Ryan ten Doeschate claims career-best bowling figures
Essex all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate claimed career-best bowling figures and struck a century for Holland against Canada on day one of their ICC Intercontinental Cup match in Pretoria.
ten Doeschate took 6-20 as Canada were dismissed for 103 after electing to bat first in the four-day match. The 26-year-old’s performance eclipsed his previous best first-class bowling figures of 5-143 against Surrey in last season’s Liverpool Victoria County Championship game at Whitgift School.
He followed that up with a 116-ball century in Holland’s reply to record his sixth first-class ton.
The South Africa-born player has now reached three figures in four successive innings in the ICC Intercontinental Cup, to go with his two first-class centuries scored for Essex in 2006.
ten Doeschate held the Dutch innings together as they collapsed from 118-1 to 159-6 as the first day moved into its final hour.
Upon hearing of ten Doeschate’s efforts, Essex Captain Ronnie Irani told the Essex CCC website (www.essexcricket.org.uk):
“All recognition is good recognition and this is an absolutely fantastic achievement from a lad who has really started to establish himself at Essex. He’s been one of the first names on our team sheet in one-day cricket and his first-class career is developing nicely alongside his superb one-day form.
“Today’s effort shows how far he has come and that he is improving all the time. I’m proud of him and I’ll be sending him a text now to tell him so.â€
ten Doeschate enjoyed his best season so far for Essex in 2006, culminating in the award of his county cap in September. As well as continuing to excel in one-day cricket he made a breakthrough in to the Championship side as well, compiling 403 first-class runs @ 40.30 and taking 28 wickets @ 39.82.
He is set to appear in next year’s World Cup in the West Indies when he will be an integral part of the Holland line-up.