2nd ODI: West Indies beat Netherlands by 5 wickets, take unassailable 2-0 series

West Indies took an unassailable 20 lead in the three match series after they beat hosts Netherlands by five wickets in the second ODI at VRA Cricket Ground here on ThursdayWith this win West Indies climbed to the 6th spot from 10th in the ICC Mens Cricket World Cup Super League table Netherlands on the other hand are at the bottom with 25 pointsEarlier Netherlands openers got the team off to a brilliant start after they won the toss and opted to bat first Vikramjit Singh and Max ODowd shared a solid 101run stand for the opening wicket However Vikramjit fell short of his fifty for the second game in a row but ODowd got to his milestoneWest Indies soon clawed their way back into the game with three wickets in eight overs including that of the openers Thereafter Scott Edwards was the only other batter to make a significant contribution but the rest of the lineup failed to get to doubledigit scoresAkeal Hossein made life difficult for the Netherlands batters with his guile finishing with figures of 439 in his four overs The fourfor takes him to the jointtop of the CWCSL bowlers list He shares the top spot with fellow spinner Adam Zampa of Australia and Irelands Craig YoungHossein went wicketless in the first five overs of his spell but the decision to reintroduce him back into the attack did wonders He got the big wicket of ODowd to put two new batters at the crease In his very next over he scalped Bas de Leede for an 11ball duckHe returned to the attack later in the game and struck once again in his first over of the new spell with a simple caught and bowled to dismiss Teja Nidamanuru Pieter Seelaar was Hosseins fourth and final wicket holing out in the deep in an attempt to accelerate the scoring Hosseins tidy spell broke the back of the Netherlands innings and restricted them to just 214Defending a belowpar target of 215 Netherlands couldnt have asked for a better start with the ball Bas de Leede and Logan van Beek were brilliant with the new ball and kept the lid on the scoring as wellThe hosts sent the openers packing in the Powerplay and had Windies on the ropes with half the side back in the hut for 99 including the big wicket of Nicholas PooranHowever Netherlands failed to keep the pressure on and let the game slip out of their grasp Brandon King and Keacy Carty batted splendidly and put on a 118run stand to take the visitors home with more than four overs to spare and sealed the series 20When Brandon King walked to the crease West Indies were in a spot of bother at 604 with Pooran back in the hut for 10 He stitched a 39run stand with Kyle Mayers before Shariz Ahmad struck to remove the latter as West Indies lost half their side for 99Despite being five down King batted positively to keep the scoreboard ticking He smashed a six and a four against Ahmed that turned the momentum in West Indies favour He had Carty who was just playing his second ODI keeping him companyNetherlands had two chances of a runout in the 33rd over but failed to convert it into a wicket King got to his fifty two overs later and then took off from that point on He finished things off in style with a six as West Indies sealed a victory with more than four overs to spareBrief scoresNetherlands 21410 in 483 overs Scott Edwards 68 Max ODowd 51 Akeal Hosein 439 lost to West Indies 2175 in 453 overs Brandon King 91 not out Keacy Carty 43 not out Bas de Leede 246 by 5 wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever