England's Dawid Malan, Joe Root shatter records in World Cup

By Sidhant Maheshwari
Published on | Oct 10, 2023

Fast and furious Malan!

Dawid Malan smashed his 6th ODI hundred in his 23rd ODI innings - the quickest in history to reach that mark.

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Old is gold for England

At 36 years and 37 days, Malan is England's oldest male centurion at an ODI World Cup.

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Malan's extraordinary form

The Englishman hit his 4th ODI hundred and 6th 50+ score in his last 9 ODI inns.

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4th highest individual score for England at WC

Malan's 140 is only behind Strauss' 158 vs IND (2011), Roy's 153 vs BAN (2019) and Morgan's 148 vs AFG (2019).

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England legend Joe Root

Joe Root becomes England's highest-ever run scorer in World Cups, going past Graham Gooch's previous record of 897 runs.

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Top-order doing the job!

England's first two partnerships were both 100+ stands - only the 5th time when first 2 wickets in ODI World Cup have yielded century stands.

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