Dutch and West Indies tie before Super Over fireworks

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A resilient fightback from Netherlands saw them beat the West Indies by the barest of margins.

Logan van Beek turned things around towards the end of the game to give the Dutch a famous win over the West Indies. With this the Netherlands carry two crucial points to the Super Six, while West Indies carry none.

The exciting Group A encounter between West Indies and Netherlands ended in a high-scoring tie. To decide the winner, the teams then faced off in a super over.

Super over: Logan van Beek pulled off a class display with the willow against Jason Holder. He followed up his 28 off 14 at the end of the Dutch innings, with a 30 from six balls in the Super Over. He clubbed 4, 6, 4, 6, 6 and 4 off Holder’s over.

Nicholas Pooran wasn’t allowed to participate in the Super Over because of his absence from the field for an extended period of time. Johnson Charles and Shai Hope took strike. It was West Indies’ nemesis van Beek, who starred with the ball as well and gave away merely eight runs, while also picking two wickets, to secure a famous Dutch win.

Earlier on West Indies scored 374 for 6 in their 50 overs with Nicholas Pooran scoring 104, his third ODI hundred.

In reply, Netherlands scored 374 for 9 wickets. Teja Nidamanuru scored 111 off 76 balls.