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Ireland Under 19’s lost their first match of the crucial ICC European Under 19 Division 1 Championship that acts as the qualifier for the Under 19 ICC Cricket World Cup as they went down by 32 runs today in Rotterdam.
The Netherlands have got their ICC Europe Under-19 Championship campaign off to a perfect start with a win over Ireland at the VOC ground in Rotterdam today.

Dutch captain Joost Kroesen won the toss and chose to bat first. The Dutch innings started slowly thanks to some tight bowling by Ireland, and they had reached 57 when the fourth wicket fell in the 22nd over, Rahil Ahmed having scored 20.

By this point, the Irish bowling had become somewhat wayward, with most bowlers sending down their fair share of wides. The Dutch fifth wicket pair of Saqib Zulfiqar and Joost Kroesen took advantage of this bowling to put on 103 for the fifth wicket, taking the score to 160-5.

Krosen was dismissed for 45, whilst Zulfiqar went on to reach his fifty, eventually getting out for 51. The rest of the order didn’t contribute much, and the Dutch were dismissed for 184, seven balls short of their full quota of overs.

It would be the 38 runs in extras that would come back to haunt Ireland later in their chase, which, like the Dutch innings, started slowly. Unlike the Dutch innings though, they couldn’t put together a decent partnership, relying instead on some brief individual innings.

James McCollum scored 30 early in the innings, whilst Peter Eakin made the same score in the middle order. Rishi Chopra hit 24 from 28 balls late in the innings, but it wasn’t enough to prevent Ireland being bowled out for 152, losing by 32 runs, those 38 extras proving to be crucial.

The full scorecard can be found here.

Ireland will hope to get their tournament back on track tomorrow when they play Denmark, whilst the hosts will look to make it two from two when they play Scotland.

In the day’s other matches, Scotland beat Jersey by 50 runs and Denmark beat Guernsey by 42 runs.

Scotland U19 v Jersey U19 at Voorburg.

Scotland U19 258-6 (50 overs) – M English 77, R McLean 67, A Muir 50*; J Duckett 3-49
Jersey U19 208-9 (50 overs) – J Jenner 50, C Rabet 45, A Cooke 37; G Main 3-43

Scotland won by 50 runs.

Denmark U19 v Guernsey U19 at Utrecht.

Denmark U19 220-5 (50 overs) – M Malik 73*, R Javed 40; M Stokes 3-29
Guernsey U19 178 (46.4 overs) – L Barker 55; A Amjad 4-27

Denmark won by 42 runs.

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A good spell from Irish Captain Tyrone Kane was not enough for his side
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