Pakistan vs Netherlands first ODi Archives

‘We could’ve played better’ Fakhar on Pakistan’s narrow victory in first ODI

ROTTERDAM: Pakistan’s star with the bat of the first ODI against the Netherlands, Fakhar Zaman admitted that the touring side could have played better against the hosts.

Fakhar, who led the charge for a competitive total for Pakistan with a magnificent century, spoke to this reporter and here and acknowledged that the Green Shirts could have played better while emphasizing different conditions resulting in the slow start for the touring side.

“No doubt, we could have played better than this. The ball was seeming at the start a bit too much and the Dutch bowlers too did exceptionally well. So, credit goes to them also,” Fakhar said.

“We were facing difficulty in the start as the ball was seeming quite a lot and there were spinners as well. So the plan with Babar was that we should not give away wickets no matter how few the runs were,” he revealed.

The left-handed opener then went on to comment on the team’s performance and the narrow victory against the Netherlands and emphasized that no team is weak in international cricket while asserting that players did not feel that the match was slipping away from their grip at any stage.

“At no point did we feel that the match was slipping away. This is cricket and you can’t relax until the last ball, Netherlands played well but the match was in our hands,” Fakhar asserted.

“No team is weak, three of their players were dismissed early but the partnership remained brilliant for them,” he concluded.

It is apropos to mention here that the full-strength Pakistan side managed to hold on the Netherlands by a bare margin of 16 runs in the first ODI of the three-match series.

Fakhar was the pick of the batters as he smashed a magnificent 109 off as many balls, laced with 12 boundaries and a six.

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Fakhar, bowlers power Pakistan to edge past Netherlands in first ODI

ROTTERDAM: Pakistan right-arm pacers Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf stunned the Dutch batting line-up after left-handed opener Fakhar Zaman led the way with an astonishing century as the Green Shirts beat Netherlands by 16 runs in the first ODI.

Set to chase 315, the hosts fell 16 runs short despite half-centuries from Vikramjit Singh, Tom Cooper, and Scott Edwards.

The hosts were off to a dismal start to their run chase as the side lost two wickets at a combined score of 24 in the fifth over as Max O’Dowd and Wesley Baressi fell cheaply.

Right-handed batter Bas de Leede then joined hands with Singh for a brief third-wicket partnership that propelled the Netherlands to 62 in the 13th over before the former perished after being trapped in his legs by Mohammad Wasim Jr for 16.

Cooper then joined Singh in the middle which sparked a magnificent partnership for the hosts as the dependable pair added 97 runs for the fourth wicket and tested the Pakistan bowling attack.

The partnership, however, could not flourish for more as Haris struck again to provide a much-need breakthrough to Pakistan. The right-handed batter scored 65 off 54 deliveries including six boundaries and two sixes.

Meanwhile, Singh also perished briefly after Cooper’s dismissal as left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz trapped him in front for 65. He faced 98 deliveries and smashed five boundaries.

Following the departure of the set batters, Pakistan bowlers quickly dominated the Dutch batting attack and halted the flow of runs for the home side. Netherlands skipper Edwards displayed character as he scored an unbeaten and valiant 71 off a mere 60 deliveries, laced with six boundaries and a six.

His heroic knock too, could not power the Netherlands over the line as the home side fell 16 runs short in the run chase and hence allowing Pakistan to start their series on a winning note.

Haris and Naseem were the picks of the bowlers for Pakistan as the right-arm pacers bagged three wickets each, while Nawaz and Wasim Jr managed to make one scalp each.

Pakistan, after winning the toss, opted to bat first against the hosts and were halted by a poor start as the touring side lost their opener Imam-ul-Haq in the sixth over at a mere score of 10.

Following his departure, Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam anchored the innings for Pakistan as the pair added 168 runs for the second wicket. Fakhar led the charge with a century, while Babar remained unable to convert his fifty into a ton.

The right-handed batter lost his wicket in the 35th over while looking to shift the momentum and pace up his slow knock. However, while attempting to slog the ball, Babar miscued it to mid-off and walked back to the pavilion after scoring 74 off 85 deliveries, laced with six boundaries and a six.

Pakistan’s top-scorer for the first ODI, Fakhar, on the other hand, amassed his century but fell briefly after reaching it as he was run out a couple of overs later. The left-handed batter scored a run-a-ball 109 with the help of 12 boundaries and a six.

Fakhar’s dismissal sparked a frustrating collapse for the touring side as Pakistan lose three wickets in quick succession as wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdil Shah, and Nawaz perished after scoring cheaply.

Following the collapse, leg-spinning all-rounder Shadab Khan stood up for his team and smashed a quickfire 48 off 28 balls including four boundaries and two sixes, while the debutant Agha Salman offered a helping hand with a valiant knock of 27 off 16 deliveries.

Both batters remained unbeaten as Pakistan finished at 314-6 in the allotted 50 overs.

For the Netherlands, Bas de Leede and Logan van Beek bagged two wickets each, while Vivian Kingma made one scalp.

