Ben Stokes struck the very best rating by an England batsman in a one-day worldwide on Wednesday, smashing a blistering 182 because the hosts piled up 368 towards New Zealand at The Oval. However both facet of his exceptional innings, quick bowler Trent Boult stored New Zealand within the sport with a formidable return of 5-51 in 9.1 overs. England had been set for a colossal whole at 348-5 when Stokes was dismissed. However they misplaced their final 5 wickets for 20 runs, Boult wrapping up the innings with 11 balls to spare. England had been wobbling at 13-2 following Boult’s early double strike within the third of a four-match sequence presently stage at 1-1. However Stokes, who solely just lately reversed his ODI retirement forward of subsequent month’s 50-over World Cup in India, turned the tide in spectacular trend.
His beautiful 124-ball innings, together with 15 fours and 9 sixes, surpassed Jason Roy‘s earlier England document of 180 towards Australia at Melbourne in 2018.
Stokes, whose earlier ODI high rating was 102 not out, acquired glorious assist in a third-wicket partnership of 199 with Dawid Malan (96).
Earlier, Boult once more troubled an England top-order as soon as extra lacking Roy after the opener suffered a contemporary again spasm.
The left-arm fast struck along with his first ball when Jonny Bairstow clipped him off his pads solely to be effectively caught by a leaping Devon Conway at backward square-leg.
Boult then had Joe Root (4) inside-edging a drive into his stumps.
However Malan, again within the facet after lacking England’s 79-run win in Southampton on Sunday to attend the beginning of his son, steadied the innings throughout a 52-ball fifty as he seemed to cement his place in England’s remaining 15-man squad for the World Cup.
Stokes reached the landmark in simply 44 balls, taking 15 runs off a single Lockie Ferguson over, together with three fours, regardless of the paceman reaching speeds of 94 mph.
Check captain Stokes, within the absence of the injured Mitchell Santner, punished New Zealand’s spinners.
He was particularly extreme on Rachin Ravindra (0-28 in two overs), hoisting the sluggish left-armer for 3 massive sixes.
Malan, fell simply shy of what would have been his fifth hundred in 20 ODIs when he bought a faint edge to wicketkeeper Tom Latham.
Stokes, because the solar got here out in south London, went to 150 by slamming occasional off-spinner Glenn Phillips for six over midwicket.
He broke Roy’s document in fashion with a six off Ben Lister, solely to gap out off the paceman two balls later to spark an England collapse from 348-5 to 368 all out.
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