Netherlands vs England, 13th Match at East London, Feb 16 2003 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
13th Match, East London, February 16, 2003, ICC World Cup
(23.2/50 ov, T:143) 144/4

England won by 6 wickets (with 160 balls remaining)

james-anderson
Player Of The Match
4/25
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143 was always an easy target to get and Knight (51) and Vaughan

(51) made sure that it was scored under 25 overs

van Bunge who did so well with the bat chipped in with three quick

wicket, but that did not slow things down

Blackwell chipped in with 22 runs from 11 balls with five of his

hits finding the rope

In the end England won by 6 wickets

Man of the Match: James Anderson

23.2
4
JF Kloppenburg to Blackwell, FOUR runs

it's all over! short delivery on

the middle, pulled away to the mid-wicket fence

23.1
JF Kloppenburg to Blackwell, no run

short delivery on the off and

angling away from the left hander, no shot offered

Over23
4 runs
ENG 140/4CRR: 6.08  RRR: 0.11
Paul Collingwood 5 (8b 1x4)Ian Blackwell 18 (9b 4x4)
Daan van Bunge3/16 (3)
22.6
van Bunge to PD Collingwood, no run

fulltoss on the middle and leg

stump line, smashed to the mid-wicket fence, 3 more to get!

22.5
4
van Bunge to PD Collingwood, FOUR runs

quicker delivery on the middle

and leg stump line, played to the off side

22.4
van Bunge to PD Collingwood, no run

fulltoss on the off, played

straight to the man at mid-off

22.3
van Bunge to PD Collingwood, no run

short delivery spinning away from

the right hander, no shot offered

22.2
van Bunge to PD Collingwood, no run

tossed up on the middle, played

to the mid-off region

22.1
van Bunge to PD Collingwood, no run

flighted delivery on the off,

defended

Over22
10 runs
ENG 136/4CRR: 6.18  RRR: 0.25
Ian Blackwell 18 (9b 4x4)Paul Collingwood 1 (2b)
Feiko Kloppenburg0/10 (1)
21.6
JF Kloppenburg to Blackwell, no run

fuller length delivery on the

middle and off stump line, played to the mid-off region

21.5
4
JF Kloppenburg to Blackwell, FOUR runs

and again! width outside the off

stump, smashed to the cover fence, bad ball put away in style

21.4
JF Kloppenburg to Blackwell, no run

short delivery outside the off

stump, played to the covers

21.3
1
JF Kloppenburg to PD Collingwood, 1 run

short and wide outside the off

stump, played down to the third-man region

21.2
1
JF Kloppenburg to Blackwell, 1 run
21.1
4
JF Kloppenburg to Blackwell, FOUR runs

short delivery on the off stump

line, Blackwell goes back and plays it past the cover fielder,

boundary number five for him!

Over21
8 runs, 1 wicket
ENG 126/4CRR: 6.00  RRR: 0.58
Paul Collingwood 0 (1b)Ian Blackwell 9 (4b 2x4)
Daan van Bunge3/12 (2)
20.6
van Bunge to PD Collingwood, no run
20.5
W
van Bunge to Knight, OUT
Nick Knight c Zuiderent b van Bunge 51 (58b 8x4 0x6 85m) SR: 87.93
20.4
van Bunge to Knight, no run

short delivery on the middle and leg

stump line, Knight goes for the pull, the ball came in slower than

expected and in the end gives the simplest of catches to Zuiderent

at mid-wicket, van Bunge gets his third wicket

20.3
4
van Bunge to Knight, FOUR runs

fifty! another fulltoss, driven past the

diving cover fielder, the ball finds the rope in no time

20.2
4
van Bunge to Knight, FOUR runs

take that! fulltoss on the off, smashed

to the cover fence, as easy as it gets

20.1
van Bunge to Knight, no run

flighted delivery on the off, defended

van Bunge to continue