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Playing first, West Indies had set a target of 309 runs in front of the Netherlands. In reply, the host Netherlands team could score only 288 runs and lost the match by 20 runs. With this, in the series of 3 ODIs also, his mess was cleared. This was the first ODI series played between the two countries.
The West Indies team has made a clean sweep in the ODI series against the Netherlands. The Caribbean team won the third and last match by 20 runs and with this they captured the 3 ODI series 3-0. West Indies in the last match of the series (West Indies) The heroes of the victory were two such players, who scored a century. Kyle Myers did this work for the team while opening, while Shamrah Brooks made his century contribution in the team’s victory by coming down first down. Earlier, the Caribbean team won the second ODI by 5 wickets and the first ODI by 7 wickets.
West Indies batted first in the third and final ODI and for the first time in the series with a new opening pair. This time Kyle Myers came out to open with the team’s vice-captain and opener Shai Hope. Due to the dismissal of Hope, this partnership was broken only for 58 runs. But, what was seen after this, he wrote the script for a clean sweep in the West Indies series.
Strong century for Myers and Brooks
Myers and Brooks started fire with the bat fiercely between the wickets. Both made quick runs and while doing so wrote the story of their respective centuries. Kyle Myers scored 120 runs in just 106 balls, which included 8 fours and 7 sixes. Brooks, on the other hand, scored an unbeaten 101 off 115 balls, which included 3 fours and 4 sixes.
West Indies won the third T20 by 20 runs
The result of the strong century of these two batsmen and the big century partnership between them was that West Indies scored 308 runs for 5 wickets in 50 overs. That is, the Netherlands got a huge target of 309 runs to win. Chasing that target, the team of Netherlands remained 20 runs away from the winning figure. His innings was reduced to 288 runs in 49.5 overs.
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