Group B - 9th Match Netherslands v Pakistan

[aussie1st]

Discussion for matches in Group B

Fixtures

5th June 2009 (D/N):

vs

7th June 2009 (D/N):

vs

10th June 2009:

vs

Squad

England

Paul Collingwood (captain)
James Anderson
Ravi Bopara
Stuart Broad
Andrew Flintoff
James Foster
Robert Key
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Eoin Morgan
Graham Napier
Kevin Pietersen
Owais Shah
Ryan Sidebottom
Graeme Swann
Luke Wright

Netherlands

Jeroen Smits (captain)
Peter Borren
Mudassar Buhkari
Tom de Grooth
Maurits Jonkman
Alexei Kervezee
Dirk Nannes
Ruud Nijman
Darron Reekers
Edgar Schiferli
Pieter Seelaar
Eric Szwarczynski
Ryan ten Doeschate
Dan van Bunge
Bas Zuiderent

Pakistan

Younus Khan (captain)
Salman Butt
Ahmad Shahzad
Misbah-ul-Haq
Kamran Akmal
Fawad Alam
Shoaib Malik
Shahid Afridi
Sohail Tanvir
Yasir Arafat
Rao Iftikhar
Umar Gul
Mohammad Amir
Saeed Ajmal
Shahzaib Hasan

 

[ZexyZahid]

Pakistan and England should go through. I would like to see what the Netherlands can do with ten Doeschate and Nannes.

ZexyZahid added 38 Minutes and 57 Seconds later...

Daan van Bunge should have a bowl at Shahid Afridi.

 

[King Cricket]

Pakistan and England. Although Dutchland, with Nannes and Doeschate might just turn out to be a surprise pacakage. Although, there is a very little chance of that.

 

[adyhorn]

Anybody going to any of these? I'm at Lord's for the opening ceremony and England vs Netherlands.

 

[_Nabeel_]

WHAT!!
shoaib akhtar is Playing....

I have heard recently that he will not be playing T20WC because of some punishment....

is he really playing???,if so,then i would really like to see India vs pakistan in the finals....
TRP ratings would hit its peak

 

[aussie1st]

Hes out according to reports but both cricinfo and yahoo still had him in the team.

 

[ali_ed2001]

Given Pakistan's record in world cup against minnows, Netherlands might bring a surprise.

 

[Aoun13]

Pakistan is very strong contender of winning the tournament.Shoaib must not be in playing 11 if Pakistan want to be in final because now batsmen really love to bat against bowler who now just bowl straight fast bowls.My Point of view,you can dis agree.

 

[ZexyZahid]

It seems you didn't get the news: Shoaib Akhtar isn't in the Twenty20 squad anymore.

Also Flintoff is out and Adil Rashid is in.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Juxtaposition! OMG!!

I'm keeping an eye on Nannes. I think he'd trouble England and Pak. Whether that is enough to win...unlikely. The Dutch do have a very good side though.

 

[ZexyZahid]

I remembering now that Pakistan might face England for the first time since the Hair affair.

Or did they meet already after this drama?

 

[Insomniac]

Well, they did meet in a 5-match ODI series (but the hearing had not been done yet)

This will be the first time Pakistan and England have met on the cricket field since Hair was humiliated at the hearing, and we all learned Doctrove is an idiot.

This will be the first time that Pakistan and India will play for a long time though - June 3

 

[aussie1st]

Nannes has been very hit and miss of late, his IPL wasn't great by his standards and with each team only playing once, Nannes has to be on his game from the start or he is going to take some stick.

 

[ZexyZahid]

Well, they did meet in a 5-match ODI series (but the hearing had not been done yet)

This will be the first time Pakistan and England have met on the cricket field since Hair was humiliated at the hearing, and we all learned Doctrove is an idiot.

This will be the first time that Pakistan and India will play for a long time though - June 3

I meant after the series in England, whether it's Test or ODI series. But it seems they didn't meet afterwards. And coincidentally, they meet again in England.

Nannes has currently a flu. The Netherlands probably be hoping he recovers quickly.

 

[angryangy]

The Netherlands have an interesting squad, but it will take a lot of effort for them to promote from their group. They might be a bit better favoured if they were in group A or D.