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Hi there. Welcome to Netherlands v Pakistan game.

Toss: Pakistan have chosen to bat. They need to
win by 25 runs to go through.

Younis: "It looks a hard pitch. If we can score 180-190,
it will be hard for them."

Smits: "We will take the confidence out of our previous
game. We saw Pakistan play on Sunday. We are confident."

Jeremy Coney says the pitch is well grassed, slightly
damp. He reckons there should be good pace and bounce.

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Bishop and Co. get confused, Ponting and Co. get
packing. Off the Record goes behind the scenes.

George Binoy decides against spitting on London
public-transport staffers, and watches Dhoni check out some new bats.

Australia were dull and workmanlike instead of being
flashily brilliant. Andrew Hughes reflects on their exit.

Pakistan : 1 Salman Butt, 2 Kamran Akmal, 3
Shoaib Malik, 4 Younis Khan (capt), 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Shahid Afridi, 7
Fawad Alam, 8 Sohail Tanvir, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Mohammad Aamer, 11 Saeed Ajmal

Netherlands: 1 Jeroen Smits, 2 Alexi Kervezee, 3
Darron Reekers, 4 Bas Zudierent, 5 Tom de Groot, 6 Ryan ten Doeschate, 7
Peter Borren, 8 Dann van Bunge, 9 Pieter Seelar, 10 Dirk Nannes, 11 Edgar
Schiferli

Dann sends in the first feedback of the day: "Fair
enough Pakistan prefer batting first. They didn’t chase well last time.
However. Given they need to win by 25+runs, or they need to successfully
chase within 17ovs, I am surprised they chose to bat. They need to bowl
well, and knowing your target for 17ovs must be "easier" than not knowing
what target you need to set. If they lose early wickets trying prematurely
to up the pace, and therefore end up losing, I will chalk this down as an
own goal."

Andrew McGlashan, our man at the ground, says: "Ground
is probably about half full, but I’m sure supporters from both sides will
make plenty of noise when the action starts."

As the Anthems play out, Carl is on something it seems:
"Hi there, slight tangent already but my friend tells me that there is an
international ground in Holland with a tree on the pitch. Does anyone know
if this is true please?If so what happens if you hit the tree? Is it an
unfair advantage to Pakistan that there is no tree on the pitch?" Too much
Durban Poison Carl?!

Sheri: "very surprised to see salman but again in the
team they should beter with ahmed shezad. Butt is not good in field and also
sloopy in field. It’s better if they chose to field first."

Zee: "I completely agree with dann. Younus should have
chose to bowl first in this way they have a target and they can adjust their
batting line up according to that. Other thing is that they again chose
salman butt as a operner holland can easily use the same tactics which
england did against him…. bad choice."

0.1

Nannes to Kamran Akmal, no run, great start by Nannes. .
It landed on a length around middle and off and seamed away with bounce to
the keeper

0.2

Nannes to Kamran Akmal, no run, length delivery around
the off stump, mistimes the punchy stroke to cover

0.3

Nannes to Kamran Akmal, no run, And the first bouncer of
the day and Kamran Akmal ducks.

0.4

Nannes to Kamran Akmal, 2 runs, 133.7 kmph full delivery
and Akmal drives well to the left of mid-off where a fine diving stop is
made. It looked as it was going past him when he dived full stretch to make
a half-stop

0.5

Nannes to Kamran Akmal, 2 runs, Another fine stop..
Akmal unfurled a fine square drive but the wide third man came across to
make another diving stop

0.6

Nannes to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, skids on towards the
hips, swivels to tuck it to deep backward square leg

1.1

Schiferli to Kamran Akmal, no run, full in length,
tilting in towards the off stump, driven to the off side of the pitch

1.2

Schiferli to Kamran Akmal,
FOUR, shuffles towards the off stump, fetched the back-of-length
delivery from the off stump and short-arm pulls it superbly wide of long leg
.. up up and over

1.3

Schiferli to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, slightly fuller,
jabbed away to midwicket

1.4

Schiferli to Salman Butt, 1 run, on the off stump line,
on a length, stays adjacent to slash it away to third man

1.5

Schiferli to Kamran Akmal, 2 runs, short in length
outside off stump, guided past backward point

1.6

Schiferli to Kamran Akmal,
FOUR, he plays the uppish square drive really well He lunges
forward, opens the bat-face and chips the full delivery over cover point

Preet: "Hi there, The St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury,
Kent and Pietermaritzburg Oval in South Africa - two grounds used regularly
for first-class cricket that have a tree within the boundary. I don’t
remember anything in Holland. Also St Lawrence ground is one of the oldest
grounds on which first-class cricket is played, having been in use since
1847."

And I am Sriram Veera, your commentator for this game.

