England vs Netherlands LIVE: ICC Cricket World Cup result and reaction as Jos Buttler’s side win by 160 runs
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Your support makes all the difference.England have already crashed out of the Cricket World Cup, which was sealed by the 33-run defeat to Australia, but restored a small amount of pride with a 160-run win over the Netherlands.
That will hopefully have restored some pride to a side that hit rock bottom during the defeat to Pat Cummins’ side, and it has kept them in the hunt for the ICC Champions Trophy in 2025, with only the top eight qualifying for that event.
The victory over the Netherlands has moved England from the foot of the table into seventh place.
There will be plenty of time after the tournament for a full analysis of how England’s title defence could go so disastrously wrong with very few warning signs before the squad departed for India, but for now there is a chance to qualify for the next ICC event, with a game against Pakistan to come on 11 November.
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284-6 (46) Stokes 82, Woakes 36
The previous over was the best in the World Cup so far for England with 24 from it. van Beek can also only bowl two successive wides at the start of the next.
Stokes is struggling between the wickets here as he often does with that on-going left knee problem. Five wides brings more welcome runs for England, that last over really seems to have shifted the momentum.
There is a fourth wide in the over, and 14 runs from it.
England 270-6 (45) Stokes 80, Woakes 32
Woakes took a single off the first ball of the over to bring Stokes on strike to face Dutt’s final over.
And he does go for it, a boundary into the off side takes England past the 250 mark.
He follows it up with a fortunate six over the leg side, the fielder almost got there but could only tip it over the rope.
Two balls later he goes for a reverse sweep, misses it and falls over and the Netherlands have reviewed...but survives with a murmur on the snicko leading the third umpire to believe there was a bottom edge.
The next ball is a high no ball that Stokes makes no mistakes dispatching over the rope for six, and Dutt will have to bowl it again.
And that one goes for six too! 24 runs from the over!
England 245-6 (44) Stokes 58, Woakes 31
This pair are still going and it will be interesting to see when they really start to go for it.
England will want to get as close to 300 runs as they can.
Englnad 239-6 (43) Stokes 54, Woakes 29
Stokes brings up his half century with a huge six over midwicket, it has been an important innings for England and helped steady the ship while the other wickets tumbled.
A better over from England, 10 runs from it.
England 229-6 (42) Stokes 46, Woakes 27
A tight over with just four runs from it.
England 225-6 (41) Stokes 45, Woakes 24
Stokes has been hit in a sensitive area there! But after a moment to breathe he is okay to continue.
Woakes has two fours from the over.
England 215-6 (40) Stokes 45, Woakes 14
Stokes is inching towards his half century here, but there is plenty of time to accelerate later in the innings, if England can keep wickets in hand until the final six overs or so.
Eight runs from that over is an improvement for England.
England 204-6 (38) Stokes 41, Woakes 7
The pair at the crease have just kept knocking the ball around, and there is still a long way to go in this innings and this match.
England 200-6 (37) Stokes 40, Woakes 4
Stokes and Woakes have a rebuilding job to do here. They will want to bat out the overs and see England over the line, if they can do so, the runs will come.
But all of England’s batters have struggled to remain at the crease for any substantial period of time throughout the tournament.
The run rate, which had been up around seven an over has just dropped to under six, but the 200 is up.
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