England v Netherlands | World T20 | Lords | 5/6/09 [Netherlands WIN]

[Oxy]

Match scheduled to begin at 17:30 local time - RAIN has delayed proceedings in the opening fixture of the World T20.

Not looking good as the extended covers on the outfield come on.

Raining heavily

England squad
PD Collingwood*, JM Anderson, RS Bopara, SCJ Broad, JS Foster†, RWT Key, AD Mascarenhas, EJG Morgan, GR Napier, KP Pietersen, AU Rashid, OA Shah, RJ Sidebottom, GP Swann, LJ Wright

Netherlands squad
J Smits, PW Borren, Mudassar Bukhari, TN de Grooth, TJG Gruijters, MMA Jonkman, AN Kervezee, DP Nannes, DJ Reekers, E Schiferli, PM Seelaar, ES Szwarczynski, RN ten Doeschate, DLS van Bunge, B Zuiderent

Pietersen is ruled out due to injury.

[Kashi786]

it will be raining every da yfor next couple of days, i hope 5 over play is possible for every match

[Ali888]

Atherton on Sky right now saying impressed by Mohammed Aamer ... "quick" and also Ahmed Shahzad

also Azhar Mahmood getting praised by him

[Da Best]

It's starting to rain a bit not too great to hear. No toss no squads. First match T20 WC.

[Kashi786]

Oh. Dear. Still, not even the ICC can prevent the rain falling. It's been an inauspicious start to say the least.

[12thMan]

covers are coming off. coin toss in few min and looking for a 5:50 start

[Da Best]

Teams annouced

England : 1 Ravi Bopara, 2 Luke Wright, 3 Rob Key, 4 Owais Shah, 5 Paul Collingwood (capt), 6 Eoin Morgan, 7 James Foster (capt), 8 Adil Rashid, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Ryan Sidebottom, 11 James Anderson

And apparently no Dutch squad!

[Da Best]

So it's probable that we'll see some cricket now I think.

[Oxy]

Netherlands won the toss - and have put England into bat

[Da Best]

The Dutch bowlin'.

[pak4life]

Feels like a funeral at lords. Come on guys liven it up!

[Kashi786]

who is this guy, i thout its going to be queen or prince of wales

[Kashi786]

this is beautiful united kingdom, welcome to england

[Kashi786]

i think it going to be national anthem before every match, amazing

[Da Best]

Any links ?

[Kashi786]

neaherlands

[Kashi786]

england

[Salman]

nice bounce off the pitch in the 1st over...

[Saudi]

Nannes hitting 150ks easily.

The speedguns here in England are definitely different to those in the IPL.

He looks express though.

[CricVet]

Well bowled nannes

[Kashi786]

nannes turning inside out of bopara

[CricVet]

Pies from the Other side

[CricVet]

4

[CricVet]

Should nannes continue now. he should

[CricVet]

Man he coverred a lot of geound but no way

[Lethal]

38-0 after 5 overs.

England going along nicely.

[Lethal]

4 to Wright over mid on.

[Lethal]

Cracking shot from Wright through the covers. Another 4.

[Lethal]

Expensive over.

51-0 after 6 overs.

[Da Best]

Really goin England's way here.

[Plasma]

They gotta stop bowling too full and to the leg side, what can you expect if you keep bowling that way?

[CricVet]

It was supposed to go Eng way. Only Nannes could do anything. He bowled well and in my opinion should have finished his quota.

[srh]

English openers playing sensible cricket.

[shahzadddd]

England 110/1 (13.0/20 ov)

Luke Wright 50 from 37
Shah 5 from 7

[bone_thug786]

"Isn't it great to see a T20 match without those stupid strategic timeouts," Josh Wilkinson spits.

[Osman]

well got Bopara in my fantasy team so decent start for me

[On_the_up]

Nannes hit 92mph in his spell, Bopara looked classy whereas Wright was just slogging, not pretty at all.

[shahzadddd]

England 127/2 (15.3/20 ov)

Wright 61 from 44

[Amjid Javed]

Eng 127/2 after 15.3 overs

england should get 160-70 here!

[shahzadddd]

Morgan gone:

15.4


Borren to Morgan, OUT, reverse-swept straight to point! Usually such a productive shot for Morgan, and he timed this especially impressively, but just picked out the fielder


c Zuiderent b Borren 6 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 75.00

[Amjid Javed]

Morgan gone now.

England 128/3

[Alam_dar]

How much Pakistan would score against this nietherland's attack?

