Rotterdam: A huge score for Pakistan in the first match of the ODI cricket series once morest Holland. Batting first, Pakistan scored 314 runs for the loss of six wickets.
Opener Fakhar Zaman’s century (109 off 109 balls with one six and 12 fours) and skipper Babar Azam’s half-century (74 off 85 balls with one six and six fours) took Pakistan to the top score. Babar won the toss and elected to bat first. Vivian Kingma shocked Pakistan by trapping opener Imam-ul-Haq (two off 19 balls) in front of the wicket in the sixth over. Assam’s partner, Fakhar, thrashed the Dutch bowlers.
The second wicket partnership crossed 50 off 58 balls. Fakhar, who crossed half-century in 66 balls, was more aggressive. The partnership crossed 100 off 111 balls. The Pakistan captain crossed his half century in 58 balls. Then Fakhar also crossed the century in 105 balls. The score was 178 when Tom Cooper caught Babar off Logan van Beek. Khushdil Shah (21 off 18 balls with a six and a four), Shabad Khan (48 not out with two sixes and four fours off 28 balls) and Agha Salman (27 not out off 16 balls) took the Pakistan score past 300. Despite taking two wickets, Van Beek conceded 89 runs in 10 overs.
