The Hindu : De Leede on top of Dutch heap

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Thursday, Feb 27, 2003

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De Leede on top of Dutch heap

By Mohandas Menon

** Pakistan became the first team to play the Dutch thrice in LOIs. England had earlier met the Dutch twice.

** The 42-run partnership between Yousuf Youhana and Shoaib Akhtar was a record for the eighth wicket at this ground bettering the 28-run stand by Indians Robin Singh and Anil Kumble against Zimbabwe on 27-1-1997 and Dutchmen Daan van Bunge and Edgar Schiferli against India on 12-2-2003.

** The Youhana-Akhtar partnership was also the best against Holland in LOIs for the eighth wicket. Indians Dinesh Mongia and Anil Kumble had put on 17 at this same venue on 12-2-2003.

** The ninth-wicket partnership of seven runs between Shoaib Akhtar and Waqar Younis and the unbeaten 10th-wicket stand of eight runs between Shoaib Akhtar and Saqlain Mushtaq were the best for these wickets by any team against Holland in LOIs.

** The two wickets by Tim de Leede makes him the highest wicket-taker for Holland in LOIs. He now has 8 wickets from 11 matches, just one more than the Roland Lefebvre's tally of seven from 10 matches. Interestingly, all of de Leede's wickets came in the last four matches. He had gone wicketless in his first seven matches. For the record, de Leede with 242 runs is also the highest run-getter for Holland in LOIs.

** Daan van Bange (2-27) now has the best bowling figures for Holland against Pakistan. The previous best was the 1-18 by Peter Cantrell at Lahore on 26-2-1996.

** When he claimed the wicket of Dutch opener Nick Statham, Wasim Akram became the first bowler to capture 500 wickets in LOI history. Playing in his 354th match, Wasim now has 502 wickets to his credit.

** The following bowlers were the first to reach the following milestones in LOIs: 50 wkts: D.K. Lillee (Aus) on 18-12-1980; 100 wkts: D.K. Lillee on 9-12-1983; 150 wkts: Kapil Dev (Ind) on 27-10-1988; 200 wkts: Kapil Dev on 22-10-1991; 250 wkts: Kapil Dev on 27-3-1994; 300 wkts: Wasim Akram (Pak) on 30-10-1996; 350 wkts: Wasim Akram on 11-4-1998; 400 wkts: Wasim Akram on 19-1-2000; 450 wkts: Wasim Akram on 12-4-2002. 500 wkts: Wasim Akram on 25-2-2003 (the only bowler to reach this milestone)

** This was Holland's 11th LOI loss in a row since its debut in February 1996.

** This was Yousuf Youhana's 10th man of the match award in 125 matches. It was also Youhana's second in the World Cup. He had received the award against Scotland at Chester-le-Street on 20-5-1999.

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