The action-filled series is being telecasted live on Pakistan’s first HD Sports channel – A Sports and will be simultaneously streamed on the digital platform of ARY Digital Network – ARY ZAP in crystal clear HD quality.

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Bowlers star as Pakistan hold Netherlands by 16 runs in first ODI

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Pakistan pacers Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah shone with three wickets each after Fakhar Zaman led the charge with a magnificent century as Pakistan defeated the Netherlands by 16 runs in the first ODI.

NED 298-8 (50 Overs)

Haris to bowl the last over

NED 285-8 (49 Overs)

Naseem continues to bowl his last

NED 280-7 (48 Overs)

Haris comes back

NED 273-6 (47 Overs)

Naseem comes back into the attack

NED 267-6 (46 Overs)

Wasim Jr comes back

NED 256-6 (45 Overs)

Shadab comes back

NED 249-6 (44 Overs)

Haris continues

NED 241-6 (43 Overs)

Naseem continues

NED 236-6 (42 Overs)

Haris comes back again

NED 226-6 (41 Overs)

40.2: Fuller and wider, Nidamanuru goes after it and throws his bat and drags it onto the stumps.

Naseem replaces Shadab

NED 221-5 (40 Overs)

Wasim Jr comes again

NED 212-5 (39 Overs)

Shadab continues

NED 199-5 (38 Overs)

Wasim Jr continues

NED 196-5 (37 Overs)

Shadab comes back

NED 193-5 (36 Overs)

Wasim Jr replaces Naseem

NED 186-5 (35 Overs)

Nawaz continues

NED 173-5 (34 Overs)

Naseem continues

NED 171-5 (33 Overs)

Nawaz replaces Haris

NED 167-4 (32 Overs)

Naseem replaces Wasim Jr

NED 160-4 (31 Overs)

Haris comes back into the attack

NED 158-3 (30 Overs)

Wasim Jr comes back

NED 144-3 (29 Overs)

Haris comes into the attack

NED 133-3 (28 Overs)

Agha Salman continues

NED 125-3 (27 Overs)

Shadab continues

NED 116-3 (26 Overs)

Agha Salman continues

NED 108-3 (25 Overs)

Shadab continues

NED 106-3 (24 Overs)

Agha Salman continues

NED 101-3 (23 Overs)

Shadab continues

NED 97-3 (22 Overs)

Agha Salman to bowl his first

NED 93-3 (21 Overs)

Shadab comes again

NED 92-3 (20 Overs)

Nawaz continues

NED 89-3 (19 Overs)

Shadab continues

NED 84-3 (18 Overs)

Nawaz continues

NED 80-3 (17 Overs)

Shadab replaces Wasim Jr

NED 77-3 (16 Overs)

Nawaz continues

NED 73-4 (15 Overs)

Wasim Jr continues

NED 68-3 (14 Overs)

Nawaz continues

NED 66-3 (13 Overs)

Wasim continues

NED 60-2 (12 Overs)

Nawaz continues

NED 59-2 (11 Overs)

Wasim Jr continues

NED 56-2 (10 Overs)

Nawaz replaces Naseem

NED 47-2 (9 Overs)

Mohammad Wasim Jr comes into the attack

NED 40-2 (8 Overs)

Naseem comes to bowl his fourth

NED 31-2 (7 Overs)

Haris comes again

NED 26-2 (6 Overs)

Naseem continues

NED 25-2 (5 Overs)

4.2: Nips back to knock the off stump out, on a good length and coming in, judges it badly as he lets it go, cartwheeling the off stump.

Haris continues

NED 24-1 (4 Overs)

Naseem continues

NED 20-1 (3 Overs)

Haris continues

NED 7-1 (2 Overs)

1.2: Nips back in, a fuller length delivery, pushes down the wrong line and gets hit on the pad, loud appeal and given.

Naseem to bowl from the other end

NED 3-0 (1 Over)

Vikramjit Singh and Scott Edwards come to open the innings, while Haris Rauf leads the bowling attack for Pakistan

PAKISTAN vs NETHERLANDS (2nd INNING)

Fakhar Zaman shone with a magnificent century, while Babar Azam starred with a brilliant half-century as Pakistan managed to amass a commendable 314-6 in the first innings of the first ODI against the Netherlands.

PAK 314-6 (50 Overs)

de Leede to bowl the last over

PAK 307-6 (49 Overs)

van Beek continues

PAK 290-6 (48 Overs)

Kingma replaces de Leede

PAK 282-6 (47 Overs)

van Beek comes again

PAK 267-6 (46 Overs)

de Leede comes back

PAK 263-5 (45 Overs)

Dutt comes back

PAK 258-5 (44 Overs)

43.1: Slower delivery hit in the air down the ground to long on and taken by Cooper.

van Beek continues

PAK 243-4 (43 Overs)

Kingma replaces Pringle

PAK 226-4 (42 Overs)

van Beek comes again

PAK 220-4 (41 Overs)

Pringle continues to bowl his last

PAK 215-4 (40 Overs)

39.1: Nips back in and strikes the pad, loud appeal for lbw and given, Rizwan reviews it, pitches in line, strikes the pad in line as it is umpires call.

de Leede continues

PAK 212-3 (39 Overs)

Pringle continues

PAK 201-3 (38 Overs)

de Leede comes again

PAK 198-3 (37 Overs)

36.3: Slog sweeps to deep midwicket, the throw from de Leede to the keeper is good, Fakhar Zaman coming back for the second dives in but is a long way out.

