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Holland win by 63 runs



A tame end from Bermuda after Hemp had made a decent fist of the run chase.
They didn't keep enough wickets in hand for the final ten and the tailenders just didn't have the big hitting potential of the Dutch.
The runs needed to come at the top of the order and despite cameos from Cann, Crockwell and Blakeney, only Hemp, with his third successive half century stuck to the task.
Bermuda are out and lose their ODi status and they can't say they have been particularly unlucky.
Now they must play off for 9-12 place and to see how far down the world cricket leagues they will fall as a result of this....


Wicket! Bermuda: 241 for 9 off 49.3 overs


48 overs: Bermuda 241 for 8. Target 305
Pretty much all defence now from Bermuda. Trott's hgaving the odd swing but Leverock is playing no shots. He's 4 from 16.
Nine runs from the last four overs. Holland's tenth wicket pair scored 70 from the last five.
Tailend batting seems like a minor distinction but it has been the difference between the two sides today.
The comparitive scores after 40 overs were dead level.
46 overs: Bermuda 235 for 8. Target 305
The difference between our taileneders and the Dutch is immense. Whereas their no 10 batsman Schiferli was able to crash 40 off 18 balls, Sluggo is not that kind of player. He's just playing out the overs. Very correct, no big ambition.
Trott is trying his best but there's too much for them to do. If the batsmen couldn't do it, why should they be able to?
Wicket! Bermuda 231 for 8, from 44.1 Target 305
It's over. Hemp is out for 81. Another sensational knock from Hemp who has done everything in his power to pull Bermuda back into this tournament.
He swings and misses, guiding a thin edge to the keeper and its down to Sluggo now. Swing the bat big man, you've got nothing to lose.
44 overs: Bermuda 231 for 7. Target 305
Hemp 81, Trott 6
Hemp has opened his shoulders. He plays on the up, but wide of the long-off fielder for four.
Then he swings and misses and picks up four byes. No-one could blame him if he's out through a rash shot now. He has to take chances and he's doing it. This is an almost single handed effort from Hemp. Can he take it down to the wire and at least make the Dutch sweat a little bit. Trott's role is simply to give the experienced player the strike.

43 overs: Bermuda 221 for 7. Target 305
Hemp is finally starting to go for it. He cracks four through the covers and then four more from a pull to leg.
He's moved on to 76 not out. It's a difficult situation for the vice captain. He has to get the runs on the board but if he gets out it's all over.
Wicket! Bermuda 209 for 7 from 42. Target 305
Robinson has gone for 10. Clean bowled. He stepped away from his stumps to take a swipe to the off side and was knocked over.
Trott comes in and gets off the mark with a boundary - a scorching late cut through the covers for four.
Hemp is still there but he may as well start swinging now. No point in batting through for another not out. The big hitters haven't done the job and he has to change his style now and go for broke himself.
40 overs: Bermuda 196 for 6. Target 305
Those wickets have almost slowed the run rate right down to a stand still. This looks like the dying embers of Bermuda's World Cup Qualifying campaign right here.
Hemp is hanging on in there and 109 to win off ten overs is still technically possible - the Dutch scored exactly that many off the last ten.
But they had Schiferli to hoik a succession of sixes. Hemp can pick things up a bit, but that's not his game.
Jacobi has got the swinging part down. He's just not connecting with the ball.
Wicket! Bermuda 182 for 6 after 37 overs. Target 305
Tucker's out. His eyes light up as spinner Seelaar sends down an awful full toss on the leg side. He swats it down the throat of the square leg fielder and Bermuda's hopes in this tournament are disappearing as Jacobi Robinson, the last of the Bermuda side that could be described as a batsman, comes to the crease.
Wicket! Bermuda 182 for 6 after 37 overs. Target 305
Tucker's out. His eyes light up as spinner Seelaar sends down an awful full toss on the leg side. He swats it down the throat of the square leg fielder and Bermuda's hopes in this tournament are disappearing as Jacobi Robinson, the last of the Bermuda side that could be described as a batsman, comes to the crease.
35 overs: Bermuda 179 for 5. Target 305
Hemp brings up his fifty with a straight drive over the top for four. The half-century - his third in succession - comes from 75 deliveries including six fours.
He has now scored 230 runs in the last three games without being out.
Wicket! Bermuda 173 for 5 after 34 overs. Target 305
Romaine is run out. He lofts over the infield and takes an easy one. He attempts a suicidal second run and Hemp sends him back.
He's run out by half the track. Miles out of his ground. Janeiro Tucker joins Hemp at the crease.