2.1

Nannes to Salman Butt, FOUR,
fullish, moving in towards middle stump line, Salman whips it through
midwicket to pick up a boundary

2.2

Nannes to Salman Butt, no run, bangs it short, 146.8
kmph, lifting delivery outside off, Salman arches back, tries to dab it to
third man but couldn’t connect

2.3

Nannes to Salman Butt, no run, And again. 147.5 kmph
short of length bouncing outside off, Butt tries to cut but is beaten for
pace and bounce

2.4

Nannes to Salman Butt, no run, moves all round the
crease, ends up outside leg stump but Nannes keeps his cool and delivers
another bouncing delivery over the middle stump. Butt was trying to carve it
over the off side but no wood on leather

2.5

Nannes to Salman Butt, 1 run, full this time, on the
middle, nudged towards mid-on and they rush across for the run

2.6

Nannes to Kamran Akmal, no run, short cover in now. And
Nannes bangs it short on the middle, Akmal shuffles across, tries to pull
but is beaten for pace and is struck on the body

McGlashan says, "Good astmosphere here with every
Pakistan shot being cheered loudly, but there are a few pockets of Dutch
fans as well and I would imagine plenty of neutrals are cheering on
Netherlands as well."

3.1

Schiferli to Salman Butt, SIX,
he has flayed that. He charged out, moving outside leg and slashed it away
over covers! Ala Ganguly …

3.2

Schiferli to Salman Butt, no run, The keeper stands up
to the stumps now. Full and outside off, Butt tries a ugly slog and inside
edges it to his pad

3.3

Schiferli to Salman Butt, 2 runs, full and outside off,
driven uppishly, falls short of mid-off who could only make a half-stop . It
was very powerfully hit by Butt

3.4

Schiferli to Salman Butt, FOUR,
Top shot. He leaned forward to thump a length delivery in the air but over
the non-striker’s head. Clean smooth swing of the bat.

3.5

Schiferli to Salman Butt, no run, slightly short in
length, mistimes the cut to the off side

3.6

Schiferli to Salman Butt, no run, hint of swing, really
full up, almost yorker length outside off, dug out to the off side

Ben: "The tree at the St Lawrence ground died a few
years but Kent CCC replaced it which a new Lime tree. Also hitting the tree
counts as a four."

4.1

ten Doeschate to Kamran Akmal, 2 runs, charges out to
play the lofted shot but ends up slicing it over cover but it falls safely
just past the fielder running back

4.2

ten Doeschate to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, low full toss
outside off, sliced away straight to deep cover

4.3

ten Doeschate to Salman Butt, 1 wide, Butt moves outside
leg, and the bowler pushes it well outside off stump

4.3

ten Doeschate to Salman Butt,
OUT, Gone now. He moved away a touch and drilled it but hit it
straight to cover. Pakistan lose their first wicket

c Borren b ten Doeschate 18 (20m 13b 2×4 1×6) SR:
138.46

Andrew Miller our UK editor reckons: "Netherlands could
be victims of their own success here. Each humiliated side has come out with
a point to prove."

4.4

ten Doeschate to Shoaib Malik,
FOUR, slips to the pads, easily flicked away without any fuss.
Easy pickings

4.5

ten Doeschate to Shoaib Malik, no run, serves a full
toss now, but Malik drives straight to cover

4.6

ten Doeschate to Shoaib Malik,
FOUR, gorgeous inside-out drive through extra-cover. Great to
watch. He leaned into the shot and got the placement perfectly.

Phil from UK: "Ah, the English and their traditions."

Hassan: "Dann, I think Pakistan panics chasing and it is
a good choice to bat first and put up a good total. Chasing in a T20 game
has tremendous pressure and every dot ball adds more to it. Batting first
proves Pakistan did not want to take any risk and do not take Holland as
minnows, after what they did to England."

5.1

Schiferli to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, really full up, driven
towards mid-off

5.2

Schiferli to Shoaib Malik, no run, walks down the track,
serves a high full toss, tapped back down the pitch. It looked high enough
to be no-balled

5.3

Schiferli to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, fullish, moving in to
middle and leg, flicked through square leg

5.4

Schiferli to Kamran Akmal, 1 wide, slower one and tilts
down leg side, Akmal tries to pull but couldn’t put bat to ball

5.4

Schiferli to Kamran Akmal, no run, fuller, straighter,
mistimes the drive to mid-on

5.5

Schiferli to Kamran Akmal, no run, shout for lbw as
Akmal goes down on his knees to play a paddle but is struck outside the off
stump

5.6

Schiferli to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, slower one, from short
of length, Akmal is early into the pull and ends up dragging it to short
fine leg

Here we have the picture of the tree inside the playing
field. Upper-left corner. Thanks Bernard from Netherlands

6.1

Seelaar to Kamran Akmal, no run, floated on the off
stump line, driven back down the pitch

6.2

Seelaar to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, stays adjacent to the
line and drives to deep cover

6.3

Seelaar to Shoaib Malik, no run, leans forward to drive
to cover

6.4

Seelaar to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, floated full on the off
stump line, shuffles across to ping the vacant spaces on the leg side and
they will come back for two

