New Zealand ease past Netherlands

New Zealand defeated the Netherlands by 99 runs to secure a second successive win at the World Cup on Monday.
Set a target of 323, the Dutch were dismissed for 223 in 46.3 overs with Colin Ackermann making 69 and left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner claiming 5-59.
For New Zealand, who defeated champions England by nine wickets in their opener, Will Young (70), captain Tom Latham (53) and Rachin Ravindra (51) all made half centuries.
Scoreboard
New Zealand
D. Conway c de Leede b van der Merwe 32
W. Young c de Leede b van Meekeren 70
R. Ravindra c Edwards b van der Merwe 51
D. Mitchell b van Meekeren 48
T. Latham st Edwards b Dutt 53
G. Phillips c Edwards b de Leede 4
M. Chapman c van der Merwe b Dutt 5
M. Santner not out 36
M. Henry not out 10
Extras: (lb3, nb2, w8) 13
Total: (for seven wkts; 50 overs) 322
Did not bat: L. Ferguson, T. Boult
Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Conway), 2-144 (Young), 3-185 (Ravindra), 4-238 (Mitchell), 5-247 (Phillips), 6-254 (Chapman), 7-293 (Latham)
Bowling: Dutt 10-2-62-2 (1w), Klein 7-1-41-0 (1w), Van Meekeren 9-0-59-2 (1nb), Van der Merwe 9-0-56-2, Ackermann 4-0-28-0, De Leede 10-0-64-1 (6w, 1nb), Singh 1-0-9-0
Netherlands
V. Singh b Henry 12
M. O'Dowd lbw b Santner 16
C. Ackermann c Henry b Santner 69
B. de Leede c Boult b Ravindra 18
T. Nidamanuru run out 21
S. Edwards c and b Santner 30
S. Engelbrecht c Conway b Henry 29
R. van der Merwe c Henry b Santner 1
R. Klein lbw b Santner 8
A. Dutt b Henry 11
P. Meekeren not out 4
Extras (lb1, nb1, w2) 4
Total: (all out; 46.3 overs) 223
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Singh), 2-43 (O'Dowd), 3-67 (de Leede), 4-117 (Nidamanuru), 5-157 (Ackermann), 6-174 (Edwards), 7-180 (van der Merwe), 8-198 (Klein), 9-218 (Engelbrecht), 10-223 (Dutt)
Bowling: Boult 8-0-34-0 (1w), Henry 8.3-0-40-3, Santner 10-0-59-5, Ferguson 8-0-32-0, Ravindra 10-0-46-1 (1nb), Phillips 2-0-11-0
Result: New Zealand won by 99 runs
Toss: Netherlands
Umpires: Paul Reiffel (AUS) and Rod Tucker (AUS)
Tv umpire: Joel Wilson (WIS)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
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