Notts v Surrey, One-Day Cup Final - Statistical Highlights

4, 6, 7, 11 and 5 are the scores of the five of the top 6 Nottinghamshire batsmen who were chasing 298 against Surrey in the One-Day Cup final. But Alex Hales stood out between Surrey and the One-Day Cup title with an unbeaten 187. He put on a 137-run stand for the 6th wicket with Chris Read, who played his last professional cricket game and finished his marathon career on a high. The record-breaking act from Hales ensured Surrey lost their 3rd consecutive One-Day final.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the game.

5 – Alex Hales’ 187* is the 5th highest individual score while chasing in List A format and the 2nd highest on England soil. Surrey’s James Benning scored 189* against Gloucestershire in 2006.

50 – Wickets Jade Dernbach has taken in Royal London One-Day Cup (since 2014). He is one of the 3 bowlers who have taken 50 wickets in this competition.

83 – Balls Alex Hales needed for scoring his century in this game; the fastest in a Lord’s final. The previous fastest was in 91 balls for Hampshire in 2005.

144* – Mark Stoneman’s 144* stood out at the 2nd highest individual score in a Lord’s final before Alex Hales’ unbeaten 187 pushed the Stoneman’s innings to the 3rd position. Geoff Boycott’s 146 in 1965 for Yorkshire was the previous highest in a Lord’s final.

187* – Alex Hales’ 187* is the highest individual score for a Nottinghamshire player against Surrey in List A cricket. The previous highest was 126* by Chris Cairns in 1993.

187* – Runs Alex Hales has scored in this game; the highest individual score for a Nottinghamshire player in List A cricket. The previous highest was 184 by Michael Lumb vs Northamptonshire in 2016.

189 – Alex Hales’ 187* stands at 2nd in the highest individual scores in List A finals behind Sanath Jayasuriya’s 189 vs India in 2000.

500 – Kumar Sangakkara was playing in his 500th List A innings in this game. Thus he became only the 8th player in List A cricket to play 500 innings.