As hosts England were drubbed of a win in the just-concluded four-match Test series against visitors Pakistan, who drew the series 2-2, they bounced back as they have now won the One-Day International (ODI) series against the very team, when they beat them in a historic manner by 169 runs, during the third of the five-match ODI series, at Trent Bridge on Tuesday. It was a record-breaking match, as England posted a mammoth total of 444 for the loss of five wickets in the allotted 50 overs, courtesy of record knock of 171 from opener Alex Hales, while Pakistan just couldn’t deliver, as the Twitter world reacted to the match. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Pakistan vs England 2016, 3rd ODI at Trent Bridge
Alex Hales’s stunning century provided the platform for England to post the highest ever one-day international total of 444 for three as they beat Pakistan by 169 runs at Trent Bridge on Tuesday. Victory in this day/night clash gave England an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series after Pakistan were dismissed for 275 with 44 balls to spare. England’s total surpassed the previous record of 443 for nine by Sri Lanka against the Netherlands at Amstelveen in 2006, reports AFP. FULL CRICKET UPDATES: Pakistan vs England 2016, 3rd ODI at Trent Bridge
It was also the highest ODI total in a match between two Test nations, topping South Africa’s 439 for two against the West Indies at Johannesburg in 2015. In a match of records, opener Hales’s innings on his Nottinghamshire home ground was the highest ever-individual ODI score by any England batsman and together with Joe Root (85) he put on 248 for the second wicket, reported AFP.
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Both Hales and Root fell in quick succession to leave England 283 for three in 38 overs. But an unbroken stand of 161 in 76 balls between Jos Buttler (90 not out) and captain Eoin Morgan (57 not out) ensured the runs just kept coming. Buttler’s innings featured England’s quickest ever ODI fifty, off just 22 balls, and he hit seven fours and as many sixes in total during his 51-ball knock, added AFP.
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