England could not have hoped for a better start to their three rounds of trials against Pakistan.
From the start, England were breaking records, with Zak Crawley scoring 14 points in the first six balls, which is the most ever achieved by an England player at the start of a Test match.
The visitors reached the 100-point mark with just 83 balls in their sleeves, which is also a new record for England in a Test match.
In the first 20 overs of the match, England scored 141 without losing a wicket to beat Pakistan’s aggregate of 137/8 after 20 overs in the recent T20 World Cup final, which they lost to England.
Zak Crawley’s 86-ball century is the fastest ever by an England Test opener and was the fourth fastest ever.
That was until Harry Brook came along later and knocked his teammate down the list by reaching the third fastest Test century in just 80 balls.
Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope were also in on the action with hundreds of them to make it four for innings, tying the most centuries in an innings for England and there are still six wickets in hand.
Towards the end of the day, Ben Stokes came on and broke 34 of 15 balls to leave England 506-4, which is the highest opening day tally in club history. cricket test match.
England also became the fastest team to reach 500 runs in a test match, as it appears Bazball is fully effective.
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