Netherlands vs England 2nd ODI: Roy, Phil Salt win the series by the visiting team
England beat the Netherlands by six wickets in the second match of their ODI series on Sunday (June 19), but their stupendous record-breaking opening win was much more than worth the effort. Any chance of breaking the ODI batting record set on Friday, when they registered a 498-4 win in a 232-run win, the Dutch won the toss and batted first. After a rain-delayed start in Amstelveen, the hosts posted 235-7 in their 41 overs with Tonga-born Scott Edwards scoring 78 off 73 balls to the delight of home fans.
England were on their way to victory when Jason Roy (73) and Phil Salt (77) put on a 139-run stand for the opening wicket. But both were removed by Aryan Dutt, while England captain Eoin Morgan went for a duck for the second time in three days and was bowled by Tim Pringle for four by Liam Livingstone.
But England were never in any real danger and David Malan and Moeen Ali saw the visiting team at home with 29 balls to spare. On Friday, Jos Buttler, Malan and Salt all scored centuries while Livingstone scored England’s fastest ODI half-century (17 balls) as they surpassed their previous record of 481 against Australia in 2018.
Meanwhile, England batsmen Jason Roy and Jos Buttler have now entered their 100th and 150th ODIs respectively. Both the batsmen reached the landmark in the second ODI of the three-match series against the Netherlands at the VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen on Sunday.
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Both the batsmen are an extremely important part of England’s limited overs set-up. Prior to this, he has scored 4,034 runs in 149 matches at an average of 40.34. He has scored 10 centuries and 20 half-centuries with his bat. His personal best score is 162, which he made in just 70 balls with the help of seven fours and 14 sixes in the last ODI against Netherlands, which England won by a huge margin of 232 runs.
Notably, England posted the highest ODI total ever – 498/4 in that match. Also, in his 99 matches played before this, Roy has scored 3,659 runs at an average of 39.77. His bat has scored nine centuries and 20 half-centuries, in which his best score is 180.
Brief scores: Netherlands 235/7 in 41 overs (Scott Edwards 78, Bass de Leide 34; David Willey 2/46, Adil Rashid 2/50) lost to England 239/4 in 36.1 overs (Phil Salt 77, Jason Roy 73, Moeen Ali 42 No.
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