33 overs: Bermuda 169 for 4. Target 305
Hemp 45, Romaine 9
A straight drive down the ground for four from Romaine, then a flick off the pads for two more.
UAE are 170 for 4 against Afghanistan - looking good for the win. They're doing their bit, can we do ours? It would be a sensational turnaround if Romaine and Hemp could pull it off. Wicket! Bermuda 159 for 4 from 31 overs Target 305
Blakeney has gone for 42. A flashing drive is caught in the covers by Baz Zuiderant and Bermuda are in trouble.
Skipper Irving Romaine comes to the crease with a big job to do for his team.
Hemp's gone into his shell - 43 from 65 balls - he has to stay there till the end again. 30overs: Bermuda 158 for 3. Target 305
147 required tow in from 20 overs as Hemp closes in on his third half-century in a row.
The rate is a shade over seven an over. Netherlands were 152 for 5 at this stage, so it is definitely possible. 27 overs: Bermuda 139 for 31. Target 305
Hemp 40, Blakeney 62
Blakeney drives straight down the ground for four, then cuts for another boundary as Bermuda try to force the pace a little bit.
Good stuff from the Bailey's Bay man who has moved to 26 from 30 deliveries 25 overs: Bermuda 123 for 3. Target 305
Good running from Blakeney who takes two from an elegant late cut.
He crashes a superb cover drive for four next over, then is denied another boundary by a similar shot next ball.
Bermuda are behind the run rate at the halfway stage∑ Holland's total is not yet out of reach, however, particularly if they can keep wickets in hand. 23 overs: Bermuda 112 for 3. Target 305
Hemp is dropped in the 21st over from an aerial sweep. It was a tough chance but Reekers should have probably held it.
Hopefully Hemp can make him pay. He's slowed down now as wickets tumble at the other end and is targeting another unbeaten knock.
It's all down to Hemp again.
Blakeney is out there with him, but the Dutch have put the brakes on. Wicket! Bermuda 106 for 3 after 20 overs. Target 305
Outerbridge top edges and skies it to the keeper. It's a high catch but an easy one and Smits takes it comfortably.
18 overs: Bermuda 102 for 2. Target 305
Outerbridge drives over mid-on for four as Bermuda stay with the pace.
The hundred comes up in the 18th over and the spinners are on to contain the pace.
This is a problem area for Bermuda - these tricky middle overs where the spinners begin to exert some pressure.
15 overs: Bermuda 88 for 2. Target 305
Things have cooled a little after that electric start. Outerbridge and Hemp, Bermuda's two best batsmen on this tour, are at the crease and a big partnership is required from these two.
Hemp, who has played like a man possessed since Saturday, is looking in good nick.
Outerbridge, who has had promising starts in every innings, could use a big score today and he's started well. He always looks so composed at the crease - a natural batsman. If he can combine that flair with some of Hemp's grit he'll be a great player.
15 overs: Bermuda 88 for 2. Target 305
Hemp 29, Outerbridge 12
Things have cooled a little after that electric start. Outerbridge and Hemp, Bermuda's two best batsmen on this tour, are at the crease and a big partnership is required from these two.
Hemp, who has played like a man possessed since Saturday, is looking in good nick.
Outerbridge, who has had promising starts in every innings, could use a big score today and he's started well. He always looks so composed at the crease - a natural batsman. If he can combine that flair with some of Hemp's grit he'll bee a great player.
Wicket! Bermuda 70 for 2 from 10 overs. Target 305
Crockwell has gone for 23 from 17 balls. He played his shots in an aggressive cameo, flicking once off his pads for six and driving through the onside for four.
He trys the same shot again and is trapped lbw. Stephen Outerbridge is in and immediately off the mark with a trademark cover drive. Hemp cracks through the off-side for four more then takes a single.
Nothing wrong with the run rate. Too many wickets tumbling, though.
8 overs: Bermuda 54 for 1. Target 305
Hemp is intent on showing he can play a different type of innings. He cracks two more fours from Schilerfi as Crockwell joins him at the crease.
The youngster is of fthe mark with a clip through mid-wicket for four and a straight drive down the ground for another boundary. The 50 is up in the eighth over for the loss of Cann.
Crockwell blazes another full blooded drive through the covers for four more 12 for him from that over.
Wicket! Bermuda 33 for 1 after 5.3 overs. Target 305
Cann has gone for a quickfire 21 from 18 balls. He goes for another shot and is bowled. Has Bermuda's chances gone with that wicket?
5 overs: Bermuda 33 for 0. Target 305
Decent start from these two. Cann is his usual self and uncharacteristically Hemp is looking aggressive too.
He knows there is no time to play himself in with such a huge run chase in prospect and slashes through the off-side with an uppish cut for four.
A few risky singles and a few swing and misses, but Bermuda has to go for broke.
Cann picks up four with a mis-timed pull and then powers another boundary through the off-side from a full toss. He pulls in front of square in the air one bounce, four more.
Next over he cracks Schilerfi down the ground for another boundary and Bermuda are on their way.

