Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Ten best moments in ten Doeschate's cricketing career

1. 259 against Canada in the Intercontinental Cup 2006. That was a new tournament record
2. 119 against England in World Cup 2011, which is the highest for a player of an associate member against a test-playing team
3. Major role with the bat and the ball in the 2009 T20 World Cup shock win over England and that too at Lord's. Ten Doeschate took 2 wickets and made 22 with the bat as Netherlands stunned England
4. First Dutch player to be signed up for IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders bought ten Doeschate for $ 1,50,000 to play in the IPL-4 edition
5. ICC Associate Player of the Year award in 2010. Ten Doeschate came to Bangalore to receive the award. Did we hear about him at that time?


                       

 

6. 57 against South Africa in the 2007 World Cup. He had faced the likes of Shaun Pollock and Andre Nel in that match and scored eight 4s and one 6
7. Five wickets in the warm-up game against India before the 2007 world cup. He ended with figures of 5 for 57 and picked up the wickets of Sehwag, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Ganguly and Harbhajan. He also scored 31 off 39 balls with the bat.
8. 6 for 20 against Canada in the Intercontinental Cup in 2006
9. Tasmaniasigning in a Dutch player for the first time for the highly competitive Big Bash tournament
10. Played an integral part in the resounding success of Essex in English domestic cricket in 2008 when they won the Provident Trophy and Pro40 division II