Stokes’ 108 off 84 guides England from 192-6 to 339-9 before Rashid and Moeen share six wickets to bowl out the Dutch for 179
extinguished by Australia last Saturday
Victory pushed Jos Buttler’s men up to seventh in the table, with one game to go to secure the top-eight finish they need to reach the next global 50-over tournament in Pakistan in two years’ time. This result helped massage that particular statistic, but it did come against the lowest-ranked team in the tournament – and it needed Stokes’ Midas touch to make it happen.Whether Stokes should even still be here in India had been a hot topic in the days leading up to this match after he revealed last week
But Mott has again been on the end of criticism from former captain Eoin Morgan, the man who led England to glory in the 2019 World Cup calling out the coach and captain Buttler forEngland, who at least played Harry Brook after naming an unchanged team of players all over 30 in their three previous games, had been 133 for one before their familiar batting frailties surfaced again.
It’s sad how far England have now fallen, with this contest the equivalent of two bald men fighting over a comb.
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