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Netherlands vs USA 21st match takes place today, in this ODI match between the two teams Netherlands team is leading the points table. Moreover, in today's match we will surely see an interesting game between two teams, they are strong enough in both teams, but I believe that in today's match maybe Netherlands team will try to play well. Netherlands team is at the fourth position in the points table, so if they win today's match they can increase their points and have a chance to move to a good position. But if Netherlands team can't perform well against USA then they must lose, that's why they have to play well today. Moreover, if the USA team can win today's match, then they will definitely play with better responsibility because they will take the fifth position in the points table.

It's a great fight to watch as both side give their 100% to divert results in favor but at the end things goes in favor of Netherlands and they won a handsome victory against united States of American cricket team, well to be honest American were really performing well after getting momentum in recent t20 world cup at thier home ground but now against Netherlands they lose their charm, anyway Netherlands scored 237 which I believe is not enough against America but as soon as they got wicket of thier Main player and captain M.patel on golden duck dominance were shifted toward Netherlands later American try hard to maintain the run rate but just like we known Netherlands for thier danger bowling lineup so they apply thier strategy and get the important match. Currently Scotland were holding top of the standing hope after several victory Netherlands will get thier position to lead the table
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Looks like USA may end up winning this match. The 6th wicket partnership between Milind Kumar and Shadley van Schalkwyk is taking them close to victory. Unless the Dutch can get 1-2 wickets in quick time, the match is over for them. And it puts them in a difficult situation, as they have only 6 points from 5 matches so far (will become 6 from 6).
USA ODI International cricket team lose the match by 19 runs. Match was best for both teams and audience took interest in this match. Netherland team gave a target of  238 runs but that was not a big target and they did excellent bowling in this match and they won the match due to top bowlers. We watched that match in Sportpark Westvliet stadium.  Scott Edwards did well for his team and his team won the match due to his efforts.  He made 65 runs in just 55 balls and Singh also made half century for his team and he played crutial role for his team.kingma took 3 wickets in this match and that's why they won by 19 runs.USA is not small team and that is emerging team and that team will be tough team In future.
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The excellent batting performance from the Netherlands team today is definitely enough for them to win I think. The team collected 237 runs with the loss of 7 wickets and the Netherlands managed to make a remarkable score in this match. But today's match will be very challenging for USA because it will not be so easy for the team to win this match. Already USA team has lost two wickets 2 runs for 2 wickets in 1 over, already they are batting under a lot of pressure. The opening batsmen failed to score any runs due to which they faced a big challenge for the team in today's match. Of course, I think today's match will be a win for Netherlands but USA because of their poor performance in the beginning.

The bowlers of the United States of America played good cricket and done their responsibility by restricting the Netherlands' score to only 237 runs. Until that time, we were thinking the United States of America would win very easily because in the last match against Canada, their batsmen's performance was great so today the United States of America took the Netherlands lightly.

The Netherlands showed them their power. By the way, I think never underestimate the small teams because they always perform in the important matches. I am not saying this for this World Cup league, it’s a fact in cricket. In 2022 World Cup, the Netherlands beat South Africa. In 2024, Pakistan lost by United States of America, Afghanistan beat New Zealand, and the last Indian men’s team lost to Sri Lanka's team in a series after the 2024 World Cup. Upsets do happen and today was one of those upsets.
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Netherlands have a very decent start here.  They have made around 100 runs in less than 25 overs and lost only one wicket. Both Vikramjit Singh and Max O'Dowd are in their 40s and expected to make 50+ runs. Drysdale was able to get the wicket of opener Netherlands opener Michael Levitt cheaply but since than it is all Netherlands who have build up nice partnership and a perfect platform to launch a big score in the remaining 25 overs.

I remember that United States themselves scored above 300 in their last match against Canada, so it seems that this time they would have to chase a similar score in order to win the match. Its is now up to the United States bowlers if they can take wickets and restrict Netherlands under 270-280.
The Netherlands is currently 125/2 after 30 overs. Netherlands have wickets in hand but I think they need to increase their run rate.
USA has a very good batting order. Scoring 250-260 won't be sufficient for the Netherlands.

