ODI World Cup 2023: Netherlands vs Afghanistan Match Preview, ODI World Cup 2023

34th ODI • Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium • Lucknow

Netherlands

179/10 (46.3)

Afghanistan

181/3 (31.3)

AFG won by 7 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

03 Nov, 02:00 PM IST

Venue

Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Match

34th ODI,

ICC ODI World Cup 2023

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Nitin Menon (India), Sharfuddoula (Bangladesh), Michael Gough (England, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Netherlands elected to bat

Pitch Report

PitchSlow & Dusty Pitch

Pace BowlingSwing Favourable

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingSlow Spin

1st Innings

246Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

221Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

NED

0- 3

AFG

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Netherlands

Afghanistan

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Hashmatullah Shahidi

AFG . BAT

226 Runs

6 Matches

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

AFG . WK

224 Runs

6 Matches

Rahmat Shah

AFG . BAT

212 Runs

6 Matches

Top Bowlers

Bas de Leede

NED . ALL

11 Wkts

6 Matches

Paul van Meekeren

NED . BOWL

10 Wkts

6 Matches

Logan van Beek

NED . BOWL

9 Wkts

5 Matches

Player of the Match Mohammad Nabi

3/28

NED

AFG

Info

Netherlands

179/10 (46.3)

Batters

Wesley Barresi

25.00

lbw b MU Rahman

Max O'Dowd

105.00

runout (A Omarzai)

Colin Ackermann

82.86

runout (I Alikhil / R Khan)

Sybrand Engelbrecht

67.44

runout (I Alikhil / M Nabi)

Scott Edwards

(C)

0.00

runout (I Alikhil)

Bas de Leede

50.00

c I Alikhil b M Nabi

Saqib Zulfiqar

20.00

c I Alikhil b N Ahmad

Logan van Beek

15.38

st I Alikhil b M Nabi

Roelof van der Merwe

33.33

c I Zadran b N Ahmad

Aryan Dutt

45.45

Not out

Paul van Meekeren

16.67

lbw b M Nabi

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 14)

TOTAL

(46.3 Ov, RR: 3.85)

179/10

Bowlers

EXT

4.00

7.20

3.67

9.3

2.95

Rashid Khan

3.10

Noor Ahmad

3.44

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Wesley Barresi

lbw b MU Rahman

1-3

0.5

Max O'Dowd

runout (A Omarzai)

2-73

11.3

Colin Ackermann

runout (I Alikhil / R Khan)

3-92

18.3

Scott Edwards

runout (I Alikhil)

4-92

18.4

Bas de Leede

c I Alikhil b M Nabi

5-97

20.2

Saqib Zulfiqar

c I Alikhil b N Ahmad

6-113

25.3

Logan van Beek

st I Alikhil b M Nabi

7-134

30.6

Sybrand Engelbrecht

runout (I Alikhil / M Nabi)

8-152

34.4

Roelof van der Merwe

c I Zadran b N Ahmad

9-169

41.1

Paul van Meekeren

lbw b M Nabi

10-179

46.3

Afghanistan

181/3 (31.3)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

90.91

c S Edwards b L Beek

Ibrahim Zadran

58.82

b R Merwe

Rahmat Shah

96.30

c & b S Zulfiqar

Hashmatullah Shahidi *

(C)

87.50

Not out

Azmatullah Omarzai

110.71

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 2, W: 7)

TOTAL

(31.3 Ov, RR: 5.75)

181/3

Did not Bat

Ikram Alikhil, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad

Bowlers

EXT

Aryan Dutt

8.3

5.76

4.29

7.00

5.40

8.33

4.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

c S Edwards b L Beek

1-27

5.3

Ibrahim Zadran

b R Merwe

2-55

10.1

Rahmat Shah

c & b S Zulfiqar

3-129

22.4

Match Info

Date & Time

03 Nov, 02:00 PM IST

Venue

Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Match

34th ODI,

ICC ODI World Cup 2023

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Nitin Menon (India), Sharfuddoula (Bangladesh), Michael Gough (England, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Netherlands elected to bat

Player of the Match Mohammad Nabi

3/28

Commentary

Right! At the start of the World Cup, the fans' expectation for team Afghanistan is that they might cause a few upsets and take this tournament as a good experience but only a few would've given them the chance to be in contention for the top-four finish. They are growing in confidence in every match and more importantly, the belief among the players is sky high. The low-scoring chases often get tricky but Afghanistan approached it in a mature way. For Netherlands, the run-outs turned against them and it made a big difference in this contest

This is a one-sided tussle but take a rest and gear up for tomorrow's double header. Two blockbuster clashes coming your way and don't forget to catch the LIVE coverage on our Sportskeeda page. Until next time, this is Pragadeesh and Arya saying goodbye and goodnight.

