DELIVERING WORLD-CLASS EVENTS // ICC U19 CRICKET WORLD CUP 2020 QUALIFIERS EUROPE DIVISION 2
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DUTCH DOMINANCE
Netherlands batsmen Boris Gorlee and Niels Etman provided the firepower for their side to progress to the next stage of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup qualification
The Netherlands, France and Denmark occupied the first three places in the Europe Division 2 section of the qualifying competition for ICC Under-19 World Cup 2020. The three teams move forward to the Europe Division 1 stage, which is due to take place in the Netherlands from 26 July to 1 August 2019.
The Netherlands completed their dominance of Division 2, which took place in England between 31 July and 8 August 2018, by beating France by 154 runs in the final in Saffron Walden.
The Netherlands, who topped Group B with four wins from four and an aggregate of 1,028 runs, saved their highest innings total for the final, when Boris Gorlee (99) and Niels Etman (84) shared a partnership of 166 for the third wicket in a total of 281 for six. Off-spinner Arnav Jain then took five for 31 as Group A winners France were bowled out for 127, a disappointment after an opening stand of 86 between Hassan Raza and Noman Amjad.
Gorlee had made an unbeaten 103 in a crushing defeat of Belgium in the group stage following Etman’s 140 not out against Spain. Each scored more than 300 runs in the tournament, with averages in the high 70s. Jain finished leading wicket-taker with 15.
The match to decide the third qualifying place pitted Guernsey, who had beaten France in the group stage only to be pipped for automatic promotion on net run rate, against Group B runners-up Denmark.
After Denmark had chosen to bat, Guernsey took wickets at regular intervals to prevent their opponents building momentum until the Denmark captain Abdullah Shaheen (53 not out) was supported by Hadeed Adnan in an unbroken partnership of 60 for the last wicket to achieve a respectable 230 for nine.
Guernsey openers Nathan Le Tissier (33) and Joseph Ellis (32) combined in a patient partnership of 59 to give their reply a solid foundation, Matthew Philip helping Le Tissier add another 37 for the second wicket. But when the moment came to take more risks in order to accelerate the scoring rate, Guernsey lost wickets, slipping from 92 for two to 102 for six in four overs, and eventually to 132 all out. Shaheen completing a fine all-round performance by taking four wickets for 16 with his off-spin as Denmark clinched their place in Division 1.
Perhaps the unluckiest player in the tournament was Norway’s captain Hayatullah Niazi, who made scores of 75, 79 and 84 and took 13 wickets with his left-arm medium-fast bowling, but whose team could finish only third in Group B.
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