaping up delaya works this one away Dr keeping a fair bit of pace on these ball T can spear in these his left arms not really looking to turn it a huge amount have his wickets in hand so important you mentioned it look at the Banning still to come Scott Edwards need a manure and bake next three listed well using dock roll here but look I’d imagine that they’re going to use him at least for more than a one over spell but by using him they’ve used their sixth bow now maybe not so confident Ben White could finish his four his first over did go for nine it’s been nice start from dooll tidy over he’d love to get out of it with no more damage just the over you want when you bring on a BAL he may may not have used and there won’t be any run there so just the three off the over and the plot thickens here in match two it’s 69 for2 half to 10 halfway point of this 20 over second Innings let’s welcome you into the commentary position Vinnie sander here Mr Maximo for ecn joining me once again is Cory ruers here Cory all three teams that we’ll see this week super excited for the World Cup no doubt about that this game’s quite delicately pois but there’s going to be tests ahead and I will also mention that if you want to catch the World Cup across Europe and of course it’s not always easy to catch cricket in in some of these less established Cricket paying countries you can do that on I.T and of course that World Cup features 20 Nations for the first time the second to the 29th of June yeah 20 nations in these three teams are absolutely loving these Tri series cuz you get the trials and tribulations of a series where you get to put yourself under pressure under the pump and try and find ways to win can’t wait for the World Cup and really this game Vinnie right this could go right down to the wre I’m going to call it early I’ve got a bit of a super over tingle ah it says super over a we had our first super over on the network last week uh France versus Belgium Thea cup so there’s a bit of history there so it’s been a day where there’s been a few unusual things happening on the network how about a tie and uh it means we might have kind of what’s that pistols at Sunset it might be with the latest if we if we do have a tie it might get a little bit late no but it’s a really good contest I think it’s great to see how the squads are being managed as well obviously you’re trying to find a mixture of stability and trying to build a lineup where where everyone knows their role but also that flexibility to try people in other roles maybe try a few Bowlers uh we saw V getting an OBS day for example we saw Scott Edwards for the Netherlands in the number three position so just kind of that mixture of of of kind of establishing what your best lineup looks like but also having a few things up your sleeve yeah it’s a difficult one as coaches and coaching staff you want to win every game obviously but you need to try some things you need to go with different methods in every game to see what’s your best combination for the World Cup so it is a fine balance but I think all three teams will do it as responsibly and carefully as they can this series without giving away too much there’s OD doubt on your screen he’s looked good in these 10 overs so far he’s got himself to 27 love to go on and make an international 50th here delayer though for me you feel like he’s the key if he is to be there at the end Netherlands win they have to dismiss him and we haven’t really seen too many batters across any of the three sides so far come out and kind of Boss it from the start especially when they’ve batted in the first 10 fan looks like he is going to get another over from this city end I think he’s been nice so far F he’s got one for 11 off his two dug it in at a good length good Pace about him he did take a wicket with the last ball he bowled I’m just going to clock that kicked away 41 first up so Dela will get the strike back here 17 off 11 I think can’s been really good actually he’s hit a heavy length he’s got some good Pace about him Burly character you would want to run into him on a rugby field either you love the rugby I’m actually a huge fan of GAA Sports I’m a big hurling fan actually I like hurling good sport that looks crazy on the charge this time pulls away but that part of the field well protected interesting they have kept mid on Mid off up here for fand and so kind of I suppose signaling that he’s not going to be going too full you know what I always find when captains keep mid off and mid on up it’s a bit it’s a bit of bravado B A Moxy to the B come on then come at me I’m going to dig this in can you flatback me straight to the sight stre ha you see the charge there trying to make more balls the drive ball length again dug in this time sets a bit of a task but deep backwards square that will be fielded and only a single every time it’s only a single that right’s just going to creep up a little bit the prince that’s a genuine bounce and you mentioned that’s the one I’ve been using that it’s kind of the surprise ball he’s got some genuine Pace I know Ben Stokes found out about that the last T20 World cut when he swung one back through the game Disturbed the timber there he’s got somewhere it’s probably the first time in this Innings that bu a later a bit late on one there really Zips through yeah maybe just not really expecting a genuine bouncer that game at the MCG where the Irish got he was fantastic he’s got a role to play here eight deliveries left probably in his game two in this over can he get delayed to now walks at this but clean as a whistle from Sterling and almost creates run out opportunity yeah fair play for having go there from Sterling odow was backing up it was hit so firmly the underarm came in Direct Hit he could have been in a lot of trouble here was kind of ahead of the play there Sterling wasn’t he this will be interesting one to see was it going to be out oh would have been a very close call for the Umpire no assistance from the technology in this series we almost saw odow getting run out backing up yesterday it was a slight opportunity that was missed by the Scots he does get the strike back we work this for a single so funan continues his very good performance real opportunity for him to push for regular selection at the end of the 11th over at 74 for2 yeah 8.55 required nine overs I think the big difference obviously from the first Innings seconds there’s eight wickets in hand the Irish Counterattack in that first innings was spectacular and they did it five six wickets down Netherlands do have plenty of batteries in the shed SE to come Scott Edwards you’d imagine T manuu will be the next two to come looking at the table early obviously Scotland I’m sure they’ll be enjoying a bit of rest maybe a little bit of training for a few of them today as uh they’re watching this fixture pretty closely they’re on the rack tomorrow then the rest take coming up and now we’re going to get more of dooll so he gets one more over than he got last time it’s going to start with a single one not keep him on of course only went for three singles in that previous over you should have said I’m done again just like Pakistan take my one over I’ll see you at the next World Cup Series whatever it might be team player though docro good player serious player what was this quote I heard recently that players that care about their average are average players delaya opens the face cleverly to get this through the infield and get another single I think Netherlands are pretty calm at the moment not too worried about going at eights or nines maybe in the last five overs maybe even 9.5 to 10 in the last five overs so just pacing themselves at the moment be interesting to see if someone takes a little bit of an educated risk here to find a boundary the down clip this one away looking for two but it’s not really on I think Dock’s off at a good change of pace here Carini spared a few in flighted the odd one up nice little figures only six singles off his nine delivery so far there’s that American stand in the background so my eyes trying it’s very kind of the the Dutch and the kcb to try and climatize the [Music] players they just feel like something’s got to give here to D I I I don’t know I’m trying to read