Pakistan wins by six wickets against the Netherlands in Perth to keep their hopes alive in the tournament. (SOURCE: ICC Twitter)Pakistan vs Netherlands T20 World Cup 2022 Highlights: Babar Azam’s men are finally of the mark in this world cup after two back-to-back close defeats against India and Zimbabwe. This was a comprehensive performance by The Men in Green against Netherlands. Fast bowlers along with Shadab Khan did the job of restricting the Dutch to 91 runs in their quota. The batters then chased down the total in 14 overs. The had a few hiccups in their chase nevertheless, got their two pints.
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Match EndedICC Men's T20 World Cup, Australia, 2022 - Super 12 - Match 17
Netherlands
91/9 (20.0)vs
Pakistan
95/4 (13.5)Match Ended ( Super 12 - Match 17 )
Pakistan beat Netherlands by 6 wickets
Pakistan beat Netherlands by 6 wickets
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Shadab khan drives the full toss through covers to see them home. It has been a scratchy run chase that started off with a run out of Babar Azam in the second over. Fakhar Zaman and Rizwan looked like they would take it home however, the Netherlands had other ideas. Rizwan fell on 49 and Shan Masood fell when the team needed one run to win. It looked like a run-chase by a team who haven't won in the tournament. Nevertheless, they got their points now and will be eagerly waiting for India to beat South Africa to stay in the tournament. That's that folks have a good day!
Pakistan is almost there yet so far. They lose another wicket right when they had nine runs. Nevertheless, good innings by Mohammad Rizwan made sure there is no drama in this low-run chase.
Mohammad Rizwan survives a close call after the soft signal was out. The ball seems to bounce in front of the fielder before going into the hands in slow motion. Rizwan leaves to fight. It has been a scratchy inning by the Pakistan Keeper.
Left-hander replaces another left-hander. It will be interesting how Masood will go from here. Looks like Rizwan will take over from here on.
Pakistan is almost there. Apart from Sunlight issues for Mohammad Rizwan and the injury of Fakhar Zaman, there have been hardly any delays the defeat seems to be inevitable for the Netherlands.
Mohammad Rizwan had turned away his head in disgust, thinking he had holed out at short midwicket. It was a sharp bouncer outside off and Rizwan shaped for the pull but perhaps concerned about the line, didn’t go through with it fully. He sort of helped it along, lapping it across, and was lucky it went a touch wide to the left of the fielder. When he crossed over for a single, he would exchange smiles with the bowler van Meekeren.
A ball later, at the start of the fifth over, he would walk to the umpire and complain that he is not able to pick the ball. On air, the comms couldn’t tell if it was because of the sight screen or due the fact that the bowler, Glover in this case, was releasing it from a patch of sunlight before it plummets through the shade. The pitch was entirely shaded; just a patch of sunlight across on the non-striker’s end at the area of release.
So what do the batsmen do? The non-striker Fakhar Zaman came up with a unique solution. He stood a touch further and his shadow now fell across to his left, on that sunlight patch. It seemed to be working.
Whenever Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam open, there is always a possibility of run-out at mid-on. Usually, it happens when Rizwan is on strike, as he has a penchant of tip and run. Usually, he escapes, not always because he is quick but also becomes the fielders have missed. We have seen that a few times in the Asia Cup as well. But he certainly is quicker than Babar. And when Babar tries it, it turns more risky. As how it turned out against Netherlands. Under pressure for a couple of low scores, he wanted to get going, and ran after driving to mid-on but couldn’t beat the direct hit. The mid-on fielder was pretty close and Babar also took the longer route, running wide on the grassy turf adjacent to the pitch.
Big wicket for the Netherlands. Babar Azam gets himself run out. Trying to sneak in a quick single gets himself out by a direct hit of van der Merwe.
Pakistan is looking to try to finish this quickly. Mohammad Rizwan is looking busy. After one Pak 10/0
It was a very insipid performance by the Dutch. Their innings never got going throughout the 20 overs. Pakistan bowled brilliantly right from start to end. It has been a complete bowling performance by the Men in Green. Haris Rauf was the pick of the bowlers. Though he has only one wicket to show for he bowled some thunderbolts in there. Shadab Khan in the middle overs broke the spine of the dutch with three wickets. Pakistan will try and bolster its net run rate in this game trying to chase the total as quickly as possible,
Brilliant bit of death bowling by the right-arm bowler. Getting his yorkers spot on. The hattrick ball just missed the stumps.
A good day for the leg spinner. Seamers did the job with the new ball he came when he had protection outside the circle did the job. He broke the spine of the Dutch.
Colin Ackerman falls after run-a-ball 27. He is the top scorer of the innings so far. Shadab Khan picked up his third.
Rauf concedes his first boundary of the game. Colin Ackerman plays one fine behind the keeper. After 12 overs fifty up for Netherlands.
The Netherlands is struggling for runs. As well as Pakistan have bowled the Netherlands is hardly looking to take chances against bowling. It will be a miracle from here for them to post a decent total.
Shadab is reaping the rewards of all the hard work done by the seamers early on. First, he picked the experienced Cooper now in for batter ODowd.
Netherlands innings are going nowhere, first, de Leede had to leave because of a concussion. Then Shadab bowls one of the worst delivery of his life to pick Tom Cooper.
Haris Rauf looks in top form this tournament. He bounced Bas de Leede. That's a nasty blow on the face for the batter. Facing 150 KPH delivery in these conditions. Good luck batters
The Pakistan bowlers are bouncing out the Dutch. They are hitting hard lengths consistently. Netherlands batters are struggling to score off them. 12/1 after four.
The left-arm bowler picks his first wicket of the tournament. He bounces out Myburg caught at the fine leg by Naseem Shah near the boundary.
Naseem Shah is looking in a good rhythm. He is bowling quickly and troubling the batters. A stable start for the Dutch.
There is not a lot of moment for Shaheen with the new ball. The left-arm bowler is looking rusty. The openers Max ODowd and Myburg looked home playing that first over.
Pakistan (Playing XI): Mohammad Rizwan(w), Babar Azam(c), Shan Masood, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah
Netherlands (Playing XI): Stephan Myburgh, Max ODowd, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Tom Cooper, Scott Edwards(w/c), Roelof van der Merwe, Tim Pringle, Fred Klaassen, Brandon Glover, Paul van Meekeren
Scott Edwards: We are going to bat first. Stephan Myburgh, Brandon Glover, Roelof van der Merwe are back in the playing XI.
Babar Azam: We are not under pressure, but it's not going to be easy for us. We need to focus on this game. In T20 you need a good start in the first six overs. Our middle order has performed well in patches, but we need to step up as a unit. Fakhar is back for Haider Ali.
Welcome to Perth. Pakistan after two back-to-back losses looking for some redemption today. it is a must-win for the Men in Green. The Netherlands on the other hand still yet to get off the mark. Will they spoil Pakistan's party let's see?
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