Fifth one day: England and Pakistan at Southampton on 22.09.10: England won by 121 runs and wins the series 3-2

EJG Morgan scored 107 not out in this game providing the 98^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a hundred in one day games. His knock represents the eleventh occasion of an England batsman scoring a hundred against Pakistan.

EJG Margan’s 107 not out in this game represents his fourth one day hundred which read thus – 115 for Canada vs Ireland at Nairobi on 04.02.07, 110* for England vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 02.03.10, 107* for England vs Pakistan at Southampton on 22.09.10 and 103* for England vs Australia at Southampton on 22.06.10

PD Collingwood’s 47 in this game took him closer to 5000 runs in one day games. He has an aggregate of 4978 runs and 22 runs shy of 5000 runs.

At the end of this game, AJ Strauss has an aggregate of 403 boundary fours in his one day career. He became the fourth England batsman to total 400 plus boundary fours. Others are – ME Trecothick {528}, AJ Stewart {469} and GA Gooch {407}

EJG Morgan’s 107 not out in this game represent the 24^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred while batting at number six. He became the second England batsman after OA Shah to score a hundred at number six. OA Shah had scored 107 not out against India at The Oval on 05.09.07.

EJG Morgan’s 107 not out in this game represent the 106^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred against Pakistan. His knock also represents the eleventh occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred against Pakistan in England

Umar Gul {06} and Saeed Ajmal {02} were dismissed run out in this game providing the 49^th and 50^th occasion of a Pakistan batsman dismissed run out against England in one day games.

Asad Shafiq, Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Akthar scored zeroes in this game providing the eighth occasion of three or more Pakistan batsmen scoring zeroes in an innings against England.

Asad Shafiq and Shahid Afridi collected first ball ducks in this game providing the 23^rd and 24^th occasion of a Pakistan batsman collecting the first ball duck against England

Shahid Afridi’s first ball duck in this game provide the eighth occasion of a Pakistan captain to suffer such an ignominy. He is the first Pakistan captain to collect the first ball duck against England.

AJ Strauss at the end of this game has an aggregate of 625 runs against Pakistan. He is the second England batsman to total 600 plus runs against Pakistan, the first being AJ Lamb who has an aggregate of 830 runs.

AJ Strauss has led England on ten occasions against Pakistan. He has now the record of leading England on most occasions against Pakistan and wrested the record from MW Gatting who has led England against Pakistan on nine occasions

Shahid Afridi became the second Pakistan captain to score a duck against England, the first being Abdul Qadir who was dismissed for zero at Karachi on 20.11.87

England won this game by 121 runs providing the fifth occasion of England winning an one day game against Pakistan by 100 plus runs margin. The other four occasions are – by 198 runs at Nottingham on 20.08.92, by 132 runs at Manchester on 24.05.78, by 112 runs at Cape Town on 22.02.03 and by 107 runs at Birmingham on 31.08.96