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London: The Netherlands pulled off a major upset on the opening day of the Twenty20 World Championships as they shocked hosts England by four wickets in a pulsating Group B match at Lord's here.
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Ravi Bopara en route to his 46 on Friday
London: Luke Wright hit a blazing 71 and shared a 102-run opening partnership with Ravi Bopara (46) to help England post a decent 162 for five against The Netherlands in the opening match of the ICC Twenty20
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Hosts England [ Images ] suffered an embarrassing upset in the opening match of the World T20 tournament, losing to the Netherlands by four wickets at Lord's on Friday.
Chasing England's competitive score of 162 for 5, the Dutch were home off the last
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England face the prospect of being thrown out of their own party at the very first stage of the World Twenty20 after a humiliating defeat by Holland in yesterday's opening match. They were beaten by four wickets from the last delivery of a thrilling
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England crashed to one of their most ignominious cricketing defeats of all time, as the Netherlands won the ICC World Twenty20 curtain-raiser at Lord's by scoring two runs off the final ball amid scenes of scarcely believable drama.
Chasing a target of
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Lord’s: England recorded 162 for 5 in the opening match of the Twenty20 World Cup against Netherlands at the Lord’s ground on Friday.
Opener Luke Wright top scored with 71 while his partner Ravi Bopara hit an elegant 46. Together they put on 102
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Luke Wright goes through the off side during his 71
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The opening ceremony was cancelled, the sky was grey and Kevin Pietersen was missing from the England line-up, but the ICC World Twenty20 spluttered into life at Lord's as the hosts
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With the help of Luke Wright's knock of 71 runs, England made 162 runs at the loss of 5 wickets against the Netherlands in the World T20 opener at Lord's.
Earlier, put in to bat first by Netherlands, England openers Bopara and Luke Wright added 102
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Hitting out: England's Luke Wright lit up Lord's with fine knock
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England lost Kevin Pietersen to an Achilles problem before the start of their
first match in the World Twenty20 championships, and his power was badly
missed as
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Luke Wright clips the ball to the boundary as England make an encouraging start
Ravi Bopara and Luke Wright ensured England made a positive start to their ICC World Twenty20 opener against Holland at Lord’s.
After Holland skipper Jeroen Smits had
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Just over three hours to go until the World Twenty20 starts and it's drizzling here at Wapping, although I'm assured that it looks a bit brighter over at Lord's.
Well it wouldn't be an international tournament in England without the weather playing a
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Hosts England enter the ICC World T20 with a confidence that they can triumph on home soil and end their wait for a major trophy.
Wednesday's outstanding nine-wicket warm-up hammering of West Indies at Lord's, when Ravi Bopara and Luke Wright shared a 1
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London: England looked to have found the solution to their opening problems at the ICC World Twenty20 as Luke Wright and Ravi Bopara led them to a nine-wicket warm-up thrashing of the West
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Luke Wright and Denesh Ramdin look back at England's thumping ICC World Twenty20 warm-up victory over West Indies at Lord's
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Luke Wright of England is pictured among West Indies players at the end of their Twenty20 match prior to the start of the ICC World Twenty20 at Lord's cricket ground in London, on Wendesday. (AFP Photo)
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Farewell West Indies and thanks for turning up.
Their 17th and, mercifully, final game against England over the last five months followed a familiar pattern, with incompetence being harshly punished in another thoroughly one-sided contest.
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Luke Wright scored an unbeaten 75 off 48 balls to steer England to a nine-wicket victory over West Indies. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images
This match felt more like a warm-down than a warm-up, the sorry final episode in the one-sided series of
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Ravi Bopara and Luke Wright sent England careering into the World Twenty20 on the perfect high after inflicting more West Indian humiliation.
The now ritual Windies flogging continued as the England pair opened the innings - as well as their shoulders -
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ENGLAND finally settled on their opening partnership to lead them into the World Twenty20 tournament after Luke Wright and Ravi Bopara guided them to a nine-wicket warm-up victory over West Indies at Lord’s.
Since playing their inaugural Twenty20
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'The guys back me, and want me to express myself and believe in myself, and that's what I tried to do'
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Compared with their soporific efforts against Scotland on Tuesday, this was an England invigorated under the floodlights at Lord's.
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If familiarity breeds contempt then West Indies must be thoroughly sick of
England after losing the sixteenth match between the sides this year by nine
wickets and with 32 balls to spare. How long ago that Test win in Jamaica
now feels. Even though
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Wright hit a total of five sixes in an explosive innings
England all-rounder Luke Wright was in jubilant mood after taking his chance as Twenty20 opener with 75 not out in the nine-wicket
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England continued their preparations for the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20 with a comprehensive nine-wicket success over West Indies at Lord's.
