Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Having already won three matches, Afghanistan\’s hopes of reaching their first-ever World Cup semifinals depends only on them. Luck is out of the factor and it will only rely on their performance. They face Netherlands in ODI 34, another side who have punched above their weight. Netherlands captain Scott Edwards won the toss and opted to bat. Mujeeb Ur Rahman struck early for the Afghans as he removed opener Wesley Barresi in the first over, for one off four balls. But Barresi\’s opening partner Max O\’Dowd rebuilt for Netherlands, alongwith Colin Ackermann. It looked like O\’Dowd would get a half-century, but a smart move by the Afghan captain saw Mohammad Nabi come in to bowl in the 12th over. O\’Dowd tried to take him on, but was dismissed by a direct hit, while attempting to take a double. He departed for 42 off 40 balls.
The flying Dutch got back on track with a campaign-reviving win against battered Bangladesh, and are the only team to have defeated South Africa in this tournament. Both sides have faced each other in nine ODIs, with Afghanistan coming out on top on seven occasions and Netherlands have won twice. They have never met at the World Cup.
The Lucknow pitch is expected to aid spinners, and it could hugely boast the Afghans, who boast a four-pronged spin attack, consisting of Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammed Nabi. This could be a key factor as the Dutch are the second slowest team against spin in this World Cup (4.70 runs per over). Bangladesh are the slowest team against spin in this tournament. To deal with the Afghan spin magic, the Dutch could rely a lot on the experience of their captain Scott Edwards, who has an average of 65.92 against spin in ODIs with 791 runs off 794 balls. He will be expected to take on the likes of Mujeeb and Rashid.
The Afghans have been on a historic run in India this year, and also boast a strong backroom staff. Their head coach is none other than England legend Jonathan Trott and they also have former India captain Ajay Jadeja as their team mentor. Due to Jadeja\’s presence in the team, the side has enjoyed a certain advantage in terms of understanding the pitch and conditions, and also the opposition. Speaking in the pre-match press conference, Trott said, \”I think Ajay obviously brings a lot of experience having played a lot of cricket in India. He\’s always a good sounding board with regards to conditions and the venues and probably also the other subcontinent teams that we\’ve played against. He has a lot of experience in that way, having played a lot against different countries.\”
\”So, he brings his vast experience to the players, but also, as for myself as a coach, as a good signing board with decision making and sort of planning going forward for each game, and also another good set of eyes on the players to see how they\’re preparing for the matches and how their careers and talent is being utilized,\” he further added.
In the past, the one of the main strengths for Netherlands was their top-order. But in the ongoing World Cup, they have failed to fire and haven\’t been upto the mark. Explaining his side\’s average top order showing, Colin Ackermann said, \”We haven\’t formed the foundation that we would have liked as a batting unit so far this tournament, but I suppose we have to look individually at how we\’re getting out. We haven\’t played the perfect game yet with the bat. We know that our middle order and our lower order are very capable of scoring runs towards the back end. So, I think if we can set the game up as a top order, top 3- 4 batters…It just takes two guys to form a good partnership and we\’ll set up a very good score.\”
Key takeaways from Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Cricket World Cup match:
-Both sides have faced each other in nine ODIs, with Afghanistan leading 7-2.
-They have never faced each other in ODI World Cup history.
-Netherlands win toss, opt to bat.
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 03:34 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: OUT! ALSO WICKET MAIDEN!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: A wicket maiden as Nabi removes Bas de Leede. Nabi sends a straight delivery, outside off. De Leede gets a faint edge to the wicketkeeper! OUT!
De Leede c Alikhil b Nabi 3 (6)
NED: 97/5 (21)
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 03:25 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: OUT!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: STUMPED! A flighted delivery by Nabi, outside off. Edwards gets an underedge to the wicketkeeper! STUMPED!
Edwards run out (Akhil) 0 (1)
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 03:24 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: OUT!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: A good delivery by Navi, and Sybrand drives it to mid-off and goes for a single. Ackermann responds late and reaches late too! RUN OUT!
Ackermann run out (Rashid) 29 (35)
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 03:14 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: NED 84/2 (16)
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: This delivery by Rashid, strays on the pads. Sybrand directs right of midwicket for a single.
NED: 84/2 (16)
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 03:04 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: One run
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: A full delivery by Nabi and Sybrand guides it to long-on for a single.
