In the 34th game of the ICC World cup, the Netherlands established a goal of 180 runs for Afghanistan to achieve victory.
Netherlands gave Afghanistan a target of 179 runs to win
In the game taking place in Lucknow, Netherlands leader Scott Edwards secured the toss and opted to open the batting.
Facing the Afghan bowlers, the Netherlands squad featured Jim Karna who was dismissed for 179 runs in the 47th over. Sybrand led the scoring with 58 runs.
When examining the World Championship standings, Afghanistan holds the sixth spot while the Netherlands holds the eighth position.
The initial openers, Wesley Barisi and Max O’Dowd commenced the innings representing the Netherlands. However, Wesley Barisi was dismissed in the early stages of the match after securing a solitary run from the fifth delivery bowled by Mujeebur Rahman. Following his exit, Rahmatullah Umarzai contributed 42 runs to Max O’Dowd’s total before being run out.
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Subsequently, Colin Ackerman of the Netherlands accumulated 29 runs, while Scott Edwards was unable to score any runs. Basdi Lady was dismissed after scoring 3 runs, and Van der Merwe added 11 runs to the scoreboard. Wayne McCreen managed to score 4 runs, while Saqib Zulfikar contributed 3 runs. Aryan Dutt remained unbeaten with 10 runs to his name.
Sybrand emerged as the highest run-scorer for the Netherlands, amassing 58 runs. Faced with the Afghan bowlers, the entire Netherlands team was dismissed in 46.3 overs.
Muhammad Nabi from Afghanistan secured 3 wickets, while Noor Ahmad claimed 2, and Mujeebur Rehman took down one player.