Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Afghanistan spinner restrict Netherlands to 179 runs

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Netherlands lost its final wicket on the score of 179 and Afghanistan need 180 runs to win this match and keep their semi-finals hopes alive in ICC World Cup 2023. Sybrand Engelbrecht played a wonderful innings of 58 runs to take his teams towards some fightable score. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: It is true that the score of Netherlands is not up to the mark, but everything is possible on this pitch. The pitch offers advantage for spin bowling and their spinner have shown the ability to derail strong batting orders like South Africa. Aryan Dutt and Paul van Meereren must score as much runs as possible and then fight with the ball to defend that score. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Noor is back in the balling and the spinner has been great today. He is continuously chasing wickets and keeping Netherlands batter under pressure. Aryan Dutt is trying keep himself on the crease as he has shown the ability to smash some big shots while Paul van Meekern is trying to save his wicket. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Second wicket for Noor Ahmad as he forced Roelof van der Merwe to try a big shot, but it went high in the sky and Ibrahim Zadran made no mistakes in catching the ball. Netherlands is down to its last wicket now and Paul van Meekeren is on the crease now as Afghanistan looks to end it as early as possible. 

Netherlands

Roelof van der Merwe 10

Aryan Dutt 5

Afghanistan bowling

Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1/36 (8)

Fazalhaq Farooqi 0/36 (5)

Azmatullah Omarzai 0/11 (3)

Mohammad Nabi 2/23 (8)

Rashid Khan 0/31 (10)

Noor Ahmad 1/28 (6)

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: One more good over from Rashid Khan, but the spinner is still looking for wickets. Netherlands batters are bowling very cautiously now as they want to at least reach 200 runs as 12 overs are still left in the innings and they must aim to play all 50 overs to give some score to their bowlers to defend. 

Afghanistan has recently shown its ability to execute chases and that makes the team more lethal. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Another close call for Netherlands as magical spinner Rashid Khan almost dismissed Roelof van der Merwe who was found in front of the wickets. The umpires gave OUT, but the batter decided to review the decision. The thrid umpire analysed the wicket and forced the on ground umpire to change his decision as wickets were missing. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: This is the 4th run-out for Netherlands today as set batter Sybrand Engelbrecht walks back to pavilion due to the alert Afghanistan fielders. Netherlands batting is in deep trouble now as Aryan Dutt walks on crease and it doesn’t seem like they will cross the score of 200. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Netherlands have not been very great with the bat in ICC World Cup 2023, but usually skipper Scott Edwards play to role of hero in the game as he takes the score to some level against big teams. As Scott Edwards was dismissed early today, Sybrand Engelbrecht is looking in that role and till the time he is on crease, Netherlands will keep its hopes high. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Wonderful innings by Sybrand Engelbrecht under pressure as he smashed back-to-back boundaries to complete his half-century. Noor Ahmad missed his line in couple of balls and Sybrand Engelbrecht didn’t miss the chances and continue to play his attacking cricket despite falling wickets. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Another wicket for Afghanistan as Mohammad Nabi trapped Logan van Beek who stepped out to play the spin ball, but the ball turned and it was easy stumping for wicketkeeper Ikram Alikhil. Roelof van der Merwe is the new batter on crease and Netherlands is down to its final few wickets now. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Some mistakes from Afghanistan as Mohammad Nabi dropped two catches on the slip. The chances were difficult but Mohammad Nabi has shown the potential to take tough catches. Noor Ahmad is looking on fire today and not letting Netherlands batter to try anything extra. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Spinner Noor Ahmad is bowling brilliantly today as the Netherlands batter have no clue how to read the spinner. Every ball of Noor Ahmad is delivered on the right line and batsman are finding it really difficult to even touch the ball. Noor Ahmad displayed same tight bowling against Pakistan and displays Afghanistan’s promising future. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Finally, Noor Ahmad got what he was looking for as he was putting Saqib Zulfiqar under pressure and the batter gave his wicket. Wickets keep falling for Netherlands and Logan van Beek is the new batter on crease. 

Afghanistan is looking at ending the Netherlands innings as soon as possible as winning this match will keep their hopes alive in the race of semi-finals. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Noor Ahmad bowled a beautiful over to keep Netherlands batter under pressure. Sybrand Engelbrecht maintained his composure during the over while Saqib Zulfiqar stuggled more against the leg spinner. Netherlands batters must save their wicket at the current stage of the game as any more wickets from here can trigger another collapse in Netherlands batting. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Netherlands batter Sybrand Engelbrecht continues to play his game despite falling wickets as he smashed some boundaries to release pressure. Afghanistan has introduced young spinner Noor Ahmad, who was great during the Afghanistan’s match against Pakistan. Afghanistan wants to clinch some more wickets from here to finish Netherlands innings on a low score. 

