Twitter Reactions: England register record total as Halestorm hits Pakistan

The Nottingham crowd bear witness to a historic game as England went on to pile up the highest ODI score ever. Earlier in the day, Eoin Morgan won the toss as England elected to bat first on a good batting surface.

While Jason Roy got out soon, it was Hales who stepped up this time. Not having been at his best in the recently concluded Test series, Hales went on to smash a record ODI score for England. He raced his way to a magnanimous 171 runs from just 122 balls. An innings which had 22 boundaries and 4 sixes.

Root also chipped in with a run a ball 85. After that, it was just fireworks as Buttler along with Morgan put up a fantastic display of pinch hitting. They had an unbeaten partnership of 161 runs from just 72 balls. While Buttler smashed 90(51)*, Morgan too laid his hand with a sensational 57(27)*.

Thanks to some brilliant hitting, England managed to topple Sri Lanka and secure the highest run score ever in a One Day International. Their innings folded up at 444/3 in 50 overs. Hassan Ali got a couple of wickets while Nawaz got one. The rest of the bowlers including Amir and Riaz were taken for the cleaners.

Pakistan had a really difficult target in hand and failed to capitalise early. While Sharjeel hit a quickfire half century, no other batsmen could step up. In order to increase the run rate, the batsmen went for risks and gradually lost wickets. In the end, Mohammad Amir registered his 2nd ODI fifty and became the first ever No.11 batsman to score a fifty in limited-overs cricket.

Also read – ENG v PAK, 3rd ODI Review: England seal series in a record-breaking ODI

Twitter was full of enthralling tweets. Right from lauding the English batting lineup comprising Hales, Root, Buttler and Morgan to trolling the Pakistan bowling lineup. Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game.

Pakistan will lose even if England allow them a 2nd innings. #PakvsEng

— Sameer Abbasi (@SamAbbasi) August 30, 2016

Shoaib Malik playing a tribute to the invention of single digits in #ENGvPAK

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) August 30, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/770692289014407168

Pakistan have done d impossible, they have snatched away a record which belonged to Netherlands.Conceded highest ever ODI score 444#ENGvPAK

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 30, 2016

Pakistan, we know you are the number one test side but follow on system doesn't apply in ODIs. So you better try to score 445 & not 245.

— Ojas. (@Ojasism) August 30, 2016

Sharjeel Khan's 50 off 26 balls is the fastest by Pakistan opening batsman who is not Afridi. #EngvPak

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) August 30, 2016

"Inshallah, the boys played what the hell"

– Azhar Ali#EngvPak

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) August 30, 2016

Sharjeel Khan. Islamabad United's best player.

— if Shrikant,who can? (@HomerOpines) August 30, 2016

Wahab Riaz is the most tech savvy bowler in the world. Even his bowling figures are in binary codes 10-0-110-0. #ENGvPAK

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) August 30, 2016

Pakistan has the best bowling attack in the world, they said! Liars they were.. #ENGvPAK

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) August 30, 2016

What a World Record scoreboard looks like! #EngvPak pic.twitter.com/aMS26YfWpO

— ICC (@ICC) August 30, 2016

#ENGvPAK
*After the end of first innings*

Eng: Bas kare ya aur khelna hai?

Pak: pic.twitter.com/ZIJULG8mJ0

— Iron Mann (@Humor_Donor) August 30, 2016

Are we still allowed to blame Misbah? Or has that phase passed? #ENGvPAK

— Hemant (@hemantbuch) August 30, 2016

Well bowled Pakistan #ENGvPAK pic.twitter.com/Te0BF6058D

— Kevin Pietersen (@NotKP24) August 30, 2016

We'd have scored 500 with KP.#ENGvPAK

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 30, 2016

Tremendous century for Wahab. The best of the day #EngvPak

— Andrew Miller (@miller_cricket) August 30, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/770662695368527872

Amazing batting. Great entertainment. If Pakistan bat like they've fielded, we will be done and dusted by 8.30 #ENGvPAK

— Jonathan Agnew (@Aggerscricket) August 30, 2016

Just tuned into #EngvPak pic.twitter.com/Im0esIllit

— Abdul Ahad Jawaid (@abdulahadjawaid) August 30, 2016

https://twitter.com/sirjohnroe/status/770659336242757632

Feeling sorry for the dude who's gonna compile the highlights for England's innings. But Pak's batting of 17 overs will make up for it.

— Khushal (@Khushal) August 30, 2016

https://twitter.com/altcricket/status/770657459425902592

ODI high 4 country
264 RSharma
237* Guptill
215 Gayle
194* Coventry
194 SAnwar
189 Jayasuriya
188* GKirsten
185* SWatson
171 AHales#EngvPak

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 30, 2016

Hales' ability to get hundreds in ODIs but not Tests tells you which format asks more mental questions. See also Watson, S #ENGvPAK

— Daniel Brettig (@danbrettig) August 30, 2016

Fifth ODI fifty in a row for Root – other Englishmen with that: Boycott, Gooch, Stewart, Trott and Hales #ENGvPAK

— Andrew McGlashan (@andymcg_cricket) August 30, 2016

Not sure why SA would worry about declaring.Bat until lunch if possible & stretch lead to over 420 – 5 sessions plenty of good enough #SAvNZ

— Brett Graham (@worldofBG) August 30, 2016

Highest Score By a No.11 Batsman By Mohammad Amir #ENGvPAK

— Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) August 30, 2016

The only Pakistani to have made a 50 in a ODI faster than Amir's today is Shahid Afridi (9 times) #Cricket #EngvPak

— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) August 30, 2016

Feel sorry for the Pakistani fans who attended the game but at least Amir made it a bit better for them

— Ghumman (@Emclub7) August 30, 2016

And there it is!

Mohammad Amir is out for 58 – C&B @chriswoakes.

Pakistan are all out for 275, and England win by 169 runs.

— Test Match Special (@bbctms) August 30, 2016

Interestingly Mohammad Amir's 22-ball Fifty is the fastest of the run-fest and the 2nd fastest for any Pakistani.. #EngvPak #Cricket

— Sawera Pasha (@sawerapasha) August 30, 2016