England Vs Netherlands, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Ben Stokes Hits Century In England's Face Saving Win Over Netherlands - Statistical Highlights

Defending champions England beat the Netherlands by 160 runs in Pune on Wednesday to register only the second win of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. Opting to bat, England posted 339/9 and then dismissed the Dutch for 179 runs in 37.2 overs to keep their ICC Championships Trophy 2025 qualification hopes alive. (As It Happened | Scores | Photos)

England were rejuvenated by Ben Stokes (108), Dawid Malan (87) and Chris Woakes (51). In reply, Teja Nidamanuru (41 not out) was the top scorer, while Wesley Barresi (37), Sybrand Engelbrecht (33) and Scott Edwards (38) failed to capitalise on the starts. The spin duo of Adil Rashid (3/54) and Moeen Ali (3/42) took three wickets each for the holders. With that, here's a look at all the key stats and figures from the England vs Netherlands match:

- England scored 339 for nine in this game to provide the 135th occasion of a team posting a total of 300-plus runs in an innings in the World Cup. It also provided the 16th occasion of England posting a total of 300-plus runs in an innings.

- Dawid Malan of England was dismissed run out for 87 in this game to provide the 82nd occasion of a batter getting out in this fashion after scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup. It also provided the 16th occasion of an England batter getting run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup.

- Dawid Malan's dismissal marked the 30th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup. It also provided the third occasion of an England opener getting run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup.

- Ben Stokes of England scored 108 in this game to provide the 228th occasion of a batter scoring a century in an innings in the World Cup. It also provided the 20th occasion of an England batter scoring a century in the World Cup.

- Ben Stokes of England scored 108 in this game to provide the 32nd occasion of a batter scoring a century in an innings in the World Cup 2023. The highest number of centuries scored in an edition of the World Cup is 38 in the 2015 edition. 31 centuries were hit in the 2019 editions.

- It is interesting to note that three consecutive editions of the World Cup have witnessed 30-plus centuries – 2015 (38), 2019 (31) and 2023 (32) at the time of writing.

- Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes added 129 runs for the seventh wicket in this game to provide the 349th occasion of batters posting a three-figure partnership in an innings in the World Cup. It also provided the 39th occasion of England batters posting a three-figure partnership in an innings in the World Cup.

- Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes added 129 runs for the seventh wicket in this game to provide the seventh occasion of batters posting a three-figure partnership in an innings in the World Cup for the seventh wicket. It also provided the first occasion of England batters posting a three-figure partnership in an innings in the World Cup for the seventh wicket.

- Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes added 129 runs for the seventh wicket in this game to provide the second-best three-figure partnership in an innings in the World Cup for the seventh wicket. The best partnership is 130 runs between Sybrand Engelbrecht and Logan van Beek of the Netherlands against Sri Lanka in Lucknow on 21.10.23.

- Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes added 129 runs for the seventh wicket in this game to provide the the record partnership by England for the seventh wicket in an innings in the World Cup. The previous best was a 92-run partnership between James Taylor and Woakes against Australia in Melbourne on 14.02.2015.

- Wesley Barresi of the Netherlands was dismissed run out for 37 in this game to provide the 585th occasion of a batter getting run out in the World Cup. It also provided the 29th occasion of a Netherlands player getting run out in the World Cup.

- Wesley Baressi's dismissal provided the 110th occasion of an opening batter getting run out in the World Cup. It also provided the sixth occasion of a Netherlands opener getting run out in the World Cup.

Dawid Malan of England and Wesely Baressi of the Netherlands were dismissed run out in this game to provide the seventh occasion of rival opening batters getting out in this manner in a World Cup match.

The Netherlands were dismissed for 179 to provide the 343rd occasion of a team getting all out in the World Cup. It also provided the 16th occasion of the Netherlands getting all out in the World Cup.

- The Netherlands innings marked the 192nd occasion of a team getting all out in the World Cup batting second. It also provided the 10th occasion of the Netherlands getting all out in the World Cup batting second.

- England beat the Netherlands by 160 runs to provide the 82nd occasion of a team winning a World Cup game by a 100-plus run margin. It also provided the 13th occasion of England winning a World Cup game by a 100-plus run margin.

Stats courtesy: HR Gopala Krishna – Veteran cricket statistician