T20 World Cup – Match No 02 – Netherlands Vs United Arab Emirates at Geelong on 16 Oct 2022
T20 World Cup Match No 02 Netherlands Vs United Arab Emirates at Geelong on 16 Oct 2022
Netherlands won this game with a ball to spare to provide the fifth occasion of a team winning a T20 World cup game with a ball to spare. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Team | Res | Margin | BR | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | won | 5 wkts | 1 | v Australia | Cape Town | 12 Sep 2007 |
| 2 | New Zealand | won | 2 wkts | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Providence | 30 Apr 2010 |
| 3 | West Indies | won | 8 wkts | 1 | v England | Providence | 03 May 2010 |
| 4 | Australia | won | 3 wkts | 1 | v Pakistan | Gros Islet | 14 May 2010 |
| 5 | South Africa | won | 4 wkts | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 30 Oct 2021 |
| 6 | Netherlands | won | 3 wkts | 1 | v U.A.E. | Geelong | 16 Oct 2022 |
BWF de Leede of Netherlands returned with figures of 3 for 19 in this game to provide the sixth occasion of a Netherlands bowler capturing exact three wickets in T20 World Cup. It also provides the eighth occasion of a Netherlands bowler capturing exact three or more wickets in T20 World Cup.
Junaid Siddique of UAE returned with figures of 3 for 24 in this game to provide the first occasion of an UAE bowler capturing three wickets in T20 World Cup.
RE van der Merwe was dismissed without scoring in this game to provide the 17th occasion of a Netherlands batsman scoring a duck in the T20 World Cup.
It also provides his third duck in the World Cup and he now holds the record for most ducks by a Netherlands batsman in T20 World Cup.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | BD Glover | 0 | 1 | v Ireland | Abu Dhabi | 18 Oct 2021 |
| 2 | BD Glover | 0 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 22 Oct 2021 |
| 1 | SJ Myburgh | 0 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Sylhet | 19 Mar 2014 |
| 2 | SJ Myburgh | 0 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Chattogram | 24 Mar 2014 |
| 1 | RE van der Merwe | 0 | 1 | v Ireland | Abu Dhabi | 18 Oct 2021 |
| 2 | RE van der Merwe | 0 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Sharjah | 22 Oct 2021 |
| 3 | RE van der Merwe | 0 | 2 | v U.A.E. | Geelong | 16 Oct 2022 |
RE van der Merwe had scored duck while representing South Africa against New Zealand at Lord’s on 09.06.09. Thus he has four ducks to his credit in T20 World Cup. He became the seventh batsman to score four or more ducks in the T20 World Cup. Others are – TM Dilshan {05}, Shahid Afridi {05}, ST Jayasuriya {04}, LMP Simmons {04}, AD Russell {04} and LG Wright {04}
Netherlands won this game by three wickets to post its sixth win in T20 World Cup and also its second win against UAE
| No | Team | Res | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Netherlands | won | 04 wkts | England | Lord’s | 05 Jun 2009 |
| 2 | Netherlands | won | 06 wkts | UAE. | Sylhet | 17 Mar 2014 |
| 3 | Netherlands | won | 06 wkts | Ireland | Sylhet | 21 Mar 2014 |
| 4 | Netherlands | won | 45 runs | England | Chattogram | 31 Mar 2014 |
| 5 | Netherlands | won | 12 runs | Ireland | Dharamsala | 13 Mar 2016 |
| 6 | Netherlands | won | 03 wkts | UAE | Geelong | 16 Oct 2022 |
| No | Team | Res | Margin | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 2 | Netherlands | won | 06 wkts | UAE | Sylhet | 17 Mar 2014 |
| 6 | Netherlands | won | 03 wkts | UAE | Geelong | 16 Oct 2022 |