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AMSTERDAM: Pakistan’s 19-member contingent has landed in the Netherlands to compete in a three-match ODI series, scheduled to commence on August 16.

Babar-led ODI squad, which touched down here on Friday will travel to Rotterdam in a while to partake in the upcoming assignment.

In a video shared by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the national squad can be seen checking in at the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan will lock horns with the hosts the Netherlands in a three-match ODI series, scheduled on August 16, 18, and 21.

The upcoming ODI series between the two countries, is a part of the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. Pakistan currently hold the fifth position in the standings, having played 15 matches and managed to emerge victorious nine times.

The Netherlands, on the other hand, are in the 13th position as the side managed to claim only two victories out of their 16 matches.

SQUADS

Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, and Zahid Mehmood

Netherlands: Stephan Myburgh, Max O’Dowd, Bas de Leede, Tom Cooper, Scott Edwards (c & wk), Vikramjit Singh, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Ryan Klein, Shariz Ahmad, Clayton Floyd, Teja Nidamanuru, Vivian Kingma, Aryan Dutt

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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will announce the squad for the scheduled ODI series against the Netherlands, next week, sources claimed.

According to the details, the training camp for the away ODI series will be set up here from August 6 to 11. Whereas, the called-up players will report to the National High-Performance Center (NHPC) on August 5.

Reports further suggest that the players will train at the NHPC and Gaddafi Stadium before departing for the Netherlands in the wee hours on August 12.

The Green Shirts will lock horns with the Netherlands in three ODIs, scheduled on August 16, 18, and 21 respectively.

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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has unveiled the schedule of the Pakistan Cricket Team’s schedule of the three-match away ODI series against the Netherlands, here on Wednesday.

Pakistan will tour the Netherlands to play three-match ODI series, which will be the first-ever bilateral series between the two teams in the 50-overs format.

As per the schedule released by the PCB, the two sides will contest in three ODIs on August 16, 18 and 21 in Rotterdam.

The three Super League ODIs were originally planned to be played in July 2020 but the COVID-19 pandemic forced the series to be postponed.

Rotterdam to host inaugural Netherlands-Pakistan ODI series

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— PCB Media (@TheRealPCBMedia) April 20, 2022

On this occasion, the PCB Director – International Zakir Khan, in a PCB released statement, thanked the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB) for their support in rescheduling the series.

“We are pleased that with the support of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB), we have been able to reschedule the series, which is important to the growth and development of cricket in the Netherlands as well as to the two teams’ chances of progressing directly to the 2023 World Cup,” he said.

“Our men’s national cricket team had an excellent 2021-22 season and I am confident they will build on the momentum to entertain expat Pakistanis and the Dutch spectators with good cricket. This series will also help KNCB attract new and young audiences towards the game,” he added.

COMPLETE SCHEDULE

16 Aug – 1^st ODI; VOC Cricket Ground, Rotterdam
18 Aug – 2^nd ODI; VOC Cricket Ground, Rotterdam
21 Aug – 3^rd ODI; VOC Cricket Ground, Rotterdam

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