Bermuda innings
Bermuda open with Lionel Cann and Daivd Hemp.
It's the only thing they could have done. Chasing 305 they need quick runs from the off and the only way that can happen is for Cann to get a big, big score with his usual swashbuckling style.
Hemp's role will be the same bat through the innings and let the big hitters score from the other end.
Netherlands: 304 for 9 from 50 overs
Schiferli blasts the Dutch over the line smashing them to a big target of 304 for 9 including 70 runs from the last five overs.
He lashed Tucker out the ground with one huge swipe over midwicket and scored a total of three sixes in his brief innings. His explosive 41 from 17 deliveries came to an end from the final ball of the innings when he was caught on the boundary by Lionel Cann off the bowling of Stefan Kelly.
But it was too late. His brief cameo has taken Holland to a seriously tough target in what we know by now is a must win game. There are plenty of runs in this pitch and if they bat superbly then anything is possible. It will need Lionel Cann, quiet in this tournament so far, to get a big score today. A cautious approach is not an option Bermuda need to score at a rate of better than a run a ball from the off.
It's been an all too familiar story with the ball. A racing start from the openers who took advantage of some wayward stuff from Kelly and Robinson before the spinners and Janeiro Tucker brought Bermuda back into the game, with some assistance from the Dutch batsmen who gave their wickets away cheaply.
Then Bermuda let it slip, conceding more than 100 runs in the last ten overs.
It was tough before the day started. It's even tougher now.
Afghanistan, meanwhile, who need to lose for Bermuda to have a chance of going through made 251 for 8 in their 50 overs against UAE.
47 overs: Netherlands 257 for 8
Schifelri picks it up with a four from Tucker then hits him out the ground for six as the Dutch move towards an imposing total.
Wicket! Netherlands 239 for 8 after 45.2
Ten Doeschate tries to push the pace. He drives for four through the onside then goes for a big shot over the top. It's straight to Cann on the long on boundary and he's gone for 67 from 78 deliveries. That's a big wicket for skipper Romaine as the Essex man was poised to swing his team to a big total in the last few overs.
45 overs: Netherlands 234 for 7
Leverock concludes another tidy spell with figures of 1 for 39 from ten.
Power play for the last five overs as the Dutch go for broke.
42 overs: Netherlands 215 for 7
Ten Doescahte brings up a studious, workmanlike fifty in the 42nd over. With seven men out this game could well depend on these next few overs.
If Bermuda can knock down the last 3 quickly they can restrict Holland to a low total. If ten Doescahte explodes then it could be a different story.
Wicket! Netherlands 194 for 7 after 39.3
Romaine brings himself on after some more patchy stuff from Kelly.
He's instantly successful, frustrating Bukhari into a slog shot which is caught on the square leg boundary by Outerbridge.
38 overs: Netherlands 188 for 6
Hemp puts down a difficult chance at mid-on as Trott finishes an excellent spell with figures of 2 for 43 from his allotted ten overs.
Wicket! Netherlands 177 for 6 after 35.5
De Grooth tries to go no the attack and is out. Trapped plum lbw from a quicker delivery by Trott. He made 24.
30 overs: Netherlands 152 for 5
The run rate is down to about five an over. A flurry of wickets and some controlled bowling from Trott, Tucker and Leverock has pulled Bermuda back when they were staring a huge run chase in the face.
It could still be a big total though for the Dutch and the wicket of ten Doescahte is now an even bigger prize
Wicket! Netherlands 137 for 5 after 23.4
Baz Zuiderant is gone for one. Trott gives it some air and Zuiderant spoons it into the hands of the reliable Hemp at mid-on.
Bermuda are in the game. But they need to go on and bowl them out now. Ten Doeschate is still there playing with an abundance of caution now on 12 from 24 balls.
The hopes of the Dutch innings lie with him.
Wicket! Netherlands 133 for 4 after 22.1


