[caption id="attachment_728275" align="alignnone" width="628"]<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Fakhar-Zaman5.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-728275" alt="Fakhar Zaman Getty Images (File Photo)" src="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Fakhar-Zaman5.jpg" width="628" height="355" /></a> Fakhar Zaman Getty Images (File Photo)[/caption] <p></p> <p></p><a href="http://cricketcountry.com/players/fakhar-zaman/">Fakhar Zaman</a> pioneered his way through to a unique feat during the course of his innings of 85 in the 5th ODI against <a href="http://cricketcountry.com/teams/zimbabwe/">Zimbabwe</a> at <a href="http://cricketcountry.com/tag/bulawayo">Bulawayo</a>. Along with becoming the fastest batsman to 1000 runs in ODIs, <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/fakhar-zaman-fastest-to-reach-1000-odi-runs-728211">a feat Zaman achieved</a> in 18 innings, he also became the first batsman to have crossed the 500-run mark in an ODI series comprising a minimum of 5 matches. <p></p><table style="width: 600px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup> <col width="168" /> <col width="419" /> <col span="10" width="64" /> </colgroup> <p></p><tbody> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td width="168" height="21">Player</td> <p></p><td width="419">Series</td> <p></p><td width="64">Mat</td> <p></p><td width="64">Inns</td> <p></p><td width="64">NO</td> <p></p><td align="left" valign="top" width="64"> <p></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <p></p><tbody> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td width="64" height="21">Runs</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p></tbody> <p></p></table> <p></p></td> <p></p><td width="64">HS</td> <p></p><td width="64">Ave</td> <p></p><td width="64">BF</td> <p></p><td width="64">SR</td> <p></p><td width="64">100</td> <p></p><td width="64">50</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="21">Fakhar Zaman (PAK)</td> <p></p><td>Pakistan in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2018</td> <p></p><td width="64">5</td> <p></p><td width="64">5</td> <p></p><td width="64">3</td> <p></p><td width="64">515</td> <p></p><td width="64">210*</td> <p></p><td width="64">257.5</td> <p></p><td width="64">462</td> <p></p><td width="64">111.5</td> <p></p><td width="64">2</td> <p></p><td width="64">2</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="21">H Masakadza (ZIM)</td> <p></p><td>Kenya in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2009/10</td> <p></p><td width="64">5</td> <p></p><td width="64">5</td> <p></p><td width="64">1</td> <p></p><td width="64">467</td> <p></p><td width="64">178*</td> <p></p><td width="64">116.8</td> <p></p><td width="64">480</td> <p></p><td width="64">97.29</td> <p></p><td width="64">2</td> <p></p><td width="64">1</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="21">Salman Butt (PAK)</td> <p></p><td>Bangladesh in Pakistan ODI Series, 2007/08</td> <p></p><td width="64">5</td> <p></p><td width="64">5</td> <p></p><td width="64">0</td> <p></p><td width="64">451</td> <p></p><td width="64">136</td> <p></p><td width="64">90.2</td> <p></p><td width="64">464</td> <p></p><td width="64">97.19</td> <p></p><td width="64">2</td> <p></p><td width="64">2</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="21">Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)</td> <p></p><td>Pakistan v Sri Lanka ODI Series (in United Arab Emirates), 2013/14</td> <p></p><td width="64">5</td> <p></p><td width="64">5</td> <p></p><td width="64">2</td> <p></p><td width="64">448</td> <p></p><td width="64">140*</td> <p></p><td width="64">149.3</td> <p></p><td width="64">492</td> <p></p><td width="64">91.05</td> <p></p><td width="64">3</td> <p></p><td width="64">0</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="21">HM Amla (SA)</td> <p></p><td>West Indies in South Africa ODI Series, 2014/15</td> <p></p><td width="64">4</td> <p></p><td width="64">4</td> <p></p><td width="64">2</td> <p></p><td width="64">413</td> <p></p><td width="64">153*</td> <p></p><td width="64">206.5</td> <p></p><td width="64">376</td> <p></p><td width="64">109.8</td> <p></p><td width="64">2</td> <p></p><td width="64">2</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p></tbody> <p></p></table> <p></p>The above list comprises of the top 5 aggregate runs recorded by batsmen specifically in a 5-match bilateral ODI series. Through his batting in the current series, Zaman broke the record set by <a href="http://cricketcountry.com/players/hamilton-masakadza">Hamilton Masakadza</a> who scored an aggregate of 467 runs in a 5 match ODI series against Kenya in 2009/10. Zaman also overtook fellow countrymen Salman Butt and Mohammad Hafeez who aggregated 451 and 448 runs against Bangladesh in 2007/08 and Sri Lanka in 2013/14, respectively. Hashim Amla could have had a shot at the 500-run mark had he not missed the Port Elizabeth ODI in the 2014/15 series against West Indies. <p></p> <p></p>Zaman made his ODI debut a year ago in the <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/icc">ICC</a> Champions Trophy 2017, and grabbed eyeballs by smashing 252 runs in only four innings, including a 106-ball 114 in the final against India guiding <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/teams/pakistan/">Pakistan </a>to victory. In the 4th ODI of the current series, he also became the <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/zimbabwe-vs-pakistan-4th-odi-fakhar-zaman-smashes-first-200-for-pakistan-2-727831">first Pakistan batsman to record a double hundred in ODIs</a>.