6.5

Seelaar to Shoaib Malik, no run, comes down the track,
meets the ball on the full but drives straight to cover

6.6

Seelaar to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, slows up the pace
further, dips in front of the charging Malik who drives to long-off

7.1

Borren to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, fullish, on the middle
stump line, worked through midwicket

7.2

Borren to Kamran Akmal, SIX,
drags it short and Akmal rocks play to pull it over deep midwicket. There is
a man stationed there and he jumps but the ball dips over him

7.3

Borren to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, yorker length outside
off, steered to short third man

7.4

Borren to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, slower, drags the
intended bit hit to long -on

Charlie has had enough of trees: "Can we stop this
tree-discussion now?" Holla: "Netherlands have 20 in their team. 10 players
and Doeschate who is actually ten Doeschate :-)"

7.5

Borren to Kamran Akmal, no run, fine yorker on the off
stump, dug out to the off side

7.6

Borren to Kamran Akmal, FOUR,
And there is that Akmal square drive again. This time, he went down on his
knee, opened the bat-face and sliced the full ball over backward point

8.1

ten Doeschate to Shoaib Malik, no run, dropped at
backward point. Malik sliced the full delivery straight to Zuiderent but he
has put it down..Easy chance as well. Clang!

8.2

ten Doeschate to Shoaib Malik, no run, leans forward,
drives to cover

8.3

ten Doeschate to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, charges out to
drive to cover

8.4

ten Doeschate to Kamran Akmal,
SIX, Shot! Akmal cleared the front foot, bent forward a touch
and carved a full delivery over cover. Superbly struck

8.5

ten Doeschate to Kamran Akmal, 1 leg bye, on the pads,
tries to put it away but will pick up a leg bye

8.6

ten Doeschate to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, driven through
the on side for couple of runs

What a drop that was in the last over. Sitter.

9.1

Seelaar to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, floated outside off
stump, sweeps it away for a single

9.2

Seelaar to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, flighted full outside
off, swept to deep square leg for yet another single

9.3

Seelaar to Kamran Akmal, 1 run, slows up the pace even
further, Akmal was looking for the sweep, had to wait for a while and
eventually, sweeps it past square leg

9.4

Seelaar to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, moves down the track,
quicker one, full, driven to long-off

9.5

Seelaar to Kamran Akmal, no run, charges out, almost
yorks himself as he goes too hard at the ball and edges it to the pad

9.6

Seelaar to Kamran Akmal, OUT,
holes out to deep midwicket. Akmal fetches the flighted delivery from
outside off and goes for the shorter square boundary but slog sweeps it
straight to the man. It almost popped out of his hand but he holds the
rebound

c Schiferli b Seelaar 41 (42m 30b 3×4 2×6) SR: 136.66

Shabbir Tapal: "Younis Khan says "he has not given so
much importance to T20 as it is just fun cricket", what a statement from the
captain. When will he realize that it is a world cup where millions of fans
wants their team to win and it is an important format of the game."

10.1

Borren to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, fullish, on the off
stump line, driven to right of long-off

10.2

Borren to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, on the leg and middle,
nurdled away around the corner

10.3

Borren to Younis Khan, 1 run, gentle mediumpace, full
toss, driven to long-on

10.4

Borren to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, full on the off stump,
heaved across to deep square leg region … it ran off the inner half of the
bat

10.5

Borren to Younis Khan, 1 run, low full toss, driven
straight to long-on

10.6

Borren to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, slower one, outside off
stump, full, squeezed through cover point

Usman Moorad: "Very pleased Alam and Tanvir are playing,
especially alam, who I witnessed single-handedly winning a T20 match against
Sri Lanka here in Toronto. Hope he comes out to bat before Afridi, heck
afridi should come out after Tanvir too."

11.1

ten Doeschate to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, turned past square
leg for a single

Mark from Spain: "That Charlie’s rather a party-pooper.
Regional holiday in this part of Spain, I was preparing to spend the
afternoon researching trees on exotic cricket grounds. Currently searching
in Namibia, but there don’t seem to be any trees AT ALL. Failing that a tree
XI; Barry Wood, John Birch, Harold Larch-Wood, Spruce Yardley, etc etc. To
play for the Ashes, of course"

11.2

ten Doeschate to Younis Khan, 1 run, walks down the
track, bangs it in short of length outside off, guides to short third man
region

11.3

ten Doeschate to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, full delivery on
the off stump, swiped away past Younis Khan to long-on..

