England Register Their Second Win in 2023 WC, Stay Alive in 2025 Champions Trophy Qualification Race
Producer: Aditya Maheshwari
Ben Stokes' maiden World Cup hundred set-up a 160-run win for England over the Netherlands in Pune on Wednesday.
England cantered to a 160-run win over the Netherlands to stay in the hunt for a place in the 2025 Champions Trophy.
The defending champions climbed off the bottom of the table with their second win in this edition of the World Cup.
Victory ended a five-game losing streak, with England having long since ceased to be in semi-final contention.
England were in trouble at 192-6 after yet another batting collapse before Stokes' 108 and 51 from fellow all-rounder Chris Woakes took them to 339-9 in 50 overs.
The Netherlands were never in the hunt, collapsing to 179 all out inside 38 overs.
Ben Stokes made a painstaking fifty in 58 balls and then accelerated, taking just 20 more deliveries to reach his fifth one-day international century.
Dawid Malan led the way with a 36-ball fifty that featured 40 runs in boundaries after skipper Jos Buttler won the toss. He was dismissed for 87.