Ireland's world cup campaign ended with a superlative 6 wicket win over Netherlands. The star of the day was Sterling for Ireland, who scored a scorching 72 balls 101 runs to secure a comfortable victory over the opposition. This means that Ireland end the points table with 4 points with 2 wins. This has been a very good tournament for them who beat England and had a few close games.
Netherlands batted first and they were 4 for 113 at one moment a looked like around 200 or 250 would be good. But Ryan ten Doeschate had other plans. He scored a brilliant century, his second of the tournament and this propelled them to a par score of 306 runs. Ryan scored 106 off 108 balls and Borren scored 84 runs.
Chasing a big target, Ireland were on top of the game from the beginning and they played powerful cricket, finding boundaries constantly. They raced to 177 runs before losing the first wicket. Stirling innings was studded with 14 fours and 2 huge sixes. N O'Brien saw them home with his timely half century with 14 balls remaining.
Netherlands 306 (50 ov)
Ireland 307/4 (47.4 ov)
Ireland won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
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