Sri Lanka’s second biggest win in T20 World Cup: Netherlands’ Engelbrecht takes a brilliant diving catch; Records and moments

The 38th match of the T20 World Cup saw the second score of this season above 200. Sri Lanka batted brilliantly against the Netherlands and gave a target of 202.

Netherlands were all out for 118 runs in front of Sri Lanka’s bowling. Sri Lanka achieved its first and last victory of the World Cup by 83 runs. This was Sri Lanka’s second biggest victory in the T20 World Cup.

Superb fielding was also seen in this match. Netherlands’ Sybrand Engelbrecht took a diving catch of Pathum Nissanka in the very first over. Moments and records of the match…

1. Sybrand Engelbrecht takes a diving catch
Sri Lanka came to bat first in the match. Viv Kingma came to bowl the first over from the Netherlands side. On the second ball of the over, Kingma bowled a fuller length ball outside off to Pathum Nissanka. On this ball, Nissanka tried to play a shot on the off side. The ball hit the edge of his bat and went towards third man. Engelbrecht, who was fielding there, came running and took a brilliant catch by diving.

Netherlands’ Sybrand Engelbrecht dismissed Nissanka for 0.

2. Aslanka hits the ball to the roof of the stadium
Sri Lankan batsman Charith Aslanka batted brilliantly. Bas de Leede bowled the 16th over for Netherlands. On the fourth ball of the over, de Leede bowled a short ball. Aslanka had already read it. He pulled with excellent timing and hit a six. The ball went straight to the roof of the stadium. The ball did not come back, so the umpire had to resume the game with a new ball.

Sri Lankan batsman Charith Aslanka hit a wonderful six.

3. Aslanka got a lifeline, narrowly escaped being run out
Charith Asalanka narrowly escaped being run out. In the 15th over, Angelo Mathews played a shot to the right of point on Tim Pringle’s ball and ran for a single. During this he saw that the ball came into Van Meekeren’s hands. He immediately said no to Asalanka. Asalanka ran back towards the bowling end. The fielder gave the ball to the bowling end, but by then Asalanka had reached inside the crease by diving.

Aslanka got a lease of life in the 15th over.

4. Engelbrecht leaps to the boundary, saves 5 runs
In the 17th over, Tim Pringle bowled a full-toss to Angelo Mathews. Mathews played it towards mid-wicket for a six. When the ball was going over the boundary, Englebrecht came and jumped. Using his intelligence, he threw the ball back inside the boundary with one hand. Englebrecht saved five runs for his team.

Netherlands’ Engelbrecht saved five runs in the 17th over.

5. Pathirana bowled Aryan
Sri Lankan pacer Mathisha Pathirana clean bowled Aryan Dutt. On the first ball of the 15th over, Pathirana bowled a length ball on the off stump. Dutt was ready for the leg side. He thought the ball would come towards the leg side. He had already taken a position on the leg side during the run-up, Pathirana showed cleverness and targeted the ball straight on the off stump. Aryan was clean bowled.

Pathirana bowled Aryan for 10 runs.

Match records…

1. Sri Lanka’s biggest win in T20 World Cup
In Sri Lanka’s last league match of the T20 World Cup, they bowled out the Netherlands for 118 runs. The team won the match by 83 runs. This was Sri Lanka’s second biggest win in the T20 World Cup. Earlier, the team had defeated Kenya by 172 runs in 2007.

2. Shanaka became the player who made the most number of ducks for Sri Lanka in T20 International
Sri Lanka’s Dasun Shanaka was dismissed by Logan van Beek on the fourth ball of the 18th over. Shanaka was out on a duck. With this, he became the player to get out on duck most times for Sri Lanka in T20 International. He has been out on duck 11 times in the 100 matches played so far.