- Defending champions bag 160-run victory in opposition to the Dutch.
- With two wins and 6 losses, England ranked seventh in factors desk.
- Victory to assist them preserve their 2025 Champions Trophy hopes alive.
Defending Champions England on Wednesday thrashed the Netherlands to safe their second World Cup 2023 win on Wednesday.
Throughout the match being performed at Pune’s Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium, England secured a complete 160-run victory in opposition to the Dutch who had been bowled out at 179 runs whereas chasing a 340-run goal.
Ranked seventh on the factors desk — with six losses and two wins — at this time’s victory will assist England preserve their hopes alive for 2025 Champions Trophy qualification.
Earlier, Ben Stokes’ maiden World Cup hundred rescued faltering champions England from one other collapse as they made 339 for 9.
Stokes’ 108, solely England’s second particular person century of the event, got here when it appeared as if his bottom-of-the-table aspect would wrestle to achieve 300 after successful the toss.
However along with Chris Woakes (51), he turned the tide throughout a seventh-wicket stand of 129 after they got here collectively at 192 for six.
England got here into this match having received simply one in all their previous seven group video games.
In the meantime, the Netherlands — a non-test aspect in contrast — had received two matches within the event together with a shock victory over semifinalists South Africa.
For England, opening batsman Dawid Malan led the best way because the left-handed batsman accomplished a 36-ball fifty of which 40 had been scored in boundaries.
England, nonetheless, misplaced two wickets in fast succession with Joe Root falling for 28 in weird trend whereas making an attempt a reverse scoop and was bowled between his legs by Logan van Beek
He was adopted by Malan — as he was nearing his event’s second century — who was run out after being despatched again by Stokes going for a pointless single.
Harry Brook gave his wicket away earlier than England captain Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali each fell tamely in single figures.
Stokes was dropped within the deep off a tricky probability and survived a decent lbw evaluate earlier than smashing a no-ball from spinner Aryan Dutt – and the following free-hit – for sixes.
Take a look at skipper Stokes went into the 90s with one other six, a straight drive off De Leede.
A reverse swept 4 off paceman Paul van Meekeren, his sixth of the innings, noticed him to a 78-ball hundred that included 5 sixes.
Woakes and Stokes, who was out within the final over, starred as England scored 124 runs within the final 10 overs, with van Beek struggling in a return of 2-88.