this a little bit I do they need to take an un uneducated risk right now I think they’re comfortable in the last six or seven with eight wickets in hand going at nines I really do so maybe at the moment take it as it comes they’ve got a lot of wickets in hand yeah I understand what you’re saying so maybe not that much to gain to take an unnecessary risk at this stage suppose waiting for a bad ball hasn’t really worked because I think Ireland they’ve been pretty good at hitting their spot so far one thing I do know Vinnie we’re on for a bit of a a classic finish here it does feel like this will go down to maybe the 19th 20th over no matter what another good over from dock five singles so far he’s raced through this over this about a 1 minute 30 second over 17 balls since the last boundary we had back to backs off Camp for in the ninth this one won’t be a boundary either so doal very mely they will push for two and they’ll get it on the fumbles so at the end of 12 overs Netherlands 81 for two There You Go just with the fumble they get seven off the over in the end and does seem like they seem quite calm at the moment the Netherlands I know in that Dugout though they’ll desperately want to go up two love in the series good game of cricket Dock’s bowled two so we’ve had three overs a spin so far maybe one over more of a spin in this Innings yeah I think you stick with him until you got a reason not to it’ be interesting to see if they do stick with dock for one more or if they want to maybe go back to the sort of Top Spin leg spin of white he only ball one for over for nine I would be tempted to give him another go here I think I would I think if you look at the the two overs of dooll compared to white I mean white was mostly on the money but dooll really hasn’t bowled one off off area yet has he so camper is going to Bow this one now from that City end camp for one for 22 off his two overs starts his third and he’s going to be lifted up but this isn’t going to carry fielders converging and the catch taken it’s a really good piece of outfielding there and camper breaks through and unfortunately for odow he battled again similar numbers to yesterday this time it is the 30th ball that gets him again and the score 81 for3 well they do decide this is the moment to try and get ahead in the rate maybe Odell wants to Loft one over the leg side hits pretty high up on the bat doesn’t really get it is a smart catch out there at Deep midwicket two man converging onto the ball and a big Wicket for Ireland as they keep on chipping away and keeping themselves very much in this contest and what about Ross adir Super Sub status out there at Deep Wicket takes his second catch of the Innings o down departs for 33 81 for3 potential flash point in this game but also an opportunity to see another Dutch batter and it’s the Captain Scott Edwards coming out pretty good when you can have your Super Sub Ross a at deep midwicket in the hot spots but Edwards the national skipper for the Netherlands comes out at number five plenty of pressure on him in this lineup to get the team home he’s been in many scenarios in the last few years leading this team very well around the world he’ll love the chance here to see if he can get them over the line not going to be easy against a very disciplined Irish bowling attack right now and this I suppose is more of the scenario I expect Scott to be batting we saw him up at three yesterday which is obviously something they’re trying but I just think he’s a very good manipulator he wants the fields back likes to deflect likes to sweep facing camper this one’s quite full we haven’t really seen too many of this sort of length Dugout they don’t skipper for a single yeah you’re absolutely right Edwards is definitely a very good manipulator 360 player and runs it very hard these two at the crease can steal a lot of twos that maybe some other pairings can’t delayed there on 23 of 17 camper loves bowling to the Dutch we know what he did a couple of years is back four and four he’s B well today two for 23 so far c a slower ball might have been knuckle ball there from camper and maneuvered out to the ls Side by delater I think one thing’s for certain Vinnie we’re on for a good finish this one’s definitely going down to the wire still tasa nidamanuru to come as well listed to come in next yeah check this one out sh definitely held up in the pitch didn’t it maybe just rolling his fingers gently across Like a Rolling leg cut up pitched up again so couple of full balls we’ve seen to Edwards so far I mean now at this level teams do their homework don’t they they’ll know the ins and outs of every individual player well just the difference in the field there as soon as Edwards is on strike mid off and mid on are charging in the ring saying come on hit it over me and that’s not Edward’s game so much he loves to go square of the Wicket n delayed is on strike midon of course is going back NN still ahead but only just a real tight contest in match two kind of Hummer around the ground at the moment as well will test the field on the offside maybe a two there well judged by deler and Edwards who do get back for a double yeah good running from these two we’re just touching on how they’re very quick between the wickets that just went forward of Deep Cover point an easy two to the total let’s say quick hello to Nick Howard who’s watching from Ireland and if you are watching let us know ecn European Cricket network and got plays got players from Europe here but we got viewers from all around the world last ball the 13th again it’s that kind of slightly slower length delivery Delo will get one he’ll retain the strike 13 overs in Netherlands 87 for three good over from CER he did pick up the big Wicket although dowed the very first delivery caught from the super subit deep midwicket a couple of rolling Cutters and some different changes of pain has tried his best to keep it tight delay still there though 27 off 20 seven overs remaining Vinnie where you leaning in this one yeah well I think I would never bet against the supercomputer which says that the Netherlands are in the driving driving seat and I think you’re right with their batting still to come you think about Nita manura you think about man Bank still to B if that says that got eight or nine and over they’ll feel they can handle that but as we know it just takes kind of one over of just three or four like Doles over a few overs ago things can can SPO out of control pretty quickly here’s white coming back to Bow this is kind of what I said earlier as well that he I suppose it’s a difficult skill isn’t the over the wrist bowling but he hasn’t quite hit his spots as well as some of his teammates in this inning so far he’s going to come on and probably bow the fourth over of the sixth Bower do ball two he’s ball one so far a bit of pressure on white to deliver here get a little bit leg stump here and that’s going to set a task for the Fielder but a sensational stop out there that’s delay is out there in the shadows but fantastic bit of outfielding saves three runs moments like these can win your team International matches for all money I thought that was four he hit that pretty hard into a huge pocket of space dive down to his left one hand brilliant Fielding comes up throwing as well so doesn’t just protect the boundary but also protects the two well received there he’s quick dely isn’t he but again pretty leg stump is I don’t if that’s a tactic or not from White Edwards loves to sweep but this time stands up and punches one down the ground for a single yeah Edwards bit more conventional there chooses his moment if he does get a few more opportunities versus spin we’ll definitely see the revers and oh paddle sweep conventional sweep you everything in that lock up to get it behind the wicket this time maneuvered away towards the mid Wicket again just a single that rate’s crept up into the nines now it’s crept up into the nines but the wickets are still in hand both teams lots of cat and mouse in this game two and throwing could go either way generally feels like a 50/50 at this stage 28 balls without a boundary it does sweep this time almost takes out the Umpire but again they’ve protected that area pretty well it’s two pretty much two square