Personally, I believe the USA is going to win this match. They have had very good form recently, beating some giant teams like Pakistan and Bangladesh.
But Netherlands also has a good chance. But currently, it is looking unlikely.
The forty overs has passed and the Netherlands team is batting on the 176 score with the loss of 5 wickets. I think they are going to lose this match against United States of America because back in the some matches before of United States of America, they made 302 score against Canada and won that game.

The United States of America has not good bowling attack, we can say is their weakness but Netherlands did not take the advantage of this weakness and not doing batting with the good strength. Although the 2nd wicket fell at 114 runs but after that they lost 3 quick wicket and also the run rate was dropped. Let’s see what will happen in remaining overs, for sure United States of America should win this game from here.

Netherlands started their innings very well. But their innings ended at 237 runs. Netherlands collected 237 runs by losing 7 wickets. I thought the team would score at least 250-260 runs in this match. It wasn't enough to win the match though. Then due to the excellent performance of the bowlers, Netherlands managed to win the match.

I will give full credit to the Netherlands bowlers for their victory in this match. In particular I would say Shariz Ahmad took two very important wickets. He batted like a fool, but picked up two crucial wickets of Smit Patel and Aaron Jones. These two players are the most important players in the USA squad. If these two wickets were not taken, Netherlands would not have been able to win this match.
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Netherlands vs USA 21st match takes place today, in this ODI match between the two teams Netherlands team is leading the points table. Moreover, in today's match we will surely see an interesting game between two teams, they are strong enough in both teams, but I believe that in today's match maybe Netherlands team will try to play well. Netherlands team is at the fourth position in the points table, so if they win today's match they can increase their points and have a chance to move to a good position. But if Netherlands team can't perform well against USA then they must lose, that's why they have to play well today. Moreover, if the USA team can win today's match, then they will definitely play with better responsibility because they will take the fifth position in the points table.

In competition of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, both squads Netherlands and USA played a very good match and both gave a very hard competition to each other but victory always goes to one squad and this time,  Netherlands squad was lucky because in previous match of USA sqaud against Canada, USA displayed significant performance in match and shocked everyone by their performance and also with victory. But in 21st match against Netherlands squad, their sqaud was unable to achieve the scores of 237 Netherlands total. Their squad reached very near to victory but unable and faced defeat by 19 scores. Good Netherlands squad for upcoming matches and hope their members will play like this in next challenges and secure victories for their sqaud and country. These batters Scott Edwards, Vikramjit Singh and Max O'Dowd showcased incredible performance in batting inning fully supported their sqaud.
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Netherlands vs USA 21st match takes place today, in this ODI match between the two teams Netherlands team is leading the points table. Moreover, in today's match we will surely see an interesting game between two teams, they are strong enough in both teams, but I believe that in today's match maybe Netherlands team will try to play well. Netherlands team is at the fourth position in the points table, so if they win today's match they can increase their points and have a chance to move to a good position. But if Netherlands team can't perform well against USA then they must lose, that's why they have to play well today. Moreover, if the USA team can win today's match, then they will definitely play with better responsibility because they will take the fifth position in the points table.

These matches are quite important in terms of the volume of fund inflows from the ICC. Netherlands suffered a few setbacks early on, when they lost a few matches to Nepal and Namibia. The current series is also tough, as they will be up against Canada and United States of America. Right now they are at 4th position in points table and a clean sweep can take them to the first position. USA is in good momentum by the way. During the first match of the series, they survived a scare from Canada to win the match by 14 runs.
Agreed, Today's in 21th game of ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 Netherlands batted first and posted 237 runs. Excellent batting by Vikramjit Singh, who made 59 runs, and Scott Edwards scored 65 runs and helped the Netherlands team to post a target of 238 runs that assisted the Netherlands team to win the game. Netherlands bowling was excellent because Kyle Klein took four key wickets.  USA teams failed to chased the target just lost the game by 19 runs. Milind Kumar made 69 runs by facing 79 deliveries No Other player from USA team played long innings. USA teams fought hard but they failed to make a big partnership and at the end they failed to chased the average total.

