England Check captain and one of many world’s best all-rounders Ben Stokes confirmed why the Jos Buttler-led facet wanted him essentially the most for the World Cup as he smashed his fourth ODI century, his first since 2017 in his comeback collection on return from retirement. Stokes who scored a half-century within the collection opener towards New Zealand, got here in a strain state of affairs within the third ODI on the Oval on Wednesday, September 13 when England misplaced 2/13 early.
Together with Dawid Malan, Stokes first did the restore job whereas going run-a-ball earlier than going ballistic as he accomplished his fourth century off simply 76 balls. Stokes performed like how Stokes does and after the century he went actually massive smashing sixes and fours for enjoyable. An LBW name got here umpire’s name on DRS, a few mistimed pictures falling in no man’s land. It actually appeared like there was a historic double hundred for the taking, nonetheless, Stokes fell quick by simply 18 runs.
Nonetheless, along with his 182-run knock off simply 124 balls together with 15 fours and 9 sixes, Stokes made certain that he has now the very best rating by an England participant in ODIs. Stokes broke Jason Roy’s document, whose 180 towards Australia in 2018 was the earlier finest. Stokes’ knock was additionally the second highest rating by a No. 4 batter in ODIs as he fell wanting Sir Vivian Richards’ document by simply eight runs.
Highest particular person rating for England in ODIs
182 – Ben Stokes vs New Zealand (The Oval, 2023)
180 – Jason Roy vs Australia (Melbourne, 2018)
171 – Alex Hales vs Pakistan (Nottingham, 2016)
167* – Robin Smith vs Australia (Edgbaston, 1993)
162* – Jos Buttler vs Netherlands (Amstelveen, 2022)
162 – Jason Roy vs Sri Lanka (The Oval, 2016)
Highest particular person rating in ODIs at No. 4
189* – Vivian Richards vs England (Manchester, 1984)
182 – Ben Stokes vs New Zealand (The Oval, 2023)
181* – Ross Taylor vs England (Dunedin, 2018)
181 – Vivian Richards vs Sri Lanka (Karachi, 1987)
176 – AB de Villiers vs Bangladesh (Paarl, 2017)
Stokes’ marathon knock was ably supported by Dawid Malan’s 96 and skipper Jos Buttler’s quickfire cameo of 24-ball 38 as England posted an enormous rating of 368 runs on the board. The collection is presently 1-1 and regardless of the mini-collapse in the long run, England are within the driver’s seat of this sport.
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