Netherlands sink England
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
The Dutch pulled off the biggest upset of the current World Twenty20 tournament when they beat England by 45 runs with 14 balls to spare on Monday, reports bdnews24com.
Chasing 134 runs for victory, England were bowled out for a meager 88.
Dutch bowlers Mudassar Bukhari and Logan van Beek shared six wickets between themselves to sink England for the second time in World Cup.
England were also beaten by Netherlands in the 2009 World Twenty20 competition.
England collapsed to 52 for six in 11.4 overs, as they tried chasing the modest Dutch score of 134..
They lost opener Michael Lumb (6) early to Mudassar Bukhari, who struck again in his next over as he went through the gates of Alex Hales (12).
Eoin Morgan (6) joined the openers back in the pavilion in very next over.
England batsmen could just score six runs in the next two overs.
Moeen Ali (3) and Jos Butler succumbed to the pressure and literally threw away their wickets to leave England reeling at 42 for five after 10 overs.
Soon Tim Bresnan (5), after being dropped in the same over, followed his teammates back to the pavilion when he ran himself out.
With the required run rate soaring up, Ravi Bopara (18) and Chris Jordan (14) tried to fight back but soon fell victim to Van Beek who struck twice in the 16th over.
England still needed 58 runs off 26 balls.
Bukhari finished the English innings in the 18th over, bagging the wicket of Stuart Broad (4) after which Stephen Parry (1) ran himself out to leave England 45 runs short of the Dutch total.
Earlier, the Netherlands posted a modest 133 for 5
Sent in to bat, the Dutch opener Stephan Myburgh made a fluent start with three boundaries in the first over at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong .
But the other opener Michael Swart was soon sent back for 13 by England skipper Stuart Broad.
A 50-run second wicket stand between Myburgh and Wesley Barresi held the Dutch innings together for 11 overs.
The Netherlands scored 47 runs losing one wicket in the powerplay.
The Netherlands were cruising at 84 for one in the 12th over, when Myburgh (39 off 31) hit Ravi Bopara straight to Alex Hales at deep-backward square.
Tom Cooper (8) and skipper Peter Borren (7) couldn't add much to the score and provided little support to Barresi at the other end.
Barresi went back in the final over when Chris Jordan shattered his stumps. The Dutch batsman scored 48 off 45 balls.