Netherlands beat
England in a sensational opening match of the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup by 4 wickets. Winning the toss, Netherlands chose to field first. England managed to score a decent 162 runs in their alloted twenty overs. Against an inexperienced team like Netherlands, 163 as target is good enough, but Netherlands played exceptionally well to win the match. Needing 7 runs off the last over,
Ryan ten Doeschate and
Edgar Schiferli ran hard for every run and won the match for Netherlands. However, it was partially England's fault as they missed as many as 4 run out chances.
England: 162/5 (20.0 overs)
Luke Wright 71(49),
Ravi Bopara 46(34), Ryan ten Doeschate 2/35
Netherlands: 163/6 (20.0 overs)
Tom de Grooth 49(39),
Peter Borren 30(25),
James Anderson 3/23
Player of the match: Tom de Grooth (Netherlands)
Result: Netherlands beat England by 4 wickets
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