Key events20 Jun 2026Summary20 Jun 2026Player of the Match: Beth Mooney20 Jun 2026Australia win by 98 runs20 Jun 2026WICKET! Kalis b Sutherland 44 (Netherlands 113-3)20 Jun 2026WICKET! H.Siegers lbw Garth 9 (Netherlands 17-2)20 Jun 2026WICKET! Molkenboer c Voll b Garth 0 (Netherlands 3-1)20 Jun 2026Australia sets the Netherlands 220 runs for victory20 Jun 2026WICKET! Molineux b Zwilling 7 (Australia 209-6)20 Jun 2026WICKET! Wareham c S. Siegers b Zwilling 41 (Australia 201-5)20 Jun 2026WICKET! Carey c Rijke b de Lange 7 (Australia 185-4)20 Jun 2026WICKET! Gardner c Kalis b de Lange 58 (Australia 152-3)20 Jun 2026WICKET! Perry c Overdjik b H.Siegers 1 (Australia 51-2)20 Jun 2026WICKET! Voll c Molkenboer b Zwilling 17 (Australia 50-1)20 Jun 2026Netherlands XI20 Jun 2026Australia XI20 Jun 2026The Netherlands win the toss and elect to field20 Jun 2026PreambleSummaryMegan MauriceWell, what a fascinating match! These are two very different teams – one coming from a very amateur set up where they’re having to negotiate time off work and even quit jobs to be able to be at this World Cup and the other at the opposite end of the professionalism spectrum, with all players as full-time cricketers. Australia showed their batting dominance to basically put the game out of reach in the first innings, but their bowling wasn’t where they would want it to be at this stage of the tournament.Netherlands captain Babette de Leede was delighted with her team’s performance.“It’s a massive opportunity for us,” she said. “To be able to play against and learn from them and see how they go about an innings, it’s amazing for us.”Australian captain Sophie Molineux was full of praise for the opposition.“It was a good win, but I thought the Netherlands played really well, especially Sterre and Babette – full credit to them,” she said.It was a match that other teams will have watched with interest – a bit of a chink in Australia’s armour as they have failed to bowl out both Bangladesh and the Netherlands in successive matches. They used eight bowlers today – perhaps too many to allow anyone to settle into a rhythm? They will take on Pakistan next and there will be plenty of keen eyes on that match to see how they adapt their bowling plan.The Netherlands will come up against South Africa in their next match and will be brimming with confidence after this performance – it will be very interesting to see if they can go close to causing a huge upset.I might leave the word to a lovely email I received from a young boy having his first day out at the cricket.