NED vs AFG Highlights, World Cup 2023: Rahmat, Shahidi score fifties as Afghanistan beat Netherlands by 7 wickets

Fifty!! Captain Hashmat Shahidi brings up his fifty, 19th in his career and third in this tournament. Afghanistan within touching distance of its fourth win this tournament.

Four!! Hashmat steps down the track and lofts the ball over midwicket to take Afghanistan home in the chase.

Fourth win of the tournament for Afghanistan and it moves up to fifth in the point table.

Ackermann in for his second. Continues to bowl full and just outside off stump. Just three from his over.

Aryan Dutt back into the attack. Full and wide from Dutt, Azmat misses his cut. A quick third-umpire check for a caught behind and a stumping. Both clear. Four!! Full toss from Dutt, Azmat lofts it over extra cover for four.

Afghanistan needs 10 runs

van Meekeren back into the attack. Gives away just four runs from the over. Ackermann comes in for his first over. The off spinner concedes just three. The Afghan batters taking their time after the fall of Rahmat’s wicket.

Four!! van Meekeren tries a slower one on the stumps, Azmat drives it straight down the ground for a boundary. Another four down the ground, this time from Hashmat, lofts its over the short mid on fielder.

Afghanistan needs 20 runs to win

Azmat joins his captain in the middle. Van Beek gives away six runs from his seventh over.

Saqib back for his third, concedes six of his over, including a boundary off a short one to Azmat.

Afghanistan needs 38 runs to win

Back to back boundaries for Hashmat with Saqib erring in line. A front foot no-ball as well to compund the issues. Thirteen from the over for Afghanistan. Van Beek completes a tight over with just two singles conceded.

Four!! Full and wide from Saqib, Hashmat drives it through the covers for four more. Wicket!! The set Rahmat has to go, Saqib gets the batter caught and bowled. Rahmat went for a drive down the ground manages to find the bowler in his followthrough.

Rahmat c and b Saqib Zulfiqar 52(54)

Fifty up for Rahmat Shah! Has orchestrated another chase brilliantly for Afghanistan. The team just needs 71 more runs to continue its quest for a semifinal place. Afghanistan has also increased the runrate in the last ten overs.

100 up for Afghanistan as now it looks like they are cruising in this chase.

Skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi and Rahmat Shah have consolidated after Guzbar’s wicket. Both batters have shown positive intent to take on bowlers with bad deliveries. The required rate has fallen down to under three at the moment.

OUT! Reolof van der Merwe comes into the attack and strikes the first ball! Lofted ball on off and Zadran tried to sweep it from far but an inside edge crashed into the stumps. Second gone for Afghanistan in the 180-run chase.

Ibrahim Zadran b van der Merwe 20

NED 55/2 in 10.1 overs

Rahmat Shah hits Paul van Meekeren for three boundaries in his first over to take Afghanistan past 50!

Two singles from Dutt’s over.

van Beek continues. van Beek to Gurbaz, OUT! Short ball angling in and going down the leg for Gurbaz and he tries to go for a pull and looks like he has got gloves while attempting the shot. Confident Edwards straight away reviews it and there we go. DRS shows a spike and Gurbaz has to walk away. The Netherlands gets the first wicket. Rahmat Shah, the new batter in at number three, gets off the mark with a single. Two runs and a wicket from this over.

Aryan Dutt concedes another wide. The Netherlands has to stop giving freebies here. Dutt to Zadran, FOUR! Authoritative shot! Zadran walks out of the crease and plays a brilliant drive to beat the mid-off fielder for a boundary. Five runs from this over.

Logan van Beek continues. van Beek to Gurbaz, FOUR! Flicked past square leg this time to start the over with a boundary. A positive start from the Afghan batters here. 6 runs from the over.

Aryan Dutt bowls a tight over. He just concedes a double and a run via wide to give three from his second over.

Logan van Beek comes into the attack from the other end. A single, a double and a wide gives Afghanistan four runs from this over.

Gurbaz straightaway gets off the mark with a single. Dutt follows with a wide. Zadran too gets off the mark with a single. Aryan to Gurbaz, FOUR! Gurzbaz stays back and plays a glorious cut shot off the back foot to end the first over with a boundary. Nine from the first over.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran open for Afghanistan. Aryan Dutt will start the proceedings with the new ball.

