Netherlands' Sybrand-Logan register highest partnership for seventh wicket or below in WC history

LUCKNOW: The Netherlands pair of Sybrand Engelbrecht and Logan van Beek made history on Saturday, stitching the biggest partnership for the seventh wicket or below in the history of the ICC Cricket World Cup. They achieved this milestone during the Cricket World Cup game against Sri Lanka at Lucknow.

During the match at one point, Netherlands was down at 91/6 but then Sybrand and Logan unleashed a calculated counter-attack, stitching a partnership of 130 runs to take their team beyond the 200-run mark. Both batters also brought up their half-centuries.

They have overtaken the Indian pair of Kapil Dev and Syed Kirmani, who stitched a 126-run stand for the eighth wicket in a 1983 World Cup match against Zimbabwe, in which Kapil Dev made a counter-attacking 175* after India was down to 17/5.

This is also Netherland's second-highest partnership for any wicket in WC history. The highest partnership is between Feiko Kloppenburg and KJJ van Noortwijk, a 228-run stand for the second wicket against Namibia in the 2003 edition of the tournament.

Coming to the match, the Netherlands opted to bat first and put on 262 runs in their 49.4 overs. At one point, the Dutch were at 91/6, but Sybrand (70 in 82 balls, with four boundaries and one six) and Logan (59 in 75 balls, with one four and one six) helped the Netherlands recover and put up a competitive score.

However, Sri Lanka managed to defeat Netherlands as Sadeera Samarawickrama's 91 and Pathum Nissanka's 54 guided Sri Lanka to a five-wicket win over Netherlands in the league game of the Cricket World Cup 2023. Sri Lanka scored 263 in response to the Men in Orange's 262.