legs there one backward one forward protecting that square of the wicked strike risan arram at Square leg did very well Square leg umpire thank you for coming one over the shoulder the one warning to the bowler oh may have just got a little scratch on this down the leg side wait for the Umpire he says it’s a leg by so took a bit of a deflection otherwise potential stumping opportunity for Tucker but I suppose significant deflection means not not really genuine chance I think delay will be a little bit disappointing might have missed down there all these deliveries angling into that leg stump last ball of 14th gives himself some room this time slices away over cover there’s the boundary that breaks the baron Run for the Netherlands and it’s the captain who doubles his score and at the end of 14 overs 97 for three yeah what a lovely shot from Edwards just showing he’s got the full array backs away Lofts it over the offside one bounce two bounce four they take the over for 10 Vinnie like previous few overs 3 5 7 six getting that one for 10 game on 14 gone for 97 this is going to go right to the cricket match and for a lot of this match the Netherlands have been about 60/40 up and that’s still what the computer saying let’s have a look at the Run rate comp Paris and see where the Netherlands are at little bit behind that red line they’re actually kind of ahead of where isand were at this stage I guess one thing for isand now they’ve you could say I’m not too sure they’ll Bowl much more spin they could potentially go to dock roll for one more if they truly want but Mar’s got two McCarthy’s got two h’s got one Camp’s got one I expect those quick to finish yeah and it’s going to be a big finish who can step up for irand and maybe get rid of delaya get them back ahead kind of game with one over could change anything here’s McCarthy he driven away once again find the outfielder just a single bit of the Calm Before the Storm at the moment isn’t there I think that boundary just a wok woken most of the crowd a little bit cuz there had been 28 deliveries I think you said since the previous boundary Edwards on strike now final leg will go back midon will come into the ring still feel like isand if they were to go bang bang here get delayer especially but also Edwards maybe get Logan van bake out there a little bit early with a lot of work to do it’s definitely game on [Music] still genuine short ball this time pulled away in front of square but finds the outfielder camper out there say quick L to John Gray as well as Christopher Ward and Sh ha as well saying hi to us enjoying this cricket match one thing I love about ecn is it it encompasses a wide spectrum of cricket in levels and I suppose formats as well now that we’re covering more T20 cricket over the summer so I hope you’re enjoying this gripping contest me do have a winning record over Ireland lifetime in T20 Internationals don’t forget hoping to extend that lead here Beats him outside the off St McCarthy I’ll tell you if the Netherlands don’t go on to win this game they’ll look back at that last three four overs think there two three Miss Fields a dropped catch that went down Vinnie and in the end the last three overs went for 12 17 11 the 18th and 19th the 20th and they’ll know they probably should have only be chasing about 135 from the position they’ll in so there is a little bit of pressure on the home side here to deliver this victory yeah three double figure overs in the last three three out of only six in the whole first innings searching for the pull shot here Delight he might have just has kind of lost a bit of Mojo here for a guy who we came out and said yeah look he’s hitting the really well he’s only just better than run ball great to see the Irish getting in amongst the fans as well well there’s one thing that I heard yourself and Andrew L saying before there’s a lot of kids here a lot of kids have rocked up to come watch this game which is super exciting good to see the Irish getting amongst it good family Vibe at the ground it’s a great kind of structure of not just Cricket but multiports clubs here in the Netherlands if you’re a kid that loves sport it’s a great place to live to get involved goes the the yor here to Dela I’ll tell you what what an over from McCarthy Ben whes over went for 10 right Edwards got a boundary where after the last ball over cover for and you just felt Netherlands might take that Mo momentum sorry McCarthy’s come back single single dot dot dot and now he said to the Nel the rate’s finally above over 10 let’s go here we go game on yeah since over over nine we’ve had overs of 3 5 7 6 10 and only two off this that 10 of course included the boundary McCarthy Bing way less than a run a ball here last ball the 15th pulled away again this won’t go to the boundary they want two they’re going to take it on and they’re going to get there two is better than one but right now this ending could be fun 100 comes up for the host as well 101 for three after 15 well if you get your popcorn out 50 off 30 10 and over for the last five bit of a Humdinger here at VCC vorberg the sun is shining looking at that score card little bit more to come Tasia need a manura look going at 10 and over that won’t threaten him too much he can hit the long ball Logan van also but after that look Pringles no mug but ver maker and dorham kingma it really is up to one of these two at the crease and maybe an van to chip in a little bit here yeah grand stand finish for sure on the cards tell you I did don’t forget I know Andrew L is raring to go in after this over and take him said I’ve called a super over here a long time ago you got the super over a you calling it The a that’s what I called it last week well I wonder if have the situation we had in France last week where the game was tied all out umpire was almost hit with the ball facing the wrong way hopefully it doesn’t come to that there some of the fans enjoying the Evening Sun we have been blessed this week with weather does look like it’s going to be a pretty good week overall know Wednesday might have a little bit of rain around but fingers cross fingers cross comes early on Tuesday hey let’s talk about in a week’s time we’ll be doing the K andcb T20 finals day I know that you’ve played so much Club Cricket here what’s that going to be like VCC V harbs and VCC four teams have made it did you say VCC twice maybe it’s been no h yeah there’s a lot of CC’s but no four teams raring to go next Sunday can’t wait for that and be a bit of an atmosphere here right might be even bigger crb No it should be a good atmosphere looking forward to the kanes to be T20 finals day winner gets the the trophy but also don’t forget passage to the European cricket league in 2025 here we go with the 16th over fanan coming back to bowl out and the first one just a single aggressive Stoke from Scott Edwards but can’t beat the Fielder since Edwards has been out there he’s timed it quite beautifully as well a couple of pull strikes away finding the man on the Rope Delaney doing the mopping up at Deep Square there big moment right now you feel delayed up you’re right just in the last few balls couple plays of Misses might be feeling the pinch a little bit does he look to play an expensive stroke here Ham’s taking this opportunity well hasn’t he and this is going to be gone a little further on that one backed away and the prince is gone just lost a bit of momentum in there set a task for the following batter and the Netherlands have lost a fourth 102 for four massive Wicket for yon h has been very good indeed today I think he’s bowled exceptionally well bit of extra Pace kissing the Wicket toat backs away wants to get it over the offside gets an edge and he has to go this game Topsy Turvy maybe isand for the first time in this game in a long time been he pulling ahead a little bit could be could be I think with that Wicket of delaya he was trying to kind of open up that offside wasn’t he challenge kind of a line from fand and B some good signs there but he’ll be frustrated the helmet Bears the brunt of that frustration but it will be TJ Nuru to come out to try and win this game for the nein a lot of credit has to go to McCarthy for the previous over as well he’s the one that applied all that