Netherlands are favorites to win
Netherlands secured a convincing 49-run victory over Zimbabwe in the first T20 international at the Hazelaarweg in Rotterdam and have gone 1-0 up in the two-match series. The second and final T20I is scheduled to be played on June 25 at the same venue. Live telecast will begin at 5:30 PM local time.
TV channels: There is no TV broadcast for this match.
Live Streaming: Bet365, kncb.nl, CricketNederland YouTube Channel
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and predictions for Netherlands vs Zimbabwe, 2nd T20...
Netherlands displayed a very good performance with the bat in the first T20I with Max O'Dowd, Ben Cooper and Roelof van der Merwe all making significant contributions. Once again, it will be up to the opening pair of Tobias Visee and Max O'Dowd to set the tone of the innings. O'Dowd topped the runs charts in the ODI series with fifties in both the games and he even looked fluent in his knock of 30 last time. Roelof van der Merwe blitzed a 39-ball 75 on Sunday to take the game away from Zimbabwe and the team will be expecting another match-winning performance from him.
Pieter Seelaar, Fred Klaassen and Brandon Glover all notched three wickets each in the last match. Seelaar, the skipper, is the leading wicket-taker at this ground in T20Is - 8 wickets in 5 matches - and he will be the key man for the Dutch when it comes to bowling. Zimbabwe will also be wary of left-arm seamer Fred Klaassen who was Netherlands' best bowler in the ODIs.
Tobias Visee, Max O’Dowd, Ben Cooper, Bas de Leede, Wesley Barresi, Roelof van der Merwe, Scott Edwards (wk), Pieter Seelaar (c), Fred Klaassen, Brandon Glover, Paul van Meekeren
With Hamilton Masakadza and Solomon Mire struggling to get going on this tour, Zimbabwe's batting is going to depend mainly on Brendan Taylor, Craig Ervine, Sean Williams and Sikandar Raza. Taylor scored the most runs for the team in the ODI series - 122 runs which included a couple of half-centuries. Ervine cracked 59 runs off 37 balls in the first T20I and the team will want him to carry that form into this match.
Zimbabwe will bank on the likes of Sean Williams, Chris Mpofu and Donald Tiripano to deliver the goods for them with the ball. Williams finished as the best bowler in the ODI series with six wickets which included a four-wicket haul and he was very economical last time with figures of 3-0-18-1. Mpofu picked up a couple of scalps and the pacer will be backed by his skipper to provide the early breakthroughs in the powerplay.
Hamilton Masakadza (c), Solomon Mire, Craig Ervine, Brendan Taylor (wk), Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Peter Moor, Ryan Burl, Donald Tiripano, Kyle Jarvis, Chris Mpofu
Netherlands and Zimbabwe have both won once each in the two T20 internationals that have been played between them so far.
Zimbabwe won the first of those encounters by five wickets in March 2014 at Sylhet while Netherlands won the most recent one which was played only last Sunday at this very ground by 49 runs.
Netherlands, after being put into bat first in the last match, posted a challenging 199/6 on the board. Zimbabwe, in reply, kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were eventually bowled out for 150.
Matches Played | NED Won | ZIM Won | Tie | No Result |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Zimbabwe, despite losing all the matches they have played so far on this tour, are favorites with Bet365 to win this second T20 international at 1.72. Netherlands, in contrast, are the underdogs for this game and are being offered at a higher price of 2.10 on Bet365.
Batsmen
Max O'Dowd is going through excellent form and is an automatic pick for our Dream11 team. The Dutch opener has been impressive in all three games with respective scores of 86*, 59 and 30. We have also included Ben Cooper, Craig Ervine and Hamilton Masakadza in our line-up.
Bowlers
Pieter Seelaar and Fred Klaassen were both impressive with the ball last time out with a three-wicket haul apiece. Since the match will be played at the same venue, we expect these two to shine again and have selected them in our Dream11 line-up. We have also picked two Zimbabwean bowlers in Chris Mpofu and Donald Tiripano.
All-rounders
We have picked Sean Williams and Roelof van der Merwe as the all-rounders. Williams is Zimbabwe's key man in the middle-order and can also chip in with a few wickets while van der Merwe too can contribute with both bat and ball, just like he did in the last match.
Wicketkeeper
We have preferred Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor to Netherlands' Scott Edwards for the wicketkeeper slot. He is a vastly experienced campaigner and will have a much better opportunity to score runs due to his higher position in the batting order.
Captain
We have chosen all-rounder Roelof van der Merwe of Netherlands as the captain of our Dream11 team.
Vice-captain
We have picked Netherlands opening batsman Max O'Dowd as the vice-captain.
BATSMEN | ALL ROUNDER | WICKET KEEPER | BOWLER |
---|---|---|---|
Max O'Dowd (vc) | Sean Williams | Brendan Taylor | Pieter Seelaar |
Ben Cooper | Roelof van der Merwe (c) | Fred Klaassen | |
Craig Ervine | Chris Mpofu | ||
Hamilton Masakadza | Donald Tiripano | ||
After sweeping the ODI series, Netherlands are now dominating Zimbabwe in the game's shortest format as well. They registered a comfortable 49-run win in the first T20I and will be going into this final fixture high on confidence and with plenty of momentum on their side. The hosts have now won four of their last five completed T20Is and four out of the five they have played at this ground. Zimbabwe will take the field with the aim of finishing on a high and salvaging some pride but we expect Netherlands, given the way they have played so far, to extend their winning run and clinch the T20I series 2-0.
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