Record-breaking England beat Pakistan in 3rd ODI

Alex Hales’ all-time national-record 171 – bettering Robin Smith’s 167 not out 23 years ago – England’s world-best 444 for three and Jos Buttler’s new mark for this country’s fastest one-day global 50 from just 22 balls all naturally overshadowed Woakes’ commendable efforts.

This pitch was not in the same mould as the Nottingham one on which England piled up a new world-record one-day worldwide total of 444 for three to seal the series two days ago.

Good fortune enabled him to keep hitting boldly and with the utter belief that he would break Robin Smith’s 23-year old record of England’s highest score in a one-day global.

Buttler’s innings featured England’s quickest ever ODI fifty, off just 22 balls, and he hit seven fours and as many sixes in total during his 51-ball knock.

But an unbroken stand of 161 in 76 balls between Jos Buttler (90 not out) and captain Eoin Morgan (57 not out) ensured the runs just kept coming.

Amir’s 58 contained the last record of a remarkable day, the highest ODI score by any number 11, as Pakistan nonetheless faltered to 275 all out in 42.4 overs.

The 169-run victory allowed England to take an unassailable lead of 3-0 in the series.

England piled up a world record one-day global total of 444 for three against Pakistan beating Sri Lanka’s 443 for nine against the Netherlands in 2006.

Moeen Ali (45 not out) ended the match by driving Azhar Ali, the Pakistan captain, for six.

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid took three for 47.

But one more precious four later, Hales was pinned in the crease – sparking a second standing ovation in a matter of minutes, as he walked off. Root fell in the next over, edging behind off Nawaz.

Hales flayed four sixes and 22 fours in his 122-ball knock to surpass Robin Smith’s 167 not out against Australia in Birmingham in 1993.

Mohammad Rizwan, who has rarely played in this tour, was lbw to Rashid for six.

Dawson impressed on his global debut in England’s last T20 match, taking 3-27 in an eight-wicket win against Sri Lanka at The Ageas Bowl two months ago. I think credit goes to the English batsmen for the way they batted. Beauty and the beast usually exist independent of each other, but they both lived in Hales on Tuesday as he alternately stroked then scythed Pakistan’s bowlers to distraction in front of his home crowd on a benign pitch. South Africa, Johannesburg, 2006 418-5 South Africa vs. Zimbabwe, Potchefstroom, 2006 418-5 India vs.