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Broad unconcerned by Dutch defeat

Stuart Broad is confident England have learned from the mistakes they made against Holland and are now ready to threaten the world's elite in the World Twenty20 tournament's next stage.

Sunday's emphatic victory over Pakistan at The Oval secured England's progress into the Super Eights stage where they face highly-fancied South Africa, holders India and West Indies over the next week.

"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.

He added: "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's impressive display followed his dramatic final over against Holland, when he missed three run-out chances and a sharp return catch to allow them to claim their famous victory at Lord's.

But England re-grouped the following day to deliver an impressive display against Pakistan and put them back on track to win their first major one-day trophy.

"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."

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