ZIM vs NED Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! RUN OUT! ZIMBABWE WIN IT BY A RUN! They manage to hold their nerve. Brilliant. On off, this is hit wide of long off. They take two and go for the third. The fielder runs across and then fires it to the bowler who whips the bails off.

SIX! BANG! NETHERLANDS STILL IN IT. 4 NEEDED IN 1. On middle, this is lofted over the long on fence for a biggie.

Two. On middle, this is worked through mid-wicket foe two. 10 needed in two balls now.

On off, this is hit through covers for one more.

Two more. On middle, this id worked through square leg for two.

FOUR! OFF THE EDGE. Outside off, Klein slashes, this flies off the outside edge and down to the third man fence.

OUT! Number 9 goes down. On middle, this is lofted down to long on. Burl takes an easy catch.

Fires it outside off, the batter goes after it but misses.

On middle, this is worked through mid-wicket for one.

OUT! THAT SHOULD BE THE GAME FOR ZIMBABWE! Raza gets the big fish. On middle, the slog sweep comes out, not timed that well and it is an easy catch for Evans at deep mid-wicket.

On middle, this is hit through square leg for one.

Teo.more. On middle, this is yet again worked through mid-wicket, in the gap for two.

Two! On middle, this is worked through mid-wicket for two.

Dots are gold! Full and outside off, Scott fails to put bat on ball.

Shorter and on middle, this is pulled through square leg for one.

On middle, this is worked through mid-wicket for one.

SIX! BOOM! That is much needed. Full and on middle, this is heaved over the mid-wicket fence for a massive biggie. Scott wants to win this game by himself.

Full and on the pads, Ahmad looks to flick but misses. Leg bye taken. Gets Scott on strike.

Two! On off, this is pushed through covers for two.

On the pads, yet again batter misses the flick. It clips the pad and rolls on the leg side for one. Leg bye again.

Fires it on the pads, Scott looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. A leg bye taken aa it rolls on the leg side.

OUT! RUN OUT! Ahmad is well short. Big confusion ans Netherlands lose another one. Outside off, Scott looks to play the reverse sweep, he gets an inside edge onto the pads. The ball rolls on the leg side. Ahmad goes for one but is sent back from halfway down. The keeper gets to the ball and throws it to the Raza who whips the bails off. The batter is well short.

Two again! Brilliant running. On middle, this is yet again played with soft hands on the leg side for a couple.

Fumble ans two! On middle, this is nudged through square leg. They go for two. The fielder fumbles and the two is a lot easier.

Retains strike. Steps out and works it through mid-wicket for one.

Fires this outside off, Scott looks to cut but misses.

Two more! Now the reverse sweep, this is hit through backward point for two.

FOUR! BOUNDARIES WILL! This is swept hard. On middle, Edwards hits it hard and through square leg for a boundary.

Singles won't win the game for the Dutch. On off, this is pushed down to long off for one.

Two! Flatter and outside off, this us pushed wide of sweeper cover for two.

Fuller and outside off. Ahmad paddles it to short fine leg for one.

NO BALL! Shariz Ahmad gets a lifeline. This is very full and on leg, Ahmad makes room to drive but edges it back onto the stumps. The umpire checks if that is a no ball and it shows Sikandar Raza did overstep.Free hit coming up..

This is full and on off. Scott Edwards miscues his reverse sweeps to point for one.

Full and outside off, Ahmad slog-sweeps it to long on for a single.

This is short and outside off. Ahmad swings and misses.

Full and on middle, Ahmad flicks it to deep mid-wicket for two.

Shorter and outside off, Ahmad looks to cut but misses.

This is full and outside off. Edwards sweeps it back onto the pads.

On middle. Edwards keeps it out.

Full and on middle, tucked to mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! BOWLED Hat-trick for Wesley Madhevere. This is just incredible! Paul van Meekeren is stunned! Flatter, angling around off, again this one skids on. Paul van Meekeren looks to work it on the leg side but gets beaten on the outside edge and it hits the stumps. Wesley Madhevere has changed the game completely.

OUT! BOWLED! Wesley Madhevere gets two in two! What an over this is! Flatter, quicker and on middle, skids on. Teja Nidamanuru rocks back to cut but misses and the ball shatters the middle stump. Wesley Madhevere is on a Hat-trick.

OUT! STUMPED! Perfect time for Zimbabwe to get a wicket! Tossed up, outside off. Colin Ackermann looks to slog-sweep but misses. He was batting already out of his crease and had to stretch his back foot to get back in. The keeper collects and flashes the bails away. The replay shows Colin Ackermann was well out of his crease.

FOUR! Much needed! Shorter and outside off, Edwards punches it through covers for a boundary.

