CT 2017, Semi-Final 1: England v Pakistan – Statistical Preview

The hosts England will be looking to continue their winning streak in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy 2017 as they face Pakistan, one of the most unpredictable sides in the International cricket coming off from a win over Sri Lanka which had quite a few close moments. Both the teams will be facing off for the first time in the Champions Trophy at Cardiff, which hasn’t produced any big totals.

Ahead of the game, we look at some of the key numbers and records related to the game.

0 – Number of times England and Pakistan have faced each other in Champions Trophy; both the teams have met 9 times in World Cup but never in the CT.

1.633 – England’s win-loss ratio against the Pakistani team in ODIs; their 3rd best ratio against any Test playing side in this format. England has a win-loss ratio of 4 and 2.625 respectively against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

2 – Number of times Pakistan has won in the last 14 ODIs against England. They managed to win only one of their last 6 ODIs on English soil against England.

2 – Number of times the Poms and the Green Army have played an ODI at Cardiff. Pakistan won on the occasion of their recent meeting in 2016 while another one ended without a result.

2 – Number of centuries for Alex Hales against Pakistan in 9 ODIs. He has scored 394 runs at an average of 43.77 against them. No player has scored more than 2 centuries in England-Pakistan ODIs.

3 – Number of times England and Pakistan played against each other in knockout games in ODI cricket; England won once while Pakistan won other two. Both the sides faced off in a 3rd place game as well in which Pakistan gained the upper hand.

30 – Number of wins for the Men in Green over England in the ODI format; the fewest for them against any Test playing nation in this format.

England and Pakistan’s head to head record in ODIs:

48.50 – Mohammad Amir’s bowling average in ODIs against England; his 2nd worst against any side. He managed to pick 4 wickets in 4 ODIs vs England and conceded 216 runs at the same time.

51.75 – Sarfraz Ahmed’s batting average against England in ODIs. Sarfraz has scored 414 runs in 8 ODI innings against them including a century and 3 fifties.

157.55 – Jos Buttler’s batting strike-rate against Pakistan in ODIs; the best S/R for any batsman against any team in ODIs. (Min: 250 runs) Buttler has scored 264 runs in 7 ODI innings against them at an average of 67.75.

4995 – Runs scored by Eoin Morgan in ODI cricket for England so far. He needs 5 more runs to become the 3rd player to score 5000 ODI runs for England.