
England captain sets new record for fastest double century in one-day international history
England captain Harry Brook scored 202 runs against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi, becoming the first England player to hit an ODI double century and setting a new record for the fastest double hundred in the format off 114 balls.
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Harry Brook broke the previous England ODI record of 182 set by Ben Stokes in 2023. This innings marks the 14th double century in men's ODI history.
One-day international tri-series, Rawalpindi
England 429-4 (50 overs): Brook 202, Root 69, Jacks 66*
Pakistan: Yet to bat
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Captain Harry Brook became the first England batter to make a double century in a one-day international with a sensational 202 against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi.
Brook's astonishing hitting took him past the previous England best of 182 made by Ben Stokes against New Zealand at The Oval in 2023.
In reaching 200 from 114 balls, Brook also broke the record for the fastest double century in an ODI, quicker than the 117 deliveries taken by India's Shubman Gill against West Indies last month.
Brook was out to the final ball of the innings having registered the 14th double hundred in a men's one-day international and the 12th highest individual score.
The skipper's assault on a helpless Sri Lanka attack lifted England to an enormous total of 429-4, the highest in a one-day international in Pakistan.

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