Following his team’s loss to Sri Lanka while defending a massive 430-run target, England skipper Harry Brook, who scored a historic double hundred, said that his knock has “no values in his eyes” after a shocking defeat. Brook became the first Englishman to reach an ODI double ton, the fastest double centurion in ODI cricket and joined Chris Gayle in an elite all-format list at Rawalpindi. But on a batting paradise, century from Pavan Rathnayake, explosive fifties from Avishka Fernando, Dasun Shanaka and Janith Liyanage had Sri Lanka giving it back to Three Lions with full interest, pulling down a run-chase for ages.
Root also got his slice of history, becoming the first-ever Englishman to score 8,000 ODI runs. Now, he has 8,005 runs in 197 matches and 186 innings at an average of 50.66, with 20 centuries and 49 fifties and a best score of 166*. Towards the end, England was guided to 429/4, with a half-century by Will Jacks (66* in 30 balls, with eight fours and three sixes) and first-ever double ton by an Englishman by skipper Brook (202 in 116 balls, with 21 fours and 10 sixes).
