We may not understand cricket, half our national team may just be amateurs but the Netherlands just thrashed England in the opening game of the World Twenty20:
This wasn’t to be the case as Tom de Grooth steered the Dutch to victory with a game winning 49. Early in his inning de Grooth even managed to hit a marvelous reverse sweep off the bowling of Adil Rashid for 4 into the Tavern Stand much to the delight of the large number of Dutch fans around the ground.
With ten overs gone the prospect of a stunning Dutch victory started to gain momentum. Peter Borren was playing a key roll in the middle order for the Dutch taking quick singles to ensure de Grooth took more of the strike.
De Grooth finally fell in the 13th over but the damage was already done.
No idea what this all means but it was certainly exciting watching it on the BBC replay.
chris y
June 6, 2009 at 3:47 amBasically, it means your guys, who are as you say mainly amateurs, beat a side that was strongly tipped to get into the last four in the competition. The Netherlands played well above their game, England played like they were thinking about something else. Well done.