2638dThe Bulletin by Andrew Miller

England survive ten Doeschate brilliance

Ryan ten Doeschate produced a scintillating 119 from 110 balls, and followed up with the brilliant bowling figures of 2 for 47 in ten overs, to give England one of the biggest frights of their international lives

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

RN ten Doeschate
RN ten Doeschate
119(110) 9x4 - 3x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 60 runs
  • 2x4 - 3x6
8 13 25 6 13 7 3 44
AJ Strauss
88(83) 9x4 - 0x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 39 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
9 1 8 29 15 3 6 17

Best performances - Bowlers

GP Swann
O10
M0
R35
W2
Eco3.5
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
RN ten Doeschate
RN ten Doeschate
O10
M0
R47
W2
Eco4.7
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Netherlands , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15

Match days

22 February 2011 - day/night match (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

England 2, Netherlands 0

Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Sahil Dutta

England win by six wickets. England's World Cup campaign is up and wheezing. They were disgraceful in the field, unspectacular with the bat but have got home fairly securely. There was one outstanding performance today and it came from Ryan ten Doeschate, who was stunning with his 110-ball 119. He followed it up with 2 for 47 from 10 overs on a flat pitch to prove what a high-class performer he is. Andrew Miller has more in his bulletin which will be ready shortly and you can entertain yourselves until then with our Facebook page. This has been a good day for me, I have ten Doeschate and Trott in my fantasy team. If you haven't joined yet, get involved.

"We got a lot of things wrong with our bowling and fielding," says Strauss. That's an understatement. "Very good wicket, we knew if we kept wickets in hand we'd have a good chance. We have to improve as the tournament goes on."

Unsurprisingly, ten Doeschate is named man of the match. "It was pretty special for me. I told my team-mates we're put out a really good performance here on the biggest stage. There wasn't too much planning but we assessed as we went along. I haven't set personal goals for the World Cup but I want us to carry on playing great cricket."

That's all from me, Sahil Dutta and the Andrews, McGlashan and Miller. Next game is Kenya and Pakistan tomorrow at 9.00GMT.

48.4
4
Loots to Bopara, FOUR, that's it. Bopara finishes it in style, hoiking this to the midwicket rope to take England home with eight balls to spare. Netherlands were fantastic with the bat and Borren and ten Doeschate sink to their knees now, at the half-way stage they would have been dreaming of glory
48.3
4
Loots to Bopara, FOUR, Bopara finishing it in a rush. Running at the bowler and smacking a waist-high full toss to the midwicket boundary. Scores level now
48.2
2
Loots to Bopara, 2 runs, good delivery - full and straight - Bopara bunts it down the ground, scampers a couple to take England within one shot of the match. In comes the field...

That's all but settled it now.

48.1
6
Loots to Bopara, SIX, Bopara has seen enough! Gets a fullish delivery and backs himself to beat the long-off fielder. Aims a fluid drive and nails it, sails flat over the man and over the ropes

END OF OVER:
48 | 10 Runs | ENG: 280/4 (13 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 5.83, RRR: 6.50)

  • Ravi Bopara14 (16b)
  • Paul Collingwood30 (23b)
  • Pieter Seelaar10-0-54-1
  • Bernard Loots9-0-58-0
47.6
1
Seelaar to Bopara, 1 run, this time Bopara stays in his crease and nudges a single into the midwicket region. England almost there now
47.5
2
Seelaar to Bopara, 2 runs, Bopara again happy to wander down at Seelaar, who shoves through a quicker ball and with soft hands Bopara dabs a couple wide of long-on

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st105AJ StraussKP Pietersen
2nd61AJ StraussIJL Trott
3rd58IR BellIJL Trott
4th17PD CollingwoodIR Bell
5th55PD CollingwoodRS Bopara