As Holland’s batting subsided in alarming fashion against Sri Lanka’s tighter bowling and fielding, the ACU might ‘investigate’ some of the palpably appalling strokeplay applied by the Dutch batsman. Dismissed for 86 to lose to Sri Lanka by 206 runs, with Muttiah Muralitharan taking four for fifteen in 5.3 overs, it was, says their captain, Roland Lefebvre "Just an experience to be at the tournament let alone face the world class wizard Muralitharan". Okay, so Holland were thrashed, but they were quite happy with their efforts. Dropping a few catches did not help their cause, either. It was a matter of losing the toss and doing what they could. Under the circumstances they were quite happy to keep Sri Lanka under 300. There were those predicting a world record score of 400 plus, with Sri Lanka surpassing the 398 scored against Kenya at Asgiriya in Kandy in 1996. SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka: S.Jayasuriya c Zuiderent b Grandia 36; M.Atapattu c Van Oosterom b Lefebvre 101; K.Sangakkara b Raja 41; A.De Silva C de Leede B Raja 23; M.Jayawardene run out (Zuiderent) 14; R.Arnold not out 22; C.Vaas c & b Lefebvre 16; M.Muralitharan not out 1; Extras (b6, lb9, w18, nb5): 38 Total (for 6 wkts, 50 overs): 292 Fall of wickets: 1-59, 2-175, 3-223, 4-234, 5-243, 6-287 Bowling: Schiferli 7-0-29-0, Grandia 5-0-40-1, Lefebvre 10-0-59-2, de Leede 8-0-37-0, Esmeijer 5-0-36-0, Adeel Raja 10-0-50-2, van Troost 5-0-26-0. Netherlands: R van Oosterom c Sangakkara b Gunaratne 0; D.Van Bunge lbw Gunaratne 3; B.Zuiderent lbw Vaas 0; T.de Leede c Sangakkara b Fernando 31; R.Scholte c Sangakkara b Dharmasena 12; L.van Troost b Dharmasena 0; J.Esmeisjer c Fernando b Muralitharan 7; A.Raja c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 2; E.Schiferli st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 15; R.Lefebvre not out 4; V.Grandia b Muralitharan 0; Extras (b4, lb2, w3, nb3): 12; Total (all out, 29.3 overs): 86 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-46, 5-52, 6-57, 7-59, 8-81, 9-82. Bowling: Vaas 6-2-11-1, Gunaratne 4-0-19-2, Fernando 5-0-21-1, Dharmasena 9-3-14-2, Muralitharan 5.3-2-15-4
