MatchesMen's T20IICC Men's T20 World Cup 2025/26

Netherlands v Pakistan

Group A, match 1 · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 7 Feb 2026

Pakistan won by 3 wickets

Netherlands innings14719.5 overs
Pakistan innings148/719.3 overs · target 148

The worm

NetherlandsPakistan
025507510012515005101520Netherlands: 1 wicket in over 4, 31/1Netherlands: 1 wicket in over 5, 36/2Netherlands: 1 wicket in over 8, 65/3Netherlands: 1 wicket in over 13, 107/4Netherlands: 1 wicket in over 16, 127/5Netherlands: 2 wickets in over 17, 134/7Netherlands: 1 wicket in over 19, 144/8Netherlands: 2 wickets in over 20, 147/10Pakistan: 1 wicket in over 3, 27/1Pakistan: 1 wicket in over 5, 53/2Pakistan: 2 wickets in over 12, 98/4Pakistan: 1 wicket in over 13, 102/5Pakistan: 1 wicket in over 16, 114/6Pakistan: 1 wicket in over 17, 115/7

Cumulative runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.

Runs per over

Netherlandswicket
012245101520Over 1: 9 runsOver 2: 5 runsOver 3: 14 runsOver 4: 3 runs, 1 wicketOver 5: 5 runs, 1 wicketOver 6: 14 runsOver 7: 8 runsOver 8: 7 runs, 1 wicketOver 9: 7 runsOver 10: 7 runsOver 11: 9 runsOver 12: 6 runsOver 13: 13 runs, 1 wicketOver 14: 5 runsOver 15: 11 runsOver 16: 4 runs, 1 wicketOver 17: 7 runs, 2 wicketsOver 18: 5 runsOver 19: 5 runs, 1 wicketOver 20: 3 runs, 2 wickets
Pakistanwicket
012245101520Over 1: 9 runsOver 2: 13 runsOver 3: 5 runs, 1 wicketOver 4: 11 runsOver 5: 15 runs, 1 wicketOver 6: 8 runsOver 7: 4 runsOver 8: 11 runsOver 9: 5 runsOver 10: 9 runsOver 11: 8 runsOver 12: 0 runs, 2 wicketsOver 13: 4 runs, 1 wicketOver 14: 5 runsOver 15: 4 runsOver 16: 3 runs, 1 wicketOver 17: 1 run, 1 wicketOver 18: 4 runsOver 19: 24 runsOver 20: 5 runs

Netherlands innings 147 (19.5 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
M Levittc Shaheen Shah Afridi b Mohammad Nawaz241531160.0
MP O'Dowdc Usman Khan b Salman Mirza571071.4
BFW de Leedec Babar Azam b Mohammad Nawaz302540120.0
CN Ackermannb Abrar Ahmed201440142.9
SA Edwardsc Sahibzada Farhan b Abrar Ahmed372931127.6
ZB Lion-Cachetc Mohammad Nawaz b Saim Ayub9810112.5
LV van Beekc Agha Salman b Saim Ayub01000.0
A Duttc Sahibzada Farhan b Salman Mirza13820162.5
RE van der Merwec Agha Salman b Shaheen Shah Afridi490044.4
K Kleinnot out2200100.0
PA van Meekerenc Usman Khan b Salman Mirza01000.0
Extras3
Totalall out, 19.5 overs147

Fall of wickets: 28-1 (MP O'Dowd, 3.1 ov), 31-2 (M Levitt, 4.2 ov), 65-3 (CN Ackermann, 7.6 ov), 105-4 (BFW de Leede, 12.4 ov), 127-5 (SA Edwards, 15.6 ov), 128-6 (LV van Beek, 16.2 ov), 129-7 (ZB Lion-Cachet, 16.4 ov), 139-8 (RE van der Merwe, 18.4 ov), 147-9 (A Dutt, 19.4 ov), 147-10 (PA van Meekeren, 19.5 ov)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
Shaheen Shah Afridi302819.33800
Salman Mirza3.502436.261320
Mohammad Nawaz403829.50600
Shadab Khan402606.50600
Abrar Ahmed402325.75800
Saim Ayub10727.00200
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
12819M Levitt 23, MP O'Dowd 5
237M Levitt 1, BFW de Leede 1
33422BFW de Leede 12, CN Ackermann 20
44028BFW de Leede 17, SA Edwards 23
52220SA Edwards 14, ZB Lion-Cachet 8
612ZB Lion-Cachet 1, LV van Beek 0
712ZB Lion-Cachet 0, A Dutt 1
81012A Dutt 6, RE van der Merwe 4
986A Dutt 6, K Klein 2
1001K Klein 0, PA van Meekeren 0

Pakistan innings 148/7 (19.3 ov)

BatterRB4s6sSR
Sahibzada Farhanc RE van der Merwe b PA van Meekeren473142151.6
Saim Ayubc RE van der Merwe b A Dutt241341184.6
Agha Salmanc M Levitt b A Dutt12830150.0
Babar Azamc K Klein b RE van der Merwe15181083.3
Usman Khanb PA van Meekeren02000.0
Shadab Khanc SA Edwards b LV van Beek8120066.7
Mohammad Nawazc SA Edwards b K Klein6130046.2
Faheem Ashrafnot out291123263.6
Shaheen Shah Afridinot out590055.6
Extras2
Total7 wickets, 19.3 overs148

Did not bat: Salman Mirza, Abrar Ahmed

Fall of wickets: 27-1 (Saim Ayub, 2.4 ov), 53-2 (Agha Salman, 4.5 ov), 98-3 (Sahibzada Farhan, 11.1 ov), 98-4 (Usman Khan, 11.3 ov), 100-5 (Babar Azam, 12.4 ov), 114-6 (Mohammad Nawaz, 15.6 ov), 114-7 (Shadab Khan, 16.1 ov)

BowlerOMRWEconDotsWdNb
A Dutt403328.251100
LV van Beek4046111.501100
K Klein302317.67710
RE van der Merwe301314.33500
PA van Meekeren412025.001210
BFW de Leede1.301308.67200
Partnerships
WicketRunsBallsBatters
12716Sahibzada Farhan 3, Saim Ayub 24
22613Sahibzada Farhan 14, Agha Salman 12
34538Sahibzada Farhan 30, Babar Azam 14
402Babar Azam 0, Usman Khan 0
527Babar Azam 1, Shadab Khan 1
61420Shadab Khan 7, Mohammad Nawaz 6
701Shadab Khan 0, Faheem Ashraf 0
Unbroken3420Faheem Ashraf 29, Shaheen Shah Afridi 5

Match details

Toss
Pakistan, chose to field
Player of the match
Faheem Ashraf
Ground
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Sri Lanka
Season
2025/26
Umpires
HDPK Dharmasena, WR Knights
Match referee
RB Richardson
Source
Cricsheet match 1512719