The Netherlands' match against Bermuda bore a striking resemblance to their previous game at Ruaraka, as they repeated the eight-wicket victory they had registered against Canada on Tuesday. Hero of the day was Ryan ten Doeschate, who completed his first ODI century to add to the three wickets he had taken in the Bermudian innings.

Despite a solid half-century by David Hemp and a characteristically aggressive innings from Lionel Cann, Bermuda struggled against the Dutch attack, and were all out for 194 shortly before lunch.

After Luuk van Troost had again won the toss and elected to field, Darron Reekers and Edgar Schiferli gave the Dutch a great start, sending Clay Smith, Stephen Outerbridge and Irving Romaine back to the pavilion in the first four overs with just 12 runs on the board.

Hemp and Janeiro Tucker began the rebuilding process with a stand of 57, Hemp playing the sheet-anchor role while Tucker went onto the attack, hitting five fours in a 42-ball innings of 32. Tucker eventually clipped Ryan ten Doeschate straight to Bas Zuiderent at mid-on, and Bermuda were 69 for four.

Ten Doeschate trapped Dean Minors leg before six overs later, but with Hemp now beginning to bat more freely the total had reached 93.

Cann joined Hemp, and they contributed the best partnership of innings, 63 in ten overs. Cann took full advantage of anything loose, and with some of the Dutch ground fielding, in part hampered by a bumpy Ruaraka outfield, giving the bowlers less support than they might expect, the score moved steadily towards the respectable.

It was off-spinner Muhammad Kashif, playing his first game of the tournament, who secured the breakthrough, with keeper Jeroen Smits taking a smart catch to dismiss Hemp for 58. His innings came from 97 balls and included eight fours and one six.

Malachi Jones soon followed, somewhat unluckily leg-before to Peter Borren, and then Cann, having hit a straight six off Kashif's bowling, tried to repeat the stroke four balls later and put the ball straight into Reekers' hands at long on.

Kashif picked up his third wicket when Arthur Pitcher junior holed out to Alexei Kervezee at mid-off. Dwayne Leverock and Kevin Hurdle held out for seven overs, but the innings closed when ten Doeschate came back and removed Leverock.

Tim de Leede, The Netherlands' most consistent bowler, turned in a fine spell in the middle of the innings, conceding just 25 runs in seven overs. Borren also bowled economically, with six overs for 11, while Kashif and ten Doeschate finished with three wickets each.

The Dutch reply began badly, with Reekers caught behind off the fourth ball of the opening over, but then Zuiderent and ten Doeschate put together a fine second-wicket partnership of 177, the care with which they batted contrasting with the sometimes irresponsible display offered by the top and middle order against Scotland.

The Bermudian bowlers stuck to their task, but Zuiderent and ten Doeschate steadily took the game away from them. Ten Doeschate was the more aggressive of the pair, bringing up his half-century off just 52 balls, while Zuiderent's came up eleven overs later, off 92 balls.

It was youngster Malachi Jones who finally broke through, bowling a tired Zuiderent for 71. But by then The Netherlands needed just 18 to win and ten Doeschate was on the brink of a well-deserved century. With Daan van Bunge lending support, he completed both the personal milestone and his team's target, the latter with nearly six overs to spare.

Kenya's defeat by Scotland was bad news for the Dutch, but there'll be a lot of work with the calculators tonight to see whether the final is completely out of reach.