HYDERABAD: A combined bowling effort after Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel’s anchoring half-centuries propelled Pakistan to launch a triumphant ICC World Cup 2023 campaign with an 81-run victory over the Netherlands.
NED 205 (41 Overs)
40.6: Haris bowls a length ball jagged in, beats the bat on the inside edge and demolishes the stumps.
Haris continues
NED 202/9 (40 Overs)
Hasan continues
NED 191/9 (39 Overs)
Haris replaces Shadab
NED 186/9 (38 Overs)
37.1: Looked to have seamed in off a length, and beat the defensive push with the straight bat on the inside edge. With a hint of reverse swing, the ball deflected off the pad onto the off stump.
Hasan comes back
NED 184/8 (37 Overs)
Shadab replaces Shaheen
NED 176/8 (36 Overs)
35.6: Roelof van der Merwe tries to get a quick single, but van Beek was never going to make that, so he turns him back. Rizwan whips off the bails, and his dive is unable to save him.
Nawaz bowls again
NED 174/7 (35 Overs)
Shaheen continues to bowl
NED 165/7 (34 Overs)
33.2: Nawaz finds a way to make it grip into the pitch, and it gets just enough to turn as de Leede tries to guide it towards a short third. It clunks into off off-stump.
Nawaz continues
NED 163/6 (33 Overs)
32.1: Zulfiqar stepped across the crease to flick it into the onside, and he’s trapped in front of the middle.
Shaheen continues
NED 158/5 (32 Overs)
Nawaz replaces Shadab
NED 152/5 (31 Overs)
Shaheen comes back
NED 150/5 (30 Overs)
Shadab bowls
NED 146/5 (29 Overs)
Haris continues
NED 137/5 (28 Overs)
Shadab continues
NED 133/5 (27 Overs)
Haris bowls his sixth
NED 129/3 (26 Overs)
Shadab bowls
NED 125/3 (25 Overs)
Haris continues
NED 120/3 (24 Overs)
Shadab continues
NED 114/2 (23 Overs)
Haris comes back
NED 108/2 (22 Overs)
Shadab again
NED 104/2 (21 Overs)
Nawaz continues
NED 98/2 (20 Overs)
Shadab continues
NED 88/2 (19 Overs)
Nawaz again
NED 85/2 (18 Overs)
More spin as Shadab Khan comes on
NED 80/2 (17 Overs)
Nawaz continues
NED 70/2 (16 Overs)
Iftikhar bowls
NED 60/2 (15 Overs)
Mohammad Nawaz into the attack now
NED 58/2 (14 Overs)
Iftikhar continues
NED 54/2 (13 Overs)
Haris bowls
NED 52/2 (12 Overs)
11.1: Iftikhar bowls it at the middle stump, and Ackermann was in no position to play that sweep shot. Misses, and it crashes into the middle stump.
Spin as Iftikhar Ahmed comes into the attack
NED 50/1 (11 Overs)
Haris continues
NED 47/1 (10 Overs)
Hasan continues
NED 40/1 (9 Overs)
Haris Rauf comes into the attack
NED 34/1 (8 Overs)
Hasan continues his opening spell
NED 30/1 (7 Overs)
Shaheen again
NED 28/1 (6 Overs)
5.5: In line with the stumps. O’Dowd swivelled and tried to go big but his reactions weren’t quick enough. It was just over the right shoulder too, perfect direction from Hasan. Easy catch for Shaheen.
Hasan bowls his third
NED 28/0 (5 Overs)
Shaheen bowls
NED 20/0 (4 Overs)
Hasan continues
NED 15/0 (3 Overs)
Shaheen continues
NED 8/0 (2 Overs)
Hasan Ali bowls from the other end
NED 4/0 (1 Over)
Vikramjit Singh and Max O’Dowd come out to open the innings for the Netherlands. Shaheen Shah Afridi to bowl the first over.
PAKISTAN vs NETHERLANDS (2nd INNINGS)
HYDERABAD: Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel scored sensible half-centuries but Bas de Leede’s four-fer lifted Netherlands to restrict Pakistan to 286 in the second match of the ICC World Cup 2023.