Having restricted their opponents to 144-6 off 20 overs, England raced to their victory target with more
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Luke Wright (left) and Ravi Bopara put on 119 for the first wicket as England took a fine win.
England 145-1 (Wright 75no, Bopara 60) beat
West Indies 144-6 (Sarwan 46no, Swann 1-13) by nine wickets
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Sweet spot: Luke Wright ended 75 not out including 8 fours and 5 sixes
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The Oval may have cracked and fizzed to an IPL style beat on Wednesday but at
Lord's England's openers did their best to raise the decibel count with
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The Brit Oval's four £2.5million floodlights were used for the first time in a
competitive match last night, but Sussex spoilt Surrey's party in front of a
crowd of almost 8,000. After failing to score off their first two overs, the
home side gave
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Sussex used spin to silence a Tuesday night crowd of 8,000 at the Brit Oval by
claiming a 21-run win over Surrey to open their Twenty20 Cup account in
their second southern group outing.
The Sharks successfully defended a workmanlike if unspectacular
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Luke Wright is well-known as one of the most powerful hitters in the game and will look to set a new world record on Friday
With the Twenty20 Cup just days away, Sussex and England all-rounder Luke Wright will attempt to set a new world record at Hove
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A former Oklahoman has come back to the state and opened Serenity Funerals and
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Luke Wright believes his opportunity with the Lions this winter has helped persuade the selectors to recall him into their one-day plans for the start of this summer.
The Sussex all-rounder was dropped for the recent one-day series success in the
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James Anderson continued to be the best bowler on show here but Sussex's Luke Wright – a player with a more chequered recent England past – looked ready to fulfil his potential after his best first-class bowling performance.
Anderson took another two
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Leading man: Ed Joyce kept Sussex in the hunt until his late dismissal
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Ed Joyce kept Sussex in contention with a patient half-century but his
partnership with Luke Wright, which looked set to tip the balance of a
finely poised match, was
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Ipswich Cricket Club enjoy the Nat West Cricket Force experience as a showcase club in 2009, accompanied by Mike Gatting and Luke Wright. ... ICC "Cricket Force" Natwest "Mike Gatting" "Luke Wright" Ipswich
Ipswich Cricket Club enjoy the Nat West Cricket Force experience as a showcase club in 2009, accompanied by Mike Gatting and Luke Wright. ... ICC "Cricket Force" Natwest "Mike Gatting" "Luke Wright" Ipswich
Ipswich Cricket Club enjoy the Nat West Cricket Force experience as a showcase club in 2009, accompanied by Mike Gatting and Luke Wright. ... ICC Cricketforce Natwest "Mike Gatting" "Luke Wright" Ipswich
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ECBtv joined more than 100 volunteers at Ipswich on Sunday for NatWest CricketForce
Sussex all-rounder Luke Wright and former England captain Mike Gatting helped Ipswich Cricket Club transform their ground as part of NatWest CricketForce
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A short documentary observing the growing performance poetry phenomenon through a series of interviews and poetry readings by poets Phenzwaan and Luke Wright.
Luke Wright performs at Apples & Snakes in Soho, Soho Theatre, London on 28 May 2008
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• Lions need nine wickets on final day to clinch series
• Mark Davies adds scalp of Jamie How to his first innings spree
Luke Wright of the England Lions bats during day three of the second Test match between New Zealand A and the England Lions.
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A lightning quick century from Luke Wright put England Lions in charge on the penultimate day of their Test against New Zealand A.
Wright blazed 105 from 96 balls to fire the Lions up to 353-9 when skipper Roby Key declared to set the New Zealanders an
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Luke Wright hits out during his century
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Luke Wright's brisk century carried England Lions to a massive total, and going into the final day in Lincoln the tourists were nine wickets away from claiming the series.
England resumed the
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A short documentary observing the growing performance poetry phenomenon through a series of interviews and poetry readings by poets Phenzwaan and Luke Wright.
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All-rounder: Andrew Flintoff has already drawn big interest
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Multi-skilled: Paul Collingwood is an ideal Twenty20 player
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All-action: Luke Wright can score quick runs and bowl
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Kevin Pietersen -
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Ravi Bopara has compared the possibility of missing out on the Indian Premier
League (IPL) to being omitted from the England side. With the auction in Goa
only two days away, Bopara - along with Luke Wright and Samit Patel, an IPL
nominee at present
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