Dutch defeat doesn’t worry Broad by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:

SCJ Broad

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DateLine: 10th June 2009

 

England all-rounder Stuart Broad is confident England have learned from the mistakes they made against Holland and are now ready to threaten the world's best in the World Twenty20 Super Eight stage.

 

Sunday's huge win over Pakistan secured their place into the Super Eight stage where they face highly-fancied South Africa alongside defending champions India and a good looking West Indian outfit over the next week.

 

Though the hosts now face a daunting challenge and it seems further tough considering they lost to minnows Holland in their opening encounter, but Broad believes they have developed as a side since the opening loss and are now looking forward to compete in the next stage.

 

"I don't think what happened on Friday will disrupt our momentum much because we've had a great start to the summer and it was such a tight finish," claimed Nottinghamshire seamer Broad, who grabbed three for 17 to set up the emphatic win over Pakistan.

 

"If we'd been hammered that might have hurt a bit more, but having only just lost and then beating Pakistan well, I think it is quite easy to move on from.

 

"I think we stand a very good chance in this World Cup because we're playing exciting cricket and we've got some batsmen who can clear the ropes."

 

Broad was the bowler who bowled the dramatic final over in the encounter against the Dutch. He missed three run-out chances and a sharp return catch to allow them to claim their famous victory at Lord's.

 

But England seem to have re-grouped since then and have already delivered a good performance having beaten Pakistan comprehensively.

 

"In international sport you don't get much time to sit around and mope about what might have been," admitted Broad.

 

"You have a bit of quiet time to think about it, but you're really looking for the next stage and the next chance to put it right.

 

"Luckily we had a game coming up straight away and the equation was pretty simple - we had to win well to go through and so we were very focused on the job in hand.

 

"We had a fitness test on the Saturday morning which got rid of some of the frustration and then it was about changing the focus so we could learn from our mistakes and put it into practice on Sunday.

 

"We had a big team meeting where we had a good chat about the mistakes we made, but everyone was behind the decision to go for the win and we just resolved to put things right so we felt quite clear on what we had to do."