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CHITTAGONG: Netherlands cricketer Mudassar Bukhari (center) celebrates the victory over England with teammates during the ICC World Twenty20 tournament match. — AFP England humiliated by Netherlands

CHITTAGONG: England slumped to an embar- ball, taking the openers out while van Geek (3-9) chance there.” Broad, who said he was unsure if he rassing 45- defeat by the Netherlands at the accounted for the lower middle order as England would continue leading the team, took three World Twenty20 yesterday to end a dismal few capitulated to be all out with 14 balls to spare. for 24 runs as the bowlers restricted the months at a new low point. “The whole tournament I hadn’t taken any Netherlands to 133 for five wickets after opting to England, already eliminated from the tourna- wickets and this was the game for me actually,” field first. ment after defeats by New Zealand and South Bukhari said at the presentation ceremony. “The Wesley Barresi top-scored for the Dutch with a Africa, were bowled out for 88 chasing a modest did help me a bit. 48 and added 50 for the second wicket with open- 134 for victory in their final Group One super 10 “At the halfway stage, I thought it’s going to be er Stephan Myburgh (39) to lay the foundation for match in Chittagong. England’s 88 was the lowest hard work out there but when we took four wick- their total. total ever posted by a full-member test side ets in powerplay, we thought we had a good Meanwhile, former England captains Michael against an associate nation in the shortest format Vaughan and Michael Atherton rounded on the of the game. World Twenty20 standings current side after they bowed out of the World “It sums up our winter really. It was pretty simi- CHITTAGONG: World Twenty20 Super-10 round Twenty20 with a humiliating 45-run loss to the lar to our displays when we lost the Ashes standings after yesterday’s matches (played, won, Netherlands in Chittagong yesterday. in Australia,” a dejected England Stuart lost, tied, N/R, points, run-rate): Bowled out for just 88 with more than two Broad said at the presentation ceremony. overs to spare in reply to the Netherlands’ 133 for Group One “Lack of commitment in the shots and a very Sri Lanka 4 3 1 0 0 6 +2.233 five, defeat set the seal on a miserable tour pro- disorganised chase it was. The and field- South Africa 4 3 1 0 0 6 +0.075 gramme for England, already unable to reach the ing was ok, we just lacked a bit of hunger with the New Zealand 4 2 2 0 0 4 -0.678 semi-finals of this event, following their 5-0 Ashes bat by the looks of it. England 4 1 3 0 0 2 -0.776 series loss in Australia. “No one got going, no one took responsibility Netherlands 4 1 3 0 0 0 -0.866 Early in the match, former batsman Vaughan and Netherlands took the chance. It was a rela- told his Twitter followers: “I have a feeling this tively simple chase but a shocking chase in the Group Two could be an embarrassing sort of day.” SCOREBOARD end.” India 4 4 0 0 0 8 +1.280 But it arguably proved worse than even West Indies 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.223 Pakistan 3 2 1 0 0 4 +0.893 Vaughan forecast, with only three England bats- CHITTAGONG: Scoreboard from the World Twenty20 Super-10 group one match between NEW BALL DAMAGE Australia 3 0 3 0 0 0 -1.549 men making double figures-Ravi Bopara ‘top-scor- England and the Netherlands at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium in Chittagong yesterday: Logan van Geek and Mudassar Bukhari took ing’ with a meagre 18 — in an featuring Bangladesh 3 0 3 0 0 0 -2.315 The Netherlands: M. Lumb c T. Cooper b Bukhari 6 three wickets each for the Dutch, who also defeat- Note: Top two teams in each group qualify for just four fours and no sixes. And after England’s M. Swart c Parry b Broad 13 c T. Cooper b Borren 3 ed England by four wickets in the opening match semi-finals. innings ended in the 18th over with a farcical run- S. Myburgh c Hales