Pakistan vs Netherlands Highlights, World Cup 2023: Pakistan beat Netherlands by 81 runs

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Back of a length from Afridi for the fourth ball of the third over. Vikramjit slaps it right off the middle of the bat and sends it past point.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: A four off the second ball of the second over by Vikramjeet Singh off Hasan Ali. He has faced all of the deliveries thus far, Vikramjeet and has scored 7 off 12.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Right here comes the part where Pakistan can show that they really are a class above Netherlands, who are the only associate nation in this tournament. Vikramjit Singh and Max O'Dowd open for Netherlands, Shaheen Afridi has the ball in his hands for Pakistan.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Netherlands won the toss, chose to bat first and tore Pakistan's top three apart. Fakhar Zaman fell for 12, Imam-ul-Haq fell for 15 of 19 and between them, Babar Azam returned for five off 18 balls. But then came a 120-run stand between Mohammed Rizwan and Saud Shakeel for the fourth wicket which came in just 114 balls. Rizwan scored 68 off 75 balls while Shakeel made 68 in 52 balls. Then came another mini collapse before Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz put up 64 runs in 70 balls for the seventh wicket. Pakistan ended up being all out for 286 and maybe, they could've even reached 300 had Nawaz not fallen to a totally avoidable run out.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: “We executed well tonight, kept them under pressure with our fielding as well. We were able to put the pressure on them. You got to look at match-ups and all those things I think Dutty bowled outstandingly at the top and gave us a good start. I think the pitch will get better for batting under lights, just need a stable start and we will be there at the end.”

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: This is a good score but Pakistan would have probably been far more comfortable if they had smashed over 350 runs with a couple of centurions. Instead, Pakistan batted to their last wicket. Netherlands and their captain Scott Edwards were excellent. He bowled as many as eight bowlers and all of them delivered some way or the other. But none more than De Leede, who ended with figures of 4/62.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Fourth ball of the 49th from Ackermann, Rauf sends it past deep backward square leg. Then he smashes the fifth over long on.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Mohammad Nawaz's wicket has been burnt away here. Afridi tries a reverse, misses it and the ball deflects off his arm to short fine leg. Nawaz had taken off for a run, then returned back, turned around and then set off again, thus ending up having to start running from about 3 metres behind the crease at the non-striker's end. He was far from making his ground when the throw came in and it was a direct hit.

Nawaz run out (Ackermann) 39 (43), Pakistan 267/9 in 46.2 overs

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Pakistan are 266/8. Afridi is quite capable with the bat and he has scored 11 off 9, Nawaz on 38 off 42.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: If Netherlands do the unthinkable today, Bas de Leede has to be the player of the match, unless someone scores a daddy century in a nail-biting chase. Well, considering just how freakish a batter he can be, it could be De Leede himself doing that. Pakistan have put up a fairly good total here, something their fast bowlers can definitely work with, but this innings does no favours for the confidence of their batters.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Hasan Ali now LBW off the fifth ball and De Leede is on a hat-trick! Back of a length seaming in, Hasan misses his attempted nudge to mid on and the ball raps him on the pads. Umpire gives out, Hasan Ali reviews and replays hold up the umpire's call.

Hasan Ali lbw b de Leede 0 (1), Pakistan 252/8 in 43.5 overs

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Well, there you go. A partnership starts developing and then de Leede comes and breaks it. Reverse swing from De Leede, something generations of Pakistan's fast bowlers have used to terrorise batters around the world. It beats Shadab's drive and rattles stumps.

Shadab Khan b de Leede 32 (34), Pakistan 252/7 in 43.4 overs

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Shadab on 31 off 31, Nawaz on 34 off 37. It has been a real see-saw innings thus far from Pakistan and so it might not really be safe to say that they are in a comfortable spot, even if they now clearly seem to be.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: First ball of the 42nd, Nawaz slashes de Leede through backward point. He moves to 27 off 29, Pakistan are 237/6 in 41.2 overs.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Nawaz and Shadab have ensured that Pakistan don't fall in a heap here and they have also rotated strike pretty well. Pakistan are 227/6, Nawaz on 19 off 26, Shadab on 23 off 24.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: A boundary at last and it is a maximum. Pakistan 219/6 in 38.5 overs. Shadab pulls Shadab over midwicket and it just about clears the fielder at the rope. First boundary in nearly six overs for Pakistan.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Pakistan are 210/6 in 38 overs. That is the fourth full over without a boundary with Shadab and Nawaz looking to accumalate through singles and doubles at the moment.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Shadab on 6 off 7, Nawaz on 7 off 13. Van der Merwe to be brought back for the 36th over.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Short for the first ball of the 34th from de Leede, Shadab pulls it emphatically to the boundary. He is an all-rounder remember, his bowling form may be poor but can he find some batting form today?

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: De Leede gets another, a tame dismissal for Iftikhar and Pakistan back in trouble. Good length deliver just outside off, Iftikhar hangs his bat out at it, there was nothing in that shot and he edges it to the keeper.

Iftikhar Ahmed c Edwards b de Leede 9 (11), Pakistan 188/6 in 32 overs

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Bas de Leede with an absolute peach and Rizwan is cleaned up. It seams in and roars through the gate, takes the top of off.

Rizwan b de Leede 68 (75), Pakistan 182/5 in 31.3 overs

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Rizwan on 64 off 73, Iftikhar on eight off nine. Netherlands know that any hopes of pulling off an upset today hinges on how quickly they can get a wicket, these two have put up some giant partnerships in the recent past.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Pakistan 164/4 in 29.1 overs. First ball of the 30th from van Meekeren, Rizwan ramps the short ball right behind him. Exceptional shot.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: Top edge and caught at midwicket. End of the road for Saud Shakeel. Full length delivery spinning away, Shakeel was too early on the shot and he ends up edging it to the fielder at midwicket.

Shakeel c Saqib Zulfiqar b Dutt 68 (52), Pakistan 158/3 in 28.1 overs

Pakistan vs Netherlands Live Score: This partnership has reached 106 in 97 balls. Rizwan has got to that mark in 59 balls. After a blistering start, this game has drifted away quite a bit from Netherlands' grasp now.