pressure the over only the went for four in the 16th and to do that at that time just kept Edwards and bus delater at Bay and then delater has to take a big risk and gets an edge so credit to McCarthy also bowling in Partnerships we’ve only had one boundary that one boundary in the last 30 eight balls so we’ll saddle up cuz we could be ready for a big finish y there you go your padic end that’s being a horse seems like a pretty cool life depending on how depending what what track you’re running on not always but if you’re a horse in the wild a nice day like this too much on some grass anyway here’s teer and he almost loses his off pole first ball how how how has that not not cleaned up off stump I can’t believe that hasn’t hit the timber that came in quite a distance wide on the crease kept coming in T is not going to stick around well there’s intent for you I I know T loves going over mid off but that’s first ball saying okay let’s go isand for me for the very first time in this game have got their noses ahead yeah mid off up in the circle kind identify that it was in that full Zone he wanted to wanted to bomb it now sha he takes on as well but it should be gone it is gone the manura goes for a duck and hand’s got three 102 for five oh well he wanted to take this opportunity he’s taking it with both hands both feet everything 3 for 17 for Han Nuru ah it’s another short ball it’s a huge boundary out here he doesn’t really get it a nice safe catch and another one will go irland now pulling away Harry tector perfectly position there so kind of went full once and teer couldn’t get that one he couldn’t get this one either played off the bat foot Tak him well low down and Harry had no problems taking that comfortably be disappointed in a Manu there look the shots on but could he hit it hard across the carpet hindsight always easy to save then B will come out I just think there with the Dutch today uh with Pringle in at eight van maker nine po this is getting really tight for them they’ love a little streaky boundary or something just to release the shackles [Music] van bake comes out really the last of I would call the recognized banners course genuine card carrying allrounder is NE Logan going to need an individual toep here in these last few overs I think Netherlands to get back on track just can’t forget that over from McCarthy the previous over just built all this pressure and credit to the men in green okay so van bake will get off The Mark with a long single yeah Harry tector really excited to call him for the first time do you think he’s lost the battle of the nicknames with Tim because Tim was christened by our fans as metal D yeah pretty hard to get better than that I love our our viewers they love their Cricket I know they’re super excited that we’re covering this series potentially some more T20 High Cricket here in the Netherlands later in the season Edwards left holding the baby a bit here and he won’t get a run and hand what a fantastic return from him he finishes with figures of three for 18 of his four and Island for me they are aheading the game now end of the 16th over the score is 103 for five big thanks to Cory Ruckers for his contribution today joining me as we head towards a potentially exciting conclusion of match two once again is Andrew Leonard yeah very good evening Vinnie good evening everyone and funand well you talk about resilience you talk about bounce back ability can you imagine his emotions when the provisional Irish World Cup squad was named having been in the squad two years ago not even being in the mix and then thinking he’s got no way to even consider getting back in Graeme Hume not here funand into the B into the 11 what an answer from him here’s camper coming back this one hits Sterling more than he feels it but will be a single yeah been a good team effort I think from the Irish Bowlers so far I think the fact they’ve even used dock for a couple of overs gives them a lot of flexibility heading into this last four they seem to have their plans pretty much spot on they’ve executed them pretty well yeah I think those two overs from dck are critical because it means that Ben White’s had a little a little bit of an off day was just a bit too full at points doesn’t necessarily need to come back this is Camper’s fourth and final that kind of slightly Pace off length delivery punch but doesn’t meet doesn’t beat the M off there that’s one that suppos with the mid off up in this circle they’re probably looking as that as a potential area to get that boundary they do need to to kind of get those two boundaries and over I think the Netherlands to get back in this game and these final four deliveries of camper are so crucial as a consequence vny because markad is very good at the death he’ll take the responsibility of bowling overs 18 and 20 that’s almost certain and then Barry McCarthy will probably Bowl 19 so this is the one these are maybe the four slightly weaker deliveries for the Dutch to go after we know van Baker’s got all that power tempted cutter here but misses the mark Buzz around the ground at the moment this game could go either way but you can see they’re well on top now according to percentages was fascinated to here the kind of discussion between you and Cory as to whether odad and DEA should have been going harder at that point they were very much kind of in cruise control rather than getting on top and dominating this chase at any point it’s another great off speed delivery from C but yeah I think I kind of my feeling is you’ve got those resources there and this idea that we’re comfortable enough chasing N9 or 10 and over in the last six but that’s that’s not a foregone conclusion I think if you have an opportunity to get ahead in the game and then essentially hit them crws run a ball Pace that’s very very different but I think also you got to give credit to the Irish Ballers I haven’t B too many hit me balls in this whole Innings then this one’s whipped away they run the first one hard looking for two but it’s not quite there that rate’s quietly crept up above the two of ball now if you combine the the partnership for the third and the fourth Wicket delaya started so brightly but then he got bogged down heend ended up with 32 off 29 so from 44 for two after seven to only make it up to 102 for five after 15.4 yes some brilliant bowling from particularly Barry McCarthy and fand in those 14 and 15th overs but they’ve just allowed Ireland to get back into the game and that’s the biggest swing we’ve had on the win predictor of the whole game Ireland now heavy favorites again similar kind delivery this time it’s picked by Edwards goes to his kind of favorite sweep type shot and again finds the outfielder and Ireland’s ground Fielding well it’s a lot years away from where it was 18 12 months ago they’ve been much improved in that capacity under Hinrich Milan I think all of the our support staff deserve a big shout particularly Ryan eagleson for the way in which he managed few on hand throughout Nepal Ryan eagleson the bowling coach Chris Brown has come in as a spin bowling coach he deserves massive credit as well George dck looks a a much more confident bowler in recent times under him some great stops in the Deep Gareth Delany particularly this is hit straight to Sterling chance for a run out I things is gone he doesn’t miss the mark and Van bank is going and things really getting uphill for the host now what a top class piece of Fielding from the skipper and the Netherlands 108 for6 well just as we’re talking about the ground Fielding this is world class as good as you’ll see in fact he’s got a low center of gravity Sterling but he’s very Swift in his his foot movement picks up cleanly throws down the stor span Baker is quick but he’s not quick enough and a great decision too it’s only out by probably what nine or 10 inches even if that Sterling hits the target Ireland of a six they’re pulling this game out of the fire the Dutch can’t believe what’s happening to them they need something special from here it’s 108 for six yeah it was a half chance at best wasn’t it for Sterling and his his hands have been so clean today haven’t they we saw him almost create run out earlier when AOW backed up a step too far now you are kind of getting to