Records tumble as Pakistan dominate Zimbabwe with the bat

Pakistan once again displayed their superiority over Zimbabwe in the 4th ODI in Bulawayo, amassing a giant total of 399/1 as the hosts toiled away once again to no avail and fell to a 244 run defeat, giving the visitors a 4-0 series lead.

It is the first time that Pakistan's openers have scored four centuries in a bilateral ODI series, with Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq both picking up their second and third hundreds in the format.

Zaman hit the highest individual score by a Pakistan player in ODIs, becoming his side's first one-day double-centurion, surpassing the 194 hit by Saeed Anwar against India in Chennai all the way back in May 1997.

The Pakistan opener also became by far the least-capped man ever to score an ODI double hundred, notching the milestone in his 17th innings. Previously, the earliest into an ODI career a man had scored a double-century was in their 103rd innings, a record shared by both India's Rohit Sharma and New Zealand's Martin Guptill.

Zaman and ul-Haq now hold the highest partnership between two opening batsmen in ODIs (304). The previous highest opening stand was by Sanath Jaysuriya and Upul Tharanga of Sri Lanka with their 286 against England in 2006.

The partnership between Pakistan's openers now stands as Pakistan's highest ever partnership in ODIs, easing past the previous record of 263 shared by Imam's uncle, Inzamam ul-Haq, and Aamer Sohail against New Zealand in Sharjah in 1994.

399/1 is the highest score by Pakistan in an ODI, eclipsing their previous ODI high score of 385/7 against Bangladesh in Dambulla in 2010.

399/1 is also the highest total ever in ODIs for the loss of just one wicket, overtaking the 362/1 posted by India against Australia in Jaipur in 2013.

To top it off, Zaman also hit the most boundaries in an ODI innings for Pakistan (29), beating Anwar's previous record of 27.