In Stats: England’s World Record-Breaking Thrashing of Pak Bowlers
The Quint looks at the various records broken in England’s historical ODI win over Pakistan.
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The England cricket team created history on Tuesday when they posted the highest-ever total registered in One-Day Internationals. Batting first in the 3rd ODI against Pakistan at Trent Bridge, England posted 444-3, obliterating a decade-old record of 443-9 set by Sri Lanka against Netherlands in 2006.
England, who along with Australia were the first to embrace the limited overs cricket, have taken time to warm up to the format. Since being ousted from the World Cup 2015 in the league stage though, England have been found playing an aggressive brand of cricket and finally appear to have cracked the code to succeed in ODIs.
1. Highest Ever ODI Total
In the 28 ODIs they’ve played post WC2015, England have posted scores in excess of 300 on 11 occasions and have even broken the 400-run barrier twice – most recently on Tuesday night when the set the record for the highest team total in ODIs.
2. England’s Record-Breaking 16 Sixes
England’s record-breaking innings had a total of 16 sixes – which was the most England had hit in an ODI innings. Prior to Tuesday’s match, the maximum the England batsmen had hit in an ODI was 15 – against South Africa at Bloemfontein earlier this year.
3. Alex Hales’ 171, Highest ODI Score
The force that powered England to the record total was their opener Alex Hales, who carried on to make 171 after being handed a let-off on 114. Hales broke a 23-year old record; he overtook Robin Smith’s score of 167* against Australia which was the highest score by an England batsman in ODIs.
4. English Batsmen Set New Standards
While Alex Hales’ knock was certainly the pillar on which England’s record-breaking performance was built, there were contributions all along; the batsmen batting at numbers 3, 4 & 5 too scored half-centuries. It was the first time in the history of England cricket that their batsmen batting at numbers 2-5 had posted 50 or more in the same innings.
5. England’s Fastest Half-Century
While the platform was laid by Hales and Joe Root batting at number three, the finishing touches were applied by Jos Buttler and captain Eoin Morgan. Buttler, who went past 2000 ODI runs during the course of his unbeaten 90, posted the fastest half-century by an England cricketer in ODIs; the wicket-keeper batsman needed only 22 balls to get to his half-century, bettering the previous record set by Paul Collingwood by two balls.
Morgan wasn’t too far behind, as he too got to his half-century in 24 balls.
6. One Innings, Two Partnerships With 160 Runs
There were two mammoth partnerships that helped England to their record total; Hales had added 248 in Root’s company, while Buttler and Morgan added 161. It was the first time in England’s ODI history, and only the fourth time in all ODIs, that one had seen two partnerships of 160 runs and more in the same innings.
After that kind of a commanding performance in the first half of the match, there was going to be only one winner. England cantered to a win, dismissing their opponents for 275, thereby registering a win by 169 runs.
7. Amir- The Last Man Standing
Pakistan though put up some resistance right at the end – with last man Mohammad Amir scoring an entertaining half-century. Amir matched Buttler’s performance earlier in the day, getting to his 50 in just 22 balls, and in the process becoming the first No. 11 batsman to score a half-century in ODIs.