NED: 78/2 (14)
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:53 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Well, well! Nabi does the job here!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Well, well! Nabi does the job here! He sends a good delivery and ODowd gets low to paddle sweep it to fine leg! Goes for a single and then comes back for a double! But Omarzai chases to his right from fine leg and hits his direct hit at the keeper\’s end, bullseye! The review shows that ODowd fell short!
ODowd run out Omarzai 42 (40)
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:47 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Nine off this over!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: A good powerplay for the Dutch here as they nine off the 10th over! ODowd (40*) is nearing his half-century and Ackermann (18*) is supporting him!
NED: 66/1 (10)
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:35 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: The Dutch are 50-up now!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: FOUR! A poor delivery by Farooqi with width on offer. ODowd smacks it through cover point for a four! The Dutch are 50-up now!
NED: 51/1 (8)
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:32 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: FOUR! FINE OF SHORT FINE LEG!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: SHOT!
A full delivery by Mujeeb and down leg. Ackermann half-sweeps him fine of short fine leg for a four!
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:21 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Rashid walks off the field! Looks bad!
A full delivery by Mujeeb, ODowd drives it to mid-off and goes for a single. There is a direct hit from Rashid, and he puts in a dive at the bowler\’s end. Reaches safely! Rashid is walking off now, looks like he has injured himself here!
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:19 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Four off this over!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Four runs off this over as Ackermann (6*) hits a boundary off the first delivery against Farooqi. He will be looking to rebuild with ODowd (6*).
NED: 17/1 (4)
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:14 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: FOUR!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: A full delivery by Farooqi and ODowd smacks it down the pitch and it goes past mid-off for a four! SHOT!
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:06 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: OUT!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: OUT! A WICKET RIGHT AWAY!
It is the fifth delivery and Mujeeb\’s ball skids off the deck and beats Barresi\’s inside edge. It hits his pads, and it is a clear lbw!
Barresi lbw b Mujeeb 1 (4)
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:02 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Action begins!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Barresi and ODowd open the innings for Netherlands. Mujeeb to bowl the first ball for Afghanistan!
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 01:56 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: National anthems!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Both teams are here for their respective national anthems now!
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 01:38 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Playing XIs
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: NED- Wesley Barresi, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Saqib Zulfiqar, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren
AFG- Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 01:37 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: What did the captains say?
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: After winning the toss, Dutch captain Edwards said, \”We\’ll bat first. It has worked well for us. The wicket looks decent. Hopefully put on the runs and defend it. We have made one change. That\’s something we\’ve spoken about, our top-order needs to make more runs. We\’ve got Barresi coming up to the top and Vikramjit is missing out. We are still fighting for the spot in the semi-final. We have to play a lot of good cricket. As a group, that (CT) is not something we are focusing on. That comes with potentially playing food cricket.\”
Meanwhile, Afghan skipper Shahidi said, \”We wanted to bat, but that doesn\’t matter. We need to play 100 overs of good cricket. It\’ll spin. We are trying to play good cricket. We are going with four spinners. Noor Ahmad is in for Naveen.\”
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 01:33 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: The Dutch win the toss!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Netherlands captain Edwards wins the toss and opts to bat!
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 01:29 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: What should the toss decision be?
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Opting to bat would be a better decision for whoever wins the toss as the ball has been offered a lot under lights in Lucknow, even there hasn\’t been dew. Both teams have also shown that they can chase.
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 01:17 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: AFG in good momentum
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: The Afghans have solved many of their issues in this campaign. They were overly reliant on their top order. Now even their middle order has been performing well as Shahidi and Omarzai have proved it. Meanwhile, Farooqi took four wickets vs Sri Lanka and their spin attack is among the best!
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 01:06 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Toss is coming up!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Toss is coming up folks and is scheduled for 1:30 PM IST. Stay tuned folks as this could turn out to be a thriller. Both sides will be aiming to challenge for a position in the top-four.
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:55 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: All eyes on Azmatullah Omarzai!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Omarzai had a poor 2022, having only 35 runs in four ODI innings at 11.66 at the end of that year. But he staged a massive turnaround this year, with 305 runs in 12 ODIs, and smacking three half-centuries in the process at an average of 43.57. He is also his side\’s fifth highest run-scorer in the 2023 World Cup, with 203 runs at 50.75. With his medium pace, he has scalped five wickets at 39.80 and his variations has proved beneficial in the middle overs!
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:46 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Aryan Dutt high on confidence!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Focus will be on Aryan Dutt, who has bowled the first over for Netherlands in ever game so far. The offspinner has been economical in the powerplay and no other bowler has got more maiden than his seven. He will be high on confidence and got 1/26 vs Bangladesh previously!
