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Harry Brook’s fastest 200 in vain as Sri Lanka chase down 430

Brook was joined in the fireworks by Joe Root, who scored a 66-ball 69 and became the first England batter to complete 8,000 runs, in his 197th one-day international

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England's captain Harry Brook celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) during the one-day international (ODI) tri-series cricket match between England and Sri Lanka at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. Pic/AFP

England's captain Harry Brook celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) during the one-day international (ODI) tri-series cricket match between England and Sri Lanka at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. Pic/AFP

An inspired Harry Brook scored the fastest double hundred in ODI history as England piled up 429-4 against Sri Lanka in the tri-series in Rawalpindi on Thursday. The batsman's 116-ball 202 also made him the first Englishman to hit a double century in a one-day international. 

The captain clobbered 10 sixes and 21 fours as England posted a first 400-plus ODI total in Pakistan. He reached 200 in 114 balls, beating the previous fastest double century in ODIs, by Shubman Gill (117 balls) for India against West Indies last month. Brook was joined in the fireworks by Joe Root, who scored a 66-ball 69 and became the first England batter to complete 8,000 runs, in his 197th one-day international. 

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