Know Tom Cooper and Stephan Myburgh: The two explosive Dutch

New Delhi: Netherlands' chase against Ireland in the last qualifier turned out to be one of the most sensational chases of Twenty20 cricket as they achieved the target of the mammoth 190 runs in just 13.5 overs. With the blistering innings of Stephan Myburgh and Tom Cooper, the Dutch not only won the match but also qualified for the Super 10 and will join New Zealand, England, South Africa and Sri Lanka in Group 1.Tom Cooper: He is a 27 year old Australian born Dutch cricketer. He scored 45 runs off just 15 balls against Ireland hitting1 boundary and 6 sixes with a strike rate of 300. He put up a partnership of 61 runs in 4 overs with Wesley Barresi. A right handed middle order batsman and a right arm off spinner had also been the representative for Australia in Under 19s.In 2010, he decided to play for Netherlands from where his mother belongs to.For Netherlands, he scored three continuous half centuries in each of his first three One Day Internationals. He came up with his first century in his fifth game against Afghanistan and 96 in his seventh ODI.Stephan Myburgh: The 30 year old Dutch opener is a left handed batsman and a right arm off break bowler who made is T20 international debut in March 2012.He is not officially contracted with Netherlands Board yet he also gives part time cricket coaching. He got his name registered in the records book against Ireland after hitting the second fastest half century in just 17 balls in T20 internationals.In just 23 deliveries, he blasted away 63 runs hitting 4 boundaries and 7 times he pushed the ball out of the park.With the captain Peter Borren, he put up a partnership of 91 runs in 6 overs which is also a record of maximum runs in a powerplay.During their chase, the Dutch broke several records of T20 international cricket which includes most runs in a powerplay (91), fastest team 100, most sixes in an innings (19) and most sixes in any T20 international game (30).