Netherlands

Sybrand Engelbrecht 13

Saqib Zulfiqar 1

Afghanistan bowling 

Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1/29 (5)

Fazalhaq Farooqi 0/36 (5)

Azmatullah Omarzai 0/11 (3)

Mohammad Nabi 1/9 (5)

Rashid Khan 0/8 (3)

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: It is looking like a collapse for Netherlands as Mohammad Nabi dismissed Bas de Leede. Half of the Netherlands team is back to the pavilion now and the team looks in deep trouble. Sybrand Engelbrecht is holding it from one end, while the wickets keep falling from the other. Saqib Zulfiqar is the new batter on the crease. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Back-to-back wickets for Afghanistan as wicketkeeper Ikram Alikhil stumped out Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards. Afghanistan has a complete grip over the game now and Bas de Leede is the new batter on the crease. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Another run-out for Netherlands as Rashid Khan displayed phenomenal fielding. Set batter Colin Ackermann is walking back to the pavilion and Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards is on the crease now. Afghanistan fielders are looking great today and displaying active skills to dismiss Netherlands batters. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Spinner Rashid Khan is looking in some discomfort as he met with physio during the drinks break. Rashid Khan is the best played for Afghanistan and any injury from here and prove costly for the team. 

Colin Ackermann is opening some arms after playing cautiously for a while and that is what required from Netherlands better as the game moves forward. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Magical spinner Rashid Khan is in action now and the experts believe that the spinner was introduced a little late in the match as he would have clinched some wickets if introduced in the first powerplay. Netherlands batters continue to play cautiously and the dot ball pressure is also rising, which can force them to try big shots. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Azmatullah Omarzai is bowling really well and not providing any scope to Netherlands batters. He was amazing with the fielding also he was the one to execute that wonderful throw from the boundary which led to the dismissal of in form batter Max O’Dowd after which the speed of runs has considerably reduced. 

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Netherlands has slowed down a bit after the wicket of Max O’Dowd and the Afghanistan batters are keeping the Netherlands batter under pressure. Colin Ackermann and Sybrand Engelbrecht want to spend some time on the crease and play the next few overs cautiously to settle on the crease.

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Big breakthrough for Afghanistan as dangerous looking batter Max O’Dowd couldn’t complete his second and was dismissed in a run-out. Sybrand Engelbrecht is the new batter on crease and Afghanistan bowlers will try to capitalize on this wicket.  

Netherlands

Max O’Dowd 40

Colin Ackermann 18

Afghanistan bowling

Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1/29 (5)

Fazalhaq Farooqi 0/36 (5)

Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live: Another good over for Netherlands and now the partnership between Max O’Dowd and Colin Ackermann crossed 50 runs. Max O’Dowd, who was looking out of form in current world cup season is looking great today and punishing Afghanistan bowlers. Netherlands needs him to play big innings to finish with a high score. 

NED vs AFG Live Cricket Score Updates: Although they lost opener Wesley Barresi early, but Netherlands is off to a good start as they are managed some boundaries with both Max O’Dowd and Colin Ackermann opening their arms. Tha batters are particularly targeting Afghanistan pacers and the fast outfield of Lucknow is also helping them to finish boundaries. 

NED vs AFG Live Cricket Score Updates: After having a good start with Wesley Barresi wicket, Afghanistan bowlers are leaking some runs as Netherlands batter open their arms and smash back-to-back boundaries against Afghanistan’s pace attack. Netherlands batter must keep the scoreboard running if they want to keep the pressure on Afghan bowlers. 

NED vs AFG Live Cricket Score Updates: Colin Ackermann and Max O’Dowd are playing cautiously as they know any more wickets from here can put Netherlands under extreme pressure. Afghanistan bowlers are keeping up the pressure and try to trap Netherlands batters. 

Netherlands entered the match with a change today as they replaced opener Vikramjit Singh with Wesley Barresi, but the batter walked back to pavilion in the first over only. 

Max O’Dowd hits the first boundary for the Dutch. That’ll be 6 off the over.

Wesley Barresi is out for 1. Mujeeb Ur Rahman’s successful over ends. 

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Ali Khil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad and Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Max O’Dowd, Wesley Barresi, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards (C&WK), Bas de Leede, Saqib Zulfiqar, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe Aryan Dutt and Paul van Meekeren.

Afghanistan have won the toss and decided to bat first.

The Afghanistan vs Netherlands match will air live on Indian television via Star Sports channels. Indian viewers can also enjoy free live streaming of these matches on the Disney+Hotstar app and website. Social media giant Meta has also partnered with the ICC for World Cup 2023 coverage on Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook and Threads.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq/Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Max O’Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Wesley Barresi, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (capt & wk), Bas de Leede, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Logan van Beek, Shariz Ahmad, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren

The Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow is known as a haven for spinners and slower bowlers, resulting in low-scoring games. However, the new World Cup wickets, made from black soil, have favoured batters as well.

These two teams have played 9 ODIs against each other so far. Afghanistan have won 7 of those and the Netherlands 2. The last time (January 2022) these two faced off in in Doha, Qatar, when Afghanistan won the ODI series 3-0.