AD Hales of England scored 171 runs against Pakistan at Nottingham on 31.08.16 to provide the seventh occasion of an England batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a one-day game against various oppositions. All such occasions are listed below. It also represents the highest score by an England batsman in one day games. The previous best was 167 not out by RA Smith against Australia at Birmingham on 21.05.93. Thus RA Smith’s score of 167 not out stood as a record score by an England batsman for 23 years.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Hales	171	1	Pak	Nottingham	30 Aug 2016
2	RA Smith	167*	1	Aus	Birmingham	21 May 1993
3	JJ Roy	162	2	Srl	The Oval	29 Jun 2016
4	DI Gower	158	1	NZl	Brisbane	15 Jan 1983
5	AJ Strauss	158	2	Ind	Bangalore	27 Feb 2011
6	AJ Strauss	154	1	Ban	Birmingham	12 Jul 2010
7	AJ Strauss	152	1	Ban	Nottingham	21 Jun 2005

AD Hales’ 171 in this game represents the highest score by an England opening batsman in one day games. Previous best was 161 by JJ Roy against Sri Lanka at The Oval on 29.06.16. The following table furnished the five occasions of England opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in one day games

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Hales	171	1	Pak	Nottingham	30 Aug 2016
2	JJ Roy	162	2	Srl	The Oval	29 Jun 2016
3	AJ Strauss	158	2	Ind	Bangalore	27 Feb 2011
4	AJ Strauss	154	1	Ban	Birmingham	12 Jul 2010
5	AJ Strauss	152	1	Ban	Nottingham	21 Jun 2005

AD Hales became the third batsman to score 150 plus runs against Pakistan in one day games. His 171 in this game provide the fourth occasion of England batsman scoring 150 plus runs against Pakistan in one-day game. All the four occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli	183	2	Ind	Pak	Dhaka	18 Mar 2012
2	AD Hales	171	1	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	30 Aug 2016
3	BC Lara	156	1	Win	Pak	Adelaide	28 Jan 2005
4	BC Lara	153	2	Win	Pak	Sharjah	05 Nov 1993

AD Hales became the second batsman to score 150 plus runs against Pakistan in one day games. His 171 in this game provide the highest score by an England batsman against Pakistan in one-day game. Previous best was BC Lara’s 153 at Sharjah on 05.11.93. Both the occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Hales	171	1	Eng	Pak	Nottingham	30 Aug 2016
2	BC Lara	153	2	Eng	Pak	Sharjah	05 Nov 1993