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:28 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Interesting Lucknow stat!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Out of all the venues at the World Cup this year, Lucknow\’s average runs per wicket (28.32) for pace and spin combined is the second-lowest after Kolkata\’s 24.81. Pace have found more success here, taking 39 wickets, compared to 23 for spin.
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:05 PM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Champions Trophy qualification!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Dutch star Ackermann admitted on Monday that his team was unaware of Champions Trophy qualification criteria before the ODI World Cup. The Champions Trophy is scheduled for 2025 and its qualification depends on the group stage finish. Pakistan automatically qualify as hosts, and seven highest-finishing teams at the ongoing tournament will also be part of the event. The Dutch are currently eighth with three games remaining. They will look climb up the table.
\”No, we didn\’t know about it before the tournament. I don\’t think any teams knew about it before we started. But we are here at a World Cup, we\’re not playing the Champions Trophy. We first need to compete at this tournament before we look at the Champions Trophy,\” Ackermann said.
\”The focus is semifinal for us. We know that if we win our next three games, we\’ll make the semifinal. That is our focus at this stage. We\’re not interested in what\’s happening in two years\’ time. We\’ve got a game to win tomorrow,\” he further added.
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:50 AM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Inspirational Rashid Khan!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: In their previous match, Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets, and it was star spinner Rashid who gave an inspiring speech to his teammates, urging them to fight for everything in the match. In a video shared by ICC, he could be seen telling his teammates, \”Remember these three things. Firstly, every ball we fight, if it\’s our batting, if it\’s our bowling or if it\’s our fielding. Our only focus should be to fight it out with the other team. Don\’t think about the outcome or whether we will win or not focus on the finer details instead and these finer details will paint the bigger picture. Fight for every ball.\”
Pointing out their fan-base back home, Rashid continued, \”Even if I come out to bowl later on no matter how wet the ball is I will put in my 100% effort for the team because if I think that the ball is too wet. I won\’t be able to bowl well and automatically, I will concede runs because mentally, I would probably give up. So whether we ball first or second in every moment we will trust ourselves and will put in 100% effort. Thousands pray for us and watch our matches only to see Afghanistan win and triumph because cricket is the only thing that brings joy and happiness in Afghanistan.\”
\”So as a team we shouldn\’t take the pressure, we only focus on the effort. Everyone wants to see that effort not just the result but a real honest effort. So as a team, we will get in and put in the effort and we also make sure of the biggest thing that we keep smiling Go on boys,\” he further added.
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:42 AM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Dutch batting woes!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: The Dutch top order has been abysmal in this campaign, scoring the least runs among all teams, 582 at an average of 19.40 with a combined strike rate of 71.14. They collapsed at 91/6 vs Sri Lanka and were bowled out for 90 by Australia. For their wins vs South Africa and Bangladesh, they were dependent on their middle order, especially skipper Edwards, who came to their rescue. They will need to improve their batting performance today, if they want to add more drama to this interesting top-four race!
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:21 AM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: What does the pitch offer?
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: This is the fifth and final game in Lucknow for the 2023 World Cup. In the opening game, South Africa posted 311 vs Australia, and also succesfully defended it. But usually, the first innings has been middling throughout the tournament with the pitches offering more to the bowlers. In the previous game, India defended 229 vs England, courtesy of their pacers. The Dutch have played here before, against Sri Lanka, who chased down 263 with 1.2 overs to spare. The afternoon temperature today is expected to be around 30-31 degrees Celsius.
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 11:06 AM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Ikram Alikhil back for AFG?
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Gurbaz took over the wicketkeeping duties in the previous fixture for Afghanistan, after Alikhil hurt his little finger on the right hand, while trying to grab a ball. According to AFG head coach Trott, he is fit to play again!
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:57 AM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Squads
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Netherlands: Vikramjit Singh, Max ODowd, Wesley Barresi, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Logan van Beek, Shariz Ahmad, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren, Saqib Zulfiqar, Teja Nidamanuru, Ryan Klein, Roelof van der Merwe
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad, Riaz Hassan, Abdul Rahman, Najibullah Zadran
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:50 AM
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Hello and good morning everyone!
Netherlands vs Afghanistan Live Score, NED vs AFG Cricket World Cup 2023: Hello and good morning everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of today\’s 2023 World Cup match between Netherlands and Afghanistan, straight from Lucknow! Stay tuned folks for an exciting thriller!