Full toss on off, Shadab gets forward and times the drive to beat mid-off and seal a six-wicket win.
Netherlands vs Pakistan, 29th Match, Group 2 at Perth, T20 WC, Oct 30 2022 - Match Result
6:25pm So that's all we have from this game. Sreshth's report will be up here soon. The India-South Africa clash at this same venue is not too far away and you can follow it all live here. Till the next time, on behalf of Chandan and Sreshth, see you, take care!
6:22pm Time for the presentation.
Scott Edwards, Netherlands captain: "That was still the right decision to make. We haven't batted first all tournament, we just were not good enough on the day. We were on 30 or so and 15 [19] after the powerplay. We couldn't string in the boundaries with the bat. Bowlers put their efforts in, but 90 was never enough."
Babar Azam, Pakistan captain: "I am very happy. Team did well with the ball and bat. I think the length was crucial. They needed to bowl on a good length because there was bounce on the surface. Everyone executed well. We are used to chasing much better than this. Win always gives you confidence. We are taking the good things forward to the next game."
6:20pm So, Pakistan get off the mark in this T20 World Cup but their position on the table is unchanged. Their pace bowlers set the tone early by stifling the Dutch batters and it was thereon just about a matter of time. While Rizwan continued his supreme form with the bat, wonder what Pakistan would have learnt from the rest of the top order.
6:13pm First win in T20Is for Pakistan in Australia and it was not a smooth one by any means. The 92-run target seemed pretty easy but Pakistan could never find the right tempo to it. Rizwan once again stood tall but was unlucky to miss out on a half-century. The others played around him but it was eventually a drag. Who knows what might have transpired if the target was a bit more than what it eventually was.
Shadab Khan is the player of the match for his three-for: "I think this is a true pitch. I just tried to bowl on the stumps. I bowled to these players in the last series as well as in county cricket. Our bowlers put pressure in the powerplay and I could strike and that is what is about a team game. It is horrible feeling to go in there with one run remaining. But we could not finish the games in the last two games and today was about finishing it."
Fullish on off and middle, gets behind it and defends it towards mid-on.
Shadab Khan to finish the formalities. Three-fer with the ball earlier...
Edged and it flies straight to deep third! A boundary-less innings from Masood ends with Pakistan on the doorstep of a win. It is short and outside off, he looks to slash it hard to seal the win but finds van Meekeren get forward and pouch that. Smiles as he walks back.
Short in length, Ahmed pulls it through square leg to level the scores.
Full on middle and leg, flicks it through midwicket. Van der Merwe does well to save the boundary but the batters have run four.
Length ball on middle and leg, gets forward and turns it through midwicket for a couple.
Banged short, Masood ducks under that.
Dropped! Short and outside off, Ahmed cuts it straight to backward point where van Beek dives to his left but it does not stick in his left hand. To be fair, he was a bit closer than the traditional backward point position.
Length ball outside off, defends it to the off side.
Lands it on a length and gets it to zip through. Ahmed is hurried and ends up defending off the back foot.
Iftikhar Ahmed is in next. Scored a handy half-century against India. A slip in.
No fifty for Rizwan! Van Meekeren strikes and there's glee in the Netherlands huddle. Nothing big in terms of the overall context, though. He bowls it full and outside off and gets it to nip back in just a touch. Rizwan looks to work it away but only manages an inside edge. Edwards dives forward and grabs that.
Van Meekeren replaces van der Merwe.
Short in length around off, hops and pulls it to deep backward square leg.
Fullish on off and middle, looks to work it away to the on side but gets a leading edge via the face of the bat past the non-striker.
Short in leg but down leg, pulled to fine leg.
Length ball on leg and middle, taps it to the on side straight to midwicket.
Length ball around middle and leg, nips back in and goes off the inside edge to square leg.
On a length outside off, taps it towards backward point for a quick one but the fielder does not gather the ball.
van Beek.
Floated fuller around off, gets forward and flicks it through square leg.
Length ball on the pads, nudged through square leg.
Flatter and on a length outside off, he goes back and punches it to sweeper.
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Toss | Netherlands, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2022/23 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match number | T20I no. 1852 |
Match days | 30 October 2022 - daynight (20-over match) |
NED Player Replacement | Concussion sub: in, out (1st innings, 14.2 ov) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Pakistan 2, Netherlands 0 |
Over 14 • PAK 95/4