Nortje and Wiese star in Rotterdam victory

Anrich Nortje and David Wiese starred with the ball as the Rotterdam Dockers claimed a five-wicket win against Glasgow Cosmic in the European T20 Premier League on Tuesday.

Nortje returned figures of 3-20 from four overs, including a maiden, while Wiese took 3-29 as Glasgow were restricted to 140-9 at Sportpark Westvliet.

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Nortje trapped Jason Roy lbw for 22 before removing Matthew Cross for one and Ali Khan for one. Wiese dismissed George Munsey for 14, Liam Naylor for 26 and top-scorer Liam Livingstone for 54.

Roelof van der Merwe also made an impact with 2-24, including the wicket of fellow South African Keshav Maharaj for five.

Faf du Plessis scored four and Heinrich Klaasen made 11 during Rotterdam’s chase, with both falling to Paul van Meekeren.

Lungi Ngidi kept Glasgow in the contest with 1-25, including a superb 19th over in which he conceded just two runs and dismissed Ben Manenti. Maharaj finished with figures of 0-33.

Ben McDermott anchored the chase with an unbeaten 37 off 24 balls before Wiese added seven not out as Rotterdam reached 141-5 with one ball remaining.

Source: www.sacricketmag.com