England canter to series win over the Netherlands as Jason Roy hits 10th ODI ton

Roy followed up his half-century three days previouly with an unbeaten century, while Buttler spanked 86 in 64 deliveries as England leapt to the top of the ICC World Cup Super League with the win

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Amstelveen: Netherlands 244, England 248-2 - England won by eight wickets

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England cruised to a 3-0 series victory over the Dutch in Amsterdam as this one-sided series reached a predictable conclusion.

Jason Roy and Jos Buttler's unbroken third-wicket stand - worth 163 in 20.1 overs - catapulted the tourists past the Netherlands' 244 with 119 balls to spare, as boundaries rained under bright blue skies.

Roy followed up his half-century three days previouly with an unbeaten century, while Buttler spanked 86 in 64 deliveries as England leapt to the top of the ICC World Cup Super League with the win.

Buttler, standing in for captain Eoin Morgan who missed the game with a groin issue, opted to bowl after winning the toss and his bowlers contained the Dutch at the VRA.

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Jason Roy was in fine form against the Netherlands [Richard Heathcote/Getty Images]

David Willey was the pick of the tourists' attack, claiming 4 for 36. His haul included the scalp of Vikramjit Singh for the third time in as many innings. Just as had been the case on Sunday, Vikramjit was done for pace and bounce while attempting to pull the left-arm seam of Willey and could only loop a catch up to a diving Dawid Malan at short midwicket.

Tom Cooper got an early life when Liam Livingstone lost the ball in the sun, again at midwicket, to cost David Payne a first international wicket, and the veteran No.3 then combined with Max O'Dowd to lay the foundations for the home team to post a score of substance.

Their partnership - worth 72 in 13 overs - was ended when Cooper holed out to a tumbling Livingstone at backward square leg off Brydon Carse. O'Down, who had batted a little within himself to make 50 from 69 balls, perished to a fine edge off Livingstone but the wheels did not come off the Dutch.

Scott Edwards continued his fine series with the bat with a third half-century in as many games, and along with Bas de Leede put on 84 for the fourth wicket.

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David Payne celebrates his first England wicket [Richard Heathcote/Getty Images]

The hosts passed 200 with 10 overs remaining and had the chance to set a competitive target for England, but the departure of de Leede - caught by Adil Rashid running to his right at midwicket - precipitated a stall in the scoring.

Just 41 runs came from the final 9.3 overs, while the Netherlands again failed to bat out their full allocation. Willey cleaned up the tail with the wickets of Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt and Paul van Meekeren.

In response, Roy and Phil Salt set about the chase with typical aggression. Their opening stand of 84 occupied less than 10 overs, until Salt was bowled by van Meekeren, and although Malan departed in the same fashion after just two balls, England's relentless batting line-up was always likely to be too much.

As it was, the visitors only needed Buttler to join Roy to complete the job. The pair combined clean ball-striking with rapid strike rotation to propel England towards their target at an accelerated pace.

Roy was dropped off his own bowling by Klaassen when he was on 75 but otherwise it was a barren time for the Dutch.

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