Afghanistan vs Netherlands ODI World Cup Highlights: Afghanistan defeat Netherlands by 7 wickets

Afghanistan defeat Netherlands by 7 wickets on the ODI World Cup match

AFG had held themselves well despite losing out on 3 wickets and have maintained their stance in the match

AFG have reached 100 runs as Rahmat is set to reach his half century

Both Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran depart. 

After a decent bowling display, the Afghanistan cricket have come to bat and will chase an easy 180-run target

AFG strike down 9 of NED's wickets as the batting team attempts to score big

Netherlands lost another wicket in the process as Afghanistan try to take opposition down | NED at 167/8

Afghanistan take down 7 wickets as NED try to hold on | NED at 151/7  

Zulfiqar and Engelbrecht have maintained the NED's stance as they firmly stand against Afghanistan | NED at 109/5

Max O'Dowd 42 (40) run out by Azmatullah. A direct hit and a dive would also not have saved the Dutch batter there. Afghanistan break the partnership with a run out.

Netherlands are on top of this contest now after losing an early wicket. Afghanistan really need to control the run-rate now as it goes over 6 runs per over.

NED: 72/1 (11 Overs)

Wesley Barresi 1 (4) LBW by Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Afghanistan get the early wicket they were looking and Netherlands are on the backfoot now.

NED: 3/1 (1 Over)

Netherlands (Playing XI): 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.

Afghanistan (Playing XI): 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.

Netherlands captain Scott Edwards has won the toss and elected to bat first in Lucknow.

Afghanistan has won 3 out of their 6 World Cup games this year and they can reach a maximum of 12 points. 4th side in this World Cup will qualify on 12 points so if Afghanistan wins all their remaining 3 games with a better difference then they can definitely put some pressure on Pakistan, and New Zealand for the 4th spot.

The toss for the crucial World Cup match will take place half an hour before the match start time. That is 1.30 pm IST. 

AFG Probable XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

NED Probable XI: Vikramjit Singh, Max O'Dowd, Wesley Barresi, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (c & wk), Bas de Leede, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Logan van Beek, Ryan Klein, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren

Netherlands have played 6 and won 2 matches. That too vs England and Bangladesh. They have won many games vs Afghanistan in the past and will be looking to beat them today at Lucknow.

Total matches played: 9

Won by Netherlands: 7

Won by Afghanistan: 2

The pacers receive assistance as soon as there is swing. There was enough in it for the spinners as well, especially as the innings go on and the ball softens and ages. In Lucknow, don't expect a really high scoring contest. This is also the fifth and final game of the World Cup at this venue.