ICC World Twenty20 : Pakistan vs Netherlands

June 9, 2009

Pakistan is on the verge of being eliminated from the ICC Twenty20 Championship, as they now need to win their match against The Netherlands by 60 runs to keep their hopes alive in the tournament.

Pakistan captain Younus Khan won the toss and elected to bat against the Netherlands in their final Group B ICC World Twenty20 match at Lord’s here on Tuesday.

Pakistan made two changes for this must win game to the team that lost to England by 48 runs at the Oval on Sunday.

Pakistan 1 Salman Butt, 2 Kamran Akmal, 3 Shoaib Malik, 4 Younis Khan (capt), 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Shahid Afridi, 7 Fawad Alam, 8 Sohail Tanvir, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Mohammad Aamer, 11 Saeed Ajmal.

Netherlands 1 Jeroen Smits, 2 Alexi Kervezee, 3 Darron Reekers, 4 Bas Zudierent, 5 Tom de Groot, 6 Ryan ten Doeschate, 7 Peter Borren, 8 Dann van Bunge, 9 Pieter Seelar, 10 Dirk Nannes, 11 Edgar Schiferli.