the balls a bit with this with this Wicket Pringle coming to the crease so let’s see if he can move the needle it’d be a linearted effort here let’s welcome into the box one more time as it does look like the Irish who are ahead at the moment now really a lot of respons he falls on the captain Edwards who he dropped down to more a traditional position for him number five but Netherland kind that big over don’t they to get back in this contest and D is coming back he open the bowling to overs for 11 this is his role he’ll Bowl 18 and 20 almost every single T20 International Ireland playable two at the top two at the death he’s got a little bit of a cushion to work with Dutch still need need plenty from here paid Away by Pringle first up hands it over to the captain scale of comeback here from Ireland from a horrific position really 83 for six after 14 overs in the first Innings led by Mark adir good support from Gareth Delaney in the way in which they’ve bowled and fielded it’s turned this game absolutely on its head Netherlands were heavy favorites for probably 75% of this contest all of a sudden they’re staring down the barrel they need their Skipper to do something extraordinary to drag them over the line he does try something extraordinary it’s going to cost him his Wicket he goes to the reverse ases Edwards adir gets it for it gets straight gets past the bat of the Dutch Skipper who are on their last legs now 109 for seven well for me that’s game set and very nearly the match now and look at Sterling look at the way he leads look at them driving his message across to his team it’s an ambitious stroke we know that Edwards probably doesn’t have the power to go down the ground so he needs to innovate but that’s a very easy lbw decision frustration for Edwards marad there holds his nerve that’s going to go on and smash into middle stump Ireland pumped up making a big statement in their opening game at this Troy series you made the point earlier that irand maybe not the the record they would have liked as far as defending totals but I think they’ve defended very well here on on enemy soil if you like the D disappointed after kind of be in a winning position for most of this game looks like going to fall short of this target Paul Van makan will come out now at number nine he can certainly clear the ropes but it’s probably all going to be too much for the lower order of the Netherlands they do have a long tail today with the changes that they made I think Ireland have been under par for quite a lot of this contest maybe 50 60% of it but the character that they’re showing particularly fand I thought him Barry McCarthy the way in which they kind of combined in those critical overs just as they brought Ireland back into the game this has been a fantastic performance and one that really comes so much down to the character of this team now under Paul Sterling M will get away but it’s only a single more than that required at the moment and now you can see that win predictor is very one-sided although we have seen 1% has come back and win before it would be a superhuman effort from the the Dutch tail to wag and get to that one 51 yeah I certainly think that the evidence we’ve seen throughout the two games we’ve had so far is is that if you don’t get ahead of the chase you just once you get into trouble it looks like there’s no way back there’s really shades of the way Scotland approached their Chase yesterday yeah and it’s almost like it might get two here they won’t they’ll turn it down it’s almost like you’re setting up for somebody to come out and be able to feel comfortable on the pitch when no one really has yeah probably only vicam jet Singh and mark adir across the two days have scored fluently right from the off nobody else has it it was a brilliant fourth Wicket partnership yesterday between Matthew Cross and Richie barington the two of them played exceptionally well and it got them into what I would have considered a winning position maybe 80% of the time but then the middle and lower order just tailed away much like it has today for the Dutch he steps across this won’t be a wide because the position that van maker and takes they trying to make something happen but really uh the life support machines on I think they’re about to pull the plug on this Chase Mak and tries to go all Scott Edwards with that one there even a few Dutch fans saying oh enough is enough the white flag’s being raised across in some of the Shadows of the ground it’s a much chillier evening than it was yesterday probably five or six degrees lower but it’s been a beautiful day of cricket again Ireland just need to hold their nerve now slow one this time from adir who’s played his role to Perfection they’re going to take on the two here and and they’ll get it it’s the the batter on the way through having to work hard for everything Netherlands on their last legs 18 overs in 113 for seven this might have been close actually with a direct hit in particular but van meron’s done nothing wrong he’s just run his line more than entitled to do that har tector was quick to the ball the Irish grain Fielding has really impressed me in fact definitely the best of the three Fielding teams that we’ve seen thus far the neand have had a few problems across the two game Scotland well they were really poor at their dve drops weren’t they but the Irish they’ve excelled in that third discipline in the modern t20i game Fielding it’s so so important and John Gray one of the viewers who’s interacting with us on our live chat ecn European Cricket network makes a very good point about the end of the first Innings with Ireland that kick in the tail in those last three overs 12 17 and 11 so actually at this stage you can see it wasn’t too much between the between the sides but it’s going be very difficult for the Netherlands to replicate that actually better it considering we are down to number eight and N at the crease right now here’s McCarthy coming back to bowl out he’s going to start with it on it’s it’s funny the player of the match decision today for me is a difficult one I think everyone will say okay well it has to be mark adir because Ireland never could have won the game without his 49 the speed with which he he played with and he’s bowled pretty well too three overs one for 16 at the moment but funand I just think the way in which he has come back to international cricket he had all that initial success when he first burst onto the scene I don’t think many in the Irish game thought he was even close to getting back in he’s come back in and he’s just got huge characters sometimes you pick players on character rather than output he has it in Spades exceptional three-wicket hall for him today tough choice goes after this and he’s going to get it maximal well Pringle hasn’t given up yet need plenty more of those it maybe dug into the pitch slightly from McCarthy but he disappears over deep in Wicket for six I would love to see a wagon wheel of the boundaries today because I reckon almost every maximum has gone to that part of the ground it’s hitting with the prevailing wind and most of the big overs have come from this end he’s almost Airborne as he hits it finny look at that replay it’s gone a long way into the crowd t20s can change so quickly he goes bang bang here all of a sudden it’s 22 and off eight and the Dutch have some life and some hope still yeah have to be something remarkable that was a very good strike Pringle saying hey I’m still here got 2T and change in the field as well Vinnie deep backward Square leg comes up into the circle and out goes that modern position we see more and more often the sort of deep backward point wide yker I suspect and he got of balls it there for the carve but McCarthy misses this spot light heartbeat I suppose at the moment then and the tactic makes sense because all of the boundaries all the big hits we’ve seen have been hitting with the wind out towards the Athletics track there on the leg side so McCarthy has to execute but the plan is the right one he’s saying to Paul Sterling okay let me get as wide as possible outside the off stump and let’s see if Tim Pringle can manufacture any runs from there trying to defend against big hits here arand still in the ascendency No Doubt