Other records broken included: Most boundaries hit in a ODI innings (59), most sixes in an ODI innings by England (16), the highest individual ODI score by an Englishman (a superb 171 by opening batsman Alex Hales) and the fastest ODI 50 by England (Jos Buttler in 22 balls).
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England’s Test and one-day worldwide trip, set to start at the end of September, was thrown into doubt after a deadly terror attack in Dhaka took 29 lives in July.
Chris Woakes is banking on England to ensure he is on the right side if 500 is ever scored in one of their one-day internationals. If Azhar Ali can’t persuade them to make routine stops, there’s not much point having him in charge – especially as Sarfraz Ahmed, the Twenty20 captain, is in this team, in good form, and looking a lot more up for it than some of his team-mates. We know what went wrong and we need to rectify those. Playing with freedom and without fear, England has set six of its best eight ODI scores since the 2015 World Cup.
Englandslow bowlers Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali shared five wickets between them, with leg-spinner Rashid – one of five Yorkshire players in the side – taking three for 47 on his home ground. Meanwhile several British media reports have suggested that England limited overs captain Eoin Morgan is among those with ongoing security concerns. People are going there to play cricket, and they want to make sure they feel 100 percent.
“If the boys keep batting the way they are, you can never say never – but it would be a really freakish day”.
Pakistan are expecting a big juggling in their squad as they gear up for the fourth ODI at Headingley after a debacle in third ODI against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
Paceman Mark Wood also returns after recovering from injury to impress with the ball in the ODI series, which England lead 3-0 with two games still to play.
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Calling for a rebalancing of priorities to prevent England from “sleepwalking” into the 2019 World Cup, Strauss said: “Our country is generally quite red-ball focussed, but that doesn’t mean it has to be at the expense of white-ball cricket”.
