HYDERABAD: Pakistan beat the Netherlands by 81 runs to open their World Cup campaign in Hyderabad on Friday, after half centuries from Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan.
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Shakeel and Rizwan both scored 68 runs to guide Pakistan to 286 all out in 49 overs with Bas de Leede grabbing 4-62.
The Netherlands were bowled out for 205 in 41 overs with de Leede scoring 67.
Pakistan v Netherlands World Cup scoreboard
Scoreboard of the World Cup match between Pakistan and the Netherlands in Hyderabad on Friday:
------------------------------------------------- Pakistan------------------------------------------------- Fakhar Zaman c and b van Beek 12 Imam-ul-Haq c Dutt b van Meekeren 15 Babar Azam c Zulfiqar b Ackermann 5 Mohammad Rizwan b de Leede 68 Saud Shakeel c Zulfiqar b Dutt 68 Iftikhar Ahmed c Edwards b de Leede 9 Mohammad Nawaz run out 39 Shadab Khan b de Leede 32 Hasan Ali lbw b de Leede 0 Shaheen Shah Afridi not out 13 Haris Rauf st Edwards b Ackermann 16 Extras (nb1, w8) 9 Total: (all out; 49 overs) 286-------------------------------------------------
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Zaman), 2-34 (Azam), 3-38 (Haq), 4-158(Shakeel), 5-182 (Rizwan), 6-188 (Iftikhar), 7-252 (Shadab), 8-252 (Hasan), 9-267 (Nawaz), 10-286 (Rauf)
Bowling: Dutt 10-0-48-1 (w2), van Beek 6-0-30-1 (1w), Ackermann 8-1-39-2, van Meekeren 6-0-40-1 (w2), de Leede 9-0-62-4 (w3), van der Merwe 6-0-36-0 (1nb), Singh 2-0-16-0, Zulfiqar 2-0-15-0,
------------------------------------------------- Netherlands------------------------------------------------- V. Singh c Zaman b Shadab 52 M. O'Dowd c Shaheen b Hasan 5 C. Ackermann b Iftikhar 17 B. de Leede b Nawaz 67 T. Nidamanuru c Zaman b Rauf 5 S. Edwards lbw b Rauf 0 S. Zulfiqar lbw b Shaheen 10 R. van der Merwe run out 4 L. van Beek not out 28 A. Dutt b Hasan 1 P. van Meekeren b Rauf 7 Extras: (w9) 9 Total: (all out, 41 overs) 205-------------------------------------------------
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (O’Dowd), 2-50 (Ackermann), 3-120 (Singh), 4-133 (Nidamanuru), 5-133 (Edwards), 6-158 (Zulfiqar), 7-164 (de Leede), 8-176 (van der Merwe), 9-184 (Dutt), 10-205 (van Meekeren)
Bowling: Shaheen 7-0-37-1 (w2), Hasan 7-1-33-2 (4w), Rauf 9-0-43-3 (w2), Iftikhar 3-0-16-1, Nawaz 7-0-31-1, Shadab 8-0-45-1 (1w)
------------------------------------------------------Result: Pakistan win by 81 runsToss: NetherlandsUmpires: Chris Brown (NZL) and Adrian Holdstock (RSA) TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS) Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL) ------------------------------------------------------