can Pringle find another maximum or two this is hit down the ground again they’re going to run hard taking a chance on a second and they’ll get away with it throw pulls McCarthy away from the stumps I think if the throw was on target Pringle was was strong struggling here showing his all round assets three wickets with the ball for him today and now some Lusty blows at number eight but it shouldn’t be up to him the Dutch have put themselves into this invidious position home crowd they’re not giving up just yet v no they’re not we going to love that sense of youthful exuberance and that’s a non-standard use of the Dutch flag but well it’s a tent flag isn’t it love that love that superb I wonder what the what the conversation was there looked like a bit of a one-way conversation didn’t it anyway 29 off n surely a bridge too far for the home side now he hits this he hits it pretty powerfully straight down the ground one bounce four so Pringle at least giving it everything he’s got to get the duts close to this target a really good efforts here from Pringle he needs to turn this little start he’s had into not just matching a d but out trumping a there who he’ll face in the final over I think he needs to look for one more big blow and then find the strike he’ll only get a little bit of support from the far end so four or six here single off the last give yourself what 22 in off the last over from here the Dutch would take that it’ be memorable I mean the Dutch no stranger to a big over got to say I love the the dirty 30 from van Bacon the super over against the West Indies and that’s a highlight which certainly a lot of Dutch fans will remember and all Cricket fans actually that observed it big ball this one Vinnie full TOS drags a lot of bottom hand into the Gap that’s going to be four so Pringle fighting hard still a long way to go again you might have to ask yourself where was this aggression earlier in the Innings the crowd lapping it up yeah look at these scenes brilliant scenes for Dutch Cricket brilliant scenes for the associate game a great capacity crowd here at vorberg and the Dutch fighting back in remarkable fashion so nearly gone for six another eight or 12 inches it would have gone over the Rope pressure on McCarthy in a big way this over is Going the Distance Sterling over chatting to his fast bowler I wonder is he going to think of a maximum or is he thinking of a single going to put the responsibility on his shoulders in the final over you try for a boundary and you might get a single anyway you got to trust your partner to be able to give give you the strike back I think you’ve only got seven chances to score you can’t be limiting yourself just to the one here the one’s not a bad result either last ball of the 19th looks like he will get the one here potential to possibility but I think he’s got the hot hand and he wants to continue the Netherlands are 131 for 7 after 19 don’t want to be that guy but remember we had the the ball that looked like a four that was called a six earlier in the inning so that’s a potential flash point as well let’s welcome you into the commentary box one last time before we conclude this game now Lenny I talked about the fact there’s a lot of cricket on the network right now of course we’ve been in Estonia today some some crazy things happening over there also I want to tell you if you hadn’t had if you haven’t had enough Cricket right now you can turn over CU we have the Night series on tonight and I W this probably won’t be the standard you’re seeing right now but I know it’s night 6 tonight in kinra Punjab CC Amadora taking on LSG that’s not a mind altering substance that you might find in Amsterdam it is the Lisbon super Giants and uh in fact they’re already probably one game deep into that double head I’ll be catching it tonight as soon as I get back well you’ve got two of the top 12 sides in international cricket here right now if you want at the end of this conclusion who knows we could still have a super over Vinnie you’re viewing this evening could well be delayed I think it was 18 runs from that over the 19th from kthy if they do that it will be just shy of the super over 19 for the super over 20 to win it all comes down to this here’s a dare to close things out they want to here they know they have to go for it I think here this could be curtain he scrambles back just Pringle the glasses never move two runs for Netherland they creep closer but still a lot to do well tor’s ground Fielding it’s superb isn’t he did everything right but the throw for the second time in a couple of overs it was off taret again on the one bounce if this is On Target I think L and Tucker can whip the Bales off and affect the eighth Wicket instead the dive gets Pringle home and Netherlands very much still in the contest 18 to win off five now what a maximum would do for them here John summing up Pringles Innings as once you pop you can’t stop needs to pop a couple of boundaries here 18 off five and he Clips this away again they’re going to search for two more are they no it’s man maker that puts up the stop sign the there’s one other Factor here Vinnie all of that punishment to McCarthy was done hitting with the wind towards long on towards C Corner it’s a completely different hit to where Pringle is really fancied it and as a consequence both of those he hit them okay but they never really challenged the boundary so with a two followed up by a single the ball very much in Ireland’s Court in fact one good delivery here would all but do it for them what can van maker and produce I’m bullish because of the 4% that Netherlands are being given here but yeah I think it’s definite tactic to have the the the Batters have to hit into the wind in the 20th over when the game’s on the line so he goes up and under going going but going straight into the hands of Delaney and he’s a guy I think with the game on the line you’d be pretty happy as an Irish fan to see the ball sailing towards Gareth and it’s the end of Van makan who put up his top sign took this strike and I think that AR have taken the game away now 134 for right switch the ends that’s six he’s hit that really well it’s very very deep to go square but you switch the ends the pair of that wind would have got it over the Rope would have given the maximum that the Dutch needed and then it would have been 11 to win off the last three instead it’s a next to Impossible 17 needed with three balls left the arish I think they’re going to hold their nerves and hold on here but with no shortage of drama van makan try as he may he’s gone for three it’s 134 for eight yeah he might have said oh why didn’t they go for two on that last ball think van makan just didn’t feel it was there also Pringle did slip as he turned and made it pretty much an impossibility he probably knows that he’s maybe 1 2 cm from the middle of the bat there and that ball disappearing over the ropes and potentially keeping this game alive as the big man Daniel dorham is going to come out to about for the first time in the T20 International this game now can only be kept alive with the boundary in fact need’ see three consecutives to to pull off a win potentially a super over for the Netherlands yeah I think on the of play over the last what three and a half hours or so the Dutch are going to be really disappointed they have not won this game if whatever happens in these last three unless we go 666 Ireland should get over the line but it might be only a margin of 8 10 12 runs whatever it is the Dutch are going to analyze this game after and said how how have we lost this contest yeah frustrating because they have been in a winning position for most of the game it’s hard to say was it a lack of aggression or was it was it potentially just that the Irish bowled very well there some discussions here about how to best KCK this ball on the field tell you something Paul Sterling are going very close with spend a lot of time with off the field we don’t talk a huge amount about Cricket but his Cricket brain is second to no one that really I’ve ever met across the circuit the respect he has from the Irish players is playing for all to see I think the Irish fans would like a few more runs from him if they could but I’ll tell you something he is