Sri Lanka made history at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, pulling off the second-highest chase in ODI history by overhauling England’s 430-run target by 2 wickets with one ball to spare in Match 3 of the tri-series.
Chasing 430, Sri Lanka finished on 430/8 in 49.5 overs, thanks to Player of the Match *Pavan Rathnayake’s 130. He was supported by Avishka Fernando (97) and Dasun Shanaka (97), who added 166 and 133-run stands respectively. Janith Liyanage’s unbeaten 61_ off 27 balls sealed the win with a six off the penultimate ball.
Earlier, England posted 429/4, led by captain Harry Brook’s record-breaking 202 (116b). Brook smashed the fastest ODI double century off 114 balls, overtaking Shubman Gill (117), and registered the highest individual score for England in ODIs, surpassing Ben Stokes’ 182. His knock included 21 fours and 10 sixes.Brook’s 202 is also the highest individual ODI score on Pakistan soil, breaking Gary Kirsten’s 188_ vs UAE in Rawalpindi in 1996.
The match saw an aggregate of 859 runs – the second-highest in ODI history behind 872 (SA vs AUS, Johannesburg 2006).
Joe Root also became the first England batter to score 8,000 ODI runs during his 69.
