T20 World Cup 2022: Rating Bowling of Super 12 teams in Week 1

The ICC T20 World Cup 2022 has got underway in Australia as we head to the second week of the month-long competition. The Super 12 fixtures commenced from the 22nd October and up until now (29th October), it appears as though we have witnessed it all! The Drama, suspense, last ball thrillers, the ‘upsets’, rain gods making their presence felt and what not?

Moreover, teams have completed about two to three fixtures as of the first week in the showpiece event and the race for semi-final spot is wide open and heating up as the matches come thick and fast. The Australian tracks are more bowling friendly thus assisting them with bounce and decent pace. Teams have taken these conditions to their advantage and have fired all cylinders to get results favouring their side. Let us see how the sides have fared in the group stages in Week 1, as we have rated teams based on their bowling display.

Rating Bowling of Super 12 teams in Week 1

12. Netherlands- 3/10

The Dutch side relished magnificent outings in the First Round fixtures as one of their strong areas was the bowling. The side was successful in restricted the rival teams to a low score, thanks to the terrific bowling display by the line-up. It is one thing to perform exceedingly well in the First Round but to maintain that rhythm in the group stage with heavyweight teams is a whole different ball game altogether. Such is the case with this Netherlands side in the competition.

The Netherlands looked like a side hungry and ready to give the rival teams a run for their money. However, it appears that, the hunger has not translated well on the pitch against the heavyweight sides. Since their first Super 12 match, the side has played two fixtures against Bangladesh and team India. The bowling against the Bangla Tigers was still competitive with Bas de Leede, their main wicket taker since their First Round outings helped scalp two wickets along with Paul van Meekeren.

Moreover, the rest of the line up too did not leak too many runs, but the side just did not play like how they maintained themselves in the qualifying rounds. Against India, the bowling was completely exposed as the Men in Blue battered the Dutch side for 179 runs. Four of their six regular bowlers ensured an economy rate of 8.00 whereas Bas de Leede and Logan van Beek had an economy of over 11.00, leaking the most runs in the match.