England vs Pakistan – Third one day – Pakistan wins by 31 runs
Third One day : England vs Pakistan at The Oval on 17.09.10 : Pakistan won by 31 runs
Pakistan was dismissed all out for 241 in this game to provide the 18th occasion of Pakistan dismissed all out against England. This total also provides the sixth occasion of Pakistan all out against after posting 200 plus runs. The six occasions are – 285 {46.5} at Lahore on 10.12.05, 263 {50.5} at The Oval on 22.05.92, 241 {49.4} at The Oval on 17.09.10, 222 {49.4} at Manchester on 19.07.82, 210 {47.2} at Rawalpindi on 19.12.05 and 207 {49.0} at Sharjah on 15.12.97
Pakistan has been dismissed all out at The Oval on three occasions – 263 {50.5} on 22.05.92, 241 {49.4} on 17.09.10 and 185 {44.0} on 20.06.03
Fawad Alam registered his third fifty of his one day career when he scored 64 in this game. The other two occasions are – 63 not out vs Hong Kong at Karachi on 24.06.08 and 63 vs Australia at Perth on 31.01.10. Thus his 64 in this game represent his highest individual one day score
Fawad Alam’s 64 in this game represent the 79th occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a fifty against England in one day games. His knock also represents the 72nd occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a half century against Pakistan.
Shahid Afridi was run out for 34 in this game providing the 59th occasion of a Pakistan captain run out in a one day game. He became the fourth Pakistan captain to be dismissed run out against England. The others are – Imran Khan for 7 at Lord’s on 13.06.83, Abdul Qadir for 7 at Lahore on 18.11.87 and Ramiz Raja for 37 at Manchester on 24.08.92.
It is interesting to note that the time gap between Ramiz Raja’s run out and Shahid Afridi’s run out is 18 years and 13 days.
JA Anderson’s three wicket haul in this game gave him an aggregate of 25 wickets against Pakistan. He became the second England bowler to total 25 plus wickets against Pakistan after IT Botham who had captured 27 wickets
AJ Strauss became the sixth England batsman to aggregate 500 plus runs against Pakistan in one day games. The six batsmen are – AJ Lamb {830}, ME Trescothick {587}, AJ Stewart {551}, AJ Strauss {532}, GA Gooch {517} and MW Gatting {502}
AJ Strauss’ 57 in this game represent the 77th occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty against Pakistan. His knock also provides the 28th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a fifty against Pakistan.
AJ Strauss registered his fifth fifty against Pakistan which read thus – 94 at Lahore on 10.12.05, 50 at Southampton on 05.09.06, 78 at Nottingham on 08.09.06, 126 at Leeds on 12.09.10 and 57 at The Oval on 17.09.10. He became the fourth England batsman to score five or more fifties against Pakistan. Others are – AJ Lamb {06}, BC Broad {05} and RA Smith {05}
AJ Strauss registered his fourth fifty as an opening batsman against Pakistan – 50 at Southampton on 05.09.06, 78 at Nottingham on 08.09.06, 126 at Leeds on 12.09.10 and 57 at The Oval on 17.09.10. He became the third England opening batsman to score four or more fifties against Pakistan. The others are – BC Broad {05} and ME Trescothick {04
At the end of this game AJ Strauss has an aggregate of 1761 runs as England’s captain. He is the first England captain to amass 1700 runs.
His 57 in this game was his 12th half century while leading England. He now shares the record for most half centuries by an England captain with N Hussain who also has scored 12 half centuries. AJ Strauss went past the 11 half centuries scored by MP Vaughan, another England captain.
AJ Strauss’ 57 in this game represent his 28th fifty one day game. He went past KP Pietersen’s 27 fifties. ME Trecothick {33}, GA Hick {32}, AJ Stewart {32}, PD Collingwood {31}, GA Gooch {31}, NV Knight {30} and AJ Lamb {30} are the other England batsmen who have scored more fifties than AJ Strauss.
EJG Morgan’s 61 in this game provide the 78th occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty against Pakistan. It represents his 10th one day half century and 13th fifty.
Umar Gul returned with figures of 6 for 42 in this game providing the 52nd occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets in a one day game. It also provides the 13th occasion of a Pakistan bowler capturing six or more wickets in one day games. Umar Gul became the second bowler to account for six or more wickets in a one day game against England, the other being Waqar Younis who had returned with figures of 7 for 36 against Leeds on 17.06.01
Umar Gul became the tenth bowler to account for six or more wickets against England in one day games. He also earned the distinction of becoming the third bowler to capture six or more wickets against England in England. Others are – Waqar Younis of Pakistan – 7 for 36 at Leeds on 17.06.01 and GJ Gilmour of Australia – 6 for 14 at Leeds on 18.06.75
Umar Gul’s 6 for 42 in this game represent his second five wicket haul in one day games, the other being his 5 for 17 vs Bangladesh at Lahore on 15.09.03. Thus his 6 for 42 in this game represents his best bowling figures in one day games
Pakistan won this game by 23 runs providing its second win when it was dismissed all out by England. The first such win was witnessed when Pakistan coasted to a win by 13 runs at Rawalpindi on 19.12.05 after being dismissed all out for 210