On Friday, there was another record broken as New Zealand’s women’s team posted the highest ODI total when they made a mammoth 490-4 against Ireland.
Kiwi skipper Suzie Bates was the chief-in-wrecker with 151 runs while she shared a first-wicket stand of 172. Madeline Green also made a century to pile more misery on the Irish from which they never really recovered from.
With that new mark, we look back at the highest team scores in each format.
List A
Surrey 496-4 against Gloucestershire, April 2007
Fans at the Oval were left in awe of what they had seen as Surrey set a new world record for a 50-over game. Against Gloucestershire in the Friends Provident Trophy, the signs were already there when Ali Brown and James Benning put on an opening stand of 294. Brown went on to score 176 while Benning hit 152. The score was further boosted by Rikki Clarke’s unbeaten 82 off only 28 balls. In total, 22 sixes and 47 fours were struck during the Surrey innings. In reply, Gloucestershire were all out for 239.
Men’s ODI
England 443-5 against Pakistan, August 2016
Eoin Morgan’s men clinched their ODI series against Pakistan in some style at Trent Bridge. Momentum was already with the hosts after winning the first two encounters and that form continued in Nottingham. On his home ground, it was indeed home comforts for Alex Hales as the batsman stole the show with an extraordinary 171 runs (off 122 deliveries) while Jos Buttler made England’s fastest-ever fifty with 50 from 22 balls. At the end of their innings, the scoreboard read 443-3 with 59 boundaries scored by England. Pakistan were never really in the game despite scoring 275.
Under-19 international
Australia 480-6 against Kenya, January 2002
The Australians could not have asked for a better start to their World Cup campaign as Craig Simmons and Shaun Marsh both scored centuries in a crushing 430-run win. The tournament favourites reached an imposing total of 480-6 with Simmons’ 155 coming from 115 deliveries including 11 sixes. Marsh, son of ex-Test opener Geoff hit 125 from 81 balls. Kenya were just nowhere near their target and were all out for 50.
Women’s T20I
Australia 209-4 against England, April 2018
It was only two months ago that Australia scored the most runs in a Twenty20 international innings and not only it came in a final, it was even more sweeter considering it came against their fierce rivals England. In the tri-series final in Mumbai, the Australians smashed 209-4 which was remarkable given they were 66-3 after eight overs. But captain Meg Lanning led from the front to hit 88 not out off 45 balls which included 16 fours and a six.
Elyse Villani then came onto the crease and was in blistering form with an unbeaten 55 off 30 balls. For England, nothing went according to plan and reached 152-9 in their 20 overs.
In fine form: Meg Lanning.
Men’s Twenty20I
Australia 263-3 against Sri Lanka, 2016
Just like their female counterparts, the Australian’s men’s side are the current holders in the T20 format. Sri Lanka were the unfortunate victims and that too in their own back yard in Pallekele as Glenn Maxwell ran riot with the bat. The Australian smashed an unbeaten 145 from just 65 deliveries, hitting nine sixes and 14 fours. Ironically, they beat Sri Lanka’s 260 total set against Kenya, which was the format’s highest in 2007.
Twenty2o
Royal Challengers Bangalore 263-5 against Pune Warriors, April 2013
It’s only ironic that Chris Gayle – one of the most destructive T20 batsmen is on this list with the West Indian lighting up the IPL for RCB with a record-breaking knock. His unbeaten 175 came off 66 deliveries as he took Pune’s bowlers to the cleaners by hitting 17 sixes and 13 fours to set 263-5. Not only was it the highest T20 individual score at the time, he also became the fastest player to score a century, reaching the 100 run mark off 30 deliveries.
