1st Match - Netherlands v Pakistan (Feb 7)

[Spark]

Sometimes as simple as catches win matches hey

 

[mr_mister]

Yikes poor O' Dowd will need some couch time after that.

Back to Otago 2nd Xi or wherever he came from

 

[King Kane]

That was looking like a classic Pakistan choke until that disastrous 19th over for the Dutch with the dropped catch and Faheem making them pay for it.

 

[mr_mister]

Cashed out a $5 bet on the dutch to win paying $57 at $39 after the 7th wicket fell. A rare time I don't regret using that feature

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

0 off 1 and 1/46 in a low scoring game .

Logan Van Beek should be player of the match for Pakistan here

 

[mr_mister]

0 off 1 and 1/46 in a low scoring game .

Logan Van Beek should be player of the match for Pakistan here

If that catch is held I can't see the number 10 teeing off with much success from ball one.

In other words you're blaming the wrong man!

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

If that catch is held I can't see the number 10 teeing off with much success from ball one.

In other words you're blaming the wrong man!

O'Dowd should have taken it and had a bad game , but Van Beek was worse.

When he came to the crease, Netherlands was 127/5 after 16 , he gets out to Saim Ayub for a duck and Netherlands only add 20 runs in the last 4 overs ..

With the ball he constantly bowled garbage slot balls that were hammered, his role in the side is to finish matches with bat and ball , well he finished his team today.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

O'Dowd and Van Beek

Mike Hesson is the only happy Kiwi

 

[TheHound]

Pakistan really should get rid of babar in T20s. His 15(18) single handily bought the Dutch back in the game lol

 

[Stefan9]

If that catch is held I can't see the number 10 teeing off with much success from ball one.

In other words you're blaming the wrong man!

Even the drop was from a full toss.
He bowled an awful over. He bowls half a decent over and Holland win.

 

[manoftommorow]

Pakistan really should get rid of babar in T20s. His 15(18) single handily bought the Dutch back in the game lol

King Babar

 

[271 & 16/166]

Apparently Scotland has 5 billion people according to the graphic Amazon just put up!

 

[_Ed_]

This was a fun way to start the tournament. Hopefully a sign of things to come.

 

[mr_mister]

This was a fun way to start the tournament. Hopefully a sign of things to come.

Halfway justifies the bloated 20 team format. Would love 1 or 2 unlikey teams to make it through to the super 8

 

[number11]

Pak squeezed home here.