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England crash out of T20

Author: Rose Young
Date: 16/06/2009

West Indies and Pakistan won through to the semi-finals of cricket's World Twenty20 competition after beating England and Ireland respectively.

England had the chance to build on Sunday's dramatic victory against India when they won the toss at The Oval and opted to bat first.

They looked on course to set a big target when Ravi Bopara (55) and Kevin Pietersen (31) got them off to a rapid start but once again Paul Collingwood's side failed to build on good foundations.

They went 50 balls without scoring a boundary after Pietersen's dismissal in the eighth over until Stuart Broad's late flurry left them on 161-6 after their 20 overs.

However, rain fell between innings and, when it eventually relented, the West Indies required a revised Duckworth-Lewis target of 80 from nine overs.

Three early wickets gave England the chance to secure victory but an unbeaten 37-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan helped West Indies win by five wickets with four balls to spare.

Pakistan are also through to the last four after easing to a 39-run victory against Ireland.

Ireland never really looked like matching Pakistan's 159-5 and, after captain William Porterfield was dismissed for 40, they lost six wickets for 33 runs as they slumped to 120-9 in reply.

England Under-21s opened their European Championship campaign with a patchy display against Finland although they eventually secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory.

They were forced to play for a hour with ten men in Halmstad after Michael Mancienne had been sent off for a professional foul, but eventually claimed the win thanks to goals by Lee Cattermole and Micah Richards.

In the other Group B match, two of the sportsbook betting favourites to lift the trophy later this month - Spain and Germany - drew 0-0 in Gothenburg.

A last-minute Kaka goal helped Brazil beat Egypt 4-3 in a dramatic Confederations Cup clash.

The South Americans seemed set for a straightforward win when they eased into a 3-1 lead, but two Egypt goals within 60 seconds by Mohamed Shawky and Mohamed Zidan made it 3-3.

However, just before the game was about to move into stoppage time, Ahmed El Mohamady was sent off for a deliberate handball and Kaka slotted home the resulting penalty.

Meanwhile, Giuseppe Rossi scored twice as Italy struggled to beat a USA side that had to play for nearly an hour with ten men following Ricardo Clark's dismissal.

Landon Donovan actually gave the USA the lead from the penalty spot, but long-range strikes by Rossi and Daniele De Rossi put Italy ahead before another Rossi goal confirmed Italy's 3-1 win.

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