da esoccer bet： The Netherlands beat back a spirited challenge from Americas to wintheir Group 2 Plate championship match at the Radella grounds by sevenruns on Sunday
23-Jan-2000The Netherlands beat back a spirited challenge from Americas to wintheir Group 2 Plate championship match at the Radella grounds by sevenruns on Sunday.Put in to bat, Netherlands scored 226 for seven in 50 overs. Opener KShafiq led the way with a patient 49 off 112 balls, inclusive of fivehits to the ropes. But a sharp middle order collapse saw them slump to124 for seven. However a breezy unbroken eighth wicket stand of 102runs off 13.1 overs between E Nawaz (58) and F Nijman (30) helpedNetherlands post a good total. Nawaz faced only 53 balls and hit fivefours and two sixes. The total was inflated by as many as 43 extras.When Americas batted, opener C Foggo and skipper A Bagai (36) added 55runs for the second wicket off 14.3 overs. Then after four wickets hadfallen for 104 runs, Foggo and O Pitcher (35) added 86 runs for thefifth wicket off 17.2 overs to keep Americas in the fight. The fall ofFoggo for 91 at this stage was a major blow. Foggo faced 152 balls andhit 12 fours. SH Elani tried his best to sustain Americas’ hopes witha bright 17 off eight balls with a six and a four but ultimately theAmericas fell tantalisingly short of their target, ending at 219 foreight.