Ryan ten Doeschate of the Netherlands in action against India at the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium yesterday. Doeschate took five for 57, but his team went down by 182 runs in the ICC World Cup warm-up match. The umpire is Steve Bucknor. - dellmar

LeVaughn Flynn, Staff Reporter

Netherlands pace bowler Mark Jonkman joined a list of big-name bowlers with unflattering achievements yesterday during his team's 182-run loss to India in a practice match at the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Complex.

Jonkman, who turns 21 on March 20 and is preparing for his first Cricket World Cup, had the honour of opening the bowling for the Dutch but took 12 balls to complete his over as the nervous-looking youngster stepped over the crease six times.

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Jonkman joined, among others, Pakistan's Mohammad Sami and West Indies' Curtly Ambrose as bowlers who've had an extended over in international cricket due to bowling violations.

In his final Test for the West Indies on Australian soil, Ambrose had a 15-ball over in Perth in February 1997. He overstepped the mark to be no-balled nine times in his final over. Ambrose's 15-ball over is believed to be the longest over in Test cricket in modern times.

In the one-day game, Pakistan fast bowler Sami earned the dubious distinction of bowling the longest over in July 2004. It was against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup where Sami delivered seven wides and four no-balls for a total of 17 deliveries.

It turned out that Jonkman was thrown into the spotlight without much warning. Netherlands' original opening fast bowler, Edgar Schiferli, pulled out just before the match due to a hamstring injury and Jonkman had to fill in.

"He was not expected to play but all of a sudden he had to open the bowling and there was a lot of nerves, a lot of no balls, a lot of extras and that cost us some runs," said Netherlands manager, Hans Mulder.

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In his five-over spell, Jonkman conceded 36 runs and was struck for several boundaries by Virender Sehwag (28)and Sourav Ganguly (19).

Ryan ten Doeschate, who plays for Essex in the English County Championships, picked up the slack and finished with 5-55, while Peter Borren took 2-46. Veteran batsmen Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar shared a half-century partnership, scoring 74 (not out) and 61 respectively to lead India, who closed their innings on 300-9.

Netherlands, who are playing in their third World Cup and are in Group A with Australia, South Africa and Scotland, were dismissed for 118 at a slow rate of three runs per over. Opener Bas Zuiderent top scored with 32 off 73 balls, which included three fours.

The run rate picked up slightly midway the innings when ten Doeschate came in to score 31 from 39 balls (including four fours), adding some character to the Netherlands batting with some attacking shots. The next top scorer was 17-year-old Alexei Kervezee with 14.

Yuvraj Singh did the damage for India taking 4-12 to clean up the lower order, while Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh added two wickets each.

No games are planned for today, but Kenya and Netherlands will be in action tomorrow while the big match-up between India and the West Indies takes place on Friday.