Grace Road was glittering in the sun today as were the men in Orange as the Netherlands continue their impressive start to the CB40 campaign.
Having been put in to bat the Netherlands made an impressive 304 for 3 from their 40 overs. Michael Swart made 102 off 100 balls. Tom Cooper made 68, but it was Borgas' innings of 61 off 33 balls that really propelled the score. The Dutch offered very few chances to get wickets in their entire innings.
Leicestershire got off to the worst possible start when Josh Cobb was bowled by Van der Gugten by the first legitimate delivery of the innings. Ramnaresh Sarwan led the fightback and showed us all what the West Indies are missing. His 82-ball century was a delight to watch and contained 7 fours and a six. When Sarwan was run out for 115 all of Leicestershire's hopes were dashed too, with the Foxes still needing 90 off 6 overs.
The middle order played cameo innings but the inevitable happened as Leicestershire stumbled to 261 for 9 from their 40 overs. Netherlands deservedly won by 43 runs. Although Leicestershire lost, there were plenty of positives to take from this game. With Leicestershire's most successive form of the game, T20, starting soon, hopefully Leicestershire can build on today's positives.
On a personal note, I had a thoroughly fantastic day at Grace Road. I was privileged enough to meet two directors and the Chief Executive of Leicestershire who all made me feel very welcome and thanked me for my support. It was a shame not to see a bigger crowd on a bank holiday with such good weather. People really need to get behind counties like Leicestershire and give all their support. Hopefully being 2011 T20 Champions will draw in the crowds!
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