[CricVet]

Eng batting looks not so good.

[CricnPak]

Very impressive death bowling from Nannes.

[CricnPak]

Who would have thought that the Dutch and English would play a close game (so far) in cricket and not football? Such is the beauty of T20...

[junoon]

england score 162/5 in 20 overs

If Dutch get a good start, it could be a close and interesting game

[IM NOT YOU]

england batting is terrible for t20 .

100 after 11 overs and still could only manage 160. with 9 wickets in hand

this team is going nowhere LOL

[amit]

Who would have thought that the Dutch and English would play a close game (so far) in cricket and not football? Such is the beauty of T20...

13 years ago in the 1996 world cup, these 2 teams played a close game with holland losing by only 40-something runs. holland were in the game after de leede, noortwijk & zuiderent played decent knocks. and that close game was in cricket

[amit]

come on holland. hoping to c zuiderent, ten doeschate & co fire & hopefully holland win :59:

and amazing bowling by nannes, apart from his 1st over, his other 3 overs were just great & didnt give away any free runs in the end. and was unlucky not to pick up any wickets

[On_the_up]

First wicket down for Holland

[Da Best]

Disciplined bowling is required from England, but I think Holland will run away with this.

[Da Best]

Intersting fielding placements from England, only one slip.

[On_the_up]

Baz in next
2-1 after one over

[Da Best]

First wicket gone.

[Da Best]

Good line and length from Jimmy here.

[Da Best]

Oh taht was out.

[On_the_up]

Netherlands won't get more than 140 here. They have to play out Anderson

[On_the_up]

Six, a slap to mid wicket

[Da Best]

The Dutch deffenatly need to play out of there skins to win.

[On_the_up]

10-1 after two overs

[On_the_up]

Shot for four through mid wicket

[On_the_up]

Good Yorker by Anderson

[On_the_up]

Six more is all happening

[Da Best]

If England loose here tell ya what that would be one hell of a victory for Holland.

[Da Best]

Great yorker.

[shaun3]

This Reekers guys is hitting the ball quite well, may be able to single handedly take the game away from england if he can survive anderson and sidebottom

[Da Best]

It's heating up now.

[Da Best]

Problem with the Dutch they look bored, '' we hit it great we don't fine by me ''

[shaun3]

aaaaaaaaaand gone

[Da Best]

Is my link slow or what!

[Da Best]

Ok he's out Reekers.

[asad100101]

A win for England

[CricVet]

hey hey hey, game is still on. 46 in 6

[insaftak]

SIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!!!!!!!! these guys are not that bad

[CricVet]

52 :p

[Da Best]

Not yet over.

[CricVet]

well, this will be interesting

[Da Best]

SIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!!!!!!!! these guys are not that bad

Theres alot of batting power, but cant take singles or wickets will hurt the side severly.

[CricVet]

Adil might choke the runs and could get some wkts

[CricVet]

4

[insaftak]

100 in 78 balls

[CricVet]

managed to get 8!
Wala!

[iafzal]

true test for men in orange as they face Adil

[Kashi786]

rashid good start

[iafzal]

if Pak keep the horrible form these Dutchmen can be really tough to beat.
good perfomance from them till now

[CricVet]

this pie throwing is not gonna help

[Kashi786]

good atmosphere

[CricVet]

if Pak keep the horrible form these Dutchmen can be really tough to beat.
good perfomance from them till now


What makes you think that it is not Eng poor bowling that is making this match a contest. Pakistan will of course be wary of every team. To me though, they are 2 good for holland

[shaun3]

Dutch giving a scare to England here, Grooth batting well, mixed with some good luck. If things keep up then they may take it

[shaun3]

good stumping there, england back in it

[CricVet]

Adil just 2 good for them and I sort of knew it.

[shaun3]

66-3, 97 required in 71. Unlikely, but not impossible.

Can you imagine if netherlands wins and pak beats eng (or worse, pak england gets rained out) ? tragic exit for eng

[iafzal]

What makes you think that it is not Eng poor bowling that is making this match a contest. Pakistan will of course be wary of every team. To me though, they are 2 good for holland
English may be playing crap today but they can still play as evidenced by their performance against NZ

[CricnPak]

!!! Cricket's intense, very good for the competition.