OUT!! Nabi finally gets the breakthrough. van Meekeren looks for the sweep against Nabi and is trapped in front. The umpire gives him out but Netherlands review. Three reds on ball tracking and Netherlands are bowled out.

van Meekeren lbw b Nabi 4(24)

The spinners continue in tandem as Afghanistan search for the final wicket to bring the innings to a close. Aryan Dutt and van Meekeren continue to thwart them.

The LBW appeals continue as Mujeeb starts his ninth over. Not given and looks like it was heading down leg. Just one run from the over.

OUT!! Noor gets his second wicket as van der Merwe skies his slog and short midwicket completes an easy catch.

van der Merwe c Ibrahim Zadran b Noor Ahmad 11(33)

van Meekeren in at 11.

Mujeeb traps Dutt in front. Goes up in appeal. Umpire says no and Afghanistan has no reviews left to counter the decision. Looked close on the replays and ball tracking suggests three reds. Mujeeb unlucky there.

Rashid bowls another tight over, only three runs from the over.

Van der Merwe doesn’t read Rashid’s googly. Is trapped in front and the umpire raises his finger. The batter goes for the review though. Ohh! ball tracking suggests wickets missing and van der merwe survives!

Four runs from the Mujeeb over and four more from the Rashid over as Dutt and van der Merwe look to stitch a partnership.

Tight over from Noor. Just the five from the over.

Mujeeb into the attack from the other end. Another tight run out chance!! The onfiled umpire sends it upstairs. OUT!! The replays suggest the batter is short. Fourth run out of the innings for Netherlands and its the set Engelbrecht that has to depart.

Sybrand Engelbrecht run out (Nabi/Ikram Alikhil) 58(86)

Two fours in the first two balls in Noor’s over takes Engelbrecht to fifty. Important innings in the context of the match for the former South African U-19 cricketer. Roelof Van Der Merwe joins him at the crease.

NED 143/7 in 32 overs

OUT!! Nabi tosses this one up, van Beek went for the expansive shot and loses his bat in the process, doesn’t get back in the crease in time, and the keeper does the rest.

van Beek st Ikram Alikhil b Nabi 2(13)

NED 134-7 in 31 overs

Two missed chances for Afghanistan in Noor’s over. The first edge went quickly between wicket keeper and slip. The second one was more of a chance though, stinging Nabi’s palms at slip before findings its way to the boundary. Netherlands will be looking to build a partnership at this stage to take the team near 200.

OUT! Saqib Zulfiraq edges out to keeper Ikram Alikhil as he missed to read the ball. Noor Ahmed gets his first of the day as six down Dutch at the moment.

Saqib Zulfiqar c Ikram Alikhil b Noor Ahmad 3

NED 113/6 in 25.3 overs

The Netherlands has been cramped by the Afghan bowling attack. Only 15 runs have been scored in the last five overs and the run rate continues to drop down.

OUT! Nabi gives flight on offer and Bas de Leede edges out to busy keeper Ikram. The Netherlands is five down now!

Bas de Leede c Ikram Alikhil b Mohammad Nabi 3

NED 97/5 in 20.2 overs

Things have gone from bad to worse for the Netherlands in the last five overs. After losing Max O’Dowd with a runout, Netherlands has lost two more batters in a similar fashion without adding many runs on the board. Can Bas de Leede and Sybrand Engelbrecht save the drawing Dutch boat?

OUT! Make it the third run-out and second wicket in a row! This is time Dutch skipper Scott Edwards has to go back as he missed getting a connection while looking for a sweep and the ball went to the keeper who finds him outside the popping crease. The Netherlands is now in deep trouble with four wickets down.

Scott Edwards run out (Ikram Alikhil) 0

NED 92/4 in 18.4 overs

OUT! Rashid Khan was quick to get to the ball and then release it to the keeper who made sure to dislodge bails to run out another set batter Ackermann on 29. The Netherlands is losing its plot with a couple of run-outs here.

Colin Ackermann run out (Rashid Khan/Ikram Alikhil) 29

NED 92/3 in 18.3 overs

The wicket of Max ODowd suddenly drops the run rate for the Netherlands. Afghanistan is slowly making a comeback in the game with some tight bowling. 15 overs gone, Netherlands 81 for two.

