It was a day where England entered the history books, registering the highest team total in a One-Day International (ODI), hammering the Pakistan bowling attack to score 444/3 on a easy paced Trent Bridge wicket. Alex Hales (171 from 122) led the way as the slogging extravaganza went to a different octane through Jos Buttler (90 from 51) and Eoin Morgan (57 from 27). Pakistan gave an early fight through Sharjeel Khan (58 from 30) but lost regular wickets before Mohammad Amir (52 from 26) delayed the inevitable to fold out for 275. England won the match by 169 runs, thereby winning the series.

Almost nothing went right on the field for Pakistan. Wahab Riaz, who conceded the second worst figures for a bowler having completed 10 overs (he conceded 110), along with Mohammad Amir bowled their heart out. But there was very little backing from their side's abject fielding or the short boundaries on both sides of the wicket.

Hales bludgeoned his way through the highest individual score by an Englishman in the format. A terrific yorker from Hasan Ali brought an end to his innings. Joe root almost strolled his way to a 86-ball 85, but yet again, England's batting talisman stuttered while approaching the three-figure score.

Morgan and Buttler were new at the crease and the momentum had suddenly shifted to Pakistan, but both were at their clean-hitting best. It didn't take much effort to clear the boundary, as Amir showed with his pyrotechnics late in the game.

Buttler and Morgan were toying with the bowling. Almost everything they tried came off. The sixes just kept raining in, and were aided by the woeful fielding. Yasir Shah dropped a sitter from Morgan and Riaz could not believe how luck had conspired against him after he had bowled Buttler from wonderfully disguised slow delivery. The umpire had to call the batsman back for a no-ball, and to make matters worse, a boundary was signaled because the ball had hit the stumps and trickled away to fence.

Buttler smashed a four off the last ball of the innings to go past Sri Lanka's record of 443/9 against Netherlands in 2006. The Buttler-Morgan partnership read 161 from just 72 balls.

There was a definitive signal of intent from the Pakistan batsmen as they went for broke with the bat, heaving at the slightest opportunity. Sharjeel Khan blazed away but saw wickets tumbling at the other end with Chris Woakes (4/41) making early inroads.

Mark Wood was spanked by the batsmen but Liam Plunkett, Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali were tidy and chipped in with wickets when they came on. Adil Rashid got excellent turn early on and got a couple of breakthroughs but had his figures messed up with Amir's six-hitting spree towards the end. England took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

Brief scores:

England 444/3 in 50 Overs (Alex Hales 171, Jos Buttler 90 not out, Joe Root 86) beat Pakistan 275 in 42.4 Overs (Sharjeel Khan 58, Mohammad Amir 58; Chris Woakes 4/41, Adil Rashid 2/73) by 169 runs.

Here are some of the landmarks that the two teams scaled during the match:

England's 444/3 became the highest team total, beating Sri Lanka's 443/9 set in 2006.

Alex Hales (171) slammed the highest individual ODI score by an Englishman, beating Robin Smith's 23-year-old record.

Jos Buttler scored a half century from 22 balls — it is the fastest by an England batsman.

Hales and Root's 248-run partnership is the second highest for the second wicket for England.

Wahab Riaz conceded the second most expensive figures in ODIs, finishing with 10-0-110-0

Mohammad Amir's score of 58 was the highest by a No.11 batsman in ODI history