11.4

ten Doeschate to Younis Khan, 1 run, short in length
outside off, cut away for a single

11.5

ten Doeschate to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, almost holes out
to long-off. It was a length delivery and he chipped through the line and
just short of the fielder

11.6

ten Doeschate to Younis Khan, 1 run, cuts in towards
middle, worked to backward square leg

12.1

Borren to Younis Khan, 1 run, leans forward to tap it
gently to cover for a single

12.2

Borren to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, moves outside leg,
follows him with a full one, turned through midwicket

12.3

Borren to Younis Khan, 1 run, yorker on the middle,
squeezed past the bowler, who lunges to his left but deflects it away

12.4

Borren to Shoaib Malik, no run, another neat little
yorker, Malik can only dig it out back to the bowler

12.5

Borren to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, slightly slower, pushed
towards long-on and since it was not hit too hard, they come back for the
second run

12.6

Borren to Shoaib Malik, OUT,
Another one goes down at deep midwicket. With just five runs scored in the
over, Malik went for the big one and chose the on side but couldn’t get much
power behind it.

c Seelaar b Borren 30 (31m 28b 2×4 0×6) SR: 107.14

Obaid Amjad: "I cant believe that YK is batting higer
than Misbah! Now, both him and Malik are going to ruin whatever momentum we
had by not playing any big shots! I think Fawad should get to bat higher
because he is a very good batsman who can bowl a bit not vice-versa. I hope
the captain realizes losing is not fun and plays with some dignity! "

13.1

Seelaar to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, full toss, leans
forward to push it through mid-on

13.2

Seelaar to Younis Khan, 1 run, slows up the pace. Younis
is early into the sweep and can only edge it to short fine-leg

13.3

Seelaar to Misbah-ul-Haq, 2 runs, drags it shorter and
down the leg side, pulled away but can’t find much power .. picked up at
deep backward square leg

13.4

Seelaar to Misbah-ul-Haq, FOUR,
short again and this time outside off stump, Misbah waits before cutting it
through backward point

13.5

Seelaar to Misbah-ul-Haq, 2 runs, tosses it up, high,
dips as a full toss, hit to wide long-on

13.6

Seelaar to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, from wide of the
crease, quicker one, skidding in, dabbed to short third man

Haris: "Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan have lost it again
completely. Why are they pinching singles when they should be going berserk!
With Misbah and Afridi on the bench, I would be going berserk right now. I
feel 160 would not be good enough because then Holland would go for 136 to
qualify. Pakistan needs atleast 180-185." Sent just before Malik got out

14.1

Nannes to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, fullish, moving in,
turned to square leg

14.2

Nannes to Younis Khan, 1 run, banged in short, pacy too,
swatted away to wide midwicket. Just a single.

14.3

Nannes to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, shuffles across to clip
a short of length delivery bouncing in to square leg.. Again, just one run.
Pakistan need more than that. But who is going to bell the cat?

14.4

Nannes to Younis Khan, 1 run, lifting delivery on the
middle, pulled weakly past square leg.

14.5

Nannes to Misbah-ul-Haq, no run, shuffles towards off
and so Nannes hurls it across outside off, Misbah tries to upper cut it but
the ball flies over the blade. Dot ball. precious.

14.6

Nannes to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, another short pitched
delivery, Misbah goes back to push it to extra cover. Fine over from Nannes.

15.1

ten Doeschate to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, cutting in
towards middle and leg, worked to short fine-leg

15.2

ten Doeschate to Younis Khan,
SIX, Wallop. Finally. Younis Khan stops nudging around, clears
the front foot and thumps a length delivery over wide midwicket boundary

15.3

ten Doeschate to Younis Khan, 1 run, walks down the
track, gets a slower one outside off, run down to third man

15.4

ten Doeschate to Misbah-ul-Haq,
FOUR, slower one, short in length outside off, Misbah edges
the pull but gets lucky; it runs well to the left of the diving keeper

15.5

ten Doeschate to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, fuller, just
outside off, Misbah opened his stance and drives it down to long-off

15.6

ten Doeschate to Younis Khan, 2 runs, short in length
outside off, cut away through the off-side field

16.1

Borren to Misbah-ul-Haq, 2 runs, yorker length outside
off, dragged across towards deep midwicket and they run hard to come back
for the second

16.2

Borren to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, slower one, loopy
outside off, driven to cover

16.3

Borren to Younis Khan, 2 runs, fuller, on the legs,
Younis pushes it softly past square leg and runs back for the second

16.4

Borren to Younis Khan, 1 run, low full toss, on the
middle, chipped over the bowler and between long-on and long-off

16.5

Borren to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, moves outside leg, comes
back to original position, a yorker on middle. squeezed out to point

16.6

Borren to Younis Khan, 2 runs, another yorker attempted,
ends up a low dipping full toss, scooped to right of sweeper cover

17.1

Seelaar to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, moves outside leg , on
the blockhole, slow through the air, dragged to long-on

17.2

Seelaar to Younis Khan, SIX,
full toss and Younis goes down on his knee and sweeps it high over square
leg. The captain is showing some real urgency now.

17.3

Seelaar to Younis Khan, SIX,
charges down the track and lifts a flighted delivery high over long-off. Big
hit. Caught by a spectator.