On middle, this is hit back to Raza, in the air again but Raza fails to hold on. Will go down as a chance.

On off, kept out.

Full and on leg, Edwards reverse hits it past point for one.

Flat and on leg, Edwards punches it to cover.

On middle, punched to mid-wicket. Good diving stop there.

Fuller and on middle. Edwards reverse paddles it to short third man for one.

On middle, this is hit to deep square leg for a couple.

Flat and on off, Edwards pulls it to square leg where Blessing Muzarabani misfields and allows a couple.

Tossed up on off. Edwards blocks it out.

On middle. Colin Ackermann skips down and hits it to long on for a single.

Fuller and outside off, dragged to square leg for a single.

Slower in the air on middle. Edwards reverse hits it to short third man for one.

A single as this is hit to long on.

Around off, pushed to covers for a single.

OUT! LBW! The set batter goes! This wicket will open the game up! Tossed up on middle, stays low. O'Dowd looks to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. An appeal for LBW and up goes the finger.

tossed up, outside off, Colin Ackermann hits it to long off for a single.

On middle, punched back to the bowler.

A dot to end! 5 runs off the over! On middle, worked to mid-wicket. 76 runs needed in 60 balls.

Flatter and outside off, slapped to cover for a single.

Full and on middle, drilled to long on for a single.

Fuller and outside off, Colin Ackermann works it to covers for one.

Shorter and on middle, punched to long on for a single.

On the pads, flicked behind square leg for one.

Tossed up, outside off, pushed to long off for a single.

On off, kept out.

PUT DOWN! This is short and on middle. Colin Ackermann pulls it, flat and hard to mid-wicket where the fielder puts down a simple catch. Need to be taken that.

On middle, defended.

On off, kept out.

Full and on midde, blocked out.

Quicker and on middle, punched back to the bowler.

A single as this is hit to long on.

Outside off, spins in, this is cut to short third man.

Full again, O'Dowd works it to long off for one.

Full and on off, pushed to long off for a single.

Around off, punched to cover.

On off, kept out.

A single as this is hit to mid-wicket.

Flighted, outside off. Colin Ackermann looks to sweep but misses.

Around off, kept out.

FOUR MORE! Too full and on off, Colin Ackermann sweeps it behind square leg for a boundary.

FOUR! Solid shot! Fuller and outside off. Colin Ackermann goes inside out over covers and finds the fence.

Flat and on middle. Colin Ackermann helps it to short fine leg and takes a sharp single.

On off, kept out.

On middle, blocked out.

Around off, pushed through covers for a single.

On middle, tucked to mid-wicket for a single.

On off, kept out.

Fuller and on middle. Colin Ackermann bunts in the gap to mid-wicket for easy three runs.

Outside off, cut to point.

Fuller and outside off. Colin Ackermann smashes it wide of long off for a couple.

Flatter and outside off, O'Dowd cuts it to deep point for one.

Fuller and outside off, Colin Ackermann drives it to long off for a single.

Full and on off, blocked out.

Outside off, cut to point.

Tossed up on middle, worked to long on for a single.

A single as this is hit to mid-wicket.

Around off, pushed to cover.

Flat and on middle, O'Dowd blocks.

On middle, kept out.

OUT! RUN OUT! Not the way Cooper wanted to lose his wicket but Zimbabwe have an opening here. Flat and outside off. O'Dowd taps it to point for a single. Cooper agrees to the call but is a bit slow to take off, he does not even put a dive which would have saved him. The throw comes to the keeper who removes the bails off.

Flat and on middle, nudged to mid-wicket.

On off, kept out.

A single as this is hit to long off.

On off, played to deep cover for a single.

FOUR! Shorter and outside off, O'Dowd cuts it very late to third man for a boundary.

Flighted on middle, O'Dowd drills it to long on for one.

Flat and on off, punched to ocver.

Tossed up on off, eased to mid on.

Outside off, guided to backward point.

Flat and on middle, flicked to square leg for a single.

Full and on off, pushed to long off for one.

Angling on the pads. Cooper flicks it wide of deep mid-wicket for a brace.

On midde, nudged to mid-wicket.

Flat and on off, Cooper works it to cover.

Outside off, cut to point for a single.

Outside off, kept out.

Around off, pushed to covers for one.

Tossed up on off, blocked out.

On the pads, tucked to square leg.

One more run as this is hit to long on.

Full and on off, played to long on for one.

Fuller and outside off, pushed to point.

On off, kept out.

FOUR! Third of the over! Cooper is just using the width here, this is outside off, it is cut past covers for four more.

On middle, flicked to mid-wicket.

