Pakistan restricted the Dutch to 91-9, after which cruised to 95-4 with 37 balls to spare as Mohammad Rizwan made 49.
FILE: Pakistan’s gamers have a good time their victory on the finish of the fourth Twenty20 worldwide cricket match between Pakistan and England on the National Cricket Stadium in Karachi on 25 September 2022. Picture: Rizwan TABASSUM/AFP
PERTH – Pakistan’s bowlers, led by spinner Shadab Khan, helped them hammer the Netherlands by six wickets in Perth on Sunday for a primary win on the Twenty20 World Cup which stored their faint hopes of reaching the semi-finals alive.
Pakistan restricted the Dutch to 91-9, after which cruised to 95-4 with 37 balls to spare as Mohammad Rizwan made 49.
But it was the bowlers arrange victory for a aspect that misplaced their opener to India after which have been shocked by Zimbabwe in Group 2.
Shadab returned figures of 3-22 and tempo bowler Mohammad Wasim took two wickets to set the tone for his or her group’s domination towards a Dutch aspect who’re out of the semi-final operating after dropping a 3rd straight Super 12 match.
“Very happy. Performed very well in the bowling and in the batting,” Pakistan captain Babar Azam stated after the group’s first ever T20 victory in Australia.
“In my opinion we could chase better than this. But a win always gives you confidence. We’ll try to do our best in the next matches and win.”
Pakistan misplaced Azam, for 4, within the second over of their chase when he was run out by a direct throw from Roelof van der Merwe.
But Rizwan attacked from the beginning, hitting 5 fours and placing on 37 with the returning Fakhar Zaman.
Nerves calmed
Fast bowler Brandon Glover had Zaman caught behind for 20 as a crowd of over 10,000, dominated by Pakistan supporters, feared for the worst at a venue the place Pakistan fell quick by one run of their chase of a modest 130 towards Zimbabwe on Thursday.
But Rizwan and Shan Masood calmed the nerves with stand of 30 and, regardless of each falling close to the top, Pakistan sailed previous their goal as bowling hero Shadab hit the successful 4.
Netherlands captain Scott Edwards received the toss and selected to bat first however Pakistan’s new-ball bowlers stored a disciplined line and solely three runs got here from the primary two overs.
Returning opener Stephan Myburgh broke the shackles with a boundary off Shaheen Shah Afridi solely to fall subsequent ball, caught at high-quality leg trying one other large hit to be out for six.
There was no respite from the Pakistan fast bowlers.
Wasim took two wickets in two balls just for Paul van Meekeren to survive the hat-trick supply, and Haris Rauf made good use of the bounce on provide.
A nasty bouncer from Rauf obtained via Bas de Leede’s helmet grill, forcing the batsman off the bottom with a bruised cheek bone.
He returned from a medical examine to sit out the remainder of the match within the dugout sporting a nasty-looking black eye.
Shadab’s leg spin had Tom Cooper caught for one after the facility play after which trapped Max O’ Dowd lbw for eight in his subsequent over.
“I have bowled against few of their players in county cricket, so I know how they play,” stated Shadab.
“All our bowlers bowled well. The fast bowlers put pressure in the powerplay, and I took wickets because of the pressure that built.”
After crawling to 34-3 after 10 overs, and with De Leede retired damage, Netherlands captain Edwards and Colin Ackermann (27) tried to rebuild with a 35-run stand however as soon as they have been separated the wickets stored tumbling.
Shadab trapped Ackermann lbw and Edwards fell quickly after, for 15, to Naseem Shah.
Van Meekeren was final to go run out off the ultimate ball for seven.
Pakistan want to win their remaining matches towards South Africa on Thursday and Bangladesh in per week’s time and want different outcomes to go their manner to have any probability of securing a semi-final place.