New Zealand claim 10 points against Netherlands, climb up the Super League table

A four-wicket haul from Blair Tickner on his ODI debut and a maiden hundred from Will Young set up an emphatic win for the hosts in Mount Maunganui as they took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

The 10 points have propelled New Zealand to the 10th place in the CWCSL standings from the 12th and if they continue their winning momentum, they have a good chance of climbing higher up in the table.

Tickner finished with 4/50 from his ten overs, claiming Vikram Singh and Bas de Leede in his first spell, before returning to pick up Logan van Beek and Pieter Seelaar.

Despite the early loss of Martin Guptill, New Zealand breezed to collect the 10 ODI Super League points through the work of Henry Nicholls and Will Young, the latter scoring his maiden ODI century.

Seelaar won the toss for Netherlands and elected to bat at the Bay Oval, though the tourists were put on the back foot early after the loss of Max O'Dowd (4) and Stephan Myburgh (11).

Singh (19) and de Leede (7) sought a rebuild, though both picked out the third man fielder either side of Scott Edwards bunt back to Colin de Grandhomme for 1.

Spinning at 45/5, Seelaar and Michael Rippon picked up the pieces in a stand of 80, with the latter compiling his second ODI half-century. Seelaar (43) wasn't as fortunate, as his tickled leg glance fell into the gloves of Tom Latham.

Rippon was helped by contributions from Logan van Beek (14) and Philippe Boissevain (15), and the Dutch eventually squeezed past 200 in the final over of the innings.

The top-scorer Rippon (67) was the final wicket to fall, miscuing a full toss delivered by Kyle Jamieson, who finished with figures of 3/45.

Logan van Beek provided the tourists hope with the wicket of Guptill, edging to 'keeper Edwards for two, though it was the last moment of Dutch joy for close to two hours.

Young and Nicholls looked at ease at the crease. Young, playing just his third ODI, found boundaries regularly and raced to his maiden ODI fifty in 54 balls. Nicholls was happy to play second fiddle to Young and soon brought up a fifty of his own as New Zealand cruised along to victory.

The wickets of Nicholls and Ross Taylor came too late in the innings for the Netherlands. Young hit the winning runs and converted his maiden fifty into a hundred as New Zealand took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.