[saeed-sohail]

Arlo white on 5live with alec stewart .
Arlo: Eng are in trouble here alec if they don't win here as Pak are no 1 T20 side will be hard to beat on sunday.
Alec:where were you born arlo? you seem so confident of Pak beating Eng on sunday.
Arlo:they were runners up last time and have the best win ratio in T20 internationals and I think they will start as favourites on sunday.

[CricVet]

well, Adil might just be 2 good for Dutch.

[checkers.llvllaster]

I wouldn't be surprised if Netherlands pulls an upset here...

[iafzal]

How deep is Neds batting? They will need to have batsmen till the 7/8 position if they want to win this. Have done better then everyone's expectation till now

[Plasma]

They might even win this one!

Good batting the last over, except the wicket.

[shaun3]

excellent running by netherlands here. Lots of singles and doubles, and the peppered boundaries are helping as well.

[Kashi786]

man my streaming is geeeood

[CricVet]

What is this dibly dobly nonsense?

[shaun3]

commentators saying dutch are ahead by DL, and rain might strike soon

[iafzal]

supposidly ten Desushete is big hitter for Neds and he is still to come.

[insaftak]

if it rains, nethrland wins, they are ahead. it would be very funny if it rains now

[Plasma]

These guys are looking like pro!

I see England sweating.

[CricVet]

Aaand another pie thrower..haha..Eng..You aint going anywhere with this crap

[Alam_dar]

England seems toothless without it's 2 best players.

[checkers.llvllaster]

They need 1 or 2 powerful overs here and the RR required will be less then 7, which is very doable. If Grooth stays a one end and someone on the other hand supports him, I expect Netherlands to pull this off.

[CricVet]

Eng needs to bring Anderson and Adil now for any hope

[iafzal]

another full toss dispatched.
who is Neds batting coach? we need it prompto : )

[shaun3]

hahaha Waz keeps calling netherlands "NEITHER-land"

[insaftak]

england sucks

[Plasma]

No need for Sixes, just take the singles and a four or two every other over and they're home!

12 off the last over

91/3 after 10.

They just need to keep their wickets.

[checkers.llvllaster]

hahaha Waz keeps calling netherlands "NEITHER-land"

:)) :)))

[shaun3]

Hasha: "He like his batting better than he likes his cheese"

what an idiot.....

[iafzal]

conasidering rain on the horizen, Eng must gamble and bring Anderson and Broad on now so they can pul them Neds in below the D/L line with some wkts.

[CricVet]

For some reason i am not sold on sidebottom. I may be wrong.

[shaun3]

sidebottom on, lets see what happens. been getting good pace and bounce

[cricketpassion]

11 overs 99/3 .Common Holland

[shaun3]

62 needed from 52, things heating up here

[checkers.llvllaster]

Eng needs to bring Anderson and Adil now for any hope

Sidebottom has been there best bowler in this match, but I don't think he can wreck some havoc because of the sheer determination that Netherlands have shown this match...

[shaun3]

2 sharp yorkers, good stuff from sidebottom

[insaftak]

58 in 8 overs, this is very doable

[checkers.llvllaster]

conasidering rain on the horizen, Eng must gamble and bring Anderson and Broad on now so they can pul them Neds in below the D/L line with some wkts.

Broad has been hit for 20 runs in 2 overs; I don't think he has bowled too well, but I'm not watching it live, so not sure if his numbers don't reflect his actual bowling...

[shaun3]

6 off the over, all in singles and doubles. good bowling by sidebottom, but excellent stuff here from the dutch

[Da Best]

Fielding has been par for England nothing special.

[insaftak]

good running!!!!

[cricketpassion]

48 balls 58 runs 7 wickets in hand

[shaun3]

swinganamiss! batsman tried to heave collingwood there

[insaftak]

666666666666666666666666666

[insaftak]

This game is over

[Da Best]

Great ball from Colly

[shaun3]

amazing running, england missed a run out chance, and the dutch reply with a six!

[insaftak]

excellent cricket by these guys

[Plasma]

Missed run out chance, and then a SIX!

[DonJee]

I sense an upset - ENGLAND WIN!!!!

[dblock]

Netherlands are doing great.

Rain is forecast on Sunday and Tuesday. So if the next games are washed out, England are out.

[Da Best]

Six!

[insaftak]

he gone!

[shaun3]

my god guys, if the dutch take it here it is certainly no fluke. they are showing great poise

[shaun3]

de grooth gone!

[Sparhawk]

I love the way they are batting, just putting bat to ball and getting the job done.

de Grooth just got out

[Plasma]

Out!