Tucker traps Van Bunge lbw for a quickfire 21. Tidy stuff from Janeiro who is much more at home at first change than he was opening the bowling the other day.
20 overs: Netherlands 119 for 3
The rate is down below six an over ∑ just. The Dutch will still be looking at a score in excess of 300 though.
Trott and Tucker are on, trying to keep the line tight and force a mistake.
16 overs: Netherlands 100 for 3
The hundred comes up in the 16th over. The Dutch are still on top but Leverock is bowling beautifully, trying to put some pressure back on the batsmen.
With two new guys at the crease, now is the time to assert some control.
Wicket! Netherlands 96 for 3 off 14.3
The fightback is on. Sluggo temps Kervezee down the track with a flighted delivery and he's clean bowled.
The teenager has gone for 44 from 36 deliveries.
Wicket! Netherlands 90 for 2 off 14
Suicidal running from the Dutch and Szwarzynski has gone. He nudged to Hemp and trued for a quick single. Smart fielding from the vice captain and Crockwell takes the bails.
A gift for Bermuda, who had been struggling terribly. The run rate is still more than seven an over and a few more freebies like that from the Dutch would be much appreciated.Holland's Worcestershire batsman Alexei Kervezee is still in on 41 from 40 balls and he is joined at the crease by the other Dutch professional, Essex's Ryan ten Doeschate.
Wicket! Netherlands 64 for 1 off 9
Darron Reekers has got Netherlands off to an electric start. He's been belting Kelly all over the park. But he tries one shot too many. A full blooded pull finds the man on the boundary and he's well caught by Jacobi Robinson.
Reekers scored 35 from 31 deliveries.
He had been taking the Bermuda attack apart, driving down the ground and through the covers at will.
The half-century opening partnership came up in the seventh over.
The pressure is really on now and hopefully that wicket can begin to rein this Dutch side back in. We're experiencing some internet issues here, so apologies for the delay in updates.
2 overs: Netherlands 13 for 0
Reekers straight drives Robinson down the ground for four. It's a wet wicket that will aid the seamers, but not unless they put the ball on the spot.
Afghanistan now pulling away against UAE - 44 for 2 after 7.
1 over: Netherlands 9 for 0
Four wides in the opening over for Kelly and four more leg-byes from a widish delivery.
Update: We haven't started here yet but the Afghans are 7 for 2 after three overs against UAE.
Good start for Bermuda before they've even got on the field.
Pre-amble: It's do or die, death or glory and a whole boatload of other cliches that I can't think of right now.
Basically Bermuda has to win and hope Afghanistan lose to UAE, to go through.
We will link to the scorecard from that game on the right hand side of this page and I'll provide updates whenever I get the opportunity.
It won't matter what happens there, though, if Bermuda don't do the business today.
Bermuda are already ahead of the Afghans on net run-rate so should qualify ahead of them if they can tie on points.
Tamauri Tucker has been left out today as Stefan Kelly returns to the attack. It's a wise move. Tucker played well against Kenya but the need for a seamer to open the attack in the absence of O'Brien meant he had to be sacrificed.
There has been quite a bit of rain over night and we're looking at a delayed 10am start.
Bermuda has won the toss and put Holland into bat. It's a good toss to win - there should be a little bit in it for the seamers this morning.
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