17.4

Seelaar to Younis Khan, no run, attempts the sweep but
doesn’t connect and it rolls off the pad

17.5

Seelaar to Younis Khan, OUT,
moves down the track and goes for another six but doesn’t connect well this
time and holes out to long-on

c de Grooth b Seelaar 36 (29m 20b 0×4 3×6) SR: 180.00

17.6

Seelaar to Misbah-ul-Haq, FOUR,
fine shot. He backed away from the stumps, down on his knee and swung the
full delivery over the bowler and perfectly bisected the long-on and
long-off

18.1

Schiferli to Shahid Afridi, 2 runs, low full toss,
biffed down to long-on for couple of runs

18.2

Schiferli to Shahid Afridi, 2 runs, slightly slower
outside off, didn’t quite get the timing behind it but will pick up two runs
to the right of sweeper cover

18.3

Schiferli to Shahid Afridi, 1 run, yorker on the off
stump, dug out to extra cover

18.4

Schiferli to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, hops back and across,
gets a full slower one, turned past square leg

18.5

Schiferli to Shahid Afridi, no run, moves outside leg
stump, full toss outside off, Afridi lets it go, thinking it would be called
wide but it was inside the white line; he had moved too much down the leg

18.6

Schiferli to Shahid Afridi, 2 runs, fullish, outside
off, sliced off the outer edge to deep point region

19.1

Nannes to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, He has already clocked
150.3 kmph today. Fires in a yorker this time, can only dig it out for a
single

19.2

Nannes to Shahid Afridi, SIX,
Afridiiiiiiiiii! he cleared the front leg and killed a length delivery high
over long-on for a big six

19.3

Nannes to Shahid Afridi, OUT,
And Nannes gets his revenge! Afridi moved outside leg and Nannes fired it
full and straight on the leg stump. Clatter!

b Nannes 13 (5m 7b 0×4 1×6) SR: 185.71

19.4

Nannes to Fawad Alam, 1 run, almost an yorker on the
middle, squeezed out to midwicket

19.5

Nannes to Misbah-ul-Haq, 1 run, full and straight,
lifted in the air but falls short of long-on.

19.6

Nannes to Fawad Alam, 2 runs, backs outside leg stump,
serves a low full toss on the leg and middle, punched to long-off for couple
of runs.

Pakistan need to restrict Netherlands to 150 to go
through. Or will Netherlands do the job?. They need 151. Join us in short
while for the chase.

0.1

Sohail Tanvir to Reekers, no run, length delivery
cutting away from the stumps, left alone for Kamran to gather

0.2

Sohail Tanvir to Reekers, FOUR,
shuffles towards off stump, Tanvir hurls in a full delivery on the middle
but by that shuffle he got outside the line and whipped it through
midwicket.

0.3

Sohail Tanvir to Reekers, 1 run, And he charges out this
time, Tanvir bangs it in short, slashed off the outer edge to left of third
man

0.4

Sohail Tanvir to Kervezee, no run, movement in the air
and off the track, left alone

0.5

Sohail Tanvir to Kervezee, no run, lands around the off
stump on a length and slants away, shoulders arms

0.6

Sohail Tanvir to Kervezee, no run, on the middle, full,
curving in, gets behind the line to push it to mid-on

1.1

Mohammad Aamer to Reekers,
FOUR, Thwack! It was a length delivery on the off and middle, the
tall Reekers stood up straight and thrashed it on the up and over the
non-striker’s head

1.2

Mohammad Aamer to Reekers,
FOUR, Biff. Slightly short in length, he opened up his stance and
flat-batted it high over mid-on

1.3

Mohammad Aamer to Reekers, OUT,
But he is gone now. He cleared his front foot and went for the pull but top
edged it to square leg He was looking dangerous but is gone, going for the
third four in a row.

c Sohail Tanvir b Mohammad Aamer 13 (4m 6b 3×4 0×6)
SR: 216.66

1.4

Mohammad Aamer to Kervezee, no run, short in length,
moving towards middle stump, defended to the on side of the pitch

1.5

Mohammad Aamer to Kervezee, no run, kicking up from back
of length, just outside off stump, pushed to the off side

1.6

Mohammad Aamer to Kervezee, no run, gets behind the line
to defend the back-of-length delivery to point

2.1

Sohail Tanvir to Zuiderent, no run

2.2

Sohail Tanvir to Zuiderent, no run, short and outside
off, goes for the big flashing cut but the ball bounces over the blade and
rushes through to Akmal

2.3

Sohail Tanvir to Zuiderent, 1 run, gets forward to tap
the length delivery close on the off side and rushes across for a quick
single

2.4

Sohail Tanvir to Kervezee, no run, moves outside leg but
can’t put bat to the ball and Akmal moves to his left to collect it

2.5

Sohail Tanvir to Kervezee, 2 runs, just over backward
point. It was the slower one, sliced off the outer edge, Malik runs back but
doesn’t judge it well at all.. He was nowhere near the ball in the end as he
dived . He should have caught that.

