Records broken in the third ODI between England and Pakistan

The third ODI was a memorable game that will go down in history

59. That was the amount of boundaries hit by England on their way to 444/3 in the third ODI against Pakistan at Nottingham. But even that wasn’t enough to break the world record for the most boundaries in an ODI as they only managed to equal the record set by Sri Lanka against Netherlands in 2006.

However, while England might have just equalled that record, they certainly broke plenty of other records. While getting the most number of sixes that they have ever managed in an ODI might sound impressive, some of the other records that were broken in the match are simply beyond belief.

While the game might not be one that will linger long in the memory of Pakistan fans, it is certainly one that will leave an ever-lasting impact on England supporters as they continued their impressive limited-overs transformation.

Here are some of the records that were broken in the third ODI at Trent Bridge:

Highest ODI score by an Englishman

For 23 years, Robin Smith held the record of the highest ODI score by an Englishman for his 167* against Australia at Edgbaston in 1993. But the time finally arrived and that record changed hands in Alex Hales’ home ground of Nottingham as he brought up not only his highest List-A score but also the highest ODI score by an Englishman (171).

Coming into the third ODI, Hales had scores of 7 and 14 in the first two ODIs. While there wasn’t exactly a great deal of pressure on him thanks to his two ODI centuries against South Afrca earlier in the year, his poor Test form seemed to be catching on in the shorter format.

However, the 27-year-old put all those rumours to rest as he got to his fifty off 55 balls before starting to unleash another level of hitting on the Pakistan bowlers. Although he was lucky to survive an lbw appeal on 165, he got the English record with a boundary and got to 171 before getting out the following ball.