England, the world champion, white washed Netherland by winning all three matches of the series. Yesterday, they defeated the Netherlands by eight wickets in the final match of the series. However, Jason Roy won the Player of the Match award for his undefeated hundred runs. Meanwhile, Josh Buttler became the Player of the Series for his brilliant performance throughout the series. In addition, the victory moves England to the top of the Super League table.
Match Report
England skipper Josh Buttler won the toss in the 3rd match and decided to bowl first. English captain Eoin Morgan missed the game due to injury. As a result, Josh Buttler played the role of England’s captain in the absence of Morgan. However, the Netherlands started the batting innings after losing the toss. Vikramjit Singh and Max O’Dowd came off the pitch to start the inning for the home team.
Their opening partnership survived until the 5th over. Netherland lost the first wicket as Vikramjit Singh departed the pitch after scoring only six runs. However, Max O’Dowd kept calm and continued scoring runs. He made a partnership of 72 runs with the new batter, Tom Cooper. Both were looking good on the pitch. But Toom Cooper made a mistake in the 18th over, so he lost his wicket. Before the departure, Cooper added 33 runs on the scoreboard.
After a while, Max O’Dowd also lost his wicket. Liam Livingstone picked up his wicket in the 25th over. Anyway, Bas de Leede and Scott Edwards contributed much for the Netherlands. De Leede scored 56, while Scott Edwards got 64 runs for the team. Relying on these runs, Netherland scored 244 runs for ten wickets.
Chasing the target, England had a flying start like the previous two games. Jason Roy and Phil Salt were very aggressive on the pitch. They added 85 runs in the opening partnership. But Phil Salt was very unfortunate not to get the half-century. He missed it just for one run. Paul Van Meekeren picked up his wicket in the 10th over. Moreover, England lost another wicket in the same over.
However, Jason Roy made another partnership of 163 runs with the skipper, Josh Buttler. Roy scored the highest 101 runs for England, while Josh Buttler added 86 off 64 balls. Moreover, both remained not out in this match. As a result, England won the match by 8 wickets.