England v Pakistan, 4th ODI – Statistical Highlights

England keeps their whitewash hopes alive with a 4-wicket win at the Leeds against Pakistan. England, who have won all the 4 matches so far in this ODI series are on verge of their first ever 5-match ODI series clean sweep at home. After electing to bat, Pakistan posted 247/8 in their in 50 overs. In reply, England lost early wickets but their strong middle order ensured the hosts chase down the target with 2 overs to spare. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

2 – Azhar Ali became the 2nd captain to score 80s twice in an ODI series. Ian Chappell was the first to do against New Zealand in 1973-74.

2 – Number of fifty plus scores recorded by Pakistan batsmen coming to bat at No.8 or lower in this series. This is only the 5th instance of two batsmen from the same team scoring fifty-plus scores while batting at No.8 or lower in a bilateral ODI series.

3 – Number of fifty-plus stands Pakistan has after losing 5th wicket in this series. This is the 6th time Pakistan has 3 fifty-plus stands after losing 5th wicket in a bilateral ODI series.

4 – For the 4th consecutive time at Leeds, England’s top 3 batsmen failed to score a fifty in ODIs.

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5 – Joe Root’s streak of 5 consecutive fifty-plus scores in ODIs came to an end. He missed out on becoming the first England batsman to score 6 or more consecutive fifty-plus scores in ODIs.

5 – Wickets taken by England spinners in this game, joint 2nd most by them in an ODI in England.

11 – All the eleven players of England team played in this game has a first class century on their name. Chris Jordan is the last one to have an FC ton as he scored 131 for Sussex vs Essex last month.

72 – Innings taken by Joe Root for completing 3000 ODI runs, joint 3rd fastest in terms of innings to the milestone. He is now the fastest England player to complete 3000 runs in ODIs.

137 – Runs scored by Imad Wasim in this series. He is yet to be dismissed. His scores in the series are 17*, 63* and 57*.

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2012 – Last time before this series, a bilateral ODI series had 2 fifty plus scores by batsmen batting at No.8 or lower position was in West Indies vs Australia ODI series in 2012 in West Indies.

3008 – Runs scored by Joe Root in ODI cricket. He became the 15th England player to complete 3000 runs in ODIs.

5010 – Runs scored by Eoin Morgan in ODI cricket. He became the 77th player to complete 5000 runs in ODIs.