FOUR MORE! Width again, outside off and Cooper slashes it through point for four.

FOUR! Shot! Length ball, outside off. Cooper cuts it square on the off side for four.

On a length and outside off, punched through covers for two.

Length ball, outside off, slapped to point.

Two more! Fuller and outside off, this is hit wide of long off for two.

On off, this is guided to point.

Outside off, this is guided towards point for one.

On off, this is pushed to cover.

Outside off, this is hit through point for one.

On middle, defended.

FOUR! Runs are flowing. This is fuller and outside off, Tom Cooper cuts it past point and this one races away to the fence.

A single as this is worked through mid-wicket for one.

On off, defended.

SIX! BANG! That is so nonchalant! Lovely! Shorter and on middle, Max O'Dowd rocks back and pulls it over the long on fence for a biggie.

Shorter and outside off, this is pushed through covers for one.

On off, defended.

On middle, this is worked through mid-wicket for one.

Another single as this is punched through covers.

A single as this is guided through point.

On off, defended

Another run as this is punched through covers.

On off, defended.

On off, this is pushed through covers for one more.

On off, this is pushed through covers for one.

Shorter and outside off, Tom Cooper looks to cut but misses.

FOUR! Two in a row! Netherlands getting a move on now! Shorter and outside off, this is slapped through covers for another boundary.

FOUR! Cut away! That is a lot of room on offer and the length is short, it is cut past point for a boundary.

On off, this is pushed towards cover for one.

Around off, this is kept out.

On off, defended.

Around off, this is pushed down to long off for one.

Outside off, this is guided down towards third man for two.

Flatter and on middle, this is pushed back to the bowler.

Tosses it up on off, this is pushed down to long on for one.

On off, this is guided down to third man for one more.

Fuller and on off, this is driven through covers for one.

Around off, kept out.

On off, defended.

100 up for Netherlands. On off, this is pushed through covers for one.

EDGED AND DROPPED! That should have been taken! It was a refulation wicket keeper's catch. Shorter and outside off, Cooper looks to cut, this goes off the outside edge towards the keeper who spills it. How costly will this prove?

On off, defended.

On off, this is pushed through covers for one.

FOUR! Deft! Very nicely played! This is fired outside off, the pace of the bowler is used as this is guided down to the third man fence.

On off, this is pushed back to the bowler.

Another single as this is hit through covers.

Shorter and outside off, this is pushed through covers for one more.

Around off, this is guided to point.

On off, this is pushed to cover.

Shorter and outside off, this is guided through point for one.

Two more! Shorter and outside off, this is cut through point for two.

Another dot! Shorter and outside off, this is cut but to point.

Another appeal but not given! Angled into the off pole. Tom Cooper walks across and looks to pull but misses to get hit high on the pads.

A single as this is pushed through covers.

Tossed up on off, this is lofted over cover for a boundary.

Shorter and on off, this is pushed through covers for one.

A single as this is nudged on the leg side.

On off, defended.

Shorter and outside off, Cooper looks to cut but misses.

Around off, this is pushed through covers for one.

Outside off, shortish, this is cut but to point.

Outside off, this is guided down to third man for one.

A loud shout but turned down! On the pads, Max O'Dowd looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads.

On the shorter side and outside off, this one does not bounce a lot. Dot.

Shorter and on off, this is pulled through square leg for one.

Flatter and around off, O'Dowd blocks it out.

Short and well outside off, O'Dowd flashes his bat and misses.

Shorter and outside off, Cooper cuts it to point for one more.

Around off, blocked out.

On off, kept out.

Full and outside off, driven through covers for one.

Length and outside off, kept out.

Length and outside off, Cooper punches on the up to mid off.

One more run as this is hit to mid-wicket.

Length ball, outside off, punched through covers for a single.

Fuller and outside off, pushed to mid off.

Length and on middle, Cooper plays it to mid on.

Full and on middle. Cooper works it to mid-wicket for a single.

Shorter and on off, O'Dowd cuts it to ponit for one.

Fuller and on middle, flicked to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Shorter and outside off, O'Dowd slaps it to deep point for a single.

Flat and outside  off, cut to point for a single.

Outside off, cut to point.

On middle, blocked.

On a length and around off, O'Dowd blocks it out.

On off, kept out.

Length and on off, defended out.

FUll and on off, pushed to covers for a single.

On middle, flicked to square leg for a single.

Outside off, Tom slaps it hard but finds cover.

Tossed up, outside off, O'Dowd hits it to deep point for one.

Tossed up on middle, tucked to mid-wicket.

One more run as this is hit to long off.

Fuller and around off, O'Dowd chips it past the bowler to long off for one.

Flat and outside off, O'Dowd taps it to short third man.

