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Today Pakistan vs Netherlands t20 Match 2022

Netherlands 298 for 8 (Edwards 71*, Cooper 65, Naseem 3-51) were defeated by Pakistan 314 for 6 (Fakhar 109, Babar 74, de Leede 2-42) by 16 runs.

Pakistan almost paid the price for leaving a few runs on the table in the first innings, but brilliant death bowling from their three pacers saved the batsmen and helped the visitors defeat Netherlands by 16 runs. 

A 168-run partnership between Fakhar Zaman, who scored a magnificent 109, and Babar Azam, who added 74 runs, lay the groundwork for the triumph.

Netherlands made a promising start in their pursuit of 315 runs but were constantly constrained by consistent wicket losses. 

Vikramjit Singh and Tom Cooper's half-centuries kept them in the game, while Scott Edwards' fourth consecutive fifty made Pakistan sweat. However, Pakistan's bowling was a touch too good for the host side to match an ever-increasing asking rate since the captain did not receive assistance from the other end.

Pakistan had a calm beginning, but Netherlands recognised that taking major risks was necessary to have any chance of winning.

They ignored the early losses of Wesley Barresi and Max O'Dowd, the latter of whom was dismissed by a picture-perfect inswinger from Rauf that clattered into the stump.

Cooper gave the innings a boost as Vikramjit batted as the anchor, but soon both started attacking the bowlers.

Every time Pakistan gave it their all, they were successful, with rookie Naseem Shah being the best of the bunch. He was the one who regularly went full, always threatening the pads and frequently striking them, maintaining lbw in the game. 

The Netherlands, however, found themselves well ahead of Pakistan at the same period as the Cooper-Vimkramjit collaboration expanded. A tiny group of Dutch supporters in Rotterdam started to dream despite being significantly outnumbered by Pakistani supporters.

Rauf, though, undone Cooper with a brilliantly camouflaged slower ball that the batsman top-edged to Babar at mid-off, just as the stand was about to reach 100. Soon later, Vikramjit Singh botched a sweep, forcing the Netherlands to start again. 

They successfully accomplished this with a 55-run sixth wicket partnership, with in-form hitter Edwards picking up where he left off against England. The Netherlands had renewed hope after Nawaz's six and four, which were followed by a series of boundaries from Shadab Khan.

However, Pakistan had overs prepared for the pace trio of Wasim, Naseem, and Rauf, and the raw speed and excellent skill started to show the disparity between the two teams. 

Whereas Pakistan had been permitted to score 88 in the final eight, Netherlands found it much more difficult to get the fast bowlers away. 

Although Logan van Beek offered Edwards excellent support, when he lost to Rauf, it was really just Edwards and Pakistan. Despite how good the captain was, that turned out to be too hot to manage.

Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first on a surface that seemed very inviting for batting – both Babar and Scott Edwards indicated they fancied setting a goal. 

With just three runs in the opening four overs, they got off to an overly cautious start and fell to 10 for 1 when an uncharacteristically erratic Imam-ul-Haq was caught in front by Vivian Kingma.

Although Bas de Leede, by far the finest Dutch bowler on the day, frequently beat the outside edge, Babar's presence calmed some concerns, he too had trouble getting going. However, after the stage was set, Pakistan gradually gained pace with three fours in the tenth over.

In the middle overs, Netherlands appeared particularly feeble, but to be fair, most bowling teams do against Pakistan's top three. 

When Fakhar hit Kingma over the on side for the game's first six in the 26th over, only for Babar to follow it up with one in the following over, the massive score Pakistan was expected to produce appeared to be a formality. Fakhar had an unsettling rhythm.

That would change when Tom Cooper was struck by an errant ball from Babar over mid-off off Logan van Beek, leaving the Pakistani skipper 26 runs shy of another century. 

Fakhar made no mistakes in earning his in the following over, hammering Aryan Dutt for three fours, but a poorly timed run saw him returned for 109. De Leede and Tim Pringle were able to exert some degree of control when Pakistan's flimsy middle order was made apparent.

Shadab, however, had other plans for the execution. He took advantage of Netherlands' carelessness with the bat and the ball as well as in the field to smash four fours and two sixes on his way to an unbeaten 28-ball 48 as Pakistan scored 88 runs off the last eight overs. 

Only de Leede escaped punishment since it was difficult to avoid the bowler's unwavering precision and control, even in the 50th over, during which Pakistan managed only seven runs. 

They nearly had a good enough total to hold out the home team, but in the last two games, the bowlers may urge the hitters to give them a little more wiggle room.

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