Afghanistan pushed Pakistan into fifth place in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 points table after registering a 7-wicket win against the Netherlands at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Friday.This was the fourth win for Afghanistan as they leapfrogged Pakistan to grab the fifth position in the standings with eight points. As a result, they have the same amount of points after seven matches as New Zealand but the Kiwis are ahead on Net Run Rate (NRR). Australia are third with eight points but they have played just six games.
Solid Afghanistan win third game in a row to boost their #CWC23 semi-final chances #NEDvAFG https://t.co/iSJKwpHOJK pic.twitter.com/Nqqx5r81z3
— ICC (@ICC) November 3, 2023
Afghanistan started off in great fashion with spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman catching Dutch opener Wesley Barresi LBW in the very first over. Max O’Dowd and Colin Ackermann got the Netherlands back in the game by stitching a 70-run partnership.
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