Although USA lost the game by 19 runs, I think the USA players played very well in this match. If the last order batsmen of the USA team could bat a little more responsibly, then the USA team players would have been able to meet the target given by the Netherlands team. I thought this match would see Team USA pull off a nice win against the Netherlands. But unfortunately towards the end of the game, the bowlers of the Netherlands team had a severe effect on the batsmen of the USA team. And suicidal bowling by the Netherlands bowlers dashed USA's hopes of winning the match. This is a big disappointment for Team USA fans.
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Netherlands vs USA 21st match takes place today, in this ODI match between the two teams Netherlands team is leading the points table. Moreover, in today's match we will surely see an interesting game between two teams, they are strong enough in both teams, but I believe that in today's match maybe Netherlands team will try to play well. Netherlands team is at the fourth position in the points table, so if they win today's match they can increase their points and have a chance to move to a good position. But if Netherlands team can't perform well against USA then they must lose, that's why they have to play well today. Moreover, if the USA team can win today's match, then they will definitely play with better responsibility because they will take the fifth position in the points table.

These matches are quite important in terms of the volume of fund inflows from the ICC. Netherlands suffered a few setbacks early on, when they lost a few matches to Nepal and Namibia. The current series is also tough, as they will be up against Canada and United States of America. Right now they are at 4th position in points table and a clean sweep can take them to the first position. USA is in good momentum by the way. During the first match of the series, they survived a scare from Canada to win the match by 14 runs.
Agreed, Today's in 21th game of ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 Netherlands batted first and posted 237 runs. Excellent batting by Vikramjit Singh, who made 59 runs, and Scott Edwards scored 65 runs and helped the Netherlands team to post a target of 238 runs that assisted the Netherlands team to win the game. Netherlands bowling was excellent because Kyle Klein took four key wickets.  USA teams failed to chased the target just lost the game by 19 runs. Milind Kumar made 69 runs by facing 79 deliveries No Other player from USA team played long innings. USA teams fought hard but they failed to make a big partnership and at the end they failed to chased the average total.
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Netherlands vs USA 21st match takes place today, in this ODI match between the two teams Netherlands team is leading the points table. Moreover, in today's match we will surely see an interesting game between two teams, they are strong enough in both teams, but I believe that in today's match maybe Netherlands team will try to play well. Netherlands team is at the fourth position in the points table, so if they win today's match they can increase their points and have a chance to move to a good position. But if Netherlands team can't perform well against USA then they must lose, that's why they have to play well today. Moreover, if the USA team can win today's match, then they will definitely play with better responsibility because they will take the fifth position in the points table.

These matches are quite important in terms of the volume of fund inflows from the ICC. Netherlands suffered a few setbacks early on, when they lost a few matches to Nepal and Namibia. The current series is also tough, as they will be up against Canada and United States of America. Right now they are at 4th position in points table and a clean sweep can take them to the first position. USA is in good momentum by the way. During the first match of the series, they survived a scare from Canada to win the match by 14 runs.
Netherlands is a strong enough team. If we compare with teams like USA, Canada, Nepal and UAE then Netherlands team will be ahead. Netherlands also won the previous match against Canada. Personally I consider the Netherlands team as favourites. However, the USA players performed well in the previous match. Especially the USA batsmen's performance was very good. A similar performance in today's match is likely for USA to win.

Batting first against Canada, the USA batsmen made it big. But in today's match USA won the toss and decided to field against the Netherlands. Captain USA is good enough. The USA captain probably took the fielding decision considering the pitch condition. Hopefully we will see a better performance from USA in today's match as well. However, the performance of USA bowlers is weak. That's why I consider the Netherlands team as favourites.
Netherlands have a very decent start here.  They have made around 100 runs in less than 25 overs and lost only one wicket. Both Vikramjit Singh and Max O'Dowd are in their 40s and expected to make 50+ runs. Drysdale was able to get the wicket of opener Netherlands opener Michael Levitt cheaply but since than it is all Netherlands who have build up nice partnership and a perfect platform to launch a big score in the remaining 25 overs.

I remember that United States themselves scored above 300 in their last match against Canada, so it seems that this time they would have to chase a similar score in order to win the match. Its is now up to the United States bowlers if they can take wickets and restrict Netherlands under 270-280.

In the end, Netherlands managed to win this match. And I won my bet too. However, I am not happy with the performance of the Netherlands. The Netherlands had a very good start. But even then the team managed to collect only 237 runs at the end of 50 overs. Netherlands should have scored at least 260+ runs in this match. I am very annoyed by Shariz Ahmad's batting in this match. Shariz Ahmad collected only 16 runs from 41 balls. Shariz may have forgotten that this was an ODI match, not a Test match.

