Stokes struck 108 from 84 balls.
Ben Stokes smashed his first World Cup century as England picked up a consolation win over Netherlands and raised their prospects of salvaging a place at the Champions Trophy.
He struck 108 from 84 balls, grafting hard to begin with then accelerating sharply, to lift England to an imposing 339 for nine.That was always going to be too many for a Dutch side who lacked the firepower to match Stokes and they wilted for 179 all out. In doing so he ticked off one of the only empty squares on his international bingo card: a ton on the World Cup stage.
Joe Root had already played one of his favourite reverse ramps over the wicketkeeper’s head when he shaped to repeat the shot against Logan van Beek. Harry Brook’s return to the XI after three games out fell flat, pulling Bas de Leede to deep square-leg for 11, before Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali offered the kind of catching practice that would be deemed too gentle for fielding drills.
Chris Woakes added a breezy 51 in a 129-run stand for the seventh wicket and, by the time Stokes holed out with two balls left, the job was well on the way to being done.By the end of Netherlands’ powerplay it was almost complete. Max O’Dowd flapped Woakes to mid-off to get things moving and David Willey had Colin Ackermann caught behind for a duck.
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