England’s protection of their Cricket World Cup crown hasn’t gone as deliberate with the Jos Buttler-led facet already out of the semi-finals race. England squared off towards Netherlands of their penultimate match of the group stage on Wednesday, hoping to safe a spot in the primary draw of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. After skipper Buttler gained the toss and opted to bat, Dawid Malan obtained England off to a powerful begin, and accomplished his half-century off simply 36 balls. Malan stitiched an 88-run partnership with Joe Root (28), earlier than the latter was dismissed in a weird method.
The incident occurred on the second ball of the twenty first over when Root tried to reverse-scoop Logan van Beek.
Nonetheless, van Beek’s again off a size supply did not bounce as a lot as Root had anticipated. As consequence, the ball went by means of his legs and crashed onto the stumps.
An England fan, who was sitting within the stands, was seen rubbing his eyes in disappointment.
Ben Stokes’ attacking century was effectively complemented by the bowlers as England cantered to a 160-run win over the Netherlands on Wednesday to remain within the hunt for a spot within the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
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Although England and Netherlands are out of reckoning for the semifinals, the competition between the 2 lowest-placed sides achieve significance in relation to qualifying for the Champions Trophy as solely the highest seven groups from the continuing showpiece will qualify for the occasion.
England’s batting lastly clicked as they posted 339 for 9 after which the bowlers did the remaining, dismissing Netherlands for 179 in 37.2 overs.
The win took England to the seventh spot within the factors desk on account of higher run price.
The defending champions will tackle Pakistan of their final match in Kolkata on Saturday.
Opting to bat, Stokes (108 off 83) initially supplied the steadiness within the center earlier than opening up in the direction of the top, whereas David Malan (87 off 74) obtained England off to a flier along with his breezy knock throughout which he hit 10 fours and two sixes to energy England to 339 for 9.
Stokes struck six fours and as many hits over the fence, whereas Chris Woakes too did his bit with a 45-ball 51.0
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