Ben Stokes smoked a magnificent century in the third ODI against NZ. He smashed 182 off just 124 balls, the highest individual ODI score by an England batter.
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ODI comeback success
Notably, the ongoing series is Stokes's first ODI assignment in over a year as he had retired from the format in 2022.
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Stokes achieves this ODI double
Stokes completed 3,000 ODI runs and joined Paul Collingwood and Andrew Flintoff as the third England all-rounder to achieve the ODI double of 3,000 runs and 50 wickets.
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Stellar run at home
He also reached 2,000 ODI runs at home, with only Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow having higher averages among England batters with at least 2,000 home ODI runs.
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Malan-Stokespartnership record
Stokes and Dawid Malan's partnership of 199 runs for the third wicket set a new record for England's highest stand for any wicket against New Zealand in ODIs.
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Third-highest score against NZ
Finally, Stokes's 182 is now the third-highest individual ODI score against New Zealand, behind only Shubman Gill (208) and Sachin Tendulkar (186*).