So that's all from our end as Babar and his men pose with a glorious trophy. We hope you have enjoyed all the action here at our network and for more cricketing action from all around the globe you can switch the tabs on our network. For now, this is me Ajay Ahire signing it off along with my co-commentators Ayan Chatterjee and Ovaise Shariff with our scorer Raju Khariya. Until then stay safe and stay cool...
Babar Azam, Pakistan Skipper: "Definitely, we are happy. All credit to the boys. They bowled so well to get us the win Naseem bowled well and gave us the crucial breakthroughs. Wasim bowled well, and so did Dahani. Yes, definitely they took their chances. It was not an easy wicket to bat on initially. We were 10-15 runs short at least here but the bowlers did their job to give us the win. Thanks and looking forward to the Asia Cup."
Scott Edwards (Netherlands Skipper): "Firstly proud of the boys and disappointed that we didn't get over the line. Lack of experience cost us in the end. I think all the bowlers played their roles very well. Early on Dutt and Kingma did a great job and the rest of them were good throughout the course. There have been a lot of improvements from the boys in this series."
Naseem Shah, Player of the Match: "I bowled well and used the pitch to my advantage. The pitch had help and had to bowl in the good areas. I think it was important for me to do well, thanks to Allah I bowled well and got my confidence. I enjoyed the crowd support and thanks to them for supporting us."
Time for the presentation ceremony.
So near but yet so far for the home side. Absolute heartbreak for them as they failed to cross the winning line and Pakistan take away the series by the margin of 3-0. Great scenes here at Rotterdam as the Pakistani supporters go wild with their celebrations. The Dutch side gave their all but couldn't finish the job. Tom Copper's knock goes in vain. Pakistan beat the Netherlands by 9 runs in this third and last ODI of the series. Naseem Shah was the hero for the visitors as he picked up 5 wickets in this match and shattered the Dutch batting line-up.
After restricting Pakistan to 206, Max and Vikramjit opened the innings for the home side. The poor run of Max O'Dowd continued as he edge that one to the second slip. Musa Ahmed in at number was knocked over by Naseem who bowled an absolute peach to dismiss him on the score of 11. After the departure of Musa, Bas de Leede followed him and ended up edging that one to the keeper. Tom Cooper the man in form for the home side again played sensible cricket and put on a good partnership with Vikramjit. Both of them were looking good in the middle but eventually, Vikramjit ended up edging that one to the skipper off the bowling of Md Wasim on the score of 50.
The skipper Scott Edwards couldn't repeat his solid performance with the bat in this game and ended up chipping the length delivery straight back into the hands of Naseem on the followthrough. Teja Nidamanuru ticked the scorecard at regular intervals and built a solid partnership with Cooper as they were marching towards that total. Naseem Shah came back into the attack and knocks over Teja with a score of 24. Soon after Cooper miscued a big shot and it was held nicely in the deep by Fakhar Zaman, Cooper scored 62 runs but couldn't finish the game for his side.
Earlier in the day, the Dutch bowlers did well to restrict the strong Pakistani batting lineup on the score of 206. Babar Azam once again was a pick of batters as he scored 91 runs but he didn't get support from the other end. Fakhar Zaman, Agha Salman, and Mohammad Nawaz crossed the 20s but they failed to consolidate the start. For the Dutch, both the pacers Kingma and de Leede were impressive as they picked up 3 and 2 wickets respectively. They kept the pressure throughout the innings and never lost control of the game in the first game. In this game, their death bowling was superb as they restricted them to a below-par score.
All and all it was a thrilling game here at Rotterdam but at the end of the day, Babar and his men got the better of the home side and sealed the series by a margin of 3-0. Onto the presentations now...
Ayan: A sensational game here in Rotterdam. The Dutch had their chances, but it was Pakistan who held their nerves to win by 9 runs to win the series 3-0 as they garner 30 crucial WSL points here.
W GONEE!!! BOWLED!! LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN! Full and on the stumps, Dutt swings hard and misses the ball by a long way which goes on to crash into the stumps!! Netherlands have bundled out for 197!! Pakistan have held their nerve and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat here at Rotterdam!