This Day That Year: Netherlands shock England
In one of the biggest upset, Netherlands shocked the hosts England in the opening match of the World T20 2009 played at Lords, London on 5 th June. After winning the toss Netherlands captain Jeroen Smits won the toss and decided to field first. Ravi Bopara and Luke Wright got the hosts off to a positive start putting 51 runs in the first six overs which put pressure on Netherlands bowlers. Wright and Bopara batted with confidence keeping the scoreboard ticking. Finally, the Netherlands got the breakthrough experienced Ryan Ten Doeschate dismissed Bopara for 46. Bopara and Wright added 112 runs in 11.2 overs. The Netherlands made a strong comeback by picking wickets at regular intervals of Owais Shah, Eoin Morgan, Paul Collingwood. Wright completed his fifty off 37 balls and perished for 71. England made a competitive total of 162 for 5 at the end of 20 overs. Ryan Doeschate took 2 for 35 while Peter Seelar, Borren, and Schiferli took 1 wicket eac...