Zimbabwe wins over Netherlands by 7 wickets to seal the series by 2-1

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The 3rd ODI Match of the Netherlands tour of Zimbabwe, 2023 was played yesterday at Harare Sports Club, Harare. In which Zimbabwe wins over Netherlands by 7 wickets to seal the series by 2-1..

Netherlands batted first after winning the toss started the inning very well, Vikramjit Singh and Max ODowd came to start the inning, and gave brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 67 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 67 runs in 13.4 over, Max ODowd dismissed after scoring 38 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in 43 balls, next batsman Musa Ahmed came to bat, meanwhile the second wicket has gone for 69 runs in 16.2 over, Vikramjit Singh dismissed for 27 runs with the help 3 boundaires in 49 balls, next batsman Colin Ackermann came to bat and handled the inning with Musa Ahmed, the third wicket has gone for 129 runs in last ball of the 30 over, Musa Ahmed dismissed after scoring 29 runs in 43 balls, next batsman Wesley Barresi came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs in 5 balls as fourth wicket in 30.4 over, the team score was 132 runs, followed by Scott Edwards came to bat and played well with Colin Ackermann, the fifth wicket has gone for 147 runs in 34.5 over, Colin Ackermann dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 37 runs with the help of 2 boundaries in 55 balls, next batsman Teja Nidamanuru came to bat and handled the inning with Scott Edwards, the sixth wicket has gone for 184 runs in 43.4 over, Teja Nidamanuru dismissed for 18 runs in 30 balls, followed by Shariz Ahmad came to bat, after a while the seventh wicket has gone for 192 runs in last ball of the 45th over, Scott Edwards dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 34 runs in 41 balls, followed by Aryan Dutt came to bat and played well with Shariz Ahmad, the 8th wicket has gone for 223 runs in 48.4 over, Aryan Dutt dismissed for 15 runs in 14 balls, next batsman Paul van Meekeren came to bat, in mainwhile the 9th wicket has also gone for 225 runs in first ball of the final over, Shariz Ahmad dismissed for 14 runs in 13 balls, followed by Fred Klaassen came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 2 runs in 3 balls with Paul van Meekeren, and Paul van Meekeren also remains unbeaten for 5 runs in 4 balls. In this way, Netherlands scored 231 runs after losing 9 wickets in the prescribed 50 overs and set a target of 232 runs for Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Sean Williams took 3 wickets for 41 runs, Sikandar Raza 2 wickets for 55 runs, Wessly Madhevere 1 wicket for 43 runs, Tendai Chatara 1 wicket for 23 runs in 4 overs, Richard Ngarava 1 wicket for 20 runs in 5 overs, and Blessing Muzarabani 1 wicket for 19 runs in 6 overs.

Zimbabwe chasing 232 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in fourth ball of the 42nd over. Zimbabwe started the inning very storngly, Wessly Madhevere and Craig Ervine came to start the inning and gave a strong start with a half-century partnership of 96 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 96 runs in last ball of the 18th over, Craig Ervine dismissed after playing a very brilliant inning of 44 runs with the help of 5 boudaries in 55 balls, next batsman Gary Ballance came to bat, after a while the second wicket has also dismissed for 103 runs in 19.3 over, Wessly Madhevere dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 50 runs with the help of 7 boundaires in just 61 balls, followed by Sean Williams came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 96 runs with Gary Ballance, the third wicket has gone for 199 runs in 38.2 over, Sean Williams dismissed after playing a very brilliant inning of 43 runs with the help of 3 boudaries in just 53 balls, next batsman Sikandar Raza came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Gary Ballance, Gary Ballance played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 64 runs with the help of 8 boundaires in just 72 balls, and Sikandar Raza played a quick unbeaten inning of 18 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in just 9 balls. In this way, Zimbabwe chased the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in 41.4 overs and won the match by 7 wickets, and with the victory Zimbabwe also won the series by 2-1.

Netherlands bowlers Shariz Ahmad took 2 wickets for 71 runs in 9.4 overs, and Fred Klaassen 1 wicket for 45 runs in 8 overs.

Zimbabwe all-rounder Sean Williams was selected as the best player of the match and series, he performed very brilliant batting as well as also in bowling, played a very brilliant inning of 43 runs with the help of 3 boudaries in just 53 balls, and also took 3 wickets just for 41 runs in his spell.

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