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Photo Album of the ICC World Twenty20 - 9th match between Netherlands and Pakistan.

England kept its Twenty20 World Cup hopes alive after beating Pakistan by 48 runs at The Oval on Sunday.
Kevin Pietersen struck 58 and Stuart Broad took 3-17 as England qualified for the Super 8 stage thanks to its superior run rate.
“Our approach from the first ball was purposeful and that was the way we needed [...]

12.20 pm: We’re all set for the start. The Scottish openers are out. New Zealand have taken their fielding positions. A measured applause from the crowd, not to full capacity yet but with West Indies taking on Australia after this, we can expect a bigger turn-out. So finally, we have a game. Mightily relieved, just [...]

Netherlands form a cuddle-huddle - they’re really, really fired up for this. Bopara and Wright are the openers. Australia’s Netherlands’ Dirk Nannes has the ball. Here we go…
England’s anthem drones out of the speakers - Swann’s belting it out, good on you Graeme. Collingwood, too, is stretching those vocal chords. Not a whimper from Anderson, [...]

The Black Caps have survived a spirited challenge from minnows Scotland to win their rain-affected ICC World Twenty20 opener by seven wickets at The Oval. A scintillating batting display from Scotland gave them every chance of replicating the Netherlands’ earlier heroics in toppling hosts England, only for the cool-headed Ross Taylor to steer the Black [...]

Photo Album Of the First Match of ICC T20 world Cup England v Netherlands

England crashed to one of their most ignominious cricketing defeats of all time, as the Netherlands won the ICC World Twenty20 curtain-raiser at Lord’s by scoring two runs off the final ball amid s…

 
England innings (20 overs maximum)
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR

RS Bopara
c Seelaar b ten Doeschate
46
48
34
5
0
135.29

 
11.2 excellent catch at long-on. Bopara went for a big slog across the line but skied it, forcing Seelaar long-on to run several yards back and to his right 102/1

LJ Wright
c Borren b ten Doeschate
71
75
49
8
0
144.89

 
17.2 got him this time! He tried to pull it over midwicket [...]

England was humiliated in the Twenty20 World Cup opener on Friday, losing by four wickets to the Netherlands on the last ball of the match in one of the biggest shocks in cricket history.
Needing seven runs off the final over after England had totalled 162-5 at Lord’s, the Dutch team scored singles until Edgar Schiferli [...]

The opening ceremony for the ICC Twenty20 World Championships was on Friday cancelled for the sake of timely start of the opening match between hosts England and the Netherlands as rain played spoilsport here.
Persistent drizzle forced the organisers to do away with the ceremony so that the match could start in time at Lord’s.
ICC President [...]