Alex Hales went on to register the highest individual score by an England batsman in One-Day Internationals as the hosts went on to post a total of 444 following which they dismissed Pakistan for 275 to register a massive 169-run victory in the third game in Nottingham, thereby claiming the series 3-0.
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Alex Hales has broken the record for the highest score by an England player in a one-day global.
Buttler and Eoin Morgan (57no) took the sixes tally to 16, their century stand blitzed in only 43 balls, as England eclipsed Sri Lanka’s previous record high of 443-9, which came against the Netherlands and had stood for 10 years.
Morgan too scored an unbeaten half-century and ended with 27-ball 57, which included three fours and five huge sixes.
It’s been a dominant series so far for England, having barely been challenged by a Pakistan outfit that is a far cry from the team that drew the Test series two-all.
It became a formality that England would pass their previous highest total of 408-9 – against New Zealand at Edgbaston a year ago – and from the last ball, Buttler made them world-record breakers too.
The struggling Pakistan side made four changes.
Hales flayed four sixes and 22 fours in his 122-ball knock to surpass Robin Smith’s 167 not out against Australia in Birmingham in 1993. Wahab Riaz gave away 110 runs from his quota of 10 overs to own the unwanted record.
England were unchanged from the side that won the second ODI at Lord’s by four wickets as they sought a win in this day/night fixture that would put them an unbeatable 3-0 up in the five-match series.
England have resisted the urge to rest key players and have announced a full-strength squad for the one-off Twenty20 match against Pakistan at Old Trafford on Wednesday 7 September. South Africa, Johannesburg, 2006 418-5 South Africa vs. Zimbabwe, Potchefstroom, 2006 418-5 India vs.
It looked like it would not be Pakistan’s day from the first few overs, when misfields allowed England momentum and once Hales hit his stride, despite his opening partner Jason Roy’s wicket in the sixth over, it was carnage at its ODI best.
Pakistan, top of the Test rankings but a lowly ninth in the ODI table, let through a couple of early boundaries to set the tone for a desperately shoddy fielding display.
Ironically the last word – and record – went to Mohammad Amir whose 58 is the highest score by a number 11 in ODI history.
The left-hander s fifty took just 22 balls – the same as Buttler.
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Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali shared five wickets as Pakistan set England 248 to win the fourth one-day worldwide at Headingley.
