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World Cup 2023 | Ben Stokes Justifies ODI Return, Pummels NED Before Rashid, Ali Spin Party

image-lopxqkfrBen Stokes and Chris Woakes added 129 runs for the seventh wicket (AP)

Brief Scores: England: 339-9 (50 overs) [Ben Stokes: 108 (84), Dawid Malan: 87 (74); Bas de Leede 3/74 (10), Aryan Dutt 2/67 (10)] defeated Netherlands: 179 all out (37.2 overs) [Teja Nidamanuru: 41* (34), Scott Edwards: 38 (42); Moeen Ali 3/42 (8.2), Adil Rashid 3/54 (8)] by 160 runs.

With a spot in the 2025 Champions Trophy on the line, England thumped Netherlands in their penultimate World Cup 2023 league fixture to snap their losing streak.

`Stokes pummels the Dutch attack

England opener Dawid Malan notched up his third fifty-plus score of the tournament with his boundary-filled 87 at the top. Jonny Bairstow, captain Jos Buttler, Joe Root, Harry Brook and Moeen Ali failed to complement Malan’s efforts as a middle-order collapse led the Englishmen towards an unfortunate 192-6 at one stage.

Ben Stokes, at number four, justified his return to the ODI lore by staging a miraculous late recovery with his 78-ball ton. The dynamic all-rounder shared a 129-run counterpunch with Chris Woakes, where the latter contributed with 51 at better than run-a-ball.

Stokes himself bludgeoned 108 runs from just 84 deliveries in an innings glittered with six sixes and six boundaries. Their backend acceleration paved a path for a commendable English total of 339-9 by their 50 overs.

Among Netherlands bowlers, usual suspect Bas de Leede finished his spell with a three-fer while new-ball bowlers Aryan Dutt and Logan van Beek shared four wickets between them, albeit expensively.

Netherlands fall flat to England spinners

Despite featuring a 37 from opener Wesley Barresi, 33 from number four Sybrand Engelbrecht, 38 from in-form captain Scott Edwards and an unbeaten 41 from Teja Nidamanuru; Netherlands innings folded up for just 179 in 37.2 overs.

Chris Woakes, who listed an imperial 51 in the first innings, got the new-ball swinging at the top alongside England’s outbound star David Willey as the two speedsters shared three wickets between them.

Spinners Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali later polished off Netherlands’ lower half with identical three-fers, as England romped home to a 160-run win, thus marking only their second positive outcome of the 2023 World Cup.