Crafty all-rounder Mitchell Santner guided New Zealand to their second consecutive victory in this edition of the World Cup as they beat the Netherlands by a huge margin of 99 runs. Mitchell Santner first played a useful cameo with the bat and then took control with the ball as he completed his five-fifer.
The Netherlands won the toss and elected to field against New Zealand. The Netherlands will be searching for a win on the day after losing their tournament opener against Pakistan, while New Zealand will look to consolidate their position after emerging victors against England at Ahmedabad
The Netherlands got a nice start with the three maiden overs but the Kiwis are untroubled as both Conway and Will Young put the pressure back on the Dutch as they scored 63 runs in the next 7 overs
Top order shines for the Black Caps to take them to 322
Will Young scored an all-important half-century as he played some brilliant shorts before departing for a well-made 70 runs of 80 balls. with 7 fours and 2 sixes. Rachin Ravindra continued his golden form as he scored his second half-century before getting out in an unlucky way he was caught down the leg side after scoring a brilliant run a ball 51 with 3 fours and a six.
Daryl Mitchell missed a well-deserved half-century by a whisker as he got out for a well-made 48 off 47 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes The captain Tom Latham also scored a responsible half-century he made 53 of just 46 balls with 6 fours and a six.
Santner and Henry played a useful cameo at the end, especially Santner who hit two sixes in the last two balls of the innings and finished with 36 off just 17 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes to take New Zealand to 322 for 7 in their 50 overs.
For the Netherlands, it’s the spinning combination of Van der Merwe and Aryan Dutt picked up 2 wickets each as the duo finished with 2 for 56 and 2 for 62 in his 9 respectively. Along with the seamer Paul van Meekeren who also picked up vital 2 wickets for 59 in his 9 overs.
Mitchell Santner rattles the Netherlands batting order
Mitchell Santner the star with the ball for New Zealand used all his experience and bowled the right line and length to extract turn from the pitch as he finished with the figures of 5 for 59 in his 10 over one of his best bowling figures in one-day internationals
Matt Henry was the pick of the bowlers as far as seamers are concerned he bowled brilliantly and finished with the figures of 3 for 40 in just 8.3 as Netherland bundled out for 223 Ackermann the lone warrior with the bat for the Dutch played some wonderful shorts and scored a brilliant half-century he departed for 69(73) after failing to execute the reverse sweep.