Netherlands clinch thriller to upset England
London, June 6 (IANS) The Netherlands stunned hosts England with a thrilling four-wicket win in the World Twenty20 opener at Lord’s here Friday. Put into bat first, England made 162 for five after Luke Wright top scored with 71 and Ravi Bopara 46. In reply, the Netherlands scampered to a sensational win in the last ball after Man of the Match Tom de Grooth hit 49 and Peter Borren 30. Despite putting up a good score, England had to blame themselves for the loss as they paid heavily for sloppy fielding and wayward bowling.
For the Netherlands it was the crucial 50-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Grooth and Borren that set the pace for a terrific chase for the Dutchmen. Ryan ten Doeschate made a valuable unbeaten 22 to steer his team to victory in the last delivery.
Netherlands needed two runs from the last delivery and an overthrow by Chris Broad off his own bowling in an attempt to run out gave them the winning runs and two valuable points. Had it not been an overthrow, the match could have been tied and had to be decided by the one over eliminator.
Earlier, England despite starting off well with a century run stand between openers Bopara and Wright failed to capitalise on the good start.
England innings:
Ravi Bopara c Seelaar b ten Doeschate 46 (34 balls)
Luke Wright c Borren b ten Doeschate 71 (49)
Owais Shah c Kervezee b Schiferli 5 (8)
Eoin Morgan c Zuiderent b Borren 6 (8)
Paul Collingwood c Schiferli b Seelaar 11 (10)
Robert Key not out 10 (8)
James Foster not out 3 (3)
Extras (w 10) 10
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 162 (8.10 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-102 (Bopara, 11.2 overs), 2-113 (Shah, 13.3), 3-127 (Morgan, 15.4), 4-144 (Wright, 17.2), 5-153 (Collingwood, 18.5)
Bowling:
Dirk Nannes 4 0 30 0
Edgar Schiferli 4 0 33 1
Ryan ten Doeschate 4 0 35 2
Pieter Seelaar 4 0 33 1
Peter Borren 4 0 31 1
Netherlands innings:
Alexei Kervezee c Broad b Anderson 1 (4)
Darron Reekers c Shah b Broad 20 (13)
Bas Zuiderent st Foster b Rashid 12 (16)
Tom de Grooth c Key b Collingwood 49 (30)
Peter Borren c Shah b Anderson 30 (25)
Ryan ten Doeschate not out 22 (17)
Dan van Bunge c Wright b Anderson 8 (8)
Edgar Schiferli not out 5 (7)
Extras (b 1, lb 13, w 2) 16
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 163 (8.15 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-2 (Kervezee, 0.5 overs), 2-23 (Reekers, 3.3), 3-66 (Zuiderent, 8.1), 4-116 (de Grooth, 12.6), 5-133 (Borren, 15.6), 6-146 (van Bunge, 17.6)
Bowling:
James Anderson 4 0 23 3
Ryan Sidebottom 4 0 23 0
Stuart Broad 4 0 32 1
Adil Rashid 4 0 36 1
Luke Wright 2 0 18 0
Paul Collingwood 2 0 17 1
Toss: Netherlands, who chose to field
Result: Netherlands win by four wickets
Player of the match: Tom de Grooth (Netherlands)
Umpires: Steve Davis (Australia) and Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka)
TV umpire: Tony Hill (New Zealand)
Match referee: Alan Hurst (Australia)
