Top-order batting heroics in ODI’s

On May 22, during the third match of the ODI series at St. Lucia, Pakistan’s top five batsmen made score of 40 or more. This provided only the third such instance in ODI history. The other two instances were recorded at Dhaka on April 14, 2003 by South African against Bangladesh and on April 12, 2005 at Ahmedabad by Pakistan against India. Interestingly, it was also the seventh such instance in limited-overs cricket when any five players of a side registered scores of atleast 40 runs or more in a match. Curiously enough, it was for the fourth time that five Pakistan players have performed such feat. For reader’s interest the accompanying table has the complete details.Click to see the table