Naseem's fifer helps Pakistan overcome spirited Dutch fight

Pakistan conquered an energetic execution from the Netherlands in the third ODI at Hazelaarweg in Rotterdam on Sunday (August 21) to enroll a nine-run triumph and secure the series 3-0. Selecting to bat, Pakistan could oversee 206 regardless of Babar Azam's 91. Pakistan, however, were on the imprint with the ball as Naseem Shah (5-33) packed away his lady ODI fifer and Mohammad Wasim Jr. gotten four wickets to bowl the Netherlands out for 197. Tom Cooper and Vikramjit Singh scored half-hundreds of years in the run-pursue yet there was no huge commitment from others around them. It was a sluggish beginning to the pursuit as Pakistan's pacers bowled testing lines to keep the Netherlands players honest. Naseem got among the wickets as he got Max O'Dowd to edge to second sneak through the fifth over and afterward sent Musa Ahmed back in the 10th by having him bowled with a tearing conveyance that calculated in and fixed. With Wasim Jr. getting Bas de Leede to edge to the 'guardian, the Netherlands slipped to 37/3 after 14 overs. Vikramjit and Cooper got together and driven the Netherlands' recuperation with a very much paced organization. Vikramjit, who was on 16 off 40 when the fourth wicket stand began, struck three progressive fours in a Wasim Jr. over in transit a 82-ball 50, while Cooper dealt with two or three limits while for the most part managing in singles and twos. They stretched out their organization to 71 preceding Wasim Jr. gotten the critical wicket of Vikramjit who was discovered behind attempting a cut shot. Naseem had Scott Edwards bowled several overs later, leaving the Netherlands at 116/5 in the 33rd over. The hosts got back in the pursuit because of Cooper and Teja Nidamanuru framing a valuable union for the 6th wicket. Cooper hit two or three fours as he enlisted a 78-ball fifty, carrying the condition to 56 off the last 10 overs. The pair took the organization past fifty preceding Naseem finished the relationship, with Nidamanuru inside-edging onto the stumps. Wasim Jr. gotten the large wicket of Cooper who miscued a trudge and gave a catch to the defender at profound midwicket. It boiled down to 18 off the last two overs when Logan van Beek turned into Naseem's fifth scalp, again finding the profound midwicket defender. Shariz Ahmad was run out in something very similar over while Wasim Jr. had Aryan Dutt bowled as the game finished in a misfortune for the home side. Prior, Abdullah Shafique's visit ended up being a short one as Vivian Kingma inspired one to jag back in to slip through the enormous bat-cushion hole onto the stumps. Fakhar Zaman and Babar struck a couple of limits and both likewise got chances of a lifetime. Babar was put down the leg side by the 'manager off Cooper while captain Edwards was to blame again whenever he botched a puzzling opportunity off Dutt to give Zaman a respite. In any case, it was anything but an exorbitant miss as Zaman added only another four to his count prior to being bowled by van Beek subsequent to missing a trudge, which finished a 55-run second wicket stand. A 46-run relationship among Babar and Agha Salman for the third wicket was the following best represent Pakistan as the Dutch continued to strike at ordinary spans to end promising organizations. On a two-paced wicket, the Netherlands bowlers utilized varieties to hold the run-scoring under wraps. Babar struck seven fours and two sixes while Mohammad Nawaz likewise hit two or three maximums later in the innings. In any case, in general, it was an affordable show from the host group bowlers with Pakistan losing wickets in their endeavor to raise the stakes. Salman didn't pick Shariz Ahmad's googly and given a catch to short midwicket while Mohammad Haris confounded a de Leede conveyance to mid, in the middle between Khushdil Shah's run-out. Indeed, even Babar wasn't at his familiar best, getting out during the 90s for the fourth time in his profession when he chipped a catch back to Dutt who pulled off a one-gave get plunging to one side. Nawaz tumbled to de Leede endeavoring a trudge and the bowler sacked his third when he had Wasim Jr. gotten behind while attempting to go over the top. Pakistan likewise lost several wickets in the last over to be bowled out as the Netherlands finished a decent execution with the ball however their players couldn't exactly pull it off eventually. Brief scores: Pakistan 206 in 49.4 overs (Babar Azam 91, Mohammad Nawaz 27; Bas de Leede 3-50, Vivian Kingma 2-15) beat Netherlands 197 in 49.2 overs (Tom Cooper 62, Vikramjit Singh 50; Naseem Shah 5-33, Mohammad Wasim Jr. 4-36) by 9 runs.