The last night game between England and Sri Lanka is undoubtedly one of the best ODI games in recent times. Batting first Sri Lanka posted a total of 286 for the loss of 9 wickets. After loosing the test series 2-0, Sri Lanka were looking all set to win their first match on the tour after reducing the hosts to 82 for 6.
However, English players had other plans in their mind. A stand of 138 between man-of-the-match Chris Woakes, who made an ODI-best 95 not out, and Jos Buttler (93) revived their chances. After England had seen their hopes of victory disappear in a final over where they needed 14 to win, Plunkett hit the last ball from Nuwan Pradeep for a six over long-off to earn his team a dramatic victory.
The game saw a lot of records being made. We are presenting to you all the interesting statistics from the ties game.
Statistical highlights from the first ODI:
286: This is the fourth highest total which ended in a tie. 340 in the England – New Zealand tie in 2008 is the highest.
24: Number of balls taken by Sri Lankan player Seekkuge Prasanna to reach his fifty. It is the joint sixth-fastest half-century for Sri Lanka in ODIs and second-fastest against England after Thisara Perera’s 23-ball effort in Colombo (RPS) in December 2014.
1: After completing his fifty in 24 balls, Prasanna became the first Sri Lankan to score two fifties in less than 25 balls. Prasanna did it in two consecutive matches. He scored a 23-ball fifty in their last ODI against Ireland three days ago. The only other batsman to score a fifty off less than 25 balls in consecutive ODIs before Prasanna is former New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum.
94.91: Percentage of Prasanna’s runs that came in boundaries. Prasanna’s innings included eight fours and four sixes that means out of 59 runs he scored, 56 runs came from boundaries. It is the highest percentage of runs in boundaries in an innings for a Sri Lankan batsman in ODIs and joint fourth highest overall (minimum 50 runs).
73 by Angelo Mathews is his highest ODI score in England. Th captain went past his previous best of 62 at Old Trafford in 2011. Overall it is his third fifty in England in 15 games.
286/9: This is Sri Lanka’s highest total in ODIs at Trent Bridge and eighth-highest in England. The previous highest was 258 against South Africa in 1998.
9: Runs scored by the England top-three in this match, the lowest by them in an ODI against Sri Lanka. The previous lowest was 14 in Dambulla in 2003.
138: A Seventh-wicket partnership between Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes. It is the second highest for the seventh wicket in ODI history after 177 by Buttler and Adil Rashid against New Zealand at Edgbaston in 2015. The previous highest against Sri Lanka for any team was 110 by Paul Collingwood and Craig White at the WACA in Perth in 2002.
214: Runs scored by the last five wickets for England, the most for them in an ODI. The previous best was 213 against New Zealand at Edgbaston in 2015.
95*: Chris Woakes’ score of 95* is now the highest score by a No. 8 batsman in ODI cricket. The previous best was 84 by Thomas Odoyo against Bangladesh in Nairobi in 2006. The previous highest for an England no. 8 was 80 by Tim Bresnan against Australia in Centurion in 2009.
2: Number of batsmen in the nervous nineties in England innings – a first in ODIs for them. Overall it is the 15th time it has happened in ODI and the third time against Sri Lanka.
51*: The 51 runs stand for the ninth wicket between Woakes and Liam Plunkett is the fourth-highest for England in ODIs and highest against Sri Lanka.
3: Liam Plunkett became the third player after Asif Mujtaba of Pakistan and Michael Rippon of Netherlands to tie an ODI with a six off the last ball.
8: Number of matches ending in a tie involving England. Only Australia has more – nine. It was the fifth such occasion for Sri Lanka. It is the sixth tied game on English soil and second in Trent Bridge after Australia – England tied the game in 1989.