Netherlands were firmly cruising to victory and at one point they were at 166/1 after 33 overs. At this point they needed 105 runs to win, from 17 overs (at around 6 runs per over). They had 9 wickets in hand and there for had a win probability of more than 90%. But the moment when Tom Cooper got run out, fortunes were reversed. He was the more aggressive batsmen and both Max O'Dowd and Colin Ackermann were unable to keep up with the required rate. After Cooper got out, Netherlands batsmen were scoring at the rate of around 2-runs per over and they lost the match right there.
Some defeats are never accepted. As the Netherlands lost against Zimbabwe yesterday. A one run loss is really painful. But the result of the game could not be like this. Because the middle order to lower order batsmen were not able to sustain the game in the way that the Dutch first row batsmen were starting. Tom Cooper's run out knocked the Netherlands out of the match. But before he was out, the Netherlands had a very good score. Had the middle-order batsmen provided a bit of support after his dismissal, the match would have gone in the Netherlands' favour.
Zimbabwe came back strongly into the game when two consecutive Dutch batsmen made their way to the pavilion for golden ducks. Congratulations Zimbabwe.