Slow left armer Abdur Razzak
took three wickets and opener Imrul Kayes stroked 73 not out to give Bangladesh
its second victory in Chittagong in four days, keeping alive its chances of
reaching the last eight.
The Netherlands was dismissed
for 160 while Bangladesh cruised to 166-4 from 41.2 overs, winning the game
with a six.
Bangladesh will qualify if
West Indies beat England on Thursday in Chennai. Otherwise, the entire
population of 150 million will be cheering the team on when it plays South
Africa in Dhaka on Saturday.
Skipper Shakib Al Hasan said
confidence was running high after two back-to-back wins.
“We will now play against
South Africa taking enough confidence,” he told reporters in a post-match press
conference.
“It's now pretty clear if we
win the next game, we will move to the next round,” he said.
The Bangladesh team opened
the World Cup with a loss to co-host India in Dhaka, then beat Ireland by 27
runs. Any encouragement gained from that was lost in a nine-wicket defeat to
the West Indies, when Bangladesh was bowled out for just 58 runs.
On Monday, the innocuous
Dutch bowling attack presented few challenges on a flat Chittagong wicket and
Bangladesh passed the total in the 42nd over.
Imrul shared a 92-run second
wicket partnership with Zunaed Siddique. His unbeaten 73 came off 113 balls
that included six boundaries, and he was declared Man-of-the-match.
Tamim Iqbal was bowled for a
duck in the fourth ball of the innings as Mudassar Bukhari struck.
Zunaed scored 35 off 52 balls
before he was caught by Pieter Seelaar off Peter Borren in the 21st over.
Coming in at four, Shahriar
Nafees added 37 runs from 60 balls before he was bowled by Tom Cooper.
For Netherlands, only Ryan
ten Doeschate, with 53 not out, managed a decent innings as the Dutch fell
victim to four runouts, a stumping and slow spin.
Borren said four run-outs
were heavy to bear and the wicket had been difficult.
He said they failed to make a
bigger score as the wicket “was pretty slow, we are not used to these kinds of
conditions, and we (usually) like to play shots with the ball coming on.”
Bangladesh made the first breakthrough in the 10th over after captain Shakib
Al-Hasan trapped Wesley Barresi lbw for 10.
No. 3 batsman Mudassar
Bukhari (6) was the second man to go, caught by Mushfiqur Rahim off Abdur
Razzak. He also trapped Tom de Grooth lbw for 4 and took Atse Buurman for a
duck, caught by Imrul Kayes.
But ten Doeschate, the best
Dutch batsman, came in at number five and was left stranded when Bangladesh
tore through the tail. His 50 took 65 balls and included two fours and a six.
Abdur Razzak took 3-29 but
Shafiul Islam was the pick of Bangladesh's bowlers even though he didn't take a
wicket.
He finished with figures of
0-15 from 9.2 overs, starving the Dutch of run-making chances.
Bangladesh made two changes
from the team that had a two-wicket win over England, bringing in Sohrawardy
Shuvo and Shahriar Nafees in place of Naeem Islam and Raqibul Hassan.
Netherlands also made two
changes, bringing in Atse Burrman and Adeel Raja.
