Younis won't stop having fun

The Dutch, who needed 151 to knock Pakistan out and join England in the next stage by virtue of a superior net run-rate, were in with a chance as Pakistan made a total of 175 for five from their 20 overs. But the batsmen could not repeat their heroics of Friday night, when they knocked off 163 to humiliate England on the same ground, and were eventually skittled out for 93.

Younis, who branded the shorter format "a fun game", said: "It`s always good fun. We lost to England and now we are in the Super Eights so we must take it easy about this cricket. It`s good entertainment."

He added: "Everybody follows Twenty20 these days and the good thing about it is it is changing every single over.

"If you lose a couple of wickets in an over you could lose quite easily. But if you get 20-25 runs from an over you can be on your way quite easily. You need energy whether you are batting, bowling and fielding.

"Everybody knows we are slow starters, we are always like that and I hope we have performances like that in every game."

Shahid Afridi did most of the damage for Pakistan, taking four wickets for 11 runs, while Holland's top score was a scratchy 21 from opener Alexei Kervezee.

Holland captain Jeroen Smits admitted his side`s batting let them down as they let the opportunity to join fellow associate country Ireland in the next stage slip through their grasp.

"We were looking forward to the Super Eights, we thought we had a great chance so maybe we were over-confident," he said. We were confident at half-time, but we needed a big innings from someone and it didn`t happen. They bowled really well.

"Pakistan deserved to win, I can`t complain about our bowling or our fielding but our batting didn`t go according to plan."