England allrounder Ben Stokes scored a century to set up a 31-run win over defending champions India at Lincoln Thursday in the final pool match of the Under 19 cricket World Cup. The group A victory means England will play the West Indies in their quarter-final on Saturday, while India will play Pakistan, the winner of group D.

England scored 246-8 in their 50 overs and a middle order Indian slump put the 2008 champions on the back foot and they were finally dismissed for 215 from 46.4 overs. English left-arm pace bowler David Payne (3-40) and Stokes rocked the Indian middle order with three quick wickets as they slipped from 62-1 to 62-4 after getting off to a solid start.

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