Fakhar Zaman goes past Saeed Anwar's iconic 194 to register Pakistan's highest score in ODIs

After a stay of more than two decades at the top of the list of his country's top contributions in the format, Anwar has been knocked off the perch by Fakhar Zaman

^{Fakhar Zaman made a double hundred against Zimbabwe}

Saeed Anwar's majestic 194 against India in 1997 is no longer Pakistan's highest score in one-day international cricket.

After a stay of more than two decades at the top of the list of his country's top contributions in the format, Anwar has been knocked off the perch by Fakhar Zaman.

Zaman became Pakistan's first ODI double-centurion, and only the sixth man to achieve the feat, during the clash with Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Friday.

The 28-year-old hit 210 not out from 156 balls, clubbing 24 fours and five sixes. It is the fifth best individual effort in a men's one-day international of all time, and the best since Chris Gayle made 215 for West Indies, again against Zimbabwe, in 2015.

^{Saeed Anwar's 194 is no longer Pakistan's top ODI score}

Only Rohit Sharma, Martin Guptill, Virender Sehwag and Gayle have gone bigger.

Zaman's previous best in ODIs had been 117, while he had a top score of 180 in all List A matches prior to the start of play.

The records didn't stop there, however.

He shared in an opening partnership of 304 in 42 overs with Imam-ul-Haq - by some distance the highest stand made by any pair for the country in one-day internationals and the fourth highest for any wicket in a men's ODI - before adding a further 95 in the remaining eight overs with Asif Ali, who smashed his way to a 22-ball half-century.

The first-wicket partnership with Imam is the biggest opening stand of all time, beating the 12-year-old record held by Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya, who put on 286 for Sri Lanka against England at Headingley in 2006.

Pakistan finished on 399 for one, leaving Zimbabwe requiring a tidy 400 for victory. It was the country's biggest total in ODI cricket, surpassing the previous best of 385 for seven against Bangladesh in Dambulla in 2010.