On October 6, Bas de Leede and his father Tim became the seventh father-son pair in World Cups. On-debut Bas started off in style as he took a four-wicket haul against Babar Azam-led Pakistan at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Interestingly, his father started off World Cup 2023 in a similar fashion as he took a four-fer against Sourav Ganguly’s India.
Tim’s two-decade-old feat vs India
Tim started off with the big wickets of Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. He came back into the attack and dismissed Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan as India were bowled out for 204 in Paarl. He conceded just 35 runs from 9.5 overs he bowled. However, his bowling performance ended in a losing cause. Tim's 4/35 is still the best bowling figures by a Dutch bowler in the World Cup.
Other four-wicket hauls for Netherlands
Bas became the fourth Netherlands bowler to take a four-fer in ODI World Cup. Feiko Kloppenburg and Adeel Raja are the other two bowlers who have registered a four-wicket haul against Namibia in the 2003 edition.
Bas’ wickets vs Pakistan
Unlike his father, Bas did not start off with a wicket with the new ball. In the middle overs, he got the wicket of set batter Mohammad Rizwan with a delivery that nipped back into the stumps. In the same over, Iftikhar Ahmed tried to guide the short-of-length delivery towards third man but the bounce got the better of him. The outside edge carried to wicketkeeper Scott Edwards.
He was brought back to bowl in the death overs. He broke the seventh-wicket partnership between Mohammad Nawaz and Shadab Khan. He bowled full and straight on the stumps. Shadab played down the wrong line and got bowled. On the next ball, he targetted the stumps again as Hasan Ali got out lbw for a golden duck.
However, the 23-year-old was expensive as he conceded 62 runs from nine overs he bowled. His four-fer helped Netherlands to bowl Pakistan out for 286 with one over left in the innings.
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