England on the brink of.

England on the brink of World Cup exit after losing to Holland.

England became the laughing stock of world cricket last night when they were clogged by no-hopers Holland at their own Twenty20 bash.Paul Collingwood's men slipped to a humiliating four-wicket defeat off the last ball in a sensational sequel to England football manager Graham Taylor's infamous 'do I not like orange' outburst.As the Dutch pulled off the biggest upset in Lord's history, Collingwood's pat-a-cake batsmen failed to score a single six as they laboured to 162-5 in the opening game of the World Twenty20 championship.And Holland, fired up by Tom De Grooth's 49 off 30 balls, smashed four sixes, deservedly edging home to leave England in shock just 32 days before the Ashes series opens in Cardiff.Shell-shocked Colly admitted: "It's hard to explain why we didn't hit any sixes. But Holland came out and played with no fear and there are no excuses. We call these sides 'minnows' but they deserved to win and there are some sad faces in our dressing room, but we've got 24 hours to pick our chins off the floor.The Dutch batting did surprise us, but we were not complacent - we just didn't take our chances. But it's a hard result to take."

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