England scored the highest total in One-Day International history, slamming 444/3 in 50 overs against Pakistan at Trent Bridge in the third match of the series. England beat the previous record of 443/9, set by Sri Lanka against the Netherlands at Amstelveen in 2006.
Records tumbled on a balmy afternoon in Nottingham, where bowling reputations were torn to shreds. The tone was set by opener Alex Hales, who scored 171 from 122 balls, which is the highest score by an England batsman in ODI cricket, beating a 23-year-old record set by Robin Smith, who had scored 167.
Lending good support to Hales was England's batting lynchpin, Joe Root, who stroked his way to an effortless 86-ball 85. Root and Hales fell in quick succession but that was where Pakistan's woes started. Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler thumped 161 runs from just 72 balls. Buttler also registered the fastest fifty for an England batsman, getting to his landmark in just 22 balls en route to his 51-ball unbeaten 90.
Wahab Riaz recorded the second-worst bowling figures in an ODI, conceding 110 runs from 10 overs after Australian Mick Lewis, who had conceded 113 runs off his 10 overs against South Africa during the famous Johannesburg match in 2006.
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