Zimbabwe Beat 235 for 3 (Ballance 64*, Madhevere 50, Ervine 44, Shariz 2-71) The Netherlands 231 for 9 (O’Dowd 38, Ackermann 37, Williams 3-41, Raza 2-55) with seven wickets
Wessly Madhevere and Gary Ballance reached their fifties, and Sean Williams hit 43 to take a three-wicket haul as Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by seven wickets in the final ODI at Harare to take the series 2–1.
The Netherlands opted to bat first and started slowly with Vikramjit Singh and Max O’Dowd partnering for 67 runs for the opening wicket. After fast bowler Blessing removed Muzarabani O’Dowd for 38, Vikramjit also fell shortly after, to Sikandar Raza’s offspin. Colin Ackermann and Musa Ahmed stabilized the innings with a score of 60 for the third wicket. However, Madhevere threw out Ahmed for 29 in the 30th over to cause the collapse. From 129 for 2, the Netherlands lost their next five wickets for 63 runs.
Captain Scott Edwards’ 41-ball 34 and minor-rank contributions took the visitors to 231 for 9. While Williams accounted for Wesley Barresi and Edwards, Raza added Teja Nidamanuru’s wicket to his bag.
In reply, Zimbabwe was never in trouble with Madhevere and captain Craig Ervine putting together a partnership of 96 runs in 18 overs for the first wicket. The tie was broken when Shariz Ahmad let Ervine catch six runs in less than half a century. In his next over, the legspinner also knocked out Madhevere, who scored a 61-ball 50 using seven fours.
But before the Netherlands could feel an opening, Ballance and Williams added 96 to slow down their attack. Ballance top-scored for Zimbabwe with an unbeaten 64 from 72 deliveries as Williams made 43 before being bowled by Fred Klaassen in the 39th over. Raza then hit an unbeaten nine-ball 18 to complete the formalities with 50 balls to spare.
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