{"id":79725,"date":"2022-07-16T11:14:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T11:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=79725"},"modified":"2022-07-16T11:14:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T11:14:07","slug":"zimbabwe-netherlands-qualify-for-twenty20-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=79725","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe, Netherlands qualify for Twenty20 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sports Desk:<\/strong> Hosts Zimbabwe and the Netherlands filled the last two places for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia by winning their qualifying tournament semi-finals in Bulawayo on Friday.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe beat Papua New Guinea by 27 runs after posting 199-5 in 20 overs, then restricting their opponents to 172-8.<\/p>\n

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The Netherlands defeated the United States by seven wickets. Replying to an American total of 138 in 19.4 overs, the Dutch scored 139-3 with six balls to spare.<\/p>\n

Australia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, Namibia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates and the West Indies had already secured places.<\/p>\n

The 16-team tournament runs from October 16 to November 13 with Australia defending a title they won in the UAE last year.<\/p>\n

Winning the toss and opting to bat, Zimbabwe clicked with six batsman led by Wesley Madhevere scoring at least 22 runs.<\/p>\n

Madhevere top scored with 42, including five fours, and added 63 runs for the second wicket with captain Craig Ervine.<\/p>\n

Papua New Guinea, who scraped into the semi-finals on net run rate after winning only one of three group matches, were close to matching the Zimbabwe run rate for much of the innings with Tony Ura starring.<\/p>\n

But when Ura fell off the final ball of the 14th, after notching 66, including five sixes and four fours off 35 balls, the island nation lost momentum.<\/p>\n

Blessing Muzarabani was the most succesful Zimbabwe bowler, taking two wickets at the expense of 24 runs in four overs.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe, who appointed former star batsman Dave Houghton as coach just before the tournament, will be making a fifth appearance at the T20 finals.<\/p>\n

In the other semi-final, captain Monank Patel top scored for the USA with 32 and Steven Taylor, their star batsman in the group stage, contributed 26.<\/p>\n

Bas de Leede and Paul van Meekeren took two wickets each, but Fred Klaassen, who captured five wickets against Uganda on Thursday, had a disappointing 0-40 four-over stint.<\/p>\n

After impressing with the ball, De Leede did even better with the bat, striking an unbeaten 91, including three sixes and nine fours.<\/p>\n

Captain and wicketkeeper Scott Edwards weighed in with a run-a-ball 26 to ensure a fourth consecutive appearance at the T20 World Cup tournament for the Dutch.<\/p>\n

In placement play-offs, there were victories for Uganda over Jersey and Hong Kong against Singapore, the only team not win so far in Bulawayo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sports Desk: Hosts Zimbabwe and the Netherlands filled the last two places for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia by winning their qualifying tournament semi-finals in Bulawayo on Friday. Zimbabwe beat Papua New Guinea by 27 runs after posting 199-5 in 20 overs, then restricting their opponents to 172-8. The Netherlands defeated the United States […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":79726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n