Netherlands vs Ireland স্কোরকার্ড, Match 3, ICC T20 World Cup 2021

Ireland and the Netherlands have completed 11 matches against one another in men’s T20I cricket, only against Scotland (13) have the Netherlands played more matches in this format, whilst Ireland have only completed more games against Afghanistan (18) than they have the Dutch.

The Netherlands have beaten Ireland seven times before, which is the most number of victories they have tallied against any opponent in men’s T20I cricket (W7, L4, NR1); their win rate of 64% is their second highest against any nation in the format (min. 5 games).

Ireland are competing in their sixth men’s T20 World Cup tournament, only missing the first edition of the competition back in 2007; for the Netherlands this will be their fourth campaign, missing the 2007, 2010 and 2012 tournaments.

The Netherlands’ most recent men’s T20I fixture was back in April, a 142 run defeat to Nepal in which they conceded 238/3 before being skittled for just 96, it was their heaviest ever defeat in the format (by runs) and the sixth largest losing margin of any side.

The Netherlands qualified for the 2021 T20 World Cup by winning the qualifying event in 2019, beating Ireland in the semi-final and PNG in the final of that competition; Ireland ended up in third spot after beating Namibia in the 3rd Place Play-off, enough to secure their passage to this tournament.

Heading into this tournament Roelof van der Merwe is one of just two players (Dirk Nannes) to have represented two countries in the men’s T20 World Cup, appearing for South Africa before also playing for the Netherlands.

Paul van Meekeren (Netherlands) needs three more scalps to reach 50 wickets in T20I cricket, he’d be the second player to reach the milestone for his country after his captain Pieter Seelaar (56).

Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien (107) is one of just eight players to notch up 100+ appearances in men’s T20I cricket, he is 66 runs shy of reaching 2,000 runs in the format, a score he has reached twice before in his career (124 v Hong Kong, 74 v Afghanistan – both in 2019).

Chris Gayle (42) is the only older player than Ryan ten Doeschate (41) in the 2021 T20 World Cup, the Netherlands legend averages 44.4 in the format, the best rate of any player for his nation,

Paul Stirling (Ireland) was the top run scorer (291) in the 2019 World Cup Qualifying event that was held in the UAE, in fact only Mohammad Shazad (1079) has scored more men’s T20I runs in the UAE than Stirling (857).