Twitter Reactions: Netherlands confirm ticket to India for World Cup 2023 with epic win against Scotland

Scotland had a great chance of making it to the upcoming ODI World Cup in 2023. They had a much better net run rate than the Netherlands, who were also in contention for the same spot. When the two sides clashed at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo in a virtual semi-final encounter on Thursday, July 6, the tension was palpable.

Dutch captain Scott Edwards won the toss and elected to bowl first without any hesitation. Brandon McMullen starred with the bat, playing a fine knock of 106 off 110 balls. Scottish captain Richie Berrington also played a solid innings of 64 in 84 deliveries. Tomas Mackintosh (38 off 28) and Chris Greaves (18 off 15) provided the finishing touches to take Scotland to 277/9 in 50 overs. Bas de Leede stood out for the Netherlands with the ball as he picked up five wickets for 52 runs in his 10 overs.

The fact that the Netherlands had to chase the target in 44 overs to cross Scotland's net run rate, made Richie Berrington's men the favourites to board the flight to India. However, the Netherlands were not going to go down without a fight. They showed how good they are as a chasing side when they managed to reach West Indies' score of 374, earlier in the tournament.

At one stage, the Dutch were reeling at 108/4 in 23.3 overs. It seemed that the Netherlands will fail to win the match, let alone chase the score in 44 overs. However, de Leede formed crucial partnerships with his captain Edwards and Saqib Zulfiqar to take them close to the target. De Leede eventually departed for a majestic 123 runs in 92 balls after Safyaan Sharif ran him out. Post that Van Beek scored the winning run as his team reached the target in 42.5 overs to book the ticket to India for the ODI World Cup to be held in October-November.

Here's how fans reacted to Netherlands' thrilling win against Scotland"

A stunning heist! 😱

Netherlands have booked their #CWC23 tickets 🎫✈#SCOvNED pic.twitter.com/pUkn1DsHbT

— ICC (@ICC) July 6, 2023

🙏 🇮🇳

We can't wait to be the guests of a country that says अतिथि देवो भव:#ICCWorldCupQualifier #CWC23

— Cricket🏏Netherlands (@KNCBcricket) July 6, 2023

Bas de Leede takes Netherlands to World Cup 2023 with his 123 and 5 wickets in the same match.

Netherlands were without 8 key players in this tournament, seven of them due to county commitments. de Leede was one player who had a choice of picking CWC Qualifier over county. #CWCQ

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) July 6, 2023

We believed. Thank you to all those who showed the faith. #ICCWorldCupQualifier pic.twitter.com/NndIo6OVyp

— Cricket🏏Netherlands (@KNCBcricket) July 6, 2023

Five wickets and a century to take Netherlands to the World Cup. What a stellar performance by Bas de Leede. 👏👏

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) July 6, 2023

Oh my Bas de Leede! 👏

5/52 in first innings and then a 92-ball 123 for Bas de Leede to help Netherlands qualify for the World Cup in 🇮🇳.

Remember they are missing some key players and yet dominated. 🔥

Scotland have been Bas de Leede'd out of #CWC23 #CWC23Qualifiers pic.twitter.com/j3sLZNawJ7

— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) July 6, 2023

This is the first ODI World Cup qualifier with Super Over to decide tied match winner. Netherlands get 2 crucial points due to it.

If there was no Super Over, then Scotland would qualify instead of Netherlands. Small margins...

— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) July 6, 2023

Last time Netherlands played in the ODI World Cup, India won the tournament. pic.twitter.com/Zvn4DUkJqY

— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) July 6, 2023

The Netherlands went past three Full Members and Scotland to qualify for the World* Cup.

*ten teams will always remain a joke

— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) July 6, 2023

What an incredible match this #SCOvNED

Netherlands needed to score 278 in 44 overs to qualify and they did it with 7 balls to spare!

Bas de Leede (5/52 & 123)- 4th player in ODIs to score a hundred and take 5 wickets in the same match, also the HS score for NED in a chase#CWC

— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) July 6, 2023

Ridiculous achievement from Netherlands, overcoming absence of 8 players - mostly not released by counties - to qualify ahead of 3 Test nations for the ODI World Cup in India

— Tim Wigmore (@timwig) July 6, 2023

The secret of success.
Kudos, Netherlands! #CWC2023 #WhistlePodu 🦁@KNCBcricket pic.twitter.com/4AzotAIMHy

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) July 6, 2023

PURE DOMINATION! That will go down as one of the all-time best ODI performances, Bas you are a superstar! #NEDvSCO #CWCQualifier pic.twitter.com/fsQSgV82DW

— Netherlands Cricket Insider (@KNCBInsider) July 6, 2023

Bas De Leede take a bow!

Became 9th Netherlands' player to score an ODI hundred in the most important match of his life. Just the fourth man to score a 100 and take 5 wickets in an innings.

Took his team to World Cup after 12 years. What a freak effort. #SCOvsNED pic.twitter.com/MEC0VLlk5R

— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) July 6, 2023

My qualifying teams for #CWC23:

Before the tournament
Sri Lanka and West Indies

Soon into:
Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe

A little later:
Sri Lanka and Scotland

Ones that did:
Sri Lanka and Netherlands

WHAT A TOURNAMENT 🔥🔥

— Yash Lahoti (@YvLahoti) July 6, 2023