PAK VS NED ODI

Right then, Pakistan have completed the clean sweep here. Babar Azam and his teammates gather around the trophy and begin their celebrations. The hosts would be wondering what they could have achieved if they won the two close encounters but they definitely have a lot of positives to take back from this series. The next assignment for the Netherlands is the T20 World Cup in Australia. Pakistan though will head down to UAE for the Asia Cup. Their first encounter of the campaign is going to against India which will be played on 28th August 2022. The first ball will be at 7.30 pm IST (2 pm GMT). You can join us early for the build-up. Till then, take care and goodbye!

Babar Azam, the victorious skipper says that he is definitely happy with the team's performance and gives all the credit to the boys as they bowled well in the second innings. Says Naseem Shah has been wonderful. Adds He bowled well with the new ball and also in the death overs. Adds that all the bowlers bowled well. Claims that early on the wicket wasn’t good and the ball didn’t come to bat. Credits the Netherlands and says that they bowled really well.

Scott Edwards, the captain of the Netherlands is in for a chat. He says that he is incredibly proud of the boys. Adds that a little bit of inexperience at the back cost them the game. Mentions all the players played really well. Adds that it sort of caps off how the summer has been. Ends by saying the boys have surely grown over the course.

Naseem Shah wins the Man of the Match award for his sensational spell with the ball. He says that he used the pitch early on when the ball was seaming. Claims that he bowled in good areas and that helped him. Adds that when he performs well and the team wins he feels really good. Mentions that this performance is important for him since his ODI career just started. Thanks the crowd for coming from all over Europe and credits them for providing a lot of support.

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Earlier in the innings, after opting to bat first, Babar Azam played a lone battle with the blade. Netherlands were excellent with the ball from the word go. Vivian Kingma and Bas de Leede combined for five wickets. They also kept the run rate in check throughout the innings. It was a complete team performance from them. During the chase, Netherlands kept losing wickets whenever any of their players seemed to have their eye in and eventually ended up on the losing side.

Pakistan will be very happy with the way they came back in this innings! They started off brightly with their pacers doing the trick. Although, there was a period when Pakistan found it difficult to take wickets at regular intervals. Nonetheless, their spinners kept things tight with the ball and did not let the batters score freely. It was Mohammad Wasim and Naseem Shah who were the game-changers for them. They both combined for nine wickets and made sure they get their side over the victory line. Naseem Shah stood out with the ball with his fi-fer.

The Netherlands came mighty close this time around but were unable to seal the game! Just like the opposition the hosts were off to a slow start. The Netherlands lost two wickets inside the Powerplay. It was Vikramjit Singh who took his time to settle in and made sure to put away the bad balls although he slipped up straightaway after his half-ton. Later, Tom Cooper also displayed his batting skills and smacked 62 runs. The Netherlands were ahead for most part of the game but they could not hold their nerves in the death overs. They kept losing wickets at regular intervals and in the end, the lack of experience in their tail-enders took the game away from them.

A fascinating game of ebbs and flows. Pakistan have done really well here to come back in the game and complete the clean sweep. They have also added more 10 points to their tally in the World Cup Super League standings. Netherlands were in the game for the most part of it but were unable to get over the finish line here.

OUT! CLEANED UP! Mohammad Wasim gets the final wicket here. The Netherlands have come so close but could not get over the line. Mohammad Wasim bowls a low full toss at the stumps. Aryan Dutt swings but misses and Mohammad Wasim hits the off pole. That brings the end to the Dutch innings and Pakistan win by 9 runs. They whitewash the series 3-0.

FOUR! What a good start to the over! Mohammad Wasim goes really full and on the pads, Aryan Dutt flicks this to the left of short fine leg and the ball rushes to the deep backward sqaure leg for four runs. 10 needed from 5 now!

Yorker in line with the stumps, Aryan Dutt digs this out and rushes across for a single. 14 runs are needed in 6 balls!

This is short as well and outside off, Vivian Kingma plays this to short third man and gets off the mark with a single.

Back-of-a-length delivery outside off, Vivian Kingma fends this on the back foot.

OUT! RUN OUT! The Dutch are falling apart now. It is a length ball, angled down leg. Shariz Ahmad flicks it down to fine leg. Mohammad Wasim sprints to his left from the deep and throws it to the keeper. Mohammad Haris collects and clips the bails off in a flash. The square leg umpire raises his finger. Vivian Kingma is the last man in for Netherlands.

Good-length delivery nipping in from outside off, Shariz Ahmad taps the ball to cover.

WIDE! Straying down leg and they give an extra run as the umpire says this is wide.