Strauss falls for 88
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Nagpur: Andrew Strauss fell after giving England a powerful start to their chase for the 293 target set by the Netherlands at the VCA Ground in Nagpur on Tuesday.
Strauss looked focused and comfortably en route to a ton at 88, until Peter Borren went for the bowling change and brought out the medium pacer Mudassar Bukhari. The English skipper fell short while trying for a pull.
Jonathan Trott on 46 is working along with Ian Bell to steady the ship and boost the run flow as the required rate is climbing slowly to touch 7 runs per over mark.
Earlier, Ryan ten Doeschate hit his career-best 119 for the Dutch, who beat England at Lord's in the opening match of the 2009 World Twenty20.
However, by the time he holed out off Stuart Broad he was limping with what appeared to be cramp, raising questions about his fitness to bowl his seamers when England bat.
There was no denying the quality of his innings or the ineptitude of much of England's display, which included wayward fast bowling, dropped catches and 'wickets' when there were too few fielders inside the circle.
The Netherlands' total was their best against a Test nation at the World Cup, surpassing the 230 they made against England at Peshawar in 1996.
Ten Doeschate shared a third-wicket stand of 78 with Tom Cooper (47) and later added fifty in just 49 balls during the fifth with Tom de Grooth (28) after Dutch captain Peter Borren won the toss.
Borren (35 not out) struck some fine blows of his own as he helped Ten Doeschate add 61 for the sixth wicket on a good batting pitch although England off-spinner Graeme Swann (two for 35 in 10 overs), kept things tight in the first match since the birth of his son as the Netherlands looked to fly the flag for associate nations after Kenya and Canada were both thrashed in their opening matches.
But ten Doeschate drove part-time spinner Kevin Pietersen, Swann and Collingwood for straight sixes while flaying England's seamers.
He reached his century with a five when Jonathan Trott's throw from short fine leg hit the stumps and went for four overthrows.
Dutch opener Wesley Barresi set the tone with a spirited 29 off 25 balls.
But Swann has a happy knack of taking wickets early in a spell and he struck third ball when he had Barresi stumped by wicketkeeper Matt Prior to leave the Netherlands 58 for two.
Ten Doeschate had a lucky escape when, on 47, he skied Swann only for the ball to land safely as Anderson at long-on and Pietersen at long-off left the chance to each other in a mix-up that exemplified England's mediocre fielding effort.
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