Team USA lost two wickets in the first over. However, USA managed to collect 87 runs in the third wicket pair. USA scored 200 runs in 41 overs losing 5 wickets. I thought the USA would probably win. But Netherlands bowled very well in the last overs. USA's innings stopped at 218 runs. Netherlands won this match by 19 runs.
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Looks like USA may end up winning this match. The 6th wicket partnership between Milind Kumar and Shadley van Schalkwyk is taking them close to victory. Unless the Dutch can get 1-2 wickets in quick time, the match is over for them. And it puts them in a difficult situation, as they have only 6 points from 5 matches so far (will become 6 from 6).
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According to this situation I was thinking that Canada may make 180 or 200 runs only. But they performed well unfortunately they lost the match but they performed well in this match.

Well United States of America was good in this match and they scored 304 runs in 50 overs where they lost 4 wickets. And both Patels made a good partnership and Monank Patel made 121 runs and Smit Patel made 77 runs.
Canada started well but Aaditya Varadarajan  got out at 4 runs. There are many more who are under 10 runs. But after 6 wickets loss there was a nice move. Dilon Heyliger and Harsh Thaker tried well to chase the score but unfortunately they didn't and USA won the match. Congratulations to USA on their win.
United States of America played a very good match and won by a lot of runs they made in record. They are a very good and strong team. On the other hand, Canada played a very poor match and did not perform well in this match and lost game with few runs. The Canadian team needs to work hard now. They should work hard for the upcoming matches.United States of America total runs for 304 and wining the match. Canada total runs for 290 and lost the match. The 20th match between United States of America and Canada at the country sport park. Canada won the toss and elected to batting first. United States of America won by 14 runs.monank  patel is  a very talented boy for for United States of America team member. The lost batting performance in the Canada team was by shreyas movva scored 1 runs and 3 balls hitting 0 fours and 0 sixs. Congratulations to United States of America for their upcoming matches.
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All even stevens now. USA need another 131 runs, from 26.3 overs. Two new batsmen are at the crease - Milind Kumar and Shayan Jahangir. They were cruising nicely before the Dutch fought back and sent Smit Patel and Aaron Jones packing. Even now, I would say that the Americans have some sort of an advantage. But let's not forget that the Dutch still have some experienced players (Kingma, van Meekeren.etc) in their bowling lineup. Shariz Ahmad has so far picked up two important wickets (3-0-12-2), and he's going to be the key. 
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Netherlands have a very decent start here.  They have made around 100 runs in less than 25 overs and lost only one wicket. Both Vikramjit Singh and Max O'Dowd are in their 40s and expected to make 50+ runs. Drysdale was able to get the wicket of opener Netherlands opener Michael Levitt cheaply but since than it is all Netherlands who have build up nice partnership and a perfect platform to launch a big score in the remaining 25 overs.

I remember that United States themselves scored above 300 in their last match against Canada, so it seems that this time they would have to chase a similar score in order to win the match. Its is now up to the United States bowlers if they can take wickets and restrict Netherlands under 270-280.

The Netherlands is currently 125/2 after 30 overs. Netherlands have wickets in hand but I think they need to increase their run rate.
USA has a very good batting order. Scoring 250-260 won't be sufficient for the Netherlands.

Personally, I believe the USA is going to win this match. They have had very good form recently, beating some giant teams like Pakistan and Bangladesh.
But Netherlands also has a good chance. But currently, it is looking unlikely.
Yes, The Netherlands scored a decent run of 237 in a loss of seven wickets. M. O'Dowd played a good inning of 49 runs from 67 balls unfortunately missed his well deserved half century by 1 runs short. Edwards captain of the Netherlands team led from the front and played a outstanding inning of 65 runs from just 55 balls. This inning of Edwards helped the Netherlands to score a total of 230 plus runs against the United States. The United States current score is 71 runs with the loss of just 2 wickets. both players are set now Patel is playing at 31 runs and Jones is playing at 28 runs. this partnership between Patel and Jones is very important for the United States. United States needed 167 runs from 35 over to win this match and they are the favorite now to win it.
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Today the United States Cricket Team faced the Netherlands in their second match.In this match Netherlands cricket team decided to bat first even they managed to collect 237 runs for seven wickets by batting first. The United States batsmen are still batting at the target of that run. However, the United State batsmen were under a lot of pressure early on as they lost two wickets in their innings. Steven Taylor and Monak Patel, both batsmen, were dismissed for no runs, putting the United States team in dire straits. But the team is now trying to get out of that bad situation even as it tries to play a patient innings. Right now the United State team has managed to score 59 runs for two wickets in 13 overs ie they are scoring 4.54 runs per over.
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Three players of Netherlands team performed well in terms of batting, Max Odowd, Vikramjit Singh, Edwards are known as the most patient players in today's match. However, the Netherlands team finally performed and collected 237 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. However, if they perform well in terms of bowling, they will definitely be able to stop the United State team.  

