England Humiliated
By Site Admin
June 5 2009
England have crashed to a humiliating four-wicket loss to the Netherlands to make the worst possible start to the World Twenty20. It may have been a thrilling last ball victory, but the defeat will cause eruptions throughout the English Cricketing public as the Netherlands join an elite band of teams to cause a major tournament upset.
June 5 2009
England have crashed to a humiliating four-wicket loss to the Netherlands to make the worst possible start to the World Twenty20. It may have been a thrilling last ball victory, but the defeat will cause eruptions throughout the English Cricketing public as the Netherlands join an elite band of teams to cause a major tournament upset.
With Kevin Pietersen ruled out of the game with a recurrence of his Achilles injury, England also chose Adil Rashid over Graeme Swann, and went with Robert Key to cover the batting options.
It was a decision that maybe ultimately lost them the match.
For after England had put on 100 in just 11 overs, a score of over 200 was being banded about as a target for the visitors.
But England, simply lost their way, as wickets tumbled towards the end of their innings, and with Key innitially down to bat at three, but then pushed down the order thanks to Bopara (46) and Luke Wright (71), the home side lost their way, scoring 72 from the last 10 overs of the Innings.
Interestingly, there were no maximum's in England's 162-5 from their 20 overs.
Still, as Luke Wright said in the Interval, England "Had enough runs int he bank"....
...errr not quite Luke.
The Netherlands came out and played fearless cricket from the start of their Innings, and Tom de Grooth's 49 from just 30 balls, proved the launchpad for a stunning end to the match.
With rain pouring down, and the Netherlands in front of the par Duckworth-Lewis score, the umpires kept the teams out.
Ultimately, it came down to just 2 needed from the final ball, and with tensions high around Lord's, Stuart Broad saw the ball returned to him, and his shy at the stumps missed and the overthrow saw wild scenes from the Orange faithful in the ground, and from the players hidden under the members pavillion.
It was stunning to watch it unfold, and if Broad had just held onto the ball instead of throwing it, there would have been a super over to decide the game.
That would have been unfair on the Dutch however, and a get out of jail card for England, who were shambolic in the field, and negative with their team selection from the outset.
Where was England's big hitter down the order, for those last few overs, Dimitiri anyone?
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England Humiliated
Posted by: England Cricket (IP Logged)
Date: 05/06/2009 20:38
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Re: England Humiliated
Posted by: Waaldo (IP Logged)
Date: 06/06/2009 12:11
To be honest the dutch deserved this. They had clearly done their homework and clearly had a game plan. It's a shame England seemed to have lost theirs !
It could only happen in England where the openening ceremony gets cancelled for health and safety reasons and then the country that invented the game gets beaten in the opening match by a team largely made up of part timers !
That said it was an enthralling game !
It could only happen in England where the openening ceremony gets cancelled for health and safety reasons and then the country that invented the game gets beaten in the opening match by a team largely made up of part timers !
That said it was an enthralling game !
Re: England Humiliated
Posted by: Michael400 (IP Logged)
Date: 07/06/2009 07:33
I see the Aussies have beel laughing at the game, whilst they were watching in their hotel.
Two Words for them...
CHRIS GAYLE!!
Two Words for them...
CHRIS GAYLE!!
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