ICC Men's T20 World Cup, A

Netherlands v Pakistan

Netherlands 147 19.5 ov
Pakistan 148/7 19.3 ov

Pakistan won by 3 wickets

Venue
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Date
Sat, 7 February 2026
Toss
Pakistan won the toss and chose to field
Player of the match
Faheem Ashraf

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made Netherlands 57% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field. They lost.

Netherlands win

Pakistan win

Netherlands batPakistan chase 148

Turning point −43 to Pakistan. 18.5, the chase: Logan van Beek to Faheem Ashraf, 6 runs, 139/7, needing 9. Netherlands went from 63% to 19%.

Moved it most Faheem Ashraf +92.1 · Logan van Beek −66.5 · Shadab Khan −26.5 · Saim Ayub +24.4

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Michael Levittc Shaheen Shah Afridi b Mohammad Nawaz241531160.0+0.1
Maxwell O'Dowdc Usman Khan b Salman Mirza571071.4−9.0
Bas de Leedec Babar Azam b Mohammad Nawaz302540120.0+2.0
Colin Ackermannb Abrar Ahmed201440142.9+9.1
Scott Edwardsc Sahibzada Farhan b Abrar Ahmed372931127.6−1.5
ZB Lion-Cachetc Mohammad Nawaz b Saim Ayub9810112.5−0.9
Logan van Beekc Agha Salman b Saim Ayub01000.0−3.2
Aryan Duttc Sahibzada Farhan b Salman Mirza13820162.5+3.7
Roelof van der Merwec Agha Salman b Shaheen Shah Afridi490044.4−9.6
K Kleinnot out2*200100.0−0.6
Paul van Meekerenc Usman Khan b Salman Mirza01000.0−0.8
Extras lb 1, w 23
Total 19.5 ov, 7.41 an over147

Fall of wickets 28-1 (O'Dowd, 3.1), 31-2 (Levitt, 4.2), 65-3 (Ackermann, 8), 105-4 (de Leede, 12.4), 127-5 (Edwards, 16), 128-6 (van Beek, 16.2), 129-7 (Lion-Cachet, 16.4), 139-8 (van der Merwe, 18.4), 147-9 (Dutt, 19.4), 147-10 (van Meekeren, 19.5)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Shaheen Afridi302819.33800−3.0
Salman Mirza3.502436.261420−1.2
Mohammad Nawaz403829.50600+3.4
Shadab Khan402606.50600−4.4
Abrar Ahmed402325.75800+10.7
Saim Ayub10727.00200+3.7

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The balls that decided it