Five memorable batting performances by batsmen from Associate Nations

Ryan Ten Doeschate 119(110) vs England, Nagpur, 2011

The mercurial all-rounder originating from South Africa is without a doubt the most accomplished and the most respected player from the Associate nations. His enduring ODI batting average of 67.00 is a testimony to the previous sentence.

Before Ten Doeschate dedicated himself to Essex duties, he had been turning up regularly for his country, Netherlands. Playing against their neighbor and the supreme European nation, England, Ryan Ten Doeschate dished out his exemplary batting skills in this match.

Batting first in the foreign unforgiving heat of Nagpur, Ten Doeschate was sent to bat in the 12th over and was fittingly the last man dismissed for the Netherlands in the 49th over. In between, he carved out a perfect and chanceless ODI knock of 119(110) with nine fours and three sixes.

Despite Ten Doeschate’s bowling efforts of 2/47, the much accomplished English team managed to chase off the required 296 runs and won the 2011 World Cup group stage match. The magnificent batsman later added one more World Cup century to his stellar career as he scored 106 against Ireland at Kolkata.