Pakistan defeated England in a very close match on 3rd June, the match could have gone either but at the end it was Pakistan who won the match.
Pakistan batting first scored 348 runs with the loss of 8 wickets, Hafeez and captain Sarfaraz was leading runs scorer for Pakistan. England at the end, ended up losing the match by 14 runs as they scored 334 runs with help of both Root and Buttler’s century.
We also saw some records being made in the match. Let’s have a look at it
1) Pakistan registered their first win after 12 consecutive one-day losses. They had faced consistently five defeats against Australia, 4 against England and South Africa and West Indies in one match.
2) England crossed the 300 mark in ODIs for the sixth time in a row to equal with Australia’s world record.
3) England had won 17 out of 20 matches, chasing the target in England, 1 out of remaining three matches was a tie and the other 2 matches were ended in no result.
4) For the first time in World cup England scored two centuries in the same innings. Joe Root and Jos Buttler.
5) Jos Buttler completed his century in 75 balls and scored the fastest century in the World Cup for England. At the same time Butler made his seventh century in 75 balls or less. In this scenario, AB De Villiers has world record of 9 centuries in less than 75 balls.
6) Shoaib Malik has played a match in the World Cup after 12 years and 74 days. World record in this case is named after the West Indies and Canada's Anderson Cummins (14 years 362 days).
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