b Bopara 39 E. Morgan c Borren b van der Gugten6 of the World Twenty20 at Lord’s in 2009. Today’s matches: Bangladesh v Australia; Pakistan out, Vaughan tweeted: “That sums it up.... W. Barresi b Jordan 48 J. Buttler c Seelaar b van Beek 6 Bukhari (3-12) did the damage with the new v West Indies, in Dhaka. — AFP #Garbage”. —AFP T. Cooper c Jordan b Broad 8 R. Bopara c Seelaar b van Beek 18 P. Borren c Parry b Broad 7 T. Bresnan run out 5 Mudassar Bukhari 1 C. Jordan c Swart b van Beek 14 SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka romp into semis B. Cooper not out 0 S. Broad c Barresi b Bukhari 4 Extras: (b4, lb7, w6) 17 J. Tredwell run out 8 Total: (five wickets; 20 overs) 133 S. Parry not out 1 CHITTAGONG: Scoreboard in the World Twenty20 CHITTAGONG: Left-arm spin wizard Rangana Did not bat: L. van Beek, T.van der Gugten, Super-10 Group one match between New Zealand and Herath conjured up astonishing figures of 3-5 to P. Seelaar, Ahsan Malik Extras: (lb2, w3) 5 Sri Lanka played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium help Sri Lanka demolish New Zealand by 59 runs Total: (all out; 17.4 overs) 88 yesterday. Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Swart), 2-84 yesterday in the race for the World Twenty20 semi- (Myburgh), 3-110 (T. Cooper), 4-131 Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Lumb), 2-19 (Hales), 3- Sri Lanka finals. (Borren), 5-131 (Barresi) 26 (Morgan), 4-32 (Ali), 5-42 (Buttler), 6-52 K. Perera c Ronchi b Boult 16 (Bresnan), 7-74 (Bopara), 8-76 (Jordan), 9-86 T. Dillshan c Ronchi b Boult 8 The spinner rocked New Zealand, chasing a Bowling: Ali 1-0-13-0, Bresnan 2-0-11-0 M. Jayawardene b N. McCullum 25 modest 120-run total, in his 3.3 destructive overs to (1w), Jordan 3-0-13-1 (1w), Broad 4-0-24-3 (Broad). K. Sangakkara c Anderson b Boult 4 bowl them for 60 in 15.3 overs in Chittagong-the (2w), Tredwell 4-0-23-0 (1w), Parry 2-0-23-0, Bowling: Swart 1-0-8-0, van der Gugten 3- L. Thirimanne c Guptill b Neesham 20 Black Caps’ lowest total in T20s. Bopara 4-0-15-1 0-11-1 (1w), Bukhari 3.4-0-12-3, Malik 3-0- A. Mathews c Ronchi b McClenaghan 6 The victory gave the 2012 runners-up their 14-0, Borren 3-0-18-1, van Beek 2-0-9-3, T. Perera c Williamson b Mills 16 England: Seelaar 2-0-14-0 (2w) N. Kulasekara c N. McCullum b McClenaghan 0 fourth successive semi-final place. They play the S. Senanayake c Williamson b Neesham 17 winners of Tuesday’s game in group two between A. Hales b Bukhari 12 The Netherlands won by 45 runs. R. Herath not out 1 defending champions the West Indies and Pakistan. L. Malinga b Neesham 0 The first semi-final will be in Dhaka on Thursday. Extras: (lb2, nb1, w3) 6 Total: (all out; 19.2 overs) 119 The 2007 champions India take on South Africa in Rangana Herath Saqlain factor spices up Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Perera), 2-29 (Dilshan), 3-35 the second semi on Friday, with the final to be After playing four dot balls, New Zealand’s most (Sangakkara), 4-65 (Thirimanne), 5-81 (Mathews), 6-85 played in Dhaka on Sunday. dangerous batsman Brendon McCullum jumped out Windies-Pakistan decider (Jayawardene), 7-92 (Kulasekara), 8-116 (Thisara), 9- Stand-in captain Lasith Malinga hailed Herath. “I off Herath and was . 119 (Senanayake). trusted my spinners and Herath was unbelievable,” Herath then trapped (nought) leg DHAKA: The West Indies have an ace up their how to play the turning ball. West Indies cap- Bowling: Mills 4-0-30-1, Boult 4-0-20-3 (1nb, 1w), said Malinga. “We were waiting for an occasion like Anderson 3-0-13-0 (1w), McClenaghan 4-0-24-2 (1w), before and bowled Jimmy Neesham off successive sleeve in Saqlain Mushtaq as the defending tain Darren Sammy said Saqlain’s serene pres- Neesham 2.2-0-22-3, N. McCullum 2-0-8-1. this and we pulled through. Rangana was waiting deliveries to push New Zealand on the back foot. champions take on Pakistan in a make-or-break ence and knowledge had proved a huge boost for his chance