captaining exceptionally well detailed chat with marad as to what they want to do to the new man it means a change in the field deep Extra cover will go out and point comes into place dorham’s first ball that’s going to be called a wide and he’s going to sneak away from this strike although I think sneak him out the way he covers the ground so I mean Pringle he has been the man that’s kind of given Netherland some kind of chance here two three ons two three runs I should say well I’m not sure about this maybe just outside the guideline I think Adair will say with the angle he thought he’s actually nailed where he wanted to bowl it but probably the best possible result for the Netherlands yeah 5050 doesn’t burn a ball ball has to be reball and now 66 and four will do yeah 644 for super over I mean need a boundary full stop one at a time D trying to ice the game looked to me like it was it was mostly on the line as it passes the crease which is typically where they’re judged somebody walking across the S screen the excitement it’s too much for some well was it a person or was it a horse Something’s Happened down here all right not Al together too sure what oh he’s go he’s off to the paddock that’s okay off he go yeah maybe it’s somebody from the Stables markad says get out of the way we’ve got a T20 International to win here this gives a d more time to think about it but like I said very unlikely to force a last ball finish here but pringle’s going to try and do that suppose even a two theoretically keeps it alive Pringle needs to go big and he will do just that that is slam and it’s going to be six Maximo and this game is very much alive what a strike from ptim Pringle and Andy wght the ICC development manager for Europe is loving every second of it what a shot misses the block of what only by maybe five or six Ines but it allows Pringle just enough elevation to hit into the wind and get it all the way for six what a strike from Tim Pringle we said the Pringle had to match Mark ader’s efforts with the bat if he goes bang bang and hits two more he’ll have surpassed them and the Dutch will have taken a quite unbelievable Victory any two boundaries will send us to the minimum of a super over nine to Wi off two singles no good if it doesn’t go to the boundary you got to go for two here second last ball he hits it but how well he hits it very well and that’s six more maximum oh backto back and Tim Pringle well don’t tell him there wasn’t much batting below van B he’s taking this game to the last ball in fact now two for a super over a boundary wins the game for the Netherlands on home soil well extraordinary scenes Tim Pringle needed to be perfect in this final over it’s pretty much what he’s been I think it’s actually hit the Rope on the full so by a matter of inches he’s kept the Dutch alive it’s three to win off one ball it’s two for the super over it’s all Happening Here in vorberg and somehow the Dutch are still alive two for a tie three to win for the Netherlands last ball round the Wicket it’s not going to be a win for the Netherlands he’s just going to eat it up they’ll take one and what a game it’s going to finish 150 to 149 Pringle takes them to water but can’t get his team to drink in the end aare potential player of the match performance but an outstanding contest a single run divides two teams heading across the pond very shortly for the World Cup a classic we’ve seen an absolute classic here Vinnie haven’t we in vorberg the capacity crowd has been treated to as good a t20i as you would ever want to see Ireland and Scotland played out maybe the great T20 ey I’ve ever seen in Europe in Edinburgh last summer it was so nearly top tier today if the Dutch had pulled that off pulled it out of the far Tim Pringle well silver medal today DeMark ad there but only just two exceptional performances and a wonderful a truly wonderful game of cricket 150 plays 149 Ireland win by one run oh well out of it a sense of a like a buzz around the ground that kind of came but then it came with with definite intensity but it’s like all their airs being L out of the balloon I think the Irish supporter they’re very happy at the moment hey I’m going to say credit to aare then kind of held his nerve all his experience he goes round the wicked he just changes something but he hits that Yorker and I think that’s the kind of ball that gave him the best opportunity of of keeping the ball in the ballpark and even then just to hold on to it to concede the one run not to anything crazy potential overthrow Stuart broad style of course back when he handed the Netherlands essentially a win in one of the very early T20 World Cups but what a match well appreciated by all around the ground here at VCC incredible Innings from Tim Pringle 35 off 13 we spoke at length about how none of the Dutch batters none the Irish batters really apart from a dare were able to score right from the off we’ve seen an alltime classic here in the lighton warberg anyone at this ground they’re not going to forget that match it was an absolute cracker fan deserves a real mention I we spoken about him already he was exceptional himself and air really the difference between Ireland and the Netherlands well the Dutch flag flying proudly and they they can be proud of their efforts here although I think they’ll be frustrated like I said they were ahead of the game for so much of it but I think credit goes to the Irish bowling lineup think for the majority of that thingss they were on top we even saw bit of the old Three Musketeers here away this is the European Cricket network do not forget about that uh we saw Le maybe not quite fting the touch he had yesterday odow kind of fits and start those two back-to-back boundaries looked like they might get him going but again it’s a case of missed opportunities and remember we still haven’t seen an individual half setry in this series and yeah you just talk about the little small moments that one run saved in the Deep they don’t save that run it goes for four we’re off to a super over yeah it was quite brilliant this game of cricket there was the first Wicket rosadera the Super Sub Curtis camper celebrated heartily funan what a day he had picked up that big Wicket of Vic from je Singh who looked so fluent yesterday Harry Tor effective as always in the field the Irish fans were on their feet and loving every second and so they should what was an interesting one was he seemed to kind of lose his line occasionally but even you look at his figures he took number for 18 which isn’t too bad at all B Delena came out he actually looked like he hit the ball as well as anyone early in his Innings but just kind of lost his lost his had a bad time and there was the Superstar doubling down two catches in the Innings and rosad there making it a big difference so was Delaney wasn’t he outstanding out there as well it was that kind of a game where just both teams I think if they’d lost and obviously in this case it’s the Netherlands they’re looking around saying where could we have got that extra one run that extra two runs from as Dela eventually went need auru rolled the dice straight away he went before he was able to do any damage at all and then with this world class run out of Van bake you really thought that the dut’s goose was cooked especially when the the skipper went down Edwards not being able to connect with his trademark reverse sweep you felt this game was a foregone conclusion but Tim Pringle had other ideas yeah there was four wickets in just three overs in over 16 17 and 18 but then Pringle just turned the game on its head first with that maximum of Barry McCarthy then he pumped one down the ground for four more and so nearly hit the the next ball for six this was only a matter of inches the entire contest really was a matter of inches between Ireland and the Netherlands van maker and really tried his best but he hold out and then the critical two wides allowed Pringle back on to strike he goes bang bang maximum maximum maybe the Dutcher favorites then but the last ball they needed three to win that was the second six again only just there by a matter of inches but aare held his nerve he didn’t even bother with the run out because he knew he didn’t need to do what Stuart fraud did all