Postpublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 6 October 2023
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Former IPL batter on BBC Test Match Special
The Netherlands need to keep showing that intent because ones and twos are not going to win them the game.
Pakistan dismiss Netherlands for 205 to win by 81 runs
De Leede hits superb 67 & Singh makes 52; Rauf takes 3-43
Pakistan bowled out for 286 off 49 overs
Shakeel & Rizwan both hit 68 to help Pakistan recover after slipping to 38-3; De Leede takes 4-62
Callum Matthews, Ffion Wynne and Sam Drury
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Former IPL batter on BBC Test Match Special
The Netherlands need to keep showing that intent because ones and twos are not going to win them the game.
Target 287
That will help the Dutch!
Bas de Leede skips down and thumps the ball back over Iftikhar Ahmed's head for four.
Andy Zaltzman
Cricket statistician on Test Match Special
This is a nice little stat.
Iftikhar Ahmed's wicket was his first ball in World Cup cricket.
Only one other Pakistan player in men's World Cup's has taken a wicket with their first ball of their World Cup career. It was his first and last ball in World Cup cricket.
Mohammad Yousuf! He only bowled two balls in ODI cricket. This was against Zimbabwe in the 2007 World Cup, he took the final wicket.
Target 287
Vikram Singh has got bogged down over the past few overs and he knows it.
With left-arm spinner Muhammad Nawaz introduced, the Netherlands opener skips down first ball but can only plink the ball into the leg side.
Only two singles from the over and Netherlands stuck in a bit of a rut.
Here is the second Netherlands wicket to fall, Colin Ackermann bowled by Iftikhar Ahmed on the sweep...
Target 287
Steady over from Iftikhar Ahmed with just four from it.
The Netherlands will obviously want to take this game as deep as possible but they need to keep an eye on the required rate.
It's at a manageable 6.36 an over for now but they won't want to let it climb a whole lot further.
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Former IPL batter on BBC Test Match Special
Haris Rauf has got so much variety. He's got the base, a lovely slower ball, a very good yorker and a very quick bouncer. He's got all the bases covered as a quicker bowler.
Target 287
There's frustration all round as Haris Rauf gets a bouncer all wrong. It's short and wide outside off.
He's furious that he's so far off line and Vikram Singh is livid to have missed out on the cut.
Singh then calls for a risky single into the covers, Bas de Leede would be long gone with a direct hit but the throw is off target.
Andy Zaltzman
Cricket statistician on Test Match Special
The required run-rate is now above a run a ball. There is only out batter from the Netherlands that has a strike-rate of more than a run a ball. That is Roelof van der Merwe, but that is not many runs or balls.
It means that the Netherlands batters are going to have strike above their career averages if they are going to win this game.
Target 287
Bas de Leede is the new batter and gets off the mark first ball with a single.
The strike is swiftly returned to him by Vikram Singh before Iftikhar Ahmed gets one to turn and hit De Leede on the pad.
Big appeal but it hit him outside the line.
James Franklin
Former New Zealand all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special
Out of the three spin options that Pakistan have I would have thought that Iftikhar was their third option.
It was too full to sweep for Colin Ackermann. That is a great breakthrough for Pakistan.
Ackermann b Iftikhar 17 (Ned 50-2)
Iftikhar Ahmed strikes first ball!
Colin Ackermann goes too far across his stumps as he attempts to sweep and his bowled behind his legs.
Big wicket for Pakistan with Ackermann looking pretty settled at the crease.
James Franklin
Former New Zealand all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special
The Netherlands are just trying to put their hands through any width that Haris Rauf offers because with his pace it should go.
Target 287
Haris Rauf continues into his second over of express pace, sending down a bumper to each Netherlands batter - both manage to sway clear in the nick of time.
Three singles from the over help the Dutch get to 50.
Here's your first look at the worm, at the end of the 10-over powerplay.
It's tight, but the Netherlands have only lost one wicket, compared to Pakistan's three.
Thanks, Ffion.
Netherlands are exactly racing along but it's been a steady enough start and they're still right in this game.
A few more shots like these from Vikram Singh would help...
Target 287
May be time for Pakistan to turn to their spinners soon.
Hassan Ali starts the over with a wide before Ackermann thrashes another full delivery through the covers for four.
Still, he's bowled a very tidy five-over spell, with 1-20 to his name.
And that's my cue to hand over to Sam Drury to expertly steer you through the middle overs.
James Franklin
Former New Zealand all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special
The Netherlands are in good shape. If you're in their camp then 287 will feel a long way off at the moment.
They will be content, though. They've seen off the new ball with Shaheen Afridi. The threat of the swinging back is evaporating. It is now about them building a couple of significant partnerships to take the game deep.
The pitch still looks to be suiting the batters but Hassan Ali made the important breakthrough of the opening partnership.
Target 287
Here's our first look at the pace of Haris Rauf.
But the quicker it comes, the quicker it flies to the boundary and Colin Ackermann just leans on a bit of width to find four more.
The all-rounder has made a positive start to his innings so far.