Because the United team lost two wickets in the power play, the United States team's run collection is 2 wickets 38 runs in 7 overs, they are basically under wicket pressure from the start. ODI games usually require wicket-keeping and a long performance to win, but if the United team can play patiently then there will definitely be a chance to win in the end.

237/7 is not a good score at Sportpark Westvliet. Also, after the initial hiccup United States has recovered well. They were 2/2, and now they are 49/2 after 11 overs. The required run rate is well under 5 runs per over, and they have enough wickets in hand. Aaron Jones and Smit Patel are at the crease and they are making sure that there are not too many dot balls. BTW, it was surprising to see Paul van Meekeren not opening the bowling (the Dutch rather went for Vivian Kingma and Kyle Klein).

And there is no doubt that the absence of regular players is hurting them a lot - Bas de Leede (currently playing for Durham), Colin Ackermann (Durham), Logan van Beek (Surrey Jaguars in Global T20 Canada), Timm van der Gugten (Glamorgan), Fred Klaassen (Kent), Shane Snater (Essex) and Brandon Glover (Durham) are a few who are missing.
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Three players of Netherlands team performed well in terms of batting, Max Odowd, Vikramjit Singh, Edwards are known as the most patient players in today's match. However, the Netherlands team finally performed and collected 237 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. However, if they perform well in terms of bowling, they will definitely be able to stop the United State team. 

Because the United team lost two wickets in the power play, the United States team's run collection is 2 wickets 38 runs in 7 overs, they are basically under wicket pressure from the start. ODI games usually require wicket-keeping and a long performance to win, but if the United team can play patiently then there will definitely be a chance to win in the end.
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The excellent batting performance from the Netherlands team today is definitely enough for them to win I think. The team collected 237 runs with the loss of 7 wickets and the Netherlands managed to make a remarkable score in this match. But today's match will be very challenging for USA because it will not be so easy for the team to win this match. Already USA team has lost two wickets 2 runs for 2 wickets in 1 over, already they are batting under a lot of pressure. The opening batsmen failed to score any runs due to which they faced a big challenge for the team in today's match. Of course, I think today's match will be a win for Netherlands but USA because of their poor performance in the beginning.
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The Netherlands is currently 125/2 after 30 overs. Netherlands have wickets in hand but I think they need to increase their run rate.
USA has a very good batting order. Scoring 250-260 won't be sufficient for the Netherlands.

Personally, I believe the USA is going to win this match. They have had very good form recently, beating some giant teams like Pakistan and Bangladesh.
But Netherlands also has a good chance. But currently, it is looking unlikely.

Watching this one live in Fancode. Scott Edwards and Shariz Ahmad managed to stabilize the innings, but they need to step up the scoring rate now. Any score less than 250 will be walkover for the United States (two days back they made a 300+ total against Canada). The Dutch are are at 181/5 with 8 over to go. But the problem is that they have the tailenders to come next. Kyle Klein and Aryan Dutt can bat a bit, but Paul van Meekeren and Vivian Kingma are genuine tailenders. The spin combination of Harmeet Singh-Milind Kumar is really strangulating the Dutch.
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Netherlands have a very decent start here.  They have made around 100 runs in less than 25 overs and lost only one wicket. Both Vikramjit Singh and Max O'Dowd are in their 40s and expected to make 50+ runs. Drysdale was able to get the wicket of opener Netherlands opener Michael Levitt cheaply but since than it is all Netherlands who have build up nice partnership and a perfect platform to launch a big score in the remaining 25 overs.

