Netherlands Vs Ireland
1-Innings Match Played At Svanholm Bronby, 19-Jul-1996, One-Day
Ireland Win by 3 wkts
Round 464
Toss won by Netherlands
Umpires J Luther (Den) - WB Smith (Sco)
Scorers E Murray Power
Home Side Netherlands
Player of Match JDR Benson
Comment 464/8
50 Over Match.
European Championships 1996 -
Final between Holland (winner of Group A) and Ireland (winner of Group B).
Ireland became the first ever European Champions.
Match Report here
Netherlands 1st Innings 223/9 Closed (Overs 50)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
LP van Troost c AD Patterson b RL Eagleson 5 10 7 1 0
Zulfiqar Ahmed c AT Rutherford b MW Patterson 14 32 13 3 0
R Vos lbw b D Heasley 35 89 66 7 0
R Zuiderent c JDR Benson b D Heasley 26 70 43 3 1
TBM de Leede* run out   30 68 45 0 1
L van Noortwijk   b JD Curry 33 74 71 3 0
MAC Nota lbw b NG Doak 12 20 16 0 0
RH Scholte c MW Patterson b JD Curry 14 20 19 1 0
Asim Khan c JDR Benson b JD Curry 11 11 12 0 0
A Smits+ not out   7 7 6 0 0
R Singh not out   1 4 1 0 0
extras   (b0 lb17 w18 nb0) 35        
TOTAL   9 wickets for 223        
FOW
1-11(LP van Troost) 2-36(Zulfiqar Ahmed) 3-101(R Vos) 4-102(R Zuiderent)
5-166(TBM de Leede) 6-178(L van Noortwijk) 7-196(MAC Nota) 8-211(RH Scholte)
9-215(Asim Khan)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
MW Patterson 6 2 15 1 - -
RL Eagleson 4 0 27 1 - -
P McCrum 5 0 35 0 - -
D Heasley 8 0 23 2 - -
U Graham 9 2 21 0 - -
NG Doak 10 0 52 1 - -
JD Curry 8 0 33 3 - -
Ireland 1st Innings 225/7 Closed (Overs 46.2)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
JD Curry   b Zulfiqar Ahmed 55 55 47 9 0
AD Patterson c A Smits b LP van Troost 5 16 8 0 0
JDR Benson* c RH Scholte b TBM de Leede 79 131 93 6 2
AR Dunlop c RH Scholte b LP van Troost 24 39 39 2 1
NG Doak c A Smits b R Zuiderent 8 16 17 0 0
D Heasley c R Zuiderent b Asim Khan 9 24 20 1 0
U Graham c A Smits b TBM de Leede 4 20 16 0 0
RL Eagleson not out   21 35 26 3 0
AT Rutherford+ not out   10 25 16 0 0
P McCrum dnb            
MW Patterson dnb            
extras   (b0 lb4 w3 nb3) 10        
TOTAL   7 wickets for 225        
FOW
1-25(AD Patterson) 2-85(JD Curry) 3-143(AR Dunlop) 4-161(NG Doak) 5-186(D Heasley)
6-192(JDR Benson) 7-197(U Graham)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
Asim Khan 7 1 39 1 1 3
LP van Troost 8 0 44 2 - -
TBM de Leede 10 2 37 2 - 1
Zulfiqar Ahmed 10 0 37 1 - -
R Singh 5.2 0 36 0 - -
R Zuiderent 6 0 28 1 2 -
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