England took on Netherlands in the 40th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the picturesque Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Wednesday (November 8). The English team emerged victorious in the contest by 160 runs to keep their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 qualification hopes alive. Ben Stokes was the hero of the match as he hammered a brilliant ton against the Dutch side.
England’s impressive batting performance
Winning the toss and opting to bat first, England got off to a steady start with the top-order batters putting up a decent show. However, it was the brilliant Dawid Malan who stole the show with a sublime 87 runs off 74 balls. His partnership with Stokes, who played a breathtaking innings of 108 runs off 84 balls, was the cornerstone of England’s innings.
Stokes showcased his ability to hit the ball to all parts of the ground and was unstoppable throughout his innings. The England all-rounder smashed six fours and as many sixes during his fiery knock.
Chris Woakes brilliant cameo
Chris Woakes, coming in lower down the order, played a crucial cameo, scoring 51 runs off 45 balls. His valuable contribution towards the end of the innings helped England post a formidable total of 339/9. Bas de Leede was the pick of the Netherlands bowlers, finishing with figures of 3/74.
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Netherlands struggle against England’s clinical bowling
In reply, the Netherlands faced a steep target of 340 runs. The English bowlers were relentless and kept the pressure on. Scott Edwards and Wesley Barresi tried to hold the innings together with scores of 38 and 37, respectively. However, the Netherlands batsmen couldn’t find the necessary momentum to chase down the imposing target.
Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid were the standout bowlers for England, each picking up three wickets and effectively stifling the Netherlands’ batting lineup. With the win, England sailed to the seventh spot in the points table and keept their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 qualification hopes alive.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
England seals a crucial win against the Netherlands👏🏾 keeping their hopes alive for Champions Trophy qualification! @benstokes38 rescuing England once again, but they have one more match to go.#CWC23 #ENGVNED
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) November 8, 2023
🏴 ENGLAND WIN 🏴
A comprehensive victory in order to give our Champions Trophy chances a boost.
A massive fair play to this team to keep on going after a tough month 💪#CWC23 pic.twitter.com/ZHm25J4kSv
— England’s Barmy Army 🏴🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy) November 8, 2023
A much-needed win for England after a tough tournament. #CWC23 #EngvNed
— Cheteshwar Pujara (@cheteshwar1) November 8, 2023
England move from the last position finally, to 7th position.
They’ve better chances to qualify for the Champions Trophy! #ENGvNed#icccricketworldcup2023
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) November 8, 2023
Finally a win for England, albeit against the Netherlands. Wonderful hundred for @benstokes38 and this will now set up an exciting Pakistan vs England contest in Kolkata. Looking forward 👏🏽 #ENGvNED #CWC23
— kamil khan (@13kamilkhan) November 8, 2023
England beat Netherlands… Champion trophy 2026 (Pakistan) hopes are alive for England. They are on 7 in Points table….!!!#ENGvNED pic.twitter.com/tSweuJGMNU
— (@BukhariLeo14) November 8, 2023
Saviour of the ship @benstokes38 😍👍🏼 Good 💯 under pressure anchoring the innings where required with aggressive intent to get Maximum runs for the team to win at the end. Sheer example to differentiate Selfish vs Selfless approach @MichaelVaughan #ENGvNED #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/ElNmyuK3jv
— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) November 8, 2023
Finally the real Ben Stokes arrived at the World Cup. 💯
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) November 8, 2023
There are some players who just revel under pressure and very few do it as well as @benstokes38 . He has given England enough today.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 8, 2023
England bowled out Netherlands for 179 runs in 37.2 overs to win by 160 runs.
Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid took 3 wickets each.#ENGvNED #ENGvsNED #NEDvENG #NEDvsENG #CWC23 #WorldCup2023 #CricketWorldCup #ICCCricketWorldCup23 #ICCWorldCup #BenStokes pic.twitter.com/LqQSRdjoPV— क्रीडाप्रेमी (@Surendra21286) November 8, 2023
Finally, smiles come on the faces of England’s players after beating the Netherlands by 160 runs.#ENGvNED #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/4C5OsKZVUn
— Tanveer Hassan (@tanveercric56_) November 8, 2023
England Beat Netherlands by 160 Runs and move to no 7 on Point Table 👌
Netherlands Drops on 10 pic.twitter.com/dnGPPpJdl9— Umair Malik47 🇵🇰 (@Malkadamunda47) November 8, 2023
England Finally won their 2nd match in the World 🌎 Cup 2023.
At PUNE England beat Netherlands by a big margin of 160 runs.#WorldCup2023india #NEDvENG— Surinder (@navsurani) November 8, 2023
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