Netherlands seek first win in Namibia clash

Following the comprehensive loss to Ireland, the Netherlands will be looking to gett their T20 World cup campaign back on track when they take on tournament debutants Namibia in a must-win qualifying match in Abu Dhabi today.

The Dutch were blown away by the stunning four-wicketsin-four-balls performance by Ireland pacer Curtis Campher and they look to quickly forget the seven-wicket thmping and post a win against Namibia in the Group A game to keep themselves in the runniong for a Super 12 berth.

The Netherlands innings was left in disarray when Colin Ackermann, Ryan ten Doeschate, Scott Edwards and Roelof van der Merwe fell to Campher off successive balls in the 10th over. Only Max O’Dowd stood tall among the ruins with a 47-ball 51 after Netherlands were reduced to 51 for six. He hit seven boundaries. Netherlands will not want to repeat such a poor batting performance when they face lower-ranked Namibia, who lost to Sri Lanka in their opening fixture, as a defeat will almost certainly send them out of contention for next round berth.