and he proved himself really well.” It became 5-29 in Herath’s third over when he World Twenty20 encounter in Dhaka today. for his team, which will face a four-pronged New Zealand It was fourth time unlucky for New Zealand who had (two) leg before wicket to improve The winner of the night clash at the Sher-e- Pakistan spin attack led by the prolific Saeed M. Guptill run out 5 played the semi-final only in the inaugural edition of on his previous best figures of 3-25 in the 2012 semi- Bangla stadium will join India in the semi-finals Ajmal. “Saqlain has a lot of experience on the K. Williamson run out 42 the World Twenty20 in 2007. Skipper Brendon B. McCullum st Sangakkara b Herath 0 final against Pakistan in Colombo. from group two of the Super-10s, condemning slow wickets that one gets in Bangladesh,” he R. Taylor lbw b Herath 0 McCullum rued their batting failure. Fellow spinner Sachitra Senanayake took 2-3 in the loser to an early flight home. said. “He’s very calm guy who knows a lot J. Neesham b Herath 0 “”We knew there was a lot of hard work to go,” he his three overs. New Zealand’s previous lowest Saqlain, the former Pakistan off-spinner, is a about the game. He has been a good addition L. Ronchi lbw b Herath 2 said. “It was a bit drier than we expected and Herath Twenty20 total of 80 came against Pakistan at key member on the West Indies bench as their to our coaching staff.” N. McCullum c Mathews b Senanayake 2 and Sachitra, the way they bowled was outstand- Auckland two years ago. It also becomes the third spin bowling consultant for the tournament, Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez said K. Mills lbw b Senanayake 4 ing.” T. Boult c Jayawardene b Herath 3 lowest total ever in all T20s, behind the Netherland’s and his advice has benefited the team Saqlain was entitled to work with other teams- M. McClenaghan not out 0 Just when they needed some sensible batting to 39, also against Sri Lanka here last Monday and 56 immensely. just like compatriot Mushtaq Ahmed was Extras: (w2) 2 overhaul a paltry total, New Zealand performed in a by Kenya against Afghanistan at Sharjah last year. The West Indies, better known for its bat- doing with England-but that did not worry his Total: (all out; 15.3 overs) 60 dismal manner with opener the Earlier left-arm paceman Boult and Neesham tery of fast bowlers, now boast of two of the team. Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Guptill), 2-18 (B. McCullum), 3-23 only man to reach double figures with 42. took three wickets apiece to wreck Sri Lanka for a finest spinners in Twenty20 cricket in Samuel “He was a world-class spinner,” Hafeez said (Taylor), 4-23 (Neesham), 5-29 (Ronchi), 6-33 (N. He was the eighth man out and with Corey McCullum), 7-51 (Mills), 8-60 (Williamson), 9-60 (Boult). paltry 119 in 19.2 overs after they were sent into bat. Badree, who opens with the new ball, and of Saqlain, who retired 10 years ago with 208 Bowling: Kulasekara 3-0-15-0 (2w), Mathews 4-0-26-0, Anderson unable to bat due to a finger injury sus- Left-armer Mitchell McClenaghan took 2-24. Sunil Narine. Test and 288 one-day wickets. “But he does not Herath 3.3-2-3-5, Malinga 2-0-13-0, Senanayake 3-0-3-2 tained while fielding, Herath wrapped up the match Boult had opener Kusal Perera (16) in his first over Saqlain, the original master of the “doosra”- have a magic formula, nor can he come and Note: Corey Anderson could not bat after dislocating a with ’s wicket. and then dismissed Tillakaratne Dilshan (eight) and the off-spinner’s version of the googly-has also bowl himself. “We believe in ourselves and I finger while fielding in Sri Lankan innings. New Zealand lost opener (five) in Kumar Sangakkara (four) to give New Zealand a proved a calming influence on the usually cav- think our players are good enough to win the the fourth over, run out in Herath’s first over. headstart to the match. — AFP alier Windies batsmen, giving them tips on match,” Hafeez said. — AFP