The Netherlands got here via an unprecedented three Tremendous Overs to defeat Nepal in a T20 cricket tri-series match.
It was the primary time a triple Tremendous Over had been seen in a world cricket match.
A Tremendous Over happens when a match ends in a tie after each innings have been accomplished, with every workforce being given an additional six balls to tug forward.
If a Tremendous Over ends in a tie, one other Tremendous Over is performed till a workforce emerges because the winner. On the whole, Tremendous Overs are uncommon. A match had solely ever gone right into a second Tremendous Over as soon as earlier than, after India and Afghanistan went to an additional 12 balls final yr.
The Dutch posted 152 for seven after their 20 overs and appeared set for victory in Glasgow as Nepal required 16 runs from their last over, however Nandan Yadav scored a boundary on the final ball – leaving each groups with the identical variety of runs – forcing the primary Tremendous Over.
Nepal then made 19 runs, which the Dutch matched due to Max O’Dowd hitting a six on the ultimate ball.
Throughout the second Tremendous Over, the Netherlands, batting first, hit 17 runs however Nepal once more stayed within the match after Dipendra Singh Airee hit a six on the final ball to power the primary occasion of a 3rd Tremendous Over.
With Nepal failing to attain a single run and with the Dutch needing only one run, Michael Levitt smashed a six to lastly seal the win for the Netherlands.
The 2025 Scotland T20 Tri-Nation Sequence is going down after the conclusion of the thirteenth spherical of the 2024-2026 Cricket World Cup League 2 tri-nation One Day Worldwide (ODI) match contested by the lads’s nationwide groups of the Netherlands, Nepal and Scotland.
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The Netherlands had misplaced their opening match of the sequence with Scotland on Monday and now have a relaxation day.
Nepal are straight again into motion in opposition to the Scots.
In contrast to in Take a look at cricket, in T20 matches attracts usually are not allowed, which has led to the creation of the Tremendous Over system.
