CP Rizwan: “It’s definitely heartbreaking, we put our heart and soul into it. We could have grabbed those chances…I could have grabbed that [catch]. We discussed that it’s not that easy to chase here, so told the boys it’s never over until the last ball. We nearly pulled that off. We had to ensure we get wickets, but also have [Junaid’s] over for the end. We should be happy with the effort.”
Scott Edwards: “It was always a bit nervy, just relief in the end. It was making the most of the powerplay and we knew it would be tough in the middle. We lost a few too many wickets as we were getting going. It was just about being busy, and playing as low-risk as we could…we ended up getting across the line. All the [bowlers] did their job, they were all great. I’m still struggling to process it, just relief at the moment.”
Player of the Match is Bas de Leede: “I like bowling in those situations as I know batters will come after me. So I try to be one step ahead. Was nice to pull back the innings. In the end, it got a lot closer than we were expecting.”
United Arab Emirates vs Netherlands Highlights today. 2nd Match, First Round Group A (N), GMHBA Stadium, South Geelong, Victoria, Sunday 16-10-2022, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.
Toss: Rizwan, won the toss and UAE will bat.
“Slightly tougher to chase,” says CP Rizwan having seen how the first game played out. Will be interesting to see how things go under lights
“Perfect, happy days,” says Scott Edwards at the toss. He would have bowled. So everyone is happy. “We’re good to go.”
United Arab Emirates team: 1 Muhammad Waseem, 2 Chirag Suri, 3 Vriitya Aravind, 4 CP Rizwan, 5 Basil Hameed, 6 Zawar Farid, 7 Aayan Khan, 8 Kashif Daud, 9 Karthik Meiyappan, 10 Junaid Siddique, 11 Zahoor Khan.
Netherlands team: 1 Max O’Dowd, 2 Vikram Singh, 3 Bas de Leede, 4 Tom Cooper, 5 Colin Ackerman, 6 Scott Edwards, 7 Roelof van der Merwe, 8 Tim Pringle, 9 Logan van Beek, 10 Fred Klassen, 11 Paul van Meekeren.
Head to Head In T20I’s: 8
United Arab Emirates Won: 4
Netherlands Won: 4
United Arab Emirates T20I Rankings: 13th
Netherlands T20I Rankings: 18th
Form guide
(last five completed Tests, most recent first)
United Arab Emirates LLLWL
Netherlands LLLWW
Match Timings: 8:00 AM GMT | 7:00 PM Local
Umpires – Paul Reiffel, Richard Kettleborough
TV Umpire – Rod Tucker
Match Referee – Ranjan Madugalle
Reserve Umpire – Joel Wilson
Match number – T20I no. 1825
