Published: Jun 14, 2017, 10:15 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 14, 2017, 10:30 PM (IST)
0 wins for Pakistan in a Champions Trophy semi-final before today. They have reached the semi-final thrice previously in 2000, 2004 and 2009. With this win, Pakistan reached the final of any ICC ODI tournament since 1999 World Cup.
1 win for Pakistan against England in Champions Trophy. This was actually the first time they met in the tournament.
2nd-biggest margin win for Pakistan against England in ODIs in terms of balls remaining. Pakistan won by 8 wickets with 77 balls to spare. Their biggest margin win over England came with 102 balls remaining, which came in 1974.
1st instance of both Pakistani openers scoring fifties in a Champions Trophy match. This was also the first time they did this against England. This was their first such instance since 2015 in ODIs.
11 century partnerships in this Champions Trophy, the joint-most in a single edition along with 2002 and 2006. Moreover, this edition saw 3 hundred-run stands for opening wicket, again the joint-most along with 2002.
0 century stands for opening wicket by Pakistan before today in Champions Trophy history. Fakhar Zaman and Azhar Ali went past the previous best of 90 between Imran Nazir and Saeed Anwar against Sri Lanka at Nairobi in 2000. This was also Pakistan’s 1st hundred-run opening partnership since 2015. Their last happened against Zimbabwe at Lahore.
15 boundaries hit by England in their batting, the least in a completed innings since the 2015 World Cup.
34 runs scored by Ben Stokes in this match without hitting any boundary. This is the highest individual score in a Champions Trophy match without any boundary by the batsman. The previous best was 27 by Elton Chigumbura against Bangladesh in 2006.
64 balls faced by Stokes in his knock, the most by any batsman in Champions Trophy without hitting any boundary. The previous best was 59 by Khaled Mashud against West Indies in 2006.
15 players used by Pakistan in this Champions Trophy, joint-most by any team in a single edition along with Sri Lanka (2017), India (2006 and 2009), New Zealand (2009), South Africa (2003) and England (2009).
211 runs scored by England, their 4th-lowest score in ODIs after getting all out since 2015 World Cup. Their previous lowest scores since then are: 138 vs Australia, 153 vs South Africa and 204 vs Bangladesh.
10 wickets for Hasan Ali in this tournament, the most in this edition of Champions Trophy and also the most by any Pakistani bowler in a single edition. Hasan went past Seed Ajmal’s tally of 8 wickets in 2009.
19 catches taken by Pakistan in this tournament, the 2nd-most by any team in this Champions Trophy after England’s 20. This is also the most catches taken by Pakistan in a single edition of Champions Trophy.
3rd English batsman to touch 5,000-run mark in ODIs — Eoin Morgan. Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell are the other English batsmen to achieve this landmark.
5 players to make their ODI debut in a Champions Trophy semi-final match before Rumman Raees. They were Rion King (1998), Robin Peterson (2002), Salman Butt (2004), Steven Davies (2009) and Aaron Redmond (2009).
3 Pakistani players made their debuts in their last 3 ODIs — Fakhar Zaman, Fahim Ashraf and Raees. This is the joint-most number of debutants for a team in a single edition of Champions Trophy along with New Zealand (1998) and India (2000). Interestingly, Pakistan lost one match without any debutant and won the other three with one debutant each.
17 batsmen before Alex Hales to score 1,000 runs for England in ODIs at home.
