Third One day at Leeds – England won by eight wickets  

Third One day at Leeds – England won by eight wickets  

JE Root and EJG Morgan added 186 runs in an unfinished partnership for the third wicket against India in this game to provide the 32nd occasion of  England batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India in one-day games. It also provides the seventh occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the third wicket in one-day games. All such occasions are tabulated

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 EJG Morgan, JE Root 3 186* 2 v India Leeds 17 Jul 2018
2 IR Bell, AJ Strauss 3 170 2 v India Bengaluru 27 Feb 2011
3 DI Gower, AJ Lamb 3 159 1 v India The Oval 04 Jun 1982
4 MW Gatting, GA Gooch 3 117 1 v India Mumbai 05 Nov 1987
5 DI Gower, AJ Lamb 3 115 2 v India Manchester 26 May 1986
6 EJG Morgan, JE Root 3 103 1 v India Lord’s 14 Jul 2018
7 KP Pietersen, IJL Trott 3 101 1 v India Mohali 20 Oct 2011

JE Root and EJG Morgan added 186  runs in an unfinished partnership for the third wicket against India in this game to provide the record partnership by  England batsmen against India in one-day games. The previous best was 170 runs partnership between IR Bell and AJ Strauss at Bengaluru on 27 Feb 11. Both the occasions are listed below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 EJG Morgan, JE Root 3 186* 2 v India Leeds 17 Jul 2018
2 IR Bell, AJ Strauss 3 170 2 v India Bengaluru 27 Feb 2011

JE Root and EJG Morgan added 186  runs in an unfinished partnership for the third wicket against India in this game to provide the record partnership by  England batsmen against India in England in one-day games. The previous best was 159 runs partnership between IR Bell and AJ Lamb at The Oval on 04 Jun 82. Both the occasions are listed below. Thus  JE Root and EJG Morgan bettered the 36-year-old partnership.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 EJG Morgan, JE Root 3 186* 2 v India Leeds 17 Jul 2018
2 DI Gower, AJ Lamb 3 159 1 v India The Oval 04 Jun 1982

EJG Morgan and JE Root scored 88 not out and 100 not out in this game to provide the 44th and 41st occasion of these two batsmen scoring fifties in one day games. EJG Morgan and JE Root are the only two England batsmen who have scored 40 plus fifties in one day internationals. EJG Morgan’s 88 not out in this game represent his 27th fifty while leading England in ODIs.

V Kohli scored 71 in this game which represents his  26th fifty while leading India. His run aggregated as  India’s captain in one day games read 3059 at the end of this game. He joined the select band of Indian captains who have scored 3000 plus runs in one-day games to become the fourth captain. Others are – MS Dhoni {6633}, M Azharuddin {5239} and SC Ganguly {5082}, He also became the 19th captain in the history of one day games to aggregate 3000 plus runs.

This game witnessed rival skippers scoring fifties – V Kohli {71} and EJG Morgan {88 not out} to provide the 156th occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in the history of one day games and also provide the ninth such occasion in England-India one day series.

JE Root of England scored two centuries in this series – 113 at Lord’s and 100 not out at Leeds to provide the  93rd   occasion of a batsman scoring two centuries in a bilateral series in the annals of one-day games. His feat also provides the 13th occasion of an England batsman accomplishing such a feat. It also provides the 15th occasion of a batsman accomplishing such a feat against  India in one day games. JE Root became the first England batsman scoring two centuries in a bilateral series against India.

JE Root of England scored two centuries in this series – 113 at Lord’s and 100 not out at Leeds to provide the third occasion of his scoring two centuries in a bilateral series. The other two occasions are – against New Zealand in England 2015 and against South Africa in South Africa. He now holds the England record for most occasions of achieving such a feat. Other batsmen who have achieved such a feat  on two occasions are JM Bairstow, KP Pietersen and JJ Roy

JE Root became the ninth batsman to score two or more centuries on two or more occasions in the annals of one-day games. The following table lists all such occasions. All such occasions are tabulated below. JE Root becomes the first England batsman to accomplish to such a feat.

No No Player Team Oppn Venue Season C
1 1 V Kohli             Ind Srl Srl 2012 2
  2 V Kohli             Ind Aus Ind 2013/14 2
  3 V Kohli             Ind Aus Aus 2015/16 2
  4 V Kohli             Ind Srl Srl 2017 2
  5 V Kohli             Ind NZl Ind 2017/18 2
  6 V Kohli             Ind RSA RSA 2017/18 3
               
2 1 HM Amla             RSA Win Win 2010 2
  2 HM Amla             RSA Zim RSA 2010/11 2
  3 HM Amla             RSA Srl RSA 2014 2
  4 HM Amla             RSA Win RSA 2014/15 2
               
3 1 Q de Kock             RSA Ind RSA 2013/14 3
  2 Q de Kock             RSA Ind Ind 2015/16 2
  3 Q de Kock             RSA Eng RSA 2015/16 2
               
4 1 AB de Villiers             RSA Ind RSA 2009/10 2
  2 AB de Villiers             RSA Zim RSA 2010/11 2
  3 AB de Villiers             RSA Ind RSA 2015/16 3
               
5 1 CH Gayle             Win Ind Win 2002/03 3
  2 CH Gayle             Win Zim Win 2003/04 2
  3 CH Gayle             Win Pak UAE 2008/09 2
               
6 1 DL Haynes             Win Aus Win 1983/84 3
  2 DL Haynes             Win NZl Win 1984/85 2
  3 DL Haynes             Win Ind Win 1988/89 2
               
7 1 JE Root             Eng NZl Eng 2015 2
  2 JE Root             Eng Eng RSA 2015/16 2
  3 JE Root             Eng Ind Eng 2018 2
               
8 1 RG Sharma             Ind Aus Ind 2013/14 2
  2 RG Sharma             Ind Aus Aus 2015/16 2
  3 RG Sharma             Ind Srl Ind 2017 2
               
9 1 LRPL Taylor             NZl Ind Ind 2013/14 2
  2 LRPL Taylor             NZl Eng Eng 2015 2
  3 LRPL Taylor             NZl Eng NZl 2017/18 2

JE Root of England scored two centuries in this series – 113 at Lord’s and 100 not out at Leeds to provide the  49th    occasion of a batsman scoring two centuries at home in a bilateral series in the annals of one-day games. His feat also provides the 13th occasion of an England batsman accomplishing such a feat. It also provides the 15th occasion of a batsman accomplishing such a feat against  India in one-day games. JE Root became the first England batsman scoring two centuries in a bilateral series against India.

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