Afridi seals Pakistan's progression
Shahid Afridi carried Pakistan into the Super Eights at the expense of a spirited but outclassed Dutch side at Lord's
09/06Result
9th Match, Group B, ICC World Twenty20 at London, Jun 9 2009
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
175/5 -
![Netherlands]( "Netherlands")
93 (17.3/20 ov)
Player of the Match
09/06Result
9th Match, Group B, ICC World Twenty20 at London, Jun 9 2009
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
175/5 -
![Netherlands]( "Netherlands")
93 (17.3/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
Kamran Akmal
41(30) 3x4 - 2x6
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 23 runs
- 2x4 - 1x6
Younis Khan
36(20) 0x4 - 3x6
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 10 runs
- 0x4 - 1x6
Best performances - Bowlers
Shahid Afridi
- O4
- M0
- R11
- W4
- Eco2.75
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Saeed Ajmal
- O4
- M0
- R20
- W3
- Eco5
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Series
Toss
Pakistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.30 start, First Session 13.30-14.50, Interval 14.50-15.10, Second Session 15.10-16.30
Match days
9 June 2009 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 2, Netherlands 0
Scorecard Summary
PAKISTAN 175/5 (20 OVERS)
- Kamran Akmal41 (30)
- Younis Khan36 (20)
- Dirk Nannes1/26 (4)
- Pieter Seelaar2/36 (4)
NETHERLANDS 93 (17.3 OVERS)
- Ryan ten Doeschate14 (10)
- Alexei Kervezee21 (29)
- Shahid Afridi4/11 (4)
- Saeed Ajmal3/20 (4)
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."
And that's it from us Join Cricinfo's Pakistan editor Osman Samiuddin and stats editor S Rajesh as they discuss the World Twenty20 here. Send your questions for them in to chatterbox@cricinfo.com . Alvida!
17.3
W
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.
PM Seelaar b Umar Gul 1 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
17.2
1
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.
17.1
0
Umar Gul to Smits, no run, really full and outside leg, Smits moves further outside leg, has a swing and a miss.
END OF OVER:17 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | NED: 92/9 (84 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 5.41, RRR: 28.00)
- Jeroen Smits10 (15b)
- Pieter Seelaar1 (1b)
- Saeed Ajmal4-0-20-3
- Umar Gul2-0-13-0
16.6
1
Saeed Ajmal to Smits, 1 run, flighted full, driven to long-off
16.5
1
Saeed Ajmal to Seelaar, 1 run, gets behind the line of the off break to defend it to the on side
16.4
W
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.
DP Nannes st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 6 (12m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 85.71
Match Coverage
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Afridi seals Pakistan's progression
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.227 |
| IRE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -0.162 |
| BAN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.996 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.175 |
| PAK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.85 |
| NED | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2.025 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.626 |
| WI | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.715 |
| AUS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.331 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3.275 |
| NZ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.309 |
| SCOT | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -5.281 |
| Group E | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.787 |
| WI | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.063 |
| ENG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.414 |
| IND | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.466 |
| Group F | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.267 |
| PAK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.185 |
| NZ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.232 |
| IRE | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2.183 |