ISLAMABAD – Pakistan recently completed the Zimbabwean humiliation afterthey demolished the opposition 5-0 in the five match bilateral series. In aseries that saw Pakistan stamp their authority as a very strong limitedovers unit, plethora of records were broken by the men in green as theygear up for the upcoming World Cup to be held in February 2019.
Fakhar Zaman came forth as the hero for Pakistan, breaking a number ofindividual national and international records. For his magnificentperformances, the Ex-Navy man was rightly handed the man of the seriesaward as well.
Although one-sided, the series had a lot to offer for both the teams. Forthe hosts, it was a matter of gaining much needed experience as the nationlooks to rebuild and perform better for the upcoming tournament. ForPakistan, however, it served as an opportunity to perfect their bowling andbatting combinations and as fate would have it, Sarfraz’s men ran riot andbroke a good amount of records in the process.
Let’s have a look at 10 records that were broken by the men in green in therecently concluded series against Zimbabwe:
*Fantstic Fakhar becomes first Pakistani to score a double ton*——————————
In a game that saw a number of records being broken, opener Fakhar Zamanled the line by batting clinically and demolishing the oppositon’s bowlingline up. The 28-year-old became the first Pakistani to complete a doublecentury, breaking Saeed Anwar’s 21-year-old national record of 194 runs inthe process.
*Fakhar’s 210* the highest by a Pakistani Batsman*
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Fakhar Zaman’s record-breaking 200 meant that his eventual score of 210*became a national record in itself. Saeed Anwar’s 194 was not onlysurpassed by Fakhar but the opener managed to add another 16 runs, settingup a new national record of the highest individual score for a batsman.
*Fakhar becomes the second opener to carry bat after scoring a double ton*——————————
The record breaker continued his spree of breaking records as Fakhar becameonly the second batsman to carry bat after scoring a double century, thefirst batsman being New Zealand’s Martin Guptill who scored a mammoth 237*.
*Fakhar the fastest to 200*——————————
Fakhar Zaman became the quickest to 200 taking only 17 matches to completethe impeccable feat.
*Opening stand of 304 between Imam and Fakhar a new world record*
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Pakistani openers, Imam ul Haq and Fakhar Zaman broke a 12-year-old recordin the same match when they surpassed 300 runs without losing the firstwicket. Sri Lanka’s Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuria against England setthe previous record in 2006.
*Pakistan’s score of 399 a new national record*
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The Pakistani batsmen set a new national record when they helped the teamregister 399 runs on the board, the highest ever by a Pakistani unit.
*Imam becomes first batsman to score 4 centuries in under 10 games*——————————
Fakhar’s partner in crime, Imam ul Haq, too, joined the party when hiscentury in the last match of the series meant that the 22-year-old becamethe first batsman to score four centuries in just nine matches.
*Pakistan manage 350-plus totals for the first time in consecutive games*——————————
The last two matches of the series saw another new national record beingset. It was the first instance when the national team registered totals of350+ runs in back-to-back matches.
*Fakhar becomes the first man to score 500+ runs in a 5-match bilateralseries*——————————
The run-machine got secured another world record under his belt after hisheroics in the 5 match series saw him become the first man in One Dayhistory to secure 500+ runs in a 5-match bilateral series
*Fakhar surpasses Sir Vivian Richards*
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The opener couldn’t stop there, could he? In a series that saw the28-year-old break a plethora of records, Fakhar finally finished off bybeating Sir Vivian Richards after he became the batsman quickest to 1000runs, taking only 18 matches to do so.