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Nabi to Max ODowd, OUT! Max, who was good in great touch goes back against the run of play. A tremendous direct hit from the outfield from Azmatullah Omarzai means the set batter goes back in the hut after scoring 40-ball 42.

Max O’Dowd run out (Azmatullah Omarzai) 42

NED 73/2 in 11.3 overs

Some run-scoring intent is shown by Max ODowd. He takes on Fazhalhaq Farooqi and drives a couple of length deliveries on off-side to get two boundaries from his over.

Mujeeb bowled full and on leg and Ackermann wastes no time to punish him on the leg side to pick a quick boundary. The run rate is lying above 6 at the moment.

The run continues to come for the Netherlands as ODowd hits Farooqi for two more fours in his fourth over to take his team past 50 in the eighth over.

Max ODowd is punishing bad lines and lengths with apt shot selections. He scored 40 runs via nine fours. The Netherlands managed 66/1 in the first PowerPlay.

Farooqi with his second. Four!! Strays in line, Ackermann clips it behind fine leg and it races away for four.

Mujeeb with his third. A quick single to cover and O’Dowd was struggling at the non-strikers. Needed a direct hit. Rashid was the fielder and he’s walking off the field clutching his lower back. Not a good sign for Afghanistan. Four!! A sweep shot through point from Ackermann!! Four!! Mujeeb strays in line again, turned behind fine leg for another four.

Farooqi with the second over. Four!! Full on the stumps, O’Dowd times it down the ground and its has enough to get to the boundary. Six from the over.

Mujeeb continues. O’Dowd is caught in front as well, but an inside edge saves him. Four from the over.

Max O’Dowd and the veteran Wesley Baressi walk in to open the batting for the Netherlands. Mujeeb with the first over.

Barresi struggled to pick Mujeeb in the first two balls. Eventually drives the third ball to long on for a single to get off the mark. O’Dowd follows suit. Wicket!! Barresi is trapped in front, decides against the review as well. Was angled in to the stumps, Barresi played across the wrong line.

Barresi lbw b Mujeeb 1(4)

Ackermann in at 3.

The teams walk in to the ground. Time for the national anthems at the BRSABVE stadium in Lucknow!

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Netherlands: Wesley Barresi, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Saqib Zulfiqar, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren

Netherlands win the toss and opt to bat first. Vikramjit Singh misses out today. Wesley Barresi to open instead. Saqib Zulfiqar and Roelof van der Merwe come in.

Hashmat wanted to bat first as well. Four spinners for Afghanistan today. Noor Ahmad comes in for Naveen.

“Rather warm conditions,” says Mpumelelo Mbangwa at the pitch report. “Mix of red and black soil with some grass cuttings thrown in,” says Shaun Pollock. The black and red soil pitches in this ground have offered the least assistance to spin they reckon. Win the toss and bat first says Pollock.

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NED vs AFG, ICC World Cup: Afghanistan looks to continue winning momentum against Netherlands

ICC ODI World Cup 2023: Both Afghanistan and the Netherlands will ponder deeply about the yet-to-be-used red soil pitch at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, which is expected to aid spinners.

Matches played: 9

Netherlands won: 2

Afghanistan won: 7

Last result: Afghanistan won by 75 runs (Doha, 2022)

Wicketkeepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Scott Edwards

Batters: Rahmat Shah, Hasmatullah Shahidi, Wesley Barresi

All-rounders: Azmatullah Omarzai, Logan van Beek, Bas de Leede

Bowlers: Rashid Khan, Fazhalhaq Farooqi, Paul van Meekeren,

Team composition: NED 5-6 AFG | Credits left: 11.0

NETHERLANDS: Vikramjit Singh, Max O’Dowd, Wesley Barresi, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards (wk/c), Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren, Shariz Ahmed

AFGHANISTAN: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazhalhaq Farooqi

What time will NED vs AFG ODI World Cup 2023 match begin?

The Netherlands vs Afghanistan ICC ODI World Cup 2023 match will begin at 2:00 PM IST.

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The ICC ODI World Cup 2023 match between the Netherlands and Afghanistan will be telecast LIVE on the Star Sports Network from 2:00 PM IST onwards.

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