England fail to build on Wright stuff

The Netherlands staged a gutsy fightback as England made 162 for five in the the opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 at Lord?s here on Friday.

England had been on a course for a huge total during a century first-wicket stand between Ravi Bopara (46) and Luke Wright, who top scored with 71..

But from 102 for none in the 12th over, England lost five wickets for 51 runs as their innings petered out.

Essex all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate took two for 35 in his four overs as England, 89 without loss at the half-way mark, only managed 73 in the final 10 overs during an innings without a single six.

Bopara got England off to an ideal start by carving the first ball of the innings from left-arm quick Dirk Nannes, who has played at Lord?s for Middlesex, for four before square driving him to the boundary later that over.

The duo shared a century stand in 71 balls before Bopara, in sight of his fifty, gave his Essex team-mate ten Doeschate a wicket when he holed out to Seelaar at long-on. Bopara?s runs had come in 36 balls with seven fours.

Wright though did get to his fifty, off 37 balls with five fours.. The Netherlands turned 102 for one into 113 for two when Owais Shah went cheaply but Wright, giving himslf room outside leg-stump, flayed Nannes through the offside for four.

But Eoin Morgan, like Shah playing on his Middlesex home ground, also fell cheaply when he reverse-swept Peter Borren straight to Bas Zuiderent and England were eroding their fine start. LONDON, AFP

ENGLAND
R. Bopara c Seelaar b ten Doeschate	46
L. Wright c Borren b ten Doeschate	71
O. Shah c Kervezee b Schiferli		 5
E. Morgan c Zuiderent b Borren		 6
P. Collingwood c Schiferli b Seelaar	11
R. Key not out				10
J. Foster not out			 3
EXTRAS (w10)				10
TOTAL (5 wkts, 20 overs)		162
DID NOT BAT: A Rashid, S Broad, R Sidebottom, J Anderson
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-102 (Bopara), 2-113 (Shah), 3-127 (Morgan), 4-144 (Wright), 5-
153 (Collingwood)
BOWLING: Nannes 4-0-30-0 (3w); Schiferli 4-0-33-1; ten Doeschate 4-0-35-2 (2w); 
Seelaar 4-0-33-1; Borren 4-0-31-1 (5w)