those years back in Lords the last two overs they both went for 18 but by the barest of margin it was enough for Ireland who win by one run yeah incredible and look if the Netherlands had got over the line by a run there might have been a riot on the streets in Ireland because we had that moment went doubt looked like it was a four it was given a six they had to stick with the original decision uh but I think credit to aare there I think the only way could lost the player of the match for me and I take what you’re saying with fonan but they were already in that position I think with 150 on the board because of ADA in the first place and he held his nerve at the end 33 Thro down opening up the top scorer was in fact Tim Pringle at the end 35 of only 13 balls and as the situation was heating up he was cool as ice wasn’t he but unfortunately couldn’t get over the line delayed it with 32 not too much better the Run of ball for him either nine wides maybe bit on the high side I think from Ireland as well but I think for the most part mentioned the fact they’ve had a few issues defending but they do defend this time even though it’s only just well how do you explain it crazy just crazy playing crazy between these two sides hands figures they stand out in a big way look at that economy rate just 4.5 from him all the other Bowlers took a little bit of tap particularly Mark adir and Barry McCarthy in their final overs both going for 18 but Adair he ended up having the last laugh from that very final delivery we’ve seen another alltime Classic this is why these three sides and many more should be playing more and more often like Paul Sterling called for at the toss they serve up brilliant Cricket that ends up being so so competitive and right now it’s just one run that’s ended up as the difference and for some of the fans there’s certainly been high drama High emotions it’s all happening out in the crowd a one-run victory for Ireland the end of the tail of the tape the player of the match it surely has to be Market there doesn’t it 49 off 24 special mention for luren Tucker as well who continued his good form and Tim Pringle with three for 32 35 not out off 13 he was the hero for the Dutch but it just wasn’t quite enough for them well gives us an opportunity to welcome you into the box for the last time I’ve got to say that we’re kind of a little bit brought back to life aren’t we after it looked like that game was only going one way we saw 1% only for the Netherlands that shows you one is better than none at one point it read 0% that was before the two oids they they started maybe my best comment of the day that I saw in the chat was Pringle once you pop you can’t stop and he really did you know with the game on the line produce some incredible hitting how frustrated he would be that he couldn’t get that last ball p a there if it does potentially we’re looking at it to they would have been off straight away looking for the double potentially we’re looking at a super over that would have been something pretty special who knows maybe we’ll get one we still got four more chances the series I tell you my thoughts Vinnie on the opening two days are that these are three very very closely matched sides I wouldn’t read too much into the I think it was 4142 run margin of defeat that Scotland went down to in the first game they B back and in many ways they could well have won that game I think they’ll put it up to Ireland tomorrow somehow Ireland have won this game for the vast majority of it the Dutch dominated it but the character that Ireland have show under Paul Sterling f hand in particular Mark there to exceptional performances a brilliant brilliant game of cricket this is why we love the associate game I know Ireland are a test Nation we’re not in spirit and in heart we’re with all the associates brilliant signs and Brilliant scenes for European Cricket yeah and I think that ultimately what you’re going to get at a World Cup is pressure and we saw both teams put a pressure cooker situation here today didn’t we let’s just have a quick look at what’s coming up a lot of cricket happening on eastn around the grounds here and around the continent we start with day number eight of the ECS Estonia tomorrow Town stallion taking on the rising stars first up saw some crazy hitting from Tatu CC second top score on the network today and maybe Viking Stars they can fight back having a pretty tough series also we have Cricket in Portugal tonight don’t forget that uh we’re already kind about halfway through the program there P up CCM take on the Elizabeth super giant you can watch that pretty much right now in fact I think we’re about 15 minutes away from the start of match number 12 Phil G is standing by there at the stad m mirand corvo in Portugal and try and say that after after a couple of beverages leave those pronunciations to you Vinnie I’ll sck with the Irish the Scottish and the Dutch cricketers we’ll see the Celtic Rivals tomorrow of course we will I’ll be there by the way for so it just shows you the spectrum of freck I’ll be doing over next month Ireland Scotland meeting for the first time tomorrow of course they have a pretty pretty intense rivalry I’m sure as well what do they call that is it is it the seven degrees of separation between the verac at the World Cup all the way down to the entry levels the T10 I think that I’m the sole reason that it’s now Three Degrees of Separation not 7 degrees of separation in the Cricket World hey let’s finish by saying big thank you to everyone out there join us tomorrow of course that start time is the same as today so 300 p.m. GMT which is 5:00 in Central Europe and 8:30 p.m. in India what a game uh honestly it took a little while at the end for it to kind of reemerge as as a genuine contest but Pringle almost pulls off a Dutch miracle and we’ve seen a d Miracle before on the network it was an absolute classic I’ve loved every second of the two games so far I think we’re going to have four more Thrillers I’m sticking with my one prediction no side is going to win four games and no side is going to lose four games here there’ll be wins and losses for all three of these teams yeah well said Andre it be great to have your company again once again looking forward to your thoughts as we head into that Island Scotland match tomorrow of course they we have the the rest day then we’ll have the return pictures big thanks to Cory Ruckers as well for his efforts thanks to everyone here at the ground all the officials everyone at VCC for looking after us and of course Spring media they are fantastic what they do and they allow us to transmit the magic here at the ground to you wherever you’re watching from around the world well it’ll be over to Portugal for me in about 10 minutes but for now we’re going to say goodbye from the VCC ground Vinnie sander here Mr maxmo with Andrew Leonard hope you have a happy and a safe evening a final reminder to like this video if you are watching on YouTube subscribe to the channel don’t forget our social media at European Cricket I’ve kind of got that Paul Sterling run out as my player today interesting to see what they say I want to see that clipped up there’s one more of any go on you’ve got to clip it up the six down into the canal then the skills from Tom de to get the ball out and then in he came to the commentary box with his arms I want that full package yeah we had our first splash down didn’t we today anyway be happy be safe have a lovely evening we’ll see you tomorrow firstly in Estonia of course on E but then right here match three the Irish and the Scots going Toe to Toe has match three on the way we’ll see you tomorrow for some more European Cricket network and some more Dutch try series for now it’s a manana [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]
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Pringle played well 😮what a match
What an amazing match.
Thanks for uploading it on YouTube
You deserve more viewers, perhaps uploading a highlights for this match would help.
Please upload highlights also
Hasn't IPL ended and GT eliminated?
Then why can't Little play this tri series?
Excellent and trilled match
3:48:19 EFPT moment of the year.
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