Summary

  • Afghanistan beat Netherlands by seven wickets in Lucknow to boost semi-final hopes

  • Hashmatullah & Rahmat hit fifties to guide their side past target of 180 with 18.3 overs spare

  • Netherlands collapse from 73-1 to 113-6 before slight recovery to post 179

  • Engelbrecht makes 58 off 86 balls; Nabi takes 3-28

  • Four of Dutch top five run out

Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne, Mike Peter and Tom Mallows

  1. Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Well, that's not ideal. Has she got a ladder?

    We should be concentrating on the cricket but I'm very concerned about this!

  2. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Test Match Special

    I've just had a message from my wife. She went to drop our daughter off and has locked herself out of the house.

  3. Ned 66-1

    Hmm, no change then - Fazalhaq Farooqi continues.

    O'Dowd picks up his customary two fours from the over, a flashing drive sends an edge flying through third before he hooks a short ball through fine leg - the fielder was up, that was poor bowling.

    This has been a great powerplay for the Netherlands, but Afghanistan side enter a big huddle at the end of the over. A few harsh words perhaps from Rashid Khan, who's returned to the field.

  4. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Test Match Special

    Netherlands are in complete control at the moment.

  5. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer

    It seems like Afghanistan have lost the plot since Rashid Khan went off. He's not back on the field yet.

  6. Ned 57-1

    Loose again from Mujeeb, but this time on the off side, and Max O'Dowd pushes the ball through cover for four.

    That's the fifty partnership, and O'Dowd moves to 32.

  7. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    This is already Netherlands' best powerplay of the World Cup so far. They had not passed 50 in a powerplay until today.

  8. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer

    I think we're in for a low-scoring game, it is quite a bowler-friendly surface.

    And the Netherlands have been very good at defending scores so far in their campaign.

    So it won't be a straightforward chase and Afghanistan have bowled a lot of poor balls, you can't afford to give away so many easy runs.

  9. Ned 51-1

    Fifty up for the Netherlands, as Fazalhaq Farooqi concedes two fours for a second consecutive over.

    They both come for O'Dowd, sending one through third before the final ball is driven through the covers.

    No changes in the bowling yet for Afghanistan, I suspect we might see one at this end next time round.

  10. Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    I've been doing some research on that model ship we saw in the Netherlands' dugout.

    It looks to me like a three-masted square-rigged 17th-century Dutch merchants' ship.

    But I'm happy to be corrected.

  11. Lydia Greenway
    Former England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    Mujeeb started so well but he's lost a bit of control of his line. He bowls so quick and flat for a spinner so all Ackermann has to do is get something on it and it'll race away for four every time.

  12. Ned 42-1

    Mujeeb's line strays again and Ackermann finds the fine leg boundary again, helping a leg side delivery on its way.

  13. Ned 36-1

    Max O'Dowd finds joy through the point area, twice sending wide deliveries from Fazalhaq Farooqi to the boundary in that area. Not a bad comeback this from the Netherlands, having lost that early wicket.

    We're still waiting to see if Rashid Khan is going to come back onto the field - he seemed to holding his hip after throwing down the stumps in the previous over.

  14. Lydia Greenway
    Former England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    Rashid Khan is hobbling off the pitch and that is worrying from an Afghanistan point of view.

    He landed very awkwardly from that dive and it looked like he might have jarred his lower back or hip.

  15. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer

    Mujeeb's first two overs were exemplary but a couple of loose deliveries have allowed Max O'Dowd to accelerate.

  16. Ned 28-1

    An expensive over from Mujeeb as the Netherlands batters take a four each - Ackermann smacks a half volley through the covers before O'Dowd turns a leg side delivery past a stumbling short fine leg.

    Mujeeb calls out in frustration at the fielder, but it wasn't a great delivery.

  17. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer

    A win today for Afghanistan will see them right in the semi-final mix with Australia and New Zealand.

    But they have got some tough games to come.

  18. Ned 17-1

    A second four for Netherlands as Ackermann guides Fazalhaq's first ball past the keeper, before the seamer tightens his line and delivers five dot balls in a row.

    The Netherlands are sporting a rather fine model ship on a desk by their dug-out. Have we seen this before?

    I couldn't tell you what type exactly - a sloop? A frigate? Help me out, Master and Commander fans.

  19. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Mujeeb gets through his deliveries so quickly. Sorry Lydia, you're barely getting a word in!

  20. Lydia Greenway
    Former England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    I think the Netherlands have got one full-time coach and the rest are made up from part-time coaches and consultants. Some of their players don't have the opportunities to play regularly either, although many of them play county cricket.

    That in itself must fuel them as a side, give them so much determination. Being the underdog can just release you as well, thinking "we can just go for this" because they have got nothing to lose.