Harry Brook and his herculean one-man demolition job as he carried England from the ultimate nadir to respectability.
135/223 – Harry Brook rewrites record books with one-man show.
The percentage that Harry Brook’s 135 runs contributed to England’s 223 total was 60.53. In men’s ODI cricket, it is the most runs a hitter has contributed to an entire innings for England. The previous record was 60.28, set by Robin Smith in 1993 when England defeated Australia at Birmingham with an undefeated 167 in their 277 for 5.
In men’s ODIs, Brook’s contribution ranks sixth among all batters in an all-out innings.
In ODIs, Brook’s score against New Zealand is the second-highest for England when he bats at No. 5 or lower. Against the West Indies in 2019, Jos Buttler batted at number five and scored 150 runs.
After Jonny Bairstow’s 138 against New Zealand in Dunedin in 2018, Brook’s 135 is the second-highest score for England in men’s ODIs played in New Zealand.
When Brook came out to bat at the beginning of the third over, England’s score was 3 for 5. Sarfaraz Ahmed’s 105 from 3 for 2 against England in 2016 at Lord’s was one of only two other hitters in ODI history to reach the hundred-run mark after commencing with the side three down for less than ten runs and 103 by Yuvraj Singh from 3 for 5 against South Africa in 2005 at Hyderabad.
With eight batsmen removed for single-figure scores, England’s Mount Maunganui total is the second-highest in ODI history. The highest was Viv Richards’ unbeaten 189 at 272 for 9 for the West Indies against England in 1984.
Only two of England’s eleven hitters scored in double figures, making them 223 the second-highest total. The highest was set by the West Indies against South Africa in 1999, when they scored 292 for 9, with hundreds from Shivnarine Chanderpaul (150) and Carl Hooper (108).