Pakistan VS Netherlands, 1st Match, T20 World Cup 2026 - Live Cricket Score, ball by ball Commentary

1st Match, T20 World Cup 2026

PAKISTAN BEAT NETHERLANDS BY 3 WICKETS
MATCH ENDED

Netherlands
147/10 (19.5)

VS

Pakistan
148/7 (19.3)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	Pakistan elected to field
Match Status	Pakistan beat Netherlands by 3 wickets Match Ended
Umpires	Kumar Dharmasena (SL), Wayne Knights (NZ) and Richard Illingworth (ENG)
Man of the Match	Faheem Ashraf

Netherlands (147/10 in 19.5 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Michael Levitt c Shaheen Afridi b Mohammad Nawaz	24	15	3	1	160
Max O'Dowd c Usman Khan b Salman Mirza	5	7	1	0	71
Bas de Leede c Babar Azam b Mohammad Nawaz	30	25	4	0	120
Colin Ackermann b Abrar Ahmed	20	14	4	0	143
Scott Edwards c Sahibzada Farhan b Abrar Ahmed	37	29	3	1	128
Zach Lion-Cachet c Mohammad Nawaz b Saim Ayub	9	8	1	0	113
Logan van Beek c Salman Agha b Saim Ayub	0	1	0	0	0
Aryan Dutt c Sahibzada Farhan b Salman Mirza	13	8	2	0	163
Roelof van der Merwe c Salman Agha b Shaheen Afridi	4	9	0	0	44
Kyle Klein not out	2	2	0	0	100
Paul van Meekeren c Usman Khan b Salman Mirza	0	1	0	0	0

Extras	(b 0, lb 1, w 2, nb 0)				3
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 19.5)				147
(7.41 runs per over)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Afridi	3	28	1	9.33
Salman Mirza	3.5	24	3	6.26
Mohammad Nawaz	4	38	2	9.50
Shadab Khan	4	26	0	6.50
Abrar Ahmed	4	23	2	5.75
Saim Ayub	1	7	2	7.00

Pakistan (148/7 in 19.3 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sahibzada Farhan c Roelof van der Merwe b Paul van Meekeren	47	31	4	2	152
Saim Ayub c Roelof van der Merwe b Aryan Dutt	24	13	4	1	185
Salman Agha c Michael Levitt b Aryan Dutt	12	8	3	0	150
Babar Azam c Kyle Klein b Roelof van der Merwe	15	18	1	0	83
Usman Khan b Paul van Meekeren	0	2	0	0	0
Shadab Khan c Scott Edwards b Logan van Beek	8	12	0	0	67
Mohammad Nawaz c Scott Edwards b Kyle Klein	6	13	0	0	46
Faheem Ashraf not out	29	11	2	3	264
Shaheen Afridi not out	5	9	0	0	56

Extras	(b 0, lb 0, w 2, nb 0)				2
Total	(Wicket 7, Overs 19.3)				148
(7.59 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Aryan Dutt	4	0	33	2	8.25
Logan van Beek	4	0	46	1	11.50
Kyle Klein	3	0	23	1	7.66
Roelof van der Merwe	3	0	13	1	4.33
Paul van Meekeren	4	1	20	2	5.00
Bas de Leede	1.3	0	13	0	8.66

Team Sqaud

Netherlands

Max O'Dowd, Michael Levitt, Bas de Leede, Scott Edwards (c), Colin Ackermann, Zach Lion-Cachet, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Kyle Klein, Paul van Meekeren

Pakistan

Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha (c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan (w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Salman Mirza, Abrar Ahmed