Sadeera Samarawickrama‘s 91 and four wickets from the fast-bowling duo of Rajitha and Madushanka guided Sri Lanka to victory. Sadeera Samarawickrama paced the run chase smartly as the surface wasn’t a belter one.
The Netherlands won the toss and chose to bat it was a good toss to win for the Dutch since it was a day game and Sri Lanka was under pressure sitting at the bottom of the table.
Sri Lanka got off to a fantastic start with the ball both Kasun Rajitha and Madushanka are right on the money from the start. Rajitha got his reward by trapping Vikramjit Singh’s leg before for 4 off 13 balls Dot ball pressure creates a wicket for Sri Lanka
Rajitha redeems himself after bowling a wide by bowling O’Dowd with the extra delivery. It was full and swinging away outside off and O’Dowd looks to drive but gets a thick edge that goes back into the stumps and departs for 16.
Sybrand Engelbrecht and Logan van Beek rescued the Dutch with a century stand.
From 91/6 to 161/6 – Sybrand Engelbrecht and Logan van Beek have slowly but steadily stabilised the Netherlands after a huge collapse The duo added 130 runs for the 7th wicket. Engelbrecht played a fantastic innings coming in at a vital time and played some superb shorts before departing for 70 off 82 with 4 four and six.
Logan van Beek also did his part brilliantly and gave good company to Engelbrecht he scored a brilliant half-century as he departed for 59 off 75 with a four and six to guide Netherlands to a respectable total of 262 in 49.4 overs.
Rajitha has a dream-opening spell as he rattles the opener cheaply and comes back to finish the tail he finishes with figures of 4 for 50 in his 9 overs Madushanka too took 4 vital wickets for Sri Lanka he finished with 4 for 49 in 9.4 overs. Theekshana picked up a wicket finish with the figures of 1 for 44 in his 10 overs
Kusal Perera is gone and that’s the first wicket for Netherlands After hitting a four off the previous ball, Perera attempted a cut shot off the shorter ball outside off that took a top edge and de Leede takes an easy catch. Poor batting by him departs for just 5 runs.
Aryan Dutt strikes again and skipper Kusal Mendis goes for the sweep but he gets a top edge which is taken cleanly by the fielder at short fine leg. Mendis is gone for 11,
Charith Asalanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama guided Sri Lanka to victory
Asalanka and Samarawickrama put on a vital 77-run partnership for the 4th wicket to give an upper hand to Sri Lanka after the early mix-ups Asalanka played a responsible knock as he departed for a 44 off 62 with 2 fours and six
Samarawickrama scored a brilliant 91 off 107 balls with 7 fours to guide Sri Lanka to their first victory in this edition of the World Cup. Aryan was the pick of the bowlers for the Dutch he finished with 3 wickets for 44 in his 10 overs.