England’s 444 for 3 was built on 171 from opener Alex Hales – an ODI record for an Englishman – and included Jos Buttler striking a 22-ball fifty, another national best.
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They answered the call with a century stand in this fourth Royal London Series match, after England stumbled to 72 for four in pursuit of 247 for eight under lights. England’s previous record was 15 maximums against South Africa at Bloemfontein in 2016 whereas Pakistan’s previous unwanted record was 14 at the hands of Sri Lanka in Singapore in 1996.
Record-breaker Alex Hales was unaware he had made English cricket history with his country’s highest one-day worldwide score – until his home crowd told him so at Trent Bridge.
“They’re two very different games, red-ball and white-ball cricket”. He also hoisted Plunkett and Rashid for two well-struck sixes.
England arrived at Headingley after scoring 444 for three – a record total in global one-day cricket – to win the third match at Trent Bridge by 169 runs earlier this week.
Pakistan and England will meet again on Thursday at Headingley in Leeds for fourth one-day worldwide (ODI) but it won’t make as much impact as Host have already won the five-match series 3-0.
When Azhar was out, Pakistan – already 0-3 down in the five-match series – were 169 for 6 off 38 overs and in danger of failing to bat out 50 overs.
# England’s innings was studded with 16 sixes, the most in an ODI innings by England.
England’s Eoin Morgan leaves the field after scoring just 11 runs during the fourth one day global cricket match between England and Pakistan, at Headingley, in Leeds, England, Thursday Sept. 1, 2016.
30/8/16 England’s Alex Hales celebrates his century Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
England, chasing a target of 248, finished on 252 for six with 12 balls to spare.
Among the bowlers, Wahab Riaz was the main victim bleeding 110 runs in his 10-over spell.
Pakistan had only three wickets in hand when Moeen topped and tailed his spell with his second success, Nawaz stumped going walkabout.
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Next stop in the series will be Headingley and then onto Cardiff and The SSE SWALEC on Sunday.
