ENG vs NED

Scorecard of England-Netherlands match

England crosses 300 with Stokes' century
Ben Stokes scored a century for England. He played an innings of 108 runs on 84 balls. Apart from him, David Malan (87) and Chris Woakes (51) scored fifties. Bas de Leede took 3 wickets for Netherlands. Aryan Dutt and Logan Van Beek took two wickets each. Paul Van Meekeren got one wicket.

Stokes's first World Cup century
Ben Stokes, who came to bat at number-4, scored a century against Netherlands. This was his first century in the World Cup. He scored 108 runs on 84 balls, in this innings Stokes hit 6 fours and 6 sixes.

Century Partnership at Volks-Stokes
Along with scoring a century, Stokes also made a partnership of 129 runs with Chris Woakes for the 7th wicket. Woakes scored 51 runs on 45 balls. In this innings he hit 5 fours and one six.

Malan played an inning of 87 runs
David Malan played an innings of 87 runs on 74 balls. He missed scoring his second century in this World Cup. This is Malan's second fifty of this World Cup and 7th of his ODI career. Malan was run out by a throw from Logan Van Beek.

Half-century partnership between Malan and Root
There was a half-century partnership between David Malan and Joe Root for the second wicket. Both scored 85 runs on 80 balls. This partnership broke with the wicket of Root. Root was bowled by Logan Van Beek after scoring 28 runs.

England lost one wicket in Powerplay-1
England had a good start in Powerplay-1. The team scored 70 runs losing one wicket. England suffered a setback in the first 10 overs. Jonny Bairstow was sent to the pavilion by Aryan Dutt for 15 runs. After this, Joe Root made a partnership of 85 runs with David Malan.

Two changes in England and one in Netherlands
There were two changes in the England team. Harry Brook and Gus Atkinson were included in place of Liam Livingston and Mark Wood. Teja Nidamanuru got a chance in place of Saqib Zulfikar in the Netherlands team.

Playing eleven of both the teams
England: Jos Buttler (captain and wicketkeeper), Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid and Gus Atkinson.

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (captain & wk), Wegley Baresi, Max O'Dowd, Colin Ackerman, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren.

Battle of top-8
There is a battle for top-8 between the two teams. England is out of the World Cup and is at the last position in the points table. At the same time, Netherlands has 4 points with 2 wins. Netherlands has a chance for the semi-finals, but it will have to win every match by a big margin.

Despite being out of the World Cup, it will be a challenge for England to make it to the top-8. To qualify for the Champions Trophy 2025, 8 teams will qualify only from the points table of the ODI World Cup being held in India. After the end of the league stage in the World Cup, the teams that will remain in the top-8 in the points table will play the tournament hosted by Pakistan.