PUNE: Ben Stokes played a scintillating knock of 108 runs from 84 balls to guide England to a mammoth 339 against the Netherlands during their ICC World Cup 2023 clash at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
England after winning the toss, lost opening batter Jonny Bairstow with 48 runs on the board in seven overs.
Dawid Malan and Joe Root then knitted an 85-run partnership for the second wicket to push England’s total to 133 before the former was bowled through his legs by Logan Van Beek while attempting a reverse scoop.
Ben Stokes came in at number four but in the next over, Malan was run out leaving England reeling at 133-2, which soon turned into 192-6 courtesy of Netherlands’ disciplined bowling.
Malan played a blistering knock of 87 runs from 74 balls, featuring 10 boundaries and two sixes.
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Ben Stokes was joined by Chris Woakes and together they helped England recover by adding 129 runs for the seventh wicket before Bas de Leede removed the latter.
Woakes scored 51 runs from 45 balls with the help of five boundaries and one six.
Meanwhile, Ben Stokes completed his maiden hundred in the World Cup before he was dismissed by Logan van Beek.
Stokes top scored for England with 108 runs from 84 balls, featuring six boundaries and as many sixes.
England’s innings ended at 339-9 in the allocated 50 overs.
Bas de Leede topped the wickets for the Netherlands with figures of 3-74, meanwhile, Aryan Dutt and Logan van Beek added two scalps each to their tally.
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