Pringle comes back

PAK 194-2 (36 Overs)

Dutt continues

PAK 180-2 (35 Overs)

34.2: Looking for the big shot, good length delivery outside the off stump, miscues it high in the air to mid-off and Cooper settles under it and takes the catch.

PAK 176-1 (34 Overs)

Dutt replaces Cooper

PAK 172-1 (33 Overs)

de Leede continues

PAK 169-1 (32 Overs)

Cooper continues

PAK 164-1 (31 Overs)

de Leede replaces Kingma

PAK 162-1 (30 Overs)

Cooper comes to bowl his first

PAK 159-1 (29 Overs)

Kingma continues

PAK 153-1 (28 Overs)

Pringle continues

PAK 142-1 (27 Overs)

Kingma comes back

PAK 132-1 (26 Overs)

Pringle comes again

PAK 119-1 (25 Overs)

de Leede comes again

PAK 107-1 (24 Overs)

van Beek continues

PAK 100-1 (23 Overs)

Dutt continues

PAK 90-1 (22 Overs)

van Beek comes again

PAK 74-1 (21 Overs)

Dutt comes back

PAK 73-1 (20 Overs)

Pringle continues

PAK 70-1 (19 Overs)

de Leede comes again

PAK 67-1 (18 Overs)

Pringle continues

PAK 63-1 (17 Overs)

de Leede continues

PAK 60-1 (16 Overs)

van Beek continues

PAK 56-1 (15 Overs)

Bas de Leede comes into the attack

PAK 52-1 (14 Overs)

van Beek continues

PAK 49-1 (13 Overs)

Pringle continues

PAK 43-1 (12 Overs)

Logan van Beek comes into the attack

PAK 40-1 (11 Overs)

Pringle continues

PAK 37-1 (10 Overs)

Kingma continues to bowl

PAK 23-1 (9 Overs)

Tim Pringle comes to bowl his first

PAK 18-1 (8 Overs)

Kingma continues

PAK 12-1 (7 Overs)

Dutt comes to bowl again

PAK 10-1 (6 Overs)

5.6: In-swinger, Imam looks to flick it on the leg side but the extra movement makes him miss the line of the ball and he is trapped in front.

Kingma continues from the other end

PAK 10-0 (5 Overs)

Dutt continues

PAK 3-0 (4 Overs)

Kingma continues to bowl from the other end

PAK 2-0 (3 Overs)

Dutt continues

PAK 2-0 (2 Overs)

Kingma to bowl from the other end

PAK 2-0 (1 Over)

Fakhar and Imam come out to bat for Pakistan, Dutt to bowl the first over

PAKISTAN vs NETHERLANDS (1st INNING)

ROTTERDAM: Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bat first in the first ODI of the three-match series on Tuesday.

Playing XI:

Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam*, Mohammad Rizwan†, Agha Salman, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim , Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah

Netherlands: Vikramjit Singh, SA Edwards*†, W Barringle, LV van Beek, A Dutt, VJ Kresi, TLW Cooper, AT Nidamanuru, MP ‘Dowd, BFW de Leede, TJG Kingma

Agha, Naseem set to make ODI debut today against Netherlands

ROTTERDAM: Young pacer Naseem Shah and all-rounder Salman Agha are ready to receive their ODI caps as the two players will feature in their debut white-ball match today during the series opener between Pakistan and Netherlands.

Both Naseem and Agha have already represented Pakistan in the red-ball format.

“It was a dream to represent Pakistan. Although I have already made a debut, I have the same feelings today as well ” said Naseem Shah in a video posted by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on its official Twitter account.

.@SalmanAliAgha1 and @iNaseemShah – Pakistan's ODI debutants today against the Netherlands 👏#NEDvPAK | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/JkX7j4iKOf

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 16, 2022

“I cannot express my feelings in words. This will be a memorable moment for me and my family,” expressed Agha.

Agha further stated that the team has unity and consensus within its ranks and there is no such distinction between seniors and juniors in the team.

It is pertinent to mention that the first encounter of the three-match ODI series between Pakistan and the Netherlands will begin today at 2:00 PM (PST).

Meanwhile, the second and third ODI will be played on August 18 and 21.

All the matches will be telecasted live on Pakistan’s first HD Sports channel – A Sports and will be simultaneously streamed on the digital platform of ARY Digital Network – ARY ZAP in crystal clear HD quality.

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