[iafzal]

hmm maybe turning point of the match 116/4 now

[MIB]

47 runs with 6 wickets and 42 balls remaining

[Da Best]

47 needed from 43

[Da Best]

wicket

[checkers.llvllaster]

I hope they still have strong batting to come...interesting game!

[Plasma]

England in with a chance here, they need a couple more wickets.

[saeed-sohail]

this is not good news for Pak remember Irelands tie against Zimbabwe which cost us in 07 WC.

[checkers.llvllaster]

They only need 6.71 RR...

[12thMan]

12.4 Collingwood to Borren, SIX, that's not six. That's twelve! A superb pull for six, miles and miles into the stands! What timing
They had to fetch that from inside one of the corporate boxes!

[Infinitee786]

Hope Netherlands dont lose their way now...they've fought too hard and have got a solid base. Hopefully the middle and lower order will keep their cool and see them through

[shaun3]

45 from 40, 6 wiks in hand. match really in the balance

[CricVet]

Eng are just 2 scared. Should gamble with Adil from one side and Anderson from other

[iafzal]

Neds version of Afridi in the middle
Lets see if Ryan ten can do anything

[CricVet]

Ashoka playing with english

[Sparhawk]

Called wide, i dont think that was wide. Ashoka's one of the worst umpires for sure.

[Javelin]

If Netherlands beats England, we might have a problem if England beat Pakistan, and the Netherlands v Pakistan match is rained off,or England beat us by a bigger margin than we beat Netherlands by! We'll be out!

We need Netherlands to lose to England. Then we only have to beat Netherlands, irregardless of how we perform against England.

[iafzal]

ten sure swing like Afridi : )

[Lethal]

Ten Doeschate with all his experience for Essex and especially in conditions he should know about should do it for Netherlands.

41 off 36 balls.

[checkers.llvllaster]

If Netherlands beats England, we might have a problem if England beat Pakistan, and the Netherlands v Pakistan match is rained off,or England beat us by a bigger margin than we beat Netherlands by! We'll be out!

We need Netherlands to lose to England. Then we only have to beat Netherlands, irregardless of how we perform against England.

If Pakistan wants to be a winner, then they need to play like one. We shouldn't be relying on other games results for us to get into super 8. They need to have some self-esteem and confidence, not rely on other results...

[CricVet]

I think Eng has brought Adil a few overs 2 late

[checkers.llvllaster]

Four!

[shaun3]

what a shot! rocks back and cuts the leggie for a beautiful 4

[Sparhawk]

That was a classy shot

[Lethal]

If Netherlands beats England, we might have a problem if England beat Pakistan, and the Netherlands v Pakistan match is rained off,or England beat us by a bigger margin than we beat Netherlands by! We'll be out!

We need Netherlands to lose to England. Then we only have to beat Netherlands, irregardless of how we perform against England.

True. Come on England.

[On_the_up]

netherlands should be favourites now but the pressure

[iafzal]

If neds don't get all out I don't see them losing from here

[Sparhawk]

If Netherlands beats England, we might have a problem if England beat Pakistan, and the Netherlands v Pakistan match is rained off,or England beat us by a bigger margin than we beat Netherlands by! We'll be out!

We need Netherlands to lose to England. Then we only have to beat Netherlands, irregardless of how we perform against England.

What if Netherlands loses to England, Pakistan vs Netherlands gets rained off and England beat us by a bigger margin than they beat Netherlands?

[Lethal]

That was a top shot from Ten Doeschate. 4 all the way.

[CricVet]

Eng has lost it man. They have lost their nerves

[shaun3]

Oh no! huge chance for a runout and the throw was far wayward

[iafzal]

this is funny Eng behaving like Pak team in the field

[shaun3]

33 needed from 28

[iafzal]

it is raining now

[CricVet]

Eng did not attack when they had to and now please exit out.

[Lethal]

Netherlands should win this but you never know, a quick couple of wickets and the game is back in favour of England.

[shaun3]

dutch running extremely well, lots and lots of singles/doubles

[insaftak]

out!!! 24balls 30 runs

[Sparhawk]

Needless wicket.. Borren goes for 30

[shaun3]

gone, anderson take a wicket as the batsman skies it miles high

[Lethal]

Are Netherlands ahead of the DL requirement?

[DonJee]

what's the par score???

[12thMan]

We can't show D/L position, I'm afraid - it's "done" by software which is licensed by the Duckworth and Lewis. I can tell you that Netherlands are miles ahead of the mark

D/L par score probably on scorebaord at the ground

[CricVet]

what is the par score needed afte 5 wkts?

