T20 World Cup LIVE: Netherlands v Pakistan score, commentary, highlights & updates

Summary

Pakistan win by six wickets to keep hopes alive
Winless Netherlands are eliminated
Paksitan 95-4 (13.5 overs): Rizwan 49 (39); Glover 2-22
Dutch limp to 91-9 off 20 overs; Shadab takes 3-22
Bas de Leede retires hurt after being struck in grille - Logan van Beek comes in as concussion sub

Live Reporting

Tom Mallows and Sam Drury

Postpublished at 07:06 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2022
Jason Behrendorff
Former Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special
I haven't seen any swing so far.
The other night it looked like Shaheen Shah Afridi was just putting the ball down, but it looks like there is a little bit more behind it tonight.
Ned 2-0published at 1 over
Very good first over from Shaheen, just two from it and only one off the bat - the other was a leg side wide.
Not too much aggression shown by the Netherlands openers as yet but then Shaheen didn't really give them the opportunity.
Ned 0-0published at 0.2 overs
Shaheen Afridi finds the edge second ball as Stephan Myburgh goes after a ball just outside off.
It's an under edge, though, and drops well short of Mohammad Rizwan behind the stumps.
Postpublished at 07:02 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2022
Jason Behrendorff
Former Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special
It is blustery at Perth. The wind will swirl around the stadium today - it'll make the high ones tough to take.
Postpublished at 07:01 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2022
Shaheen Afridi has the new ball in hand and Stephan Myburgh will face the first ball. Here we go...
Postpublished at 06:59 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2022
The teams are out at the Perth Stadium and the national anthems have been sung. We're just a few moments away from the start of this one.
Pakistan are clear favourites to end their losing streak but given the number of upsets we've seen in this tournament already, they will not be taking Netherlands lightly.
Postpublished at 06:57 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2022
As it stands, Netherlands and Pakistan are the only two sides in the Super 12 still without a point.
That means they have both avoided the rain that has impacted so many teams, although Pakistan in particular might think a couple of washouts would have been preferable to the two incredibly dramatic defeats they have suffered so far.
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The teamspublished at 06:53 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2022
Netherlands: Max O'Dowd, Stephan Myburgh, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Tom Cooper, Scott Edwards (capt & wk), Roelof van der Merwe, Tim Pringle, Fredrick Klaassen, Brandon Glover, Paul van Meekeren.
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (capt), Shan Masood, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah.
Netherlands win the toss and batpublished at 06:48 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2022
Babar Azam calls 'tails', the coin comes down 'heads' and Scott Edwards decides top have first use of this Perth surface.
Stephan Myburgh, Brandon Glover, Roelof van der Merwe come back in for Netherlands, while Haider Ali is replaced by Fakhar Zaman in the Pakistan XI.
Good morningpublished at 06:45 Greenwich Mean Time 30 October 2022
After a very dramatic finish to the early game between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, this one has a lot to live up to!
Both Netherlands and Pakistan are searching for their first win of the Super 12 stage, the latter after suffering consecutive heart-wrenching last-ball defeats.
Even with a win today, it is going to take a ridiculous series of results elsewhere to see either of these teams progress but all they can do is win their games and see what happens.
Anyway, onto news of the toss...