England vs Australia, 3rd ODI - Statistical Highlights

Records tumbled as England thrashed Australia by 242 runs in third One-Day International on Tuesday to go 3-0 up in the five-match series. Asked to bat first, the hosts rode on centuries from Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales to post 481 for 6. In reply, the Aussies were all out for just 239 in the 37th over.

With the remarkable game now all done and dusted, a look at some interesting numbers and stats:

1. 481 for 6 is now the highest-ever ODI total. England surpassed the previous highest ODI total of 444 for 3 which they set two years ago, also at Trent Bridge. It is the 19th instance of a 400-plus total being made in ODIs, and the third by England.

2. This was the 19th instance of a 400-plus total in ODIs and third for England.

3. The game witnessed only the second instance of England posting two 150-plus run partnerships in the same ODI innings. Openers Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy, and then Bairstow and Alex Hales combined for stands of 159 and 151 respectively.

4. The 242-run win is England’s biggest win in ODIs. Their previous best was 210 which they had achieved against New Zealand in 2015.  For Australia, the defeat was the biggest, surpassing the 206-run defeat suffered at the hands of New Zealand in 1986.

5. Bairstow (139) and Hales (147) became the first English pair to each post a score of 130-plus in the same ODI innings.

6. Andrew Tye conceded 100 runs off his 9 overs. In the process, he became the second Australian bowler to concede a century of runs in an ODI innings. The other one is Mick Lewis who had conceded 113 in his 10 over against South Africa.

7. Eoin Morgan scored a 21-ball fifty. In doing so, he broke Jos Buttler’s record of fastest ODI fifty by an England player. Buttler had scored a 22-ball fifty against Pakistan in 2016.

8. Eoin Morgan’s 30-ball 67 runs innings helped him surpass Ian Bell to become England’s all-time leading ODI run-scorer. Morgan now has scored 5,443 runs compared to Bell’s 5,416 runs.

9. Bairstow has now made four ODI hundreds in 2018, equalling the English record for a calendar year set by David Gower in 1983. The world record is owned by Sachin Tendulkar, who scored nine ODI centuries in 1998.

10. Australia have now lost 14 of their past 16 completed ODIs.

11. For the first time, Australia have lost four consecutive bilateral ODI series (min two matches).

12. England have now registered back-to-back ODI series win over Australia for the first time in 41 years.