2.6

Sohail Tanvir to Kervezee, 1 run, stays back to work it
to square leg

3.1

Mohammad Aamer to Kervezee, 2 runs, leans over to slice
a full length delivery over point region for couple of runs. They are taking
some risks to get in some big hits

3.2

Mohammad Aamer to Kervezee, no run, high bouncer outside
off stump, left alone

3.3

Mohammad Aamer to Kervezee,
FOUR, top edged over slips. It was another short-pitched
delivery, beaten for pace as he went for the pull but gets a nice fat edge

3.4

Mohammad Aamer to Kervezee, no run, charges out and gets
a short-pitched delivery at this body, tries the pull but edges it to the
off side

3.5

Mohammad Aamer to Kervezee, no run, moving away outside
off stump, beaten on the flash

3.6

Mohammad Aamer to Kervezee, 2 runs, dropped by
Butt. His fielding has been terrible through this tourney. It was the sharp
bouncer and the top-edged pull came his way at fine-leg but he got into
terrible position and in the end dropped. Andrew Miller says, "Butt again!
Younis said at The Oval they might have been forced to drop him because of
his fielding …"

4.1

Sohail Tanvir to Zuiderent, 1 run, worked past square
leg for a single

4.2

Sohail Tanvir to Kervezee, 1 run, fullish on the legs,
turned straight to short fine-leg where Butt doesn’t field cleanly

4.3

Sohail Tanvir to Zuiderent, 1 run, from round the stumps
this time, from wide of the crease, stabbed off the outer edge to third man

4.4

Sohail Tanvir to Kervezee, no run, yorker length on the
middle and off, dug out to the off sdie of the pitch

4.5

Sohail Tanvir to Kervezee, 1 run, on the middle stump
line, pushed towards mid-on and he rushes across immediately after playing
the shot

4.6

Sohail Tanvir to Zuiderent, no run, still from round the
stumps, full toss, dipping in outside off, driven to cover

5.1

Umar Gul to Kervezee, no run, length delivery outside
off stump, forced away but straight to backward point

5.2

Umar Gul to Kervezee, 2 runs, short in length outside
off, stays adjacent to the line to steer it deftly past backward point

5.3

Umar Gul to Kervezee, 1 run, fuller, just outside off
stump, pushed to cover for a single

5.4

Umar Gul to Zuiderent, FOUR,
pretty full and straight but unlucky Gul. It ran off the inner edge and went
past Tanvir at short fine-leg. Tanvir is not 100% fit.

5.5

Umar Gul to Zuiderent, no run, back to short of length
and outside off, tries the cut but can’t connect.

5.6

Umar Gul to Zuiderent, 1 run, fullish, on the middle
stump, worked through midwicket for a single

6.1

Saeed Ajmal to Zuiderent, no run, on the middle stump
line, turned to midwicket

6.2

Saeed Ajmal to Zuiderent, no run, flighted outside off,
driven to covers

6.3

Saeed Ajmal to Zuiderent, FOUR,
quicker, shorter and he goes for the cut. It slices off the outer edge and
flew over short third man.

6.4

Saeed Ajmal to Zuiderent, no run, flatter, on the off
and middle, tapped t o the on side

6.5

Saeed Ajmal to Zuiderent, 1 run, quicker and flat, on
the middle and off, full, driven to long-on

6.6

Saeed Ajmal to Kervezee, no run, slows up the pace and
it goes on straight with the arm, past the outside edge. Akmal whips the
bails off and shouts out an appeal. The back foot did slide out but he
managed to drag it back in time

7.1

Shahid Afridi to Zuiderent,
OUT, Afridi does the trick. What a fine yorker to get rid of the
batsman. Zuiderent tried to bring his bat down in a hurry. Blur. The off
stump has been uprooted.

b Shahid Afridi 13 (21m 15b 2×4 0×6) SR: 86.66

7.2

Shahid Afridi to Borren, 1 run, turned past square leg
for a single

7.3

Shahid Afridi to Kervezee, no run, skids on towards the
off stump, jabbed to the off side

7.4

Shahid Afridi to Kervezee, no run, another one coming
in, slower this time, beats the prod and rolls off the pad

7.5

Shahid Afridi to Kervezee, 1 run, a tad quicker, full on
the middle, turned to short fine-leg

7.6

Shahid Afridi to Borren, no run, loopy bouncing
topspinner, lunges out to defend and the ball bounces to strike him high

8.1

Saeed Ajmal to Kervezee, 1 run, comes down the track,
doesn’t reach the pitch of the ball but goes through with the lofted shot
and it falls short of long-on

8.2

Saeed Ajmal to Borren, 1 run, goes for the slog sweep,
gets the top edge but falls safely in the backward square leg region

8.3

Saeed Ajmal to Kervezee, 1 run, moves down the track and
drives through the off side

