Netherlands vs. UAE, World T20: Video Highlights, Scorecard, Report

The Netherlands opened their World T20 campaign with a comfortable six-wicket victory over the United Arab Emirates in Sylhet.

The UAE, who won the toss and chose to bat, made 151 in their innings. They were dismissed off the penultimate ball of the innings, as Ahsan Malik picked up 3-16.

Opener Stephan Myburgh hit 55 in the Dutch reply, as they reached their target with seven balls to spare.

Tournament debutant UAE lost both openers inside the opening 10 balls, but Khurram Khan (31), Swapnil Patil (23), Shaiman Anwar (32) and Rohan Mustafa (20) all made middle order contributions.

Tom Cooper, a controversial late inclusion in the Dutch squad, picked up two wickets with his off-breaks before seamer Malik ran through the lower order.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls
Ali		b van der Gugten	5	3	6
Asif	c Jamil	b Swart	6		4
Khurram Khan		b Cooper	31	45	25
Patil		b Cooper	23	37	28
Anwar		b van der Gugten	32	27	19
Mustafa	run out (Borren)		20	24	14
Amjad Javed	c Seelaar	b Jamil	2		2
Shetty	c and b Jamil		10	13	12
Silva	run out (Cooper)		3	10	6
Kamran Shazad	c van Beek	b Jamil	0	4	2
Guruge	not out		1	2	1
Extras		0nb 11w 0b 7lb	18
Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Swart		2	0	19	1
van der Gugten		4	0	24	2
Bukhari		3	0	24	0
van Beek		3	0	30	0
Seelaar		2	0	13	0
Jamil		3.5	0	16	3
Cooper		2	0	18	2

South African-born Myburgh gave the men in orange a flying start in their reply with seven boundaries and two sixes in his 36-ball innings.

He shared a 69-run partnership with Michael Swart for the opening wicket. When he was run out at the mid-point of the Dutch reply, the Netherlands were already 93-2.

Cooper then saw the Netherlands over the line with an unbeaten 34.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls
Myburgh	run out (Ali)		55	42	36
Swart	c Amjad Javed	b Kamran Shazad	26	27	16
Barresi		b Silva	24	31	21
Cooper	not out		34	34	26
Borren	c Silva	b Kamran Shazad	3	11	8
Cooper	not out		6	5	6
Extras		0nb 0w 0b 4lb	4
Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Guruge		4	0	39	0
Silva		4	0	38	1
Amjad Javed		4	0	27	0
Kamran Shazad		4	0	19	2
Mustafa		2.5	0	25	0

Holland, who recorded a famous victory over England in the 2009 tournament, now join Ireland on two points in Group B.

If both sides win their games on Wednesday, it will set up a winner-takes-all encounter on Friday to see who will join South Africa, Sri Lanka, England and New Zealand in Group 1 of the Super 10 phase of the tournament.