Stats highlights from Dubai where Jos Buttler broke his own record for England’s fastest ODI hundred
Bharath Seervi20-Nov-201546 Number of balls Jos Buttler took to complete his third ODI century – the fastest for England. His previous two centuries were completed in 61 balls against New Zealand at Edgbaston and 66 balls against Sri Lanka at Lord’s, which are also the next two fastest ODI centuries for England. Buttler’s century is also the fastest by any batsman against Pakistan, eclipsing Sanath Jayasuriya’s 48-ball hundred in Singapore in 1995-96, and the fastest in UAE, going past Basit Ali’s 67-ball effort at Sharjah in 1993-94.2 Number of ODI centuries completed by Buttler after coming in to bat after the 25th over of the innings. He came in to bat in the 36th over in this match scoring unbeaten 116 in 52 balls and he had come to bat in the 29th over at Lord’s making 121 in 74 balls. Only AB de Villiers has scored more ODI hundreds coming in to bat after the 25th over – five such centuries for him. Virat Kohli is the only other batsman to score two such centuries. This was also the second latest a batsman has come in to bat to hit a hundred in an ODI. De Villiers came to the crease at 38.4 overs in his innings of 149 off 44 balls against West Indies in January this year.223.07 Buttler’s strike rate in this innings – the highest for any England batsman in an innings of 50 or more runs. It is also the only 50-plus innings of 200-plus strike rate by an England batsman; second best is Eoin Morgan’s 197.05 in his innings of 67 in 34 against South Africa at Centurion in 2009-10. It was also the highest by any No. 4 in an innings of 100 or more runs, better than Mark Boucher’s 216.17 in his unbeaten knock of 147 off 68 balls against Zimbabwe in Potchefstroom in 2006-07 and De Villiers’ 195.08 in 119 off 61 balls against India at Wankhede last month.8 Number of sixes by Buttler, the most by an England batsman in an ODI innings. The previous highest was seven sixes by Andrew Flintoff against West Indies at Lord’s in 2004.355-5 England’s total in this match – their highest outside England. Their previous highest was 340 for 6 against New Zealand at Napier in 2007-08. This is also the second-highest total in the UAE behind Pakistan’s 364 for 7 against New Zealand at Sharjah in 2014-15.129 Runs added by England batsmen in the last ten overs of the innings. This was their highest since 2001, beating 121 runs added against West Indies at Lord’s in 2004 and against Bangladesh at Trent Bride in 2005. Only two teams have added more than 129 runs in the last ten overs against Pakistan – 146 by South Africa in Centurion in 2006-07 and 139 by New Zealand in Pallekele at the 2011 World Cup.19 Number of ODI totals of 350 or more in this calendar year – already ten more than the next best in a calendar year. There were nine such totals in 2007, which is second highest.1 Number of times two England batsmen had scored centuries in the same ODI innings outside of England before Jason Roy (102) and Buttler did so here. The only previous occasion was against Ireland in Dublin two years ago. Overall, this is the 11th instance for England and the third this year.2 Number of times England have played the same XI in a bilateral ODI series of four or more matches; this was the second instance. It happened previously in the Natwest series against Australia in 2010. Among Full Member teams, England were also the last to do so. Before them, Zimbabwe were the last team to go unchanged in a bilateral series of four or more matches, against West Indies in 2007-08.2012 The last time there were two centuries by England openers in any ODI series – against West Indies in England, where Ian Bell and Alastair Cook scored a century each. Those two matches were a part of six consecutive ODIs for England with at least one century from the openers. Before that, England played a four-match series in the UAE against Pakistan where Cook and Kevin Pietersen scored two centuries each. Incidentally, since then there have been only seven centuries by England openers – including the two by Alex Hales and Roy in this series – in 72 ODIs.19 Sixes hit in this match – the second highest in an ODI in the UAE. There were 23 sixes hit in an ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Sharjah in 2013-14, which is the highest.311 Runs totally made by England’s top four in this ODI – their second-highest ever after the 324 added against New Zealand at Trent Bridge earlier this year .1 Number of series wins for England in their last five bilateral ODI series before this. Their only victory was against New Zealand. But England have now won both their ODI series in the UAE. They won 4-0 against the same opposition in 2011-12.2.0 England’s win-loss ratio in ODIs in the UAE – their best in any country where they have played at least 20 ODIs. In contrast, in Tests England have lost five out of the six Tests they have played in this country.37 Number of times out of 42 Pakistan have failed to chase a target of 300 or more in ODIs including this instance. They have won only five games, the last of which was against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup last year when they chased down a target of 326 runs. Their loss in this game was their eighth consecutive such loss since then.