8.4

Saeed Ajmal to Borren, OUT,
Butt takes the catch and Kamran Akmal rushes to him in glee. Another edge
from the slog sweep and Butt settled under it at short fine-leg to take the
simple catch. But when you have been dropping left right centre, nothing is
easy I guess. It was a nice little doosra

c Salman Butt b Saeed Ajmal 2 (4m 4b 0×4 0×6) SR:
50.00

8.5

Saeed Ajmal to Kervezee, 2 runs, turned past square leg

8.6

Saeed Ajmal to Kervezee, OUT,
Another fine doosra from Ajmal. Kervezee had dashed down the track, looking
for the big hit to the on side, but was left stranded by the one that broke
away. Akmal does the rest. Top bowling and Pakistan are running hot here.

st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 21 (35m 29b 1×4 0×6)
SR: 72.41

9.1

Shahid Afridi to ten Doeschate, 1 wide, turns down the
leg side and Akmal collects

9.1

Shahid Afridi to ten Doeschate, no run, just outside
off, cut to backward point

9.2

Shahid Afridi to ten Doeschate, 1 run, breaks back in
towards off stump, chopped to short third man

9.3

Shahid Afridi to de Grooth, 1 run, run out missed
bouncing top spinner over the off stump, cut down to short third man. Run
out missed by Afridi. The throw came in to him but he didn’t collect the
throw and spilled it.

9.4

Shahid Afridi to ten Doeschate, 1 run, wrong un skidding
in, didn’t read it well, picked it off the pitch but manages to stab it to
point

9.5

Shahid Afridi to de Grooth, no run, skidding in, jabbed
away to point, lots of confusion about the single and he retreats back in
time

9.6

Shahid Afridi to de Grooth, no run, skids on quickly
towards off stump, nudged to the off side

10.1

Shoaib Malik to ten Doeschate, 3 runs, turning in
towards off stump, goes back, waits, opens the bat-face and plays a deft
late cut well clear of the short third man fielder

10.2

Shoaib Malik to de Grooth, 1 run, short in length,
turning in, cut to deep point where Gul stops

10.3

Shoaib Malik to ten Doeschate, 1 run, moves outside leg,
Malik slows up the pace and follows the batsman, tapped to square leg

10.4

Shoaib Malik to de Grooth, 1 run, flighted full, driven
to sweeper cover

10.5

Shoaib Malik to ten Doeschate, 1 run, slow in the air,
turning in towards middle and off, tapped close on the leg side for a single

10.6

Shoaib Malik to de Grooth, 1 run, comes down the track,.
Malik shortens the length, pushed out to midwicket

11.1

Shahid Afridi to de Grooth,
OUT, Afridi has cleaned him up. Pakistan climb all over the
Dutch. Grooth moved outside leg, Afridi skids it on towards the leg stump
and Grooth misses it completely

b Shahid Afridi 4 (5m 7b 0×4 0×6) SR: 57.14

11.2

Shahid Afridi to van Bunge, no run, flighted across,
edged to short fine-leg region.

11.3

Shahid Afridi to van Bunge,
OUT, And they continue to crumble under the spin. Shahid Afridi
is turning in a little gem of a spell here. Afridi saw van Bunge charge out
and slipped in a yorker outside the off stump. van Bunge missed it but Akmal
doesn’t. Stumped!

st †Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi 0 (1m 2b 0×4 0×6)
SR: 0.00

11.4

Shahid Afridi to Schiferli, 1 wide, turns it down the
leg side

11.4

Shahid Afridi to Schiferli, no run, nice loopy delivery
on the stumps, another dot ball

11.5

Shahid Afridi to Schiferli, no run

11.6

Shahid Afridi to Schiferli, no run, just outside off,
skids on to Akmal

12.1

Shoaib Malik to ten Doeschate, no run, they are
struggling here. Another unconvincing stab to the on side

12.2

Shoaib Malik to ten Doeschate,
SIX, has enough of trying to pick the spin, moves outside leg
stump and unfurls a slog sweep. Meaty blow.

12.3

Shoaib Malik to ten Doeschate, 1 run, turns in, dabbed
to point region

12.4

Shoaib Malik to Schiferli, 1 wide, spins down the leg
side

12.4

Shoaib Malik to Schiferli, 1 run, turns in slowly,
dabbed to short fine-leg

12.5

Shoaib Malik to ten Doeschate,
OUT, And then they were three. Malik does a AFridi this time.
He sees the batsman rush down the track, slips in a yorker outside off and
Akmal does well to collect and break the stumps.

st †Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Malik 14 (14m 10b 0×4 1×6)
SR: 140.00

12.6

Shoaib Malik to Smits, 1 wide, pushes this down the leg
side…. another fine take from Akmal

12.6

Shoaib Malik to Smits, no run, slower in the air,
turning in from outside off, jabbed to the on side

13.1

Shahid Afridi to Schiferli, 1 run, leg break on the off
stump line, defended to the on side of the pitch

13.2

Shahid Afridi to Smits, 1 run, googly, tuns in with
bounce, attempts the sweep and edges it to short fine-leg where Tanvir is
stationed