[dblock]

Any major side and they would have called rain by now.

[Lethal]

No need for that. Borren goes after skying it.

[Sparhawk]

I have a bad feeling about this, Netherlands are showing nerves now

[CricVet]

136 damn

[Sparhawk]

4444444444444444!!!!

Brilliant!!

[CricVet]

444444444444

[Lethal]

30 runs off 24 balls

[Sparhawk]

Might not have been 4, great fielding from key

[Oxy]

What a save on the boundary by Key!

26 off 21 balls

[CricVet]

damn. Not givemn

[Oxy]

Stunning 4!

22 off 20 balls!

[CricVet]

Tata. Hahahha

[Sparhawk]

Smashed through covers 44444444444444444444

Fearless cricket you gotta love it!

[Lethal]

Netherlands need to be on 136 after this over as long as the don't lose wickets - that is if they go off due to rain.

[insaftak]

england sucks

[Oxy]

21 off 19 balls

[shaun3]

another 4!

[Oxy]

21 off 18 balls

[shaun3]

21 from 19, nobody letting up

[Oxy]

Anderson in

20 off 17 balls

[Lethal]

Netherlands are ahead with those 3 runs. So if they go off after this over which is unlikey - Netherlands game.

[CricVet]

These guys can slog 2. good God. Eng - Bye Bye. See u in 2010

[Oxy]

Whats was Dirk Nannes fastest ball today?

[Kashi786]

how was this wide, height or the line, bad umpiring by da silva

[Oxy]

19 off 16 balls

CAn the Dutch stay calm?

[Lethal]

What a shot by Van Bunge. Inside out for 4 runs.

[12thMan]

Martin understands all things Duckworth Lewis better than I. He says: "Right, Netherlands ahead. They need to be 144 at the end of this over assuming they don't lose a wicket."

[Oxy]

18 off 15 balls

[Oxy]

Good over so far

17 off 14 balls

[12thMan]

Netherlands have got a wicket to play with. Even if they lose one more wicket, they'll still be ahead on duckworth-lewis. Yes - I don't understand either. Just nod and agree with me

[shaun3]

Whats was Dirk Nannes fastest ball today?

i think it was 92....i think

[CricVet]

Go ahead dutch. Hit 2 4s and it is all over

[Oxy]

slow ball - dot

17 off 13 balls

[Osman]

Tension!

[Sparhawk]

Whats was Dirk Nannes fastest ball today?

Didnt see Nannes but i saw Sidebottom hit 89 mph which was a shocker

[Zaad]

wow

that means we can elimanate
England on Sunday :)

[Lethal]

Whats was Dirk Nannes fastest ball today?

The fastest that I remember from Nannes was 92.3mph

He was bowling with serious pace.

[CricVet]

Damn!

[Oxy]

OUT!

146-6

17 off 13 balls

Now they are behind the D/L

[insaftak]

aother gone!!!!!!!!

[Geordie Ahmed]

Holland are gonna choke

[shaun3]

gone!

[Sparhawk]

Bange goes, when it comes off it looks heroic when it doesnt it looks stupid.

Its up to ten now :D

[the Great Khan]

Not good for pak if Dutch win

[muzher]

ten Doeschate will have seen plenty of these English bowlers. Expect him to play more responsibly in this stand.

[Lethal]

Should be a tight finish - good over so far

[Osman]

Huge Blow!

[Oxy]

17 off 11 balls

Its England's game from here

[Sparhawk]

Not good for pak if Dutch win

Its the same for us either way

[Lethal]

Van Bunge is gone.

[Oxy]

Collison mid pitch - Dutch panicking

16 from 10 balls

[Lethal]

17 off 12.

[checkers.llvllaster]

Anderson and Adil are done with their overs though...

[Plasma]

England can still pull it back!

[Lethal]

Single taken.

16 off 10.

[CricVet]

I say it is good for Pakistan. Toughen themselves up before moving on to the next stage. If lose, they never deserved it!

[checkers.llvllaster]

Four!

[Showman]

4444

[Sparhawk]

4444444444.. dropped catch as well

this is a good opening match

[Oxy]

Great attempt at a catch - its only 4 though

12 off 9 balls

[Oxy]

11 off 8 balls

Dutch will choke

[Lethal]

Come on. 4

[CricVet]

I want a tie and supoer over