Full and on middle, O'Dowd works it to square leg for one.

On off, kept out.

Fuller and angling on the pads. O'Dowd fails to flick it away.

On off, nudged to mid-wicket for one.

Length and outside off, punched to cover.

This is short and around off, Cooper looks to pull but misses and gets hit on the back of the helmet. A concussion protocol going on.

On middle, this is hit to square leg for one.

Fuller and outside off, knocked to point for one.

Flat and on off, Cooper taps it to cover for one.

Outside off, cut to point.

Full and on off, pushed through covers for one.

On off, pushed to ocvers for one.

Length and on off, O'Dowd taps it to the right of the keeper.

FOUR! Short in length, outside off, O'Dowd cuts it hard and late to third man for four.

Length and on off, Cooper nudges it to mid-wicket for a single.

On off, Cooper blocks.

On a length and around off, punched back to the bowler.

On off, kept out.

FOUR! Second one! 10 off the over! On middle, fuller and O'Dowd whips it past square leg for four.

On middle, this is hit to square leg for a single.

FOUR! This is full and outside off, Cooper drives it through mid off for a boundary.

Fuller and around off. Tom defends.

Length and on off, defended out.

Length and outside off, O'Dowd dabs it to third man for a single.

Just one off the over! Full and on middle, Cooper flicks it to mid-wicket.

On middle, kept out.

On middle, Cooper blocks it back to the bowler.

Outside off, punched to point.

On a length and on off, tucked to mid-wicket.

Length and on middle, O'Dowd flicks it behind square leg for one.

Outside off again, Cooper shoulders arms.

Wide! Short and on middle, left alone.

Short in length and outside off, Cooper leaves.

OUT! TAKEN! Singh goes! On a length and outside off. Singh punches on the gap as he tries to find the gap but Wellington Masakadza dives to his left at covers and takes it inches above the ground. The opening stand is broken.

Short and on middle, shoots again. Singh looks to pull but misses and gets hit on the helmet. A concussion test will follow as Singh got hit on the helmet.

On a length and on middle. Singh keeps it out.

Outside off, dabbed to third man for a single.

Full and outside off, pushed to mid off.

On middle, flicked behind square leg for one.

SIX! HAMMERED! On a length and outside off, O'Dowd heaves it over mid-wicket for a biggie.

Around off, dropped to point.

Outside off, punched to point.

Length and outside off, O'Dowd slashes and misses.

Good over from Blessing Muzarabani! Around off, blocked out.

On middle, defended out.

Wide! Too short and outside off. Singh looks to ramp it away but misses.

Three dots now! Length ball, outside off. Singh looks to defend but misses.

Angles it outside off and this tails away. Singh lets it go.

Length ball, outside off. Singh looks to punch but misses.

Length and on middle. O'Dowd helps it to fine leg for one.

Around off, pushed throough covers for one.

On middle, flicked to mid-wicket.

Length and on off, O'Dowd drops it to point.

Around off, kept out.

FOUR! Well played! On a length and outside off, O'Dowd strokes it through covers for a boundary.

Wide! Length and sliding down leg, O'Dowd misses his flick.

On a length and on off, defended out.

Full and on leg, pushed to mid on.

A bumper on middle. Singh ducks under it.

On middle, this is hit to square leg for one.

FOUR! Nice shot! Length ball, outside off. O'Dowd punches off the back foot through point for a boundary.

Length and on off, O'Dowd plays it to point.

Outside off, left alone.

Full and on off, pushed to cover.

SIX! BANG! Short and on off, Singh pulls it over mid-wicket.

Full and on off, blocked.

FOUR! A shot for confidence! On a length and around off. Singh powers it down to long on for four.

Sing and a miss! Length ball, outside off, Singh looks to defend across but misses.

Length ball on the pads, Singh flicks it past mid-wicket for a couple.

On middle, behind square leg for a single.

On a length and outside off, Singh looks to punch but misses again.

JUST SHORT! Shorter and around off, shoots off the deck. Singh chips it up in the air and to mid off but luckily it falls short of the man.

BEAUTY! Shorter and outside off, close to off. Singh looks to defend but misses.

Outside off, guided to third man for a single.

FOUR! Good shot! Short and outside off, O'Dowd slaps aerially and to point for four.

Very full and outside off, Singh prods to defend but misses.

Length ball, outside off, Singh lets it go.

Length and on off, Singh blocks.

Length and outside off, O'Dowd punches it to deep point for one.

Length and outside off, O'Dowd punches it to cover.

On middle on a length. Singh tucks it to square leg and calls for a risky single. The fielder there misses his shy at the bowler's end though. Netherlands are underway.