PAK 286 (49 Overs)
Ackermann continues
PAK 274/9 (48 Overs)
de Leede bowls
PAK 267/9 (47 Overs)
Ackermann replaces Dutt
PAK 266/8 (46 Overs)
Bas de Leede continues
PAK 258/8 (45 Overs)
Aryan Dutt continues
PAK 252/8 (44 Overs)
43.5: Seam-up, seamed in too, Hasan Ali tried to nudge it towards mid-on but the ball hit him over the knee-roll and he is out LBW
43.4: De Leede’s Full ball hooped in beat the full-faced drive on the inside edge, and ripped off stump out of the ground
Bas de Leede continues
PAK 250/6 (43 Overs)
Aryan Dutt replaces Colin Ackermann
PAK 244/6 (42 Overs)
Bas de Leede returns to the attack
PAK 233/6 (41 Overs)
Colin Ackermann continues
PAK 227/6 (40 Overs)
Paul van Meekeren comes back
PAK 219/6 (39 Overs)
Colin Ackermann continues
PAK 210/6 (38 Overs)
Roelof van der Merwe continues
PAK 204/6 (37 Overs)
Colin Ackermann continues
PAK 199/6 (36 Overs)
Roelof van der Merwe returns
PAK 196/6 (35 Overs)
Colin Ackermann continues
PAK 194/6 (34 Overs)
Bas de Leede continues
PAK 188/6 (33 Overs)
Colin Ackermann replaces Dutt
PAK 188/6 (32 Overs)
31.6: Iftikhar tries to poke at it, getting an outside edge through to the keeper, who takes an easy catch
31.3: Bas de Leede cleans Rizwan up and the ball hits the top of the off-stump
Bas de Leede returns
PAK 177/4 (31 Overs)
Aryan Dutt continues
PAK 170/4 (30 Overs)
Paul van Meekeren continues
PAK 160/4 (29 Overs)
28.1: Saud Shakeel was on one knee and started the bat swing too early, he stopped midway but the ball went up and was caught by Zulfiqar
Aryan Dutt replaces Saqib Zulfiqar
PAK 158/3 (28 Overs)
Paul van Meekeren returns to attack
PAK 155/3 (27 Overs)
Saqib Zulfiqar continues
PAK 148/3 (26 Overs)
Logan van Beek continues
PAK 143/3 (25 Overs)
Saqib Zulfiqar replaces Vikramjit Singh
PAK 135/3 (24 Overs)
Logan van Beek replaces van der Merwe
PAK 132/3 (23 Overs)
Vikramjit Singh continues
PAK 121/3 (22 Overs)
van der Merwe continues
PAK 106/3 (21 Overs)
Vikramjit Singh replaces Bas de Leede
PAK 101/3 (20 Overs)
van der Merwe continues
PAK 98/3 (19 Overs)
Bas de Leede continues
PAK 90/3 (18 Overs)
van der Merwe continues
PAK 84/3 (17 Overs)
Bas de Leede continues
PAK 81/3 (16 Overs)
Roelof van der Merwe comes onto bowl
PAK 78/3 (15 Overs)
Bas de Leede replaces Aryan Dutt
PAK 72/3 (14 Overs)
Paul van Meekeren continues
PAK 67/3 (13 Overs)
Aryan Dutt continues to bowl
PAK 62/3 (12 Overs)
Paul van Meekeren continues to bowl
PAK 53/3 (11 Overs)
Aryan Dutt returns to bowl
PAK 43/3 (10 Overs)
Paul van Meekeren replaces Logan van Beek
PAK 38/2 (9 Overs)
8.3: Babar seemed cramped for room, it floated at a lowish height to the right of Zulfiqar, who dove and caught to send Babar back.
Colin Ackermann replaces Aryan Dutt
PAK 34/1 (8 Overs)
Logan van Beek continues
PAK 28/1 (7 Overs)
Aryan Dutt continues
PAK 24/1 (6 Overs)
Logan van Beek continues
PAK 18/1 (5 Overs)
Aryan Dutt continues from the other end
PAK 16/1 (4 Overs)
3.4: The ball didn’t come onto the bat as Fakhar expected, the bat face turned inwards and the bowler cupped his hands and took it close to his left shoulder in the follow-through.
Logan van Beek continues
PAK 15/0 (3 Overs)
Aryan Dutt continues to bowl
PAK 13/0 (2 Overs)
Logan van Beek to bowl from the other end
PAK 4/0 (1 Over)
Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq come out to open the innings. Aryan Dutt to bowl the first over.
PAKISTAN vs NETHERLANDS (1st INNINGS)
HYDERABAD: Netherlands have won the toss and elected to field first against Pakistan in the second match of the ICC World Cup 2023 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
PLAYING XIs
Pakistan
Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
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Netherlands
Max O’Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Wesley Barresi, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (C & wk), Shariz Ahmad, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren.
HEAD TO HEAD RECORD:
Overall ODIs: Matches 6, Pakistan 6, Netherlands 0
ODI World Cup: Matches 2, Pakistan 2, Netherlands 0
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