Match Details

NED vs PAK 1st Match, NED vs PAK 2022

NED

298-850.0

Pakistan won by 16 runs 🏆

PAK

50.0314-6

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Player of the Match

Fakhar Zaman

Pakistan

109(109)

NED - 2nd Innings

Session	Open	PASS
10 Over	44	56
15 Over	75	74
20 Over	96	92
25 Over	115	108
30 Over	138	158
35 Over	191	186

PAK - 1st Innings

Session	Open	PASS
10 Over	55	37
15 Over	62	56
20 Over	83	73
25 Over	103	119
30 Over	152	162
35 Over	200	180
40 Over	219	215
50 Over	302	314

Commentary

That's a wrap on the first of three ODIS here at Rotterdam with Pakistan holding their nerve to win by 16 runs to go 1-0 up. Join us for the second ODI on Thursday. Stay tuned to our network for all other cricketing action, and updates from across the globe and across formats.

For now, this is me Ayan Chatterjee signing off on behalf of my esteemed co-commentators Ajay Ahire, and Hitesh Peddurwar, alongside our scorer/analyst Dushyant Madhukar. Stay safe, happy, and cool. Until next time, Goodnight and CHEERS!

Babar Azam Pakistan Skipper: "Definitely relieved to get the win. The Dutch pushed us all the way. Fakhar played great innings. The pitch was double-paced and so we had to build a partnership to get us back on track. I think the bowlers bowled well considering our inexperience and we are happy to win in the end. These are challenging conditions, but we loved playing here, and coming here to play in front of a big crowd has been an amazing experience. We are looking forward to the game on Thursday."

Scott Edwards(Netherlands Skipper): "Yeah I feel like we are getting ourselves in the winning position, Couple of dropped catches the one of Fakhar Zaman was an important one. I think we bowled pretty well throughout the innings and batted pretty well too. Yeah, our fielding has let us down and we need to rectify it."

Fakhar Zaman (Player of the match): "To be honest it was my lucky day. The wicket was tough to bat on. The opposition bowled really well at the start. It's good now(Injury caused by a wasp sting). At the start, we were just surviving as we know the wickets are there so we can accelerate in the end. I always enjoy batting with Babar."

Time for the post-match presentation ceremony with Nial O Brien.

Pakistan holds their nerve in the end as they stave off the Dutch challenge to win the contest by 16 runs to go 1-0 up in the 3-match series and garner 10 crucial World Super League Points. So near, yet so far for the hosts here at Rotterdam.

Chasing a stiff target of 315 for the win, the Dutch did not get off to a great start as they lost Max O’ Dowd, Wesley Barresi, and Bas de Leede relatively early in the piece. Leede got into double digits while the other two didn’t. Vikramjit Singh and Tom Cooper took the score from 62-3 to 159-4 adding 97 for the fourth wicket.

Vikramjit scored 65 off 98 balls but against the spinners, he was just blocking and defending thereby increasing the required rate. Tom Cooper played well for his 65 off 54 balls before being dismissed. Nidamanuru had a decent outing scoring 15 runs.

Skipper Scott Edwards is having a golden period with the bat with his 9^th ODI fifty continuing his rich vein of form this summer. He remained unbeaten on 71 off 60 balls but ran out of partners in the end. Logan van Beek contributed with a useful 28 off 24 balls, but it wasn't enough in the end. Pakistan gave away as many as 29 extras to the hosts something they will want to improve upon in the coming games.

Haris Rauf and debutant Naseem Shah got three wickets apiece with Rauf being more expensive while Shah was impressive on debut. A wicket for Mohammed Wasim Jr and Mohammed Nawaz who kept it tight as well. Shadab Khan was wicketless, but he kept things tight throughout.

Earlier in the game, Pakistan got off to a sedate start after winning the toss as they could not buy a run in the first powerplay. Imam-ul-Haq went nowhere as he managed a mere 2 off 19 balls. But it was the 168-run stand between Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam that set things up for Pakistan for a big total. Babar scored 74 off 85 balls while Zaman who was dropped on 41 today went on to make the Dutch pay by scoring a majestic 109 at run-a-ball.

There was a mini wobble with Rizwan (14), and Khusdil (21) falling cheaply. But it was Shadab Khan’s 48 off 28 balls and debutant Salman Agha Ali’s 27 off 16 balls unbeaten that propelled the visitors to 314-6 in 50 overs with the help of 15 extras.

Bas de Leede was the pick of the bowlers for the Netherlands with a couple of wickets for 42 runs in 10 overs. Logan van Beek got a couple of wickets but went for 89 runs in 10 overs. Aryan Dutt bowled at the top as his 9 overs yielded 44 runs. Kingma got the other wicket for 61 runs in 9 overs. Tim Pringle went for 65 runs in 10 overs. Tom Cooper just bowled 2 overs for 8 runs.

So, Pakistan wins by 16 runs to gain 10 crucial World Super League points. Stay tuned for the post-match presentation ceremony coming your way soon.

OVER 50

Netherlands

298/8

Aryan Dutt

6(5)

Scott Edwards

71(60)

Haris Rauf

3-67(10.0)

49.6 H Rauf to S Edwards

1 DONE AND DUSTED!!!! Pakistan have won this game by 16 runs!!!! Length delivery angling into the batter on the leg stump line, Edwards gets down on one knee and hits it towards the deep fine leg region for a single.

49.5 H Rauf to S Edwards

4 FOUR!!!! Poor piece of fielding in the deep!!! Fuller length delivery drifting on the pads, Edwards whips it towards the deep square leg region, the man at fence puts in the slide and gets a hand on it but misses it and the ball runs away towards the fence.

49.4 H Rauf to A Dutt

1 Pitched up on the off stump line, Dutt drills it towards long-on for a single.

49.3 H Rauf to S Edwards

1B Off-cutter on the good length angling back into the batter, Edwards swings his bat hard at it but gets beaten by the pace.

49.2 H Rauf to S Edwards

2 Fuller length delivery on the off stump line, Edwards slogs it towards deep midwicket for a couple of runs.

49.1 H Rauf to S Edwards

0 Good length delivery outside the off stump line, Edwards swings his bat hard at it but gets beaten.

Ajay: Four on the last ball of 49th over...26 runs are needed now from the last 6 balls...Can the skipper take his side over the winning line?

OVER 49

Netherlands

289/8

Aryan Dutt

5(4)

Scott Edwards

64(55)

Naseem Shah

3-51(10.0)

48.6 N Shah to A Dutt

4 FOUR!!! Free hit...Naseem comes from over the wicket and hits the back of a length outside the off. Dutt hangs back and slashes that one hard and gets that one over the cover fielder for a four...

48.6 N Shah to A Dutt

NB Yorker on the middle stump line, Dutt digs it back to the bowler, Umpire signals it no ball for overstepping.

48.5 N Shah to S Edwards

1 Back of the length delivery outside the off-stump line, Edwards opens the face of the bat and guides it towards third man for a single.

48.4 N Shah to S Edwards

2 Slower delivery on the length on off stump line. Edwards shuffles across and hits it towards the deep backward square leg region for a couple of runs