Netherlands qualifies for ODI World Cup
Netherlands has qualified for the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 by defeating Scotland. The Netherlands on Thursday won the right to play for the World Cup to be held in India in October-November by defeating Scotland by 4 wickets in the World Cup Qualifiers 2023. The Netherlands team will play a match against India on 11 November in the World Cup. Its first match is against Pakistan on 6 October, which will be played in Hyderabad.
With this, all 10 teams of the 2023 World Cup have become finalists. Thanks to Brendan McMullen’s century, Scotland scored 277 runs losing 9 wickets in 50 overs. Apart from McMullen, captain Richie Berrington scored an inning of 64 runs.
Netherlands had a target of 278 runs and had to achieve this target in 44 overs to secure their place in the World Cup. After a great start, Netherlands lost the wicket of 3 batsmen for 94 runs.
After this, the team qualified for the World Cup by achieving the target of 278 runs by losing 6 wickets in the 43rd over with Bas de Leede’s blazing century. Earlier, Sri Lanka was also successful in making the World Cup ticket to its name, while West Indies’ dream of playing the World Cup remained unfulfilled.
The Netherlands has qualified for the World Cup for the 5th time. Earlier this team has participated in 1996, 2003, 2007 and 2011 World Cups. However, in all these World Cups, the Netherlands team has not been able to go beyond the group stage. Tim Dalyde, Bas Dalyde’s father, played for the Netherlands in 1996 as part of the Netherlands’ first World Cup squad. Now his sons are taking the Netherlands to the World Cup in India once again.
