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A superb new ball spell from Billy Stelling saw Netherlands bundle out Scotland for a paltry 136, which was chased comfortably by the Dutch at St Kitts. In the match of the minnows, Netherlands prevailed by 8 wickets with as many as 26.1 overs to spare in the Group A fixture at the Warner Park.
Put into bat first by Jeroen Smits, also the wicket keeper for Netherlands, Scotland lost its first four wickets for just 15 on the board inside 7 overs. They couldn’t recover at all from those blows to be bowled out in 34.1 overs. There wasn’t even one meaningful partnership in their entire innings. The top scorer was the no.10 bat, Glenn Rogers with 26 followed closely by Neil McCallum scoring 24. The 37-year-old Billy Stelling had opened the bowling to end up with rich figures of 3 for 12 from 8 overs. Mark Jonkman who wasn’t given the new ball today and Mohammad Kashif, the left arm finger spinner chipped in with a couple of wickets each.
Netherlands lost a couple of quick wickets to John Blain but never looked back due to the unbroken stand between opener Bas Zuiderent and Ryan ten Doeschate. The two put on 103 for the 3rd wicket with Zuiderent unbeaten on 43 from 56 with 6 fours and ten Doeschate making a cracking 70 from 68 with 13 fours and a six. Billy Stelling for his destructive new ball spell was declared as the Man of the Match. This game also ends the World Cup adventures for both these sides.