Match #3: Ireland defeated the Netherlands by 7 wickets
The Netherlands opted to bat first after winning the toss. Their opener Max O'Dowd scored his personal half-century as well. However, there are no other considerable contributions from their batting unit except the opener! They only got to 106 runs before getting bowled out in 20 overs. This is a very low target and experienced Ireland chased it down with 4.5 overs to spare in their innings and 7 wickets in hand!
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However, the talk was all about Ireland's medium pacer Curtis Campher who created many records with the ball in this innings! Bowling the 10th over in the Netherlands innings, he dismissed Colin Ackermann, Ryan ten Doeschate, Scott Edwards and Roelof van der Merwe in four consecutive balls. Campher now joins Afghanistan's Rashid Khan and Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga to bag 4 wickets in 4 balls in the T20I cricket!
The Netherlands also lost three wickets in the last three balls in the 20th over in their innings which involves a run-out. Mark Adair who bowled the 20th over finished with bowling figures of 3/9 from his 4 overs. Superb isn't it?! Campher bagged the Player of the Match award for this brilliant bowling display in this game!
Brief Scores: Ireland - 107/3 in 15.1 overs (Gareth Delany - 44, Pieter Seelaar - 1/14) defeated the Netherlands - 106 all out in 20 overs (Max O'Dowd - 51, Curtis Campher - 4/26) by a margin of 7 wickets (with 29 balls remaining)
Match #4: Sri Lanka defeated Namibia by 7 wickets
Having opted to field first, Sri Lankan bowlers did all the right things to put Namibian batters under pressure! For Namibia, there is no other highlight than the 39-run stand for the third wicket between Craig Williams (29 off 36) and Gerhard Erasmus (20 off 19)! Sri Lanka's Maheesh Theekshana who is playing his first game in the T20 World Cup has impressed with the ball with bowling figures of 3/25 from his 4 overs!
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During the chase, Sri Lanka lost their first 3 wickets for just 26 runs on the board inside the powerplay. But they did not lose one more wicket in the innings as they marched home with 7 wickets in hand. Bhanuka Rajapaksa (42* off 27) and Avishka Fernando (30* off 28) remained unbeaten in this huge victory!
Maheesh Theekshana bagged the Player of the Match award for his superb bowling spell upfront that set up a massive victory for the Sri Lankans in this match!
Brief Scores: Sri Lanka - 100/3 in 13.3 overs (Bhanuka Rajapaksa - 42*, JJ Smit - 1/7) defeated Namibia - 96 all out in 19.3 overs (Craig Williams - 29, Maheesh Theekshana - 3/25) by 7 wickets (with 6.3 overs remaining)
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