I remember that United States themselves scored above 300 in their last match against Canada, so it seems that this time they would have to chase a similar score in order to win the match. Its is now up to the United States bowlers if they can take wickets and restrict Netherlands under 270-280.

The Netherlands is currently 125/2 after 30 overs. Netherlands have wickets in hand but I think they need to increase their run rate.
USA has a very good batting order. Scoring 250-260 won't be sufficient for the Netherlands.

Personally, I believe the USA is going to win this match. They have had very good form recently, beating some giant teams like Pakistan and Bangladesh.
But Netherlands also has a good chance. But currently, it is looking unlikely.

The forty overs has passed and the Netherlands team is batting on the 176 score with the loss of 5 wickets. I think they are going to lose this match against United States of America because back in the some matches before of United States of America, they made 302 score against Canada and won that game.

The United States of America has not good bowling attack, we can say is their weakness but Netherlands did not take the advantage of this weakness and not doing batting with the good strength. Although the 2nd wicket fell at 114 runs but after that they lost 3 quick wicket and also the run rate was dropped. Let’s see what will happen in remaining overs, for sure United States of America should win this game from here.
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Netherlands have a very decent start here.  They have made around 100 runs in less than 25 overs and lost only one wicket. Both Vikramjit Singh and Max O'Dowd are in their 40s and expected to make 50+ runs. Drysdale was able to get the wicket of opener Netherlands opener Michael Levitt cheaply but since than it is all Netherlands who have build up nice partnership and a perfect platform to launch a big score in the remaining 25 overs.

I remember that United States themselves scored above 300 in their last match against Canada, so it seems that this time they would have to chase a similar score in order to win the match. Its is now up to the United States bowlers if they can take wickets and restrict Netherlands under 270-280.

The Netherlands is currently 125/2 after 30 overs. Netherlands have wickets in hand but I think they need to increase their run rate.
USA has a very good batting order. Scoring 250-260 won't be sufficient for the Netherlands.

Personally, I believe the USA is going to win this match. They have had very good form recently, beating some giant teams like Pakistan and Bangladesh.
But Netherlands also has a good chance. But currently, it is looking unlikely.
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Netherlands vs USA 21st match takes place today, in this ODI match between the two teams Netherlands team is leading the points table. Moreover, in today's match we will surely see an interesting game between two teams, they are strong enough in both teams, but I believe that in today's match maybe Netherlands team will try to play well. Netherlands team is at the fourth position in the points table, so if they win today's match they can increase their points and have a chance to move to a good position. But if Netherlands team can't perform well against USA then they must lose, that's why they have to play well today. Moreover, if the USA team can win today's match, then they will definitely play with better responsibility because they will take the fifth position in the points table.

These matches are quite important in terms of the volume of fund inflows from the ICC. Netherlands suffered a few setbacks early on, when they lost a few matches to Nepal and Namibia. The current series is also tough, as they will be up against Canada and United States of America. Right now they are at 4th position in points table and a clean sweep can take them to the first position. USA is in good momentum by the way. During the first match of the series, they survived a scare from Canada to win the match by 14 runs.

Netherlands is a strong enough team. If we compare with teams like USA, Canada, Nepal and UAE then Netherlands team will be ahead. Netherlands also won the previous match against Canada. Personally I consider the Netherlands team as favourites. However, the USA players performed well in the previous match. Especially the USA batsmen's performance was very good. A similar performance in today's match is likely for USA to win.

Batting first against Canada, the USA batsmen made it big. But in today's match USA won the toss and decided to field against the Netherlands. Captain USA is good enough. The USA captain probably took the fielding decision considering the pitch condition. Hopefully we will see a better performance from USA in today's match as well. However, the performance of USA bowlers is weak. That's why I consider the Netherlands team as favourites.

Netherlands have a very decent start here.  They have made around 100 runs in less than 25 overs and lost only one wicket. Both Vikramjit Singh and Max O'Dowd are in their 40s and expected to make 50+ runs. Drysdale was able to get the wicket of opener Netherlands opener Michael Levitt cheaply but since than it is all Netherlands who have build up nice partnership and a perfect platform to launch a big score in the remaining 25 overs.

I remember that United States themselves scored above 300 in their last match against Canada, so it seems that this time they would have to chase a similar score in order to win the match. Its is now up to the United States bowlers if they can take wickets and restrict Netherlands under 270-280.
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