Bas de Leede's five-for and 92-ball 123 take

Netherlands to the ODI World Cup

…Scotland scored 277 and needed to prevent Netherlands from crossing it in 44 overs; de Leede ensured it didn't happen

Bas de Leede put in an all-round performance for the ages as Netherlands stunned Scotland to book their ticket to the 2023 men's ODI World Cup in India. First, de Leede's maiden five-wicket haul helped Netherlands restrict Scotland to 277 for 9.

Netherlands needed to chase that down inside 44 overs to trump Scotland on net run-rate. Around the halfway mark, they looked all but out of the contest, before de Leede smashed 123 off 92 balls, his first ODI century, to power them over the line in 42.5 overs, with four wickets to spare.

(Scores: Netherlands 278 for 6 (de Leede 123, Vikramjit 40, Zulfiqar 33*, Leask 2-42, Watt) beat Scotland

277 for 9 (McMullen 106, Berrington 64, Mackintosh 38*, de Leede 5-52, Klein 2-59) by four wickets

This will be Netherlands' fifth appearance in the men's ODI World Cup. They last featured in the 2011 edition. De Leede, meanwhile, became only the fourth player to score a hundred and take five wickets in a men's ODI, reducing Brandon McMullen's equally outstanding hundred for Scotland to a footnote.

In the morning, Scott Edwards opted to bowl citing help for seamers in the first hour, and Logan van Beek duly sent Matthew Cross' off stump cartwheeling in the opening over of the match.

Christopher McBride and McMullen ensured Scotland didn't lose another wicket in the first ten overs. While McBride struggled with timing, McMullen looked at ease.

He used his feet well, often coming down the track to try to disrupt the Netherlands seamers' lengths.

McBride chipped in with two successive fours off leftarm spinner Clayton Floyd in the tenth over but fell to de Leede in the next when he pulled straight to short midwicket. De Leede picked up his second wicket when George Munsey gloved a pull that was caught down the leg side.

That left Scotland 64 for 3 in the 15th over, but McMullen was looking more and more comfortable by now.

Through a perfect alchemy of timing and power, he put up an exhibition of eye-catching strokes. In the 11th over, he timed offspinner Aryan Dutt over long-off for his first six. A few overs later, he went down the pitch to a short ball from de Leede and smashed it over mid-on.

To bring up his fifty - off 63 balls - he lofted Ryan Klein over wide long-off for another six, and then chipped Floyd over extra cover for back-to-back fours.

McMullen reached his hundred off 106 balls, with a punched four through extra-cover off van Beek. He and Richie Berrington added 137 off 135 balls for the fourth wicket. Having reached 200 in the 38th over, Scotland were eyeing a total in excess of 300. But the late strikes from Klein and de Leede reined them in. Klein first had McMullen caught behind and then left Michael Leask's stumps in disarray to make it 207 for 5.

Berrington held one end up and brought up his half-century but couldn't provide the impetus. He was on 64 when de Leede uprooted his middle stump.

Shortly afterwards, de Leede sent back Chris Greaves and Mark Watt off consecutive deliveries to complete his five-for. All that meant Scotland could score only 74 in the last 12 overs.

Max O'Dowd and Vikramjit Singh gave Netherlands a steady start of 65 in 12.4 overs before Michael Leask trapped both lbw in successive overs. The loss of Wesley Barresi and Teja Nidamanuru in a short interval further dented Netherlands' chances, leaving them needing 170 in 20 overs to qualify.

De Leede was on 19 off 30 at that stage. He and Edwards revived the chase by hitting four fours in four balls, across the 25th and

26th overs. The pair added 55 in 44 balls before Edwards failed to connect with a sweep against Mark Watt and was lbw.

Even at this point, Scotland were the favourites; Netherlands needed 115 in 13.1 overs with half their side back in the pavilion. And when the next three overs produced just 12 runs, it became 102 required from ten overs.

With Netherlands' backs against the wall, de Leede went on an all-out attack. He started by hitting Watt for a six before picking up two fours off Safyaan Sharif a couple of overs later. Saqib Zulfiqar too found the occasional boundary to keep Netherlands abreast with the required rate. With 45 needed in four overs, it was even-stevens. That's when de Leede went into overdrive, hitting four sixes in a space of ten balls that also included a maximum from Zulfiqar. One of those hits took de Leede to his hundred, off just 85 balls. By the team he was run out, Netherlands needed just two from 11 balls. They got them in singles.(Cricinfo)

Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal retires from international cricket with immediate effect

TAMIM Iqbal announced his retirement from international cricket at a news conference broadcast live on national television Bangladesh's oneday international captain, Tamim Iqbal, has retired from international cricket; just three months before the Cricket World Cup.

The 34-year-old batter said he is quitting all forms of the international game with immediate effect.

Tamim broke into tears as he made the announcement during a news conference, broadcast live on national television.

"There was no sudden reason behind this, I was thinking about it for quite some time," he said.

"I was talking about it with my family members for a few days. I thought this was the right time for me to decide."

Tamim's announcement comes a day after he played in the first ODI of a threematch series against Af - ghanistan, scoring 13 off 21 balls as Afghanistan claimed a 17-run win.

The opening batter came under heavy criticism, led by Bangladesh

Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan, for deciding to play despite admitting he was not 100% fit.

Tamim is the only Bangladeshi to have scored centuries in all three formats of the game and had already retired from Twenty20 internationals in 2022.

He made his international debut in February 2007 and has played in 241 ODIs, scoring 8,313 runs with 14 centuries - both the highest by a Bangladeshi batter.

Tamim also scored 5,134 runs from 70 Tests with 10 hundreds and had spells in England with Nottinghamshire and Essex.

Former Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar said he is "one of the greatest batsmen Bangladesh ever produced".

Ashfaque Nipun, one of Bangladesh's top film-makers, added: "You will always be remembered for your fearless batting days."(BBC Sport).