Pakistan were all out for 286 in 49 overs against Netherlands. Their innings was powered by two big partnerships, for the fourth and seventh wicket respectively. Bas de Leede starred for the Dutch with his 4/62.
After the midway stage, Netherlands retained control with a flurry of wickets. Sensing a need to change the pace of Pakistan scoring rate, Scott Edwards summoned off-spinner Aryan Dutt back into the attack in the 29th over. And the tweaker delivered immediately by getting the better of the dangerous Shakeel (68). Shakeel went for a sweep, but then checked his shot at the final moment. Ending up in two minds, the southpaw flicked the ball towards the mid-wicket region, where he was caught by Saqib Zulfiqar.
Not much later, Mohammed Rizwan was overcome by de Leede, who smashed straight into the top of his off stump. De Leede also had the dangerous Iftikhar Ahmed in the same over. Pakistan were six down at the end of the 32nd over.
Pakistan’s scoring rate took a hit, even as the late-order tried to rebuild the innings once more. Mohammed Nawaz and Shadab Khan took their time to settle in before lifting the scoring rate. Their 64 run stand came off 70 balls. It was ended by de Leede who cleaned up Shadab in the 44th over. De Leede trapped Hasan Ali lbw off the very next ball to further dent Pakistan.
Pakistan added 34 runs for the last two wickets but couldn’t finish their quota of overs. After having been 143/3 at the midway mark, Pakistan scored the exact same runs over the next 24 overs, while also losing their remaining wickets.
