Twitter Reactions: Netherlands make Pakistan toil to earn victory in first ODI

Pakistan registered a 16-run win over the Netherlands in the first One Day International at the Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam to go 1-0 up in the three-match series. The Men in Green have rested pace spearhead Shaheen Afridi for the ongoing series, but the other bowlers ensured that he was not missed for this encounter. Afridi has been rested so that he can be fresh for the Asia Cup 2022 clash against arch-rivals India in Dubai on August 28 and this was a perfect opportunity for the other bowlers to up their game and rediscover their rhythm ahead of the continental tournament. Not only the bowlers, but even the batters displayed an outstanding performance. A hard-fought win for Pakistan in the first ODI Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost Imam-ul-Haq cheaply before skipper Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman carried out the rescue act with a 168-run second-wicket stand. Babar scored 74 runs while Zaman went on to notch up an excellent century. He scored a run-a-ball 109 and looked well-set for a big score before an unfortunate run-out brought curtains down on his innings. The visitors then suffered a middle-order collapse. However, an unbeaten 28-ball 48 by spin bowling all-rounder Shadab Khan towards the end and a supporting 27 not out from Agha Salman helped Pakistan post a mammoth 314/6. In reply, the target seemed to be way beyond the Dutch’s reach after they were reduced to 62/3 in the 13th over before Vikramjit Singh and Tom Cooper (65 each) resurrected the Netherlands innings with a 97-run stand for the fourth wicket. Nonetheless, once the duo was dismissed, the hosts found themselves in all sorts of trouble as they suffered a batting collapse. While the Netherlands lost the plot in the slog overs, it was skipper and wicketkeeper-batter Scott Edwards who single-handedly kept his side in the game and remained unbeaten scoring 71 runs off 60 balls. Unfortunately for him and the Dutch, it was not enough as the home side were restricted to 298/8. Here’s how Twitter reacted to Pakistan’s win Pakistan go 1️⃣-0️⃣ up after winning the first ODI by 16 runs! 🙌#NEDvPAK | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/ffLntsJfu6 — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 16, 2022 114 vs India in England117* vs Zimbabwe at Zimbabwe210* vs Zimbabwe at Zimbabwe138 vs England in England193 vs South Africa in South Africa 101 vs South Africa in South Africa 109 vs Netherlands in Netherlands. All of his ODI hundreds came in away conditions.🙌#NEDvPAK pic.twitter.com/EWodd2ApkL — Tauqeer Speaks Cricket (@TSpeaksCricket) August 16, 2022 Are you satisfied with the win?😐 Pakistan winning with a margin of 16 runs after scoring 314 runs and that too against a fifteenth ranked opposition is perhaps a win for Netherlands. The bowling line up of Pakistan completely neutralised by the batters of Netherlands! #NEDvPAK — Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) August 16, 2022 Pakistan go 1-0 up in the ODI series 👏 Netherlands fight hard but fall short by 16 runs. Watch all the #NEDvPAK matches on https://t.co/3S9vLCt7By for FREE (in select regions) 📺 | 📝 Scorecard: https://t.co/9V8tZUhaOl pic.twitter.com/N0aufUQbqC — ICC Media (@ICCMedia) August 16, 2022 A lot of credit today for the Netherlands side against a rather average effort from Pakistan #Cricket #NedvPak — Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) August 16, 2022 Pakistan go 1-0 up in the ODI series 👏 Netherlands fight hard but fall short by 16 runs. Watch all the #NEDvPAK matches on https://t.co/rbu6pyMZwO for FREE (in select regions) 📺 | 📝 Scorecard: https://t.co/Xn3SxcABau pic.twitter.com/hR7elrINoO — Ritesh Ghimire (@reeteshjee) August 16, 2022 Netherland's highest ODI totals while chasing.🇳🇱 298/8 vs Pakistan 🇵🇰291/7 vs Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 *NED🇳🇱 playing with C team today vs Pak🇵🇰 Pakistan bowlers conceded 298 against Netherlands C team😂😂😂. Zim🇿🇼 Bowlers >> Psl talents😂.Played @KNCBcricket 👏👏#Cricket #NEDvPAK — A💂♂️ (@A7Y77) August 16, 2022 In 2022, Netherlands have played 13 ODIs so far. Pakistan, on the other hand, have only played 7. But someone from the comfort of his sofa and with plenty of time to waste would tell you they need to rest their players are not play ODI cricket at all 👏👏#NEDvPAK — Farid Khan 🇵🇰🇹🇷 (@_FaridKhan) August 16, 2022 Naseem Shah impressed on ODI debut, but he will look to cut down on the wides and no balls #NEDvPAK pic.twitter.com/g1csCNSa0m pic.twitter.com/hVYyShBYs7 — IKRAM KHAN (@IKRAMKH93705883) August 16, 2022 Shaheen Shah giving the cap to Naseem Shah😍#Shaheenafridi#Naseemshah#PAKvsNED #NEDvPAK pic.twitter.com/a5BdCVT1gn — Proud Pakistani🇵🇰👑😇 (@queenhere55) August 16, 2022 Most ODI 50+ scores by an Associate players against full-member teams in an year: 8 – Scott Edwards🇳🇱 in 20224 – Steve Tikolo🇰🇪 in 19994 – Noor Ali Zadran🇦🇫 in 20154 – Rameez Shahzad🇦🇪 in 20184 – Max O'Dowd🇳🇱 in 2022#NEDvPAK — Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) August 16, 2022 While Netherlands may still not be able to win but this is where that slow start from Fakhar & Imam have hurt Pakistan. Our score should have been 350+ and not 314. Pakistan needs to realize that 300 nowadays is just the par score.#NEDvPAK — Israr Ahmed Hashmi (@IamIsrarHashmi) August 16, 2022

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Twitter Reactions: Netherlands make Pakistan toil to earn victory in first ODI

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