Hemp on a high
Holland first innings 378
Bermuda first innings 549-7
(overnight 432-6)
Bermuda, and David Hemp in particular, continued to rip up the record books on the final day of the four-day Intercontinental Cup match against Holland at the L.C.DeVilliers Oval in Pretoria this morning.
Hemp, unbeaten on 218, completed his highest-ever first class score and became the first Bermuda player to compile a first class double century as the team went into lunch on 549 for seven, their highest-ever international score and the second biggest in competition history.
However, the game was drifting towards a predictable draw with Bermuda, 171 runs ahead on first innings, needing to declare and bowl the Dutch out in today's final two sessions.
Also at the wicket was Dwayne Leverock, unbeaten on 39 - his best-ever first class innings.
And the unbeaten eighth wicket partnership between Hemp and Leverock, currently on 111, was also a new Bermuda record, eclipsing the previous best of 67 set by Clay Smith and Leverock, and Smith and Hasan Durham, in matches against Kenya.
Bermuda's only casualty in the morning session was Saleem Mukuddem who fell in the fourth over just 10 runs short of what would have been his maiden first class century.
After a record seventh-wicket partnership of 219 with Hemp, Mukuddem was caught behind by Jeroen Smits off Daan van Bunge for 90, although he clearly felt he hadn't touched the ball.
INTERCONTINENTAL CUP
BERMUDA v HOLLAND
Scoreboard at lunch on the fourth and final day of the four-day Intercontinental Cup match between Bermuda and Holland at the L.C.DeVilliers Oval today:
Holland won the toss
HOLLAND
First innings
Bas Zuiderent b S.Mukuddem 1
Tom DeGrooth c K.Hurdle b S.Mukuddem 61
Ryan ten Doeschate c D.Minors b D.Leverock 138
Daan van Bunge c and b K.Hurdle 39
Alexei Kervezee lbw Leverock 16
Peter Borren c K.Tucker b Trott 6
Luuk van Troost c J.Tucker b D.Leverock 24
Billy Stelling c C.Smith b R.Trott 33
Jeroen Smits b R.Trott 24
Pieter Seelaar lbw K.Hurdle 1
Muhammad Kashif not out 13
Extras (8b, 12lb, 2w) 22
Total (all out, 129.1 overs) 378
Fall of wickets: 2-1, 191-2, 224-3, 255-4, 264-5, 285-6, 309-7, 351-8, 352-9
Bowling: K.Hurdle 29-10-88-2; S.Mukuddem 30-7-98-2; D.Leverock 47-12-119-3; R.Trott 18.1-1-47-3; D.Hemp 4-1-6-0; J.Tucker 1-1-0-0
BERMUDA
First innings (overnight 432-6)
Stephen Outerbridge b ten Doeschate 80
Kwame Tucker c ten Doeschate b P.Borren 33
Irving Romaine lbw ten Doeschate 10
Clay Smith lbw ten Doeschate 14
David Hemp not out 218
Janeiro Tucker c P.Borren b M.Kashif 10
Dean Minors lbw van Bunge 12
Saleem Mukuddem c J.Smith b D.van Bunge 90
Dwayne Leverock not out 39
Extras (7b, 18lb, 12nb, 6w) 43
Total (for seven wickets, 178 overs) 549
Still to bat: Rodney Trott, Kevin Hurdle
Fall of wickets: 1-105, 123-2, 154-3, 181-4, 203-5, 219-6, 438-7
Bowling: Ryan ten Doeschate 37-8-121-3; W.Stelling 11-3-39-0; M.Kashif 24-10-57-1; P.Borren 37-12-99-1; P.Seelaar 21-1-76-0; D.van Bunge 35-5-108-2; L.van Troost 13-3-24-0
Umpires: Zama Ndamane (S.Africa); K.Hurter (S.Africa)