4th Match, England v Pakistan, Natwest Series, Statistical Highlights

It was the 1722nd ODI in cricket history

13-Jun-2001

It was the 1722nd ODI in cricket history.

It was England's 328th and Pakistan's 497th ODI.

It was the 48th match between these two sides. The record now reads : Pakistan 19,England 28 and abandoned one.

It was the 22nd match between these two sides in England. The record now reads : Pakistan 7, England 15.

It was the fourth match between these two sides at Lord's. Both teams have won two matches each.

Former Test player Neil Mallender was making his international debut as umpire. He became 32nd English umpire to officiate in a ODI. The other umpire Ken Palmer was standing in his 23rd match.

Inzamam-ul-Haq failed to open his account in two successive innings for the first time in his career.

Trescothick's innings was the fourth joint highest by an Englishman in all ODIs and second highest against Pakistan The best still remains 142 by Graham Gooch at Karachi on 20-11-1987. Incidentally the previous highest by an English batsman against Pakistan at home soil was 125* by Nick Knight at Trent Bridge on 01-09-1996.

Trescthick just failed to surpass West Indian Viv Richards' 138* against England in the 1979 World Cup final which still remains the highest individual innings ever played at Lord's. Trescothick's place is second alongwith countryman Dennis Amiss who had an identical score against India on 07-06-1975

Trescothick contributed 57.08 % in England's totalthe third highest contribution by an Englishman in a complete innings. This was also the third highest contribution by a batsman in a match against Pakistan. The details :

Batsman	%	Runs	Score	For	Vs	Venue	Date
IVA Richards	69.49	189*	9/272	WI	Eng	Old Trafford	31-05-1984
N Kapil Dev	65.79	175*	8/266	Ind	Zim	Tunbridge Wells	18-06-1983
AH Jones	63.51	47	74	NZ	Pak	Sharjah	01-05-1990
ST Jayasuriya	63.21	189	5/299	SL	Ind	Sharjah	29-10-2000
DR Martyn	60.73	116*	191	Aus	NZ	Auckland	03-03-2000
RA Smith	60.29	167*	5/277	Eng	Aus	Edgbaston	21-05-1993
DL Houghton	59.41	142	239	Zim	NZ	Hyderabad (Ind)	10-10-1987
Saeed Anwar	59.33	194	5/327	Pak	Ind	Chennai	21-05-1997
DI Gower	59.18	158	6/267	Eng	NZ	Brisbane	15-01-1983
SC Ganguly	58.62	153*	5/261	Ind	NZ	Gwalior	11-11-1999
G Kirsten	58.57	188*	2/321	SA	UAE	Rawalpindi CS	16-02-1996
HH Gibbs	58.42	59*	9/101	SA	Pak	Sharjah	28-03-2000
RT Ponting	57.75	123	5/213	Aus	SL	Melbourne	09-01-1996
ME Trescothick	57.08	137	240	Eng	Pak	Lord's	12-06-2001
DL Haynes	55.98	145*	5/259	WI	NZ	Berbice	14-04-1985
GS Chappell	55.67	108	194	Aus	NZ	Auckland	13-02-1982
AJ Lamb	55.48	81	146	Eng	Pak	Melbourne	02-03-1985
RL Powell	55.47	76	137	WI	Ind	Toronto	14-09-1999
GM Turner	55.34	171*	5/309	NZ	EA	Edgbaston	07-06-1975

The 170 run-partnership between Trescothick and Owais Shah was the highest for England for any wicket against Pakistan. The partnership surpassed the 147 run-partnership between Mike Atherton and Robin Smith for the first wicket at Karachi on 03-03-1996. This also eclipsed the previous best for the fourth wicket for England against Pakistan which was the 109 between Graham Gooch and David Capel at Karachi on 20-11-1987.

The Trescothick-Owais partnership was also the highest for England for the fourth wicket against all countries beating the unbeaten 154 runpartnership between Neil Fairbrother and Graeme Hick against Sri Lanka at Adelaide on 23-01-1999.

The victory margin of 2 runs was Pakistan's narrowest against England in all ODIs. It had beaten England by three runs at this same ground on 1992. It was the fifth occasion that England was losing a match by 2 runs. However England's narrowest defeat still remains by one run by South Africa at Cape Town on 26-01-2000.

Pakistan was registering victory off the last ball of the match while defending a target. It was the fifth such occasion for Pakistan. The other occasions being : v New Zealand at Faisalabad on 23-11-1984,v Australia at Sydney on 20-02-1990, v West Indies at Sharjah on 21-10-1991 and v India at Sharjah on 23-10-1991.

Marcus Trescothick was winning his second Man of the Match award. His only other award had come against West Indies at Chester-le-Street on 15-07-2000

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