13.3

Shahid Afridi to Schiferli,
OUT, Afridi is having a great time with the ball and Pakistan
maintain their charge through to the next round. Afridi flighted it wide
outside off and it was hit straight to long-off

c Saeed Ajmal b Shahid Afridi 2 (6m 6b 0×4 0×6) SR:
33.33

13.4

Shahid Afridi to Nannes, no run, goes right back to
defend it back down the pitch

13.5

Shahid Afridi to Nannes, 1 run, fiery yorker outside off
stump, past Nannes’ desperate attempt to dig it out and it crashes into the
forearm of Akmal and he is in pain

13.6

Shahid Afridi to Smits, 1 run, skids outside off, dabbed
to point

What a cracking spell from Afridi. He has shoved Dutch
into the abyss

14.1

Saeed Ajmal to Smits, 1 leg bye, loud shout for lbw as
he doesn’t connect with the sweep shot

14.2

Saeed Ajmal to Nannes, 2 runs, lunges forward to get a
leading edge over extra cover

14.3

Saeed Ajmal to Nannes, 1 run, Almost run out! It was hit
to cover where the captain Younis swooped on the ball and fired in a throw
to Akmal who whipped the bails off. Stranded short of the crease you would
think but the bails didn’t come off in time.

14.4

Saeed Ajmal to Smits, 1 run

14.5

Saeed Ajmal to Nannes, 1 run, goes right back to work it
to square leg

14.6

Saeed Ajmal to Smits, no run, charges down the track but
is beaten by the lack of pace and is hit on the pad

15.1

Umar Gul to Nannes, 1 run, yorker on the off stump line,
pushed out to mid-off

15.2

Umar Gul to Smits, no run, bouncer outside off stump and
Akmal gathers. Afridi rushes to have a word with Gul

15.3

Umar Gul to Smits, 1 wide, moves all over the crease and
Gul fires in another bouncer … Akmal gathers.

15.3

Umar Gul to Smits, no run, fuller, outside off stump,
tries to slash it away, gets a inner edge and the ball rolls to Akmal

15.4

Umar Gul to Smits, 2 runs, makes room by going outside
leg and drives to right of deep cover

15.5

Umar Gul to Smits, no run, slower one, bounces past the
attempted carve to the off side and goes over the middle stump

15.6

Umar Gul to Smits, 1 run, Gull misses a run out! It was
pushed to the off side of the pitch and the non-striker had rushed out. Gul
turned around and fired in a throw but missed the stumps and now they take
the single

16.1

Saeed Ajmal to Smits, no run, Ajmal turns it in from
outside off, beats the swipe and hits the pad

16.2

Saeed Ajmal to Smits, 2 runs, fetches it from outside
off and sweeps it to deep backward square leg

16.3

Saeed Ajmal to Smits, 1 run, flighted on the middle,
swept to long leg

16.4

Saeed Ajmal to Nannes, OUT,
Another stumping from Akmal. It was another lovely little doosra from Ajmal,
who has really impressed today. Nannes had walked into the shot and was
beaten by the delivery that broke away. He must have thought that he was
bowled as he didn’t initially try to get back. Akmal had not collected
cleanly but recovered quickly to break the stumps. nannes turned back only
after that. Too late.

st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 6 (12m 7b 0×4 0×6) SR:
85.71

16.5

Saeed Ajmal to Seelaar, 1 run, gets behind the line of
the off break to defend it to the on side

16.6

Saeed Ajmal to Smits, 1 run, flighted full, driven to
long-off

17.1

Umar Gul to Smits, no run, really full and outside leg,
Smits moves further outside leg, has a swing and a miss.

17.2

Umar Gul to Smits, 1 run, yorker length at the leg
stump, dug out towards cover, Afridi fires in a direct hit at the
non-striker’s end. The batsman seems to have been just in.

17.3

Umar Gul to Seelaar, OUT,
And Pakistan go through to the next round in style. What a Dutch
capitulation this has been. Gul cleans up the leg stump. The crowd roar.
Netherlands played well against England but couldn’t repeat the trick today.
Pakistan didn’t allow them. Their spinners, Ajmal and Afridi in particular,
were fantastic. As some of you have mailed in, Kamran Akmal now has the most
stumpings in a T20.

b Umar Gul 1 (1m 2b 0×4 0×6) SR: 50.00

Smits: "We didn’t have a good day. Afridi was
outstanding. That’s what we said in the morning, we had to fear Afridi and
he did it. Our bowling was ok but it was too much for us. Congrats to
Pakistan. It’s a privelege to be here and we made some impact on Friday
night. "

Younis: "It was all about partnerships today. I thought
180 and 190 should be good. We wanted to be positive and so we batted first.
The spinners- Afridi and Ajmal- bowled really well.

Man of the Match Kamran Akmal: "T20 is a fun
game. Everybody is practising fours and six. we got good partnerships going.
I am very happy with the wicketkeeping. I have worked very hard on it."