Zimbabwean cricket team in the Netherlands in 2019

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Zimbabwean cricket team in the Netherlands in 2019
  Flag of Netherlands.svg Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
  Netherlands Zimbabwe
Dates 19 – 25 June 2019
Captains Pieter Seelaar Hamilton Masakadza
One Day International series
Results Netherlands won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Max O'Dowd (145) Brendan Taylor (122)
Most wickets Fred Klaassen (4) Sean Williams (6)
Twenty20 International series
Results 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Roelof van der Merwe (87) Craig Ervine (88)
Most wickets Roelof van der Merwe (5) Christopher Mpofu (4)

The Zimbabwe cricket team toured the Netherlands in June 2019 to play two One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] [2] [3] The two teams last faced each other in an ODI match at the 2003 Cricket World Cup, with Zimbabwe winning by 99 runs. [4] The last time the two sides played a T20I match against each other was during the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, with Zimbabwe winning by five wickets. [4]

Contents

The Netherlands won the ODI series 2–0. [5] It was their first ever ODI series win against a Full Member side. [6] The T20I series was drawn 1–1, with Zimbabwe winning the second match in a Super Over. [7]

Squads

ODIsT20Is
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [8] Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [9] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [8] Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe [9]

ODI series

1st ODI

19 June 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
205/8 (47 overs)
v
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
207/3 (42.5 overs)
Brendan Taylor 71 (85)
Fred Klaassen 2/29 (10 overs)
Max O'Dowd 87* (121)
Sean Williams 2/38 (9 overs)
Netherlands won by 7 wickets (DLS method)
Sportpark Het Schootsveld, Deventer
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Huub Jansen (Ned)

2nd ODI

21 June 2019
11:00
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
290/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
291/7 (49.2 overs)
Sikandar Raza 85* (68)
Fred Klaassen 2/53 (10 overs)
Max O'Dowd 59 (81)
Sean Williams 4/43 (7 overs)
Netherlands won by 3 wickets
Sportpark Het Schootsveld, Deventer
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Brandon Glover and Saqib Zulfiqar (Ned) both made their ODI debuts.
  • This was the Netherlands' highest successful run chase in ODIs. [12]

T20I series

1st T20I

23 June 2019
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
199/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
150 (19.5 overs)
Craig Ervine 59 (37)
Brandon Glover 3/20 (4 overs)
Netherlands won by 49 runs
Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Huub Jansen (Ned)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Brandon Glover (Ned) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

25 June 2019
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
152/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
152 (20 overs)
Max O'Dowd 56 (40)
Sean Williams 2/28 (4 overs)
Brendan Taylor 40 (24)
Roelof van der Merwe 4/35 (4 overs)
Match tied
(Zimbabwe won the Super Over)

Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Huub Jansen (Ned)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

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