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Dutchman Dutt breaks records as spinner knocks over Namibia in Nepal

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The 20-year-old struck with his second ball of the morning in Kirtipur, straightening an off-break enough to strike Michael van Lingen in front lbw. He claimed fellow left-hander JP Kotze by beating the outside edge and crashing into the off-stump, before trapping Jan Frylinck lbw next over with a ball keeping low. 

The pressure of Dutt and the Dutch forced a false shot from Gerhard Erasmus for the spinner’s fourth, with a quicker ball going straight on ending the short stay of Nicol Loftie-Eaton for number five.

Dutt claimed Zane Green thanks to a sharp slips catch from Noah Croes for the half-dozen, before Dutch skipper Scott Edwards saved the spinner’s final two overs for the backend of the innings.

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