Hashmatullah Shahidi (Afghanistan Captain) - I can say both. We bowled well and the run chase is good. This is the 3rd time we achieved the target. We are looking at the target and playing accordingly. Nabi is a special player and he has always shown his talent. Whenever the team needs him he has taken responsibility. The team unity is good and that's the reason for our success. We are trying our best to reach the semis and if that happens it's a big achievement for our country. I have one message - we are with the refugee people, who are struggling back in our country and I dedicate this win to them

Scott Edwards (Netherlands Captain) - Yeah, it's not ideal. 4 to 5 run outs of your in the top six, then it's hard to come back after that. We can't come to the ground thinking about dew. We did well batting first and I felt 280 would've been a good score. We need to go back to the drawing board, rethink and re-group before we meet England in our next game

Mohammad Nabi (Player of the Match): Yeah focussing on my line and lengths and focussing on dot balls. Batter rush on that thinking the ball is too easy. I stick to my line and length and keep it simple. Always I will stick to my plans and use my angles. Use my variations when it is available. Sometimes I get wickets sometimes it comes sometimes it doesn't but I always wanted to bowl dot balls. I am working on my body, keeping a strict diet. Still my body is working well and playing for Afghanistan.

Afghanistan won by 7 wickets
Hashmatullah Shahidi 56 (64) | Sybrand Engelbrecht 58 (86)
Mohammad Nabi 3-28 (9.3) | Logan van Beek 1-30 (7)

Stop them if you can! Afghanistan are on a roll at the moment. They steamrolled Netherlands to register their fourth win in this World Cup. It was an impressive bowling effort to bowl the Dutch out to 180, and in reply, Gurbaz and Ibrahim didn't show any rush while chasing a low total. Edwards tried to control things by bowling pace and spin from both ends. Gurbaz fell cheaply, while Ibrahim doesn't looked comfortable against the spinners as Roelof removed him in his very first delivery of the spell.

Once again, there was a rebuilding job needed and who better than Rahmat and Shahidi to do it. Both batters played risk-free cricket and with confidence, doesn't allow the Dutch to put any pressure on them at any point. Rahmat played some scintillating shots and brought up yet another half-century but he can't convert this into a big one. Once he fell, Omarzai joined hands with Shahidi and the duo ensured there weren't any further slip-ups. Shahidi was dealing in singles early on in his innings but once he settled himself, he punished the loose deliveries and eventually scored a half-century

31.3 Aryan Dutt to Hashmatullah Shahidi, FOUR! Afghanistan seals it in style. Wins by 7 wickets! That will also help their NRR. Comes down the track and swings away the tossed up delivery around the middle stump well over the midwicket region and it trickles away to the fence.

31.2 Aryan Dutt to Hashmatullah Shahidi, slowish on a length around off, Shahidi takes a few steps down the track and pushes it away towards the cover fielder.

31.1 Aryan Dutt to Azmatullah Omarzai, flatter on a length around off, punched away towards the long-on region for a single.

Can Azmat finish the formalities in style? He is just looking square of the wicket on the leg-side

overs

176 /3 score

1wd

runs

Hashmatullah Shahidi *

52 (62)

Azmatullah Omarzai

30 (27)

Colin Ackermann

0 /12

30.6 Colin Ackermann to Hashmatullah Shahidi, slowish on a length around the middle stump, tries to nudge and take a quick single, decides against it.

30.5 Colin Ackermann to Hashmatullah Shahidi, tossed up delivery around the middle stump, Shahidi comes down the track and pushes it back to the bowler.

30.5 Colin Ackermann to Hashmatullah Shahidi, flatter trajectory delivery drifting down the leg side, called a wide.

30.4 Colin Ackermann to Azmatullah Omarzai, flatter and shorter on a length, a tad outside off, punched away towards the long-on region for a single.

30.3 Colin Ackermann to Hashmatullah Shahidi, quicker on a length around the middle stump, bunted away past the cover-point fielder for a single.

30.2 Colin Ackermann to Hashmatullah Shahidi, flatter trajectory delivery angling into Shahidi, he rocks back and works it away towards the deep midwicket region, returns for a couple and reaches his 3rd half-century of the World Cup.

Another calculated innings from the Afghan captain and he gets a standing ovation from the fans and his teammates

30.1 Colin Ackermann to Azmatullah Omarzai, fuller around the middle stump, driven on the up towards the long-on fielder for a single.

The third delivery was clearly a wide but the umpire didn't give any signal. Shahidi tried to take a review and he was desperate but Sharfuddoula didn't show any interest

overs

170 /3 score

runs

Azmatullah Omarzai *

28 (25)

Hashmatullah Shahidi

49 (58)

Aryan Dutt

0 /44

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