Ben Stokes struck the very best rating by an England batsman in a one-day worldwide on Wednesday, his 182 establishing a thrashing of New Zealand at The Oval as he despatched a warning to the champions’ World Cup rivals simply weeks earlier than they start the defence of their 50-over title in India.
Stokes’s beautiful innings was simply barely greater than England’s colossal 181-run margin of victory that put them 2-1 up in a four-match collection forward of Friday’s finale at Lord’s.
England had been struggling at 13-2 after Trent Boult’s early double strike, which included Jonny Bairstow’s exit off the primary ball of the match.
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But Stokes and Dawid Malan (96) hit again with a third-wicket stand of 199 as England recovered to 368 all out.
New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips saved England at bay with 72 however when he was lbw to spinner Liam Livingstone, the Black Caps had been all however overwhelmed at 173-8.
Livingstone (3-16) ended the match with 11 overs to spare when he had No 11 Ben Lister stumped by England captain Jos Buttler as New Zealand had been dismissed for 187.
“Coming back into the team after a while out, it’s nice to come back and help the team,” mentioned player-of-the-match Stokes on the presentation ceremony.
Buttler hailed Stokes’s innings by saying: “He’s played a few good ones, but that was amazing.” Boult saved New Zealand within the recreation with a formidable 5-51 in 9.1 overs, though England had been set for an enormous whole at 348-5 when Stokes was dismissed.
But they misplaced their final 5 wickets for 20 runs, left-arm fast Boult wrapping up the innings with 11 balls to spare.
England, nonetheless, had greater than sufficient runs.
Chris Woakes (3-31) did the majority of the harm as New Zealand — with out common skipper Kane Williamson whereas the star batsman completes a pre-World Cup restoration from a knee harm — slumped to 37-4, with Reece Topley within the wickets as nicely.
England start their quest to retain their 50-over international title defence towards New Zealand — the crew they defeated in a dramatic 2019 ‘Super Over’ World Cup ultimate at Lord’s — in Ahmedabad on October 5.
And New Zealand coach Gary Stead mentioned: “I don’t mind Ben Stokes. I’d rather he scored them (runs) now than on October 5.”
Stead took some consolation from the type of Boult, again in New Zealand’s ODI set-up this collection for the primary time in 12 months after turning down a central contract to play in Australia’s profitable Big Bash League.
“It’s great to have Trent back,” mentioned Stead.
“In two games he’s showed his ability as a world-class player to knock the top off England. It’s just a pity we haven’t capitalised on those starts.”
Earlier, the 34-year-old Boult had Bairstow caught at deep backward sq. earlier than inducing Joe Root to inside-edge onto his stumps.
But Stokes hit again in outstanding style with a 124-ball innings, together with 15 fours and 9 sixes, that surpassed Jason Roy’s earlier England file of 180 towards Australia at Melbourne in 2018.
“Boy can he bat, that was a special knock,” Nasser Hussain mentioned on Sky Sports Cricket.
“It wasn’t even like he ground out the score. He had the words from his captain from the last game ringing in his ear- if in doubt, go harder and he did go hard.
“As ever with Ben Stokes in complete control until his knee started to fail him a bit at the end there. He is magnificent and he is a fabulous cricketer.”
One worrying signal for England, nonetheless, was the acquainted sight of Stokes, whose earlier ODI prime rating was 102 not out, grimacing in ache due to a persistent knee downside he hopes to handle right through the World Cup.
But Stokes, off the sector initially of New Zealand’s chase, mentioned: “I just needed a little bit of treatment…”
“It (the knee injury) is getting better and better.”
Boult once more troubled an England top-order as soon as extra lacking Roy after the opener suffered a contemporary again spasm.
But Malan, who missed England’s 79-run win in Southampton on Sunday to attend the beginning of his son, responded with a 52-ball fifty as he seemed to cement his place in a 15-man World Cup squad.
Malan, fell simply shy of what would have been his fifth hundred in 20 ODIs when he obtained a faint edge to wicketkeeper Tom Latham.
But Stokes, in a dynamic show of shot-making, broke Roy’s file in type with a six off Lister, solely to gap out off the paceman two balls later.
Originally revealed as Stokes breaks file for highest particular person England ODI rating ever in ODI towards New Zealand
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
