This is a list of scores of 400 or more runs made by a team in a One Day International (ODI), a form of one-day cricket played between international cricket teams who are Full Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) as well as the top six Associate and Affiliate members.[1] Unlike Test matches, ODIs consist of one innings per team, with a limit on the number of overs. The limit is currently 50 overs per innings, although in the past this has varied.[2] The earliest match now recognised as an ODI was played between England and Australia on 5 January 1971;[3] since then there have been over 4,000 ODIs played between 26 teams.[4]
Team totals have risen steadily throughout the history of ODIs. This has accelerated in recent years, with improvements in techniques, new playing methods and introduction of Twenty20 International cricket.[5] The highest team total before 400 runs was reached was the 398/5 scored by Sri Lanka against Kenya on 6 March 1996 at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy.[6]
The 400 marks were first broken during a notable match between South Africa and Australia, with both teams passing 400 runs in their respective innings. As batting powerplays and other fielding restrictions have come into play, 400+ totals have become more common. Seven international teams have scored 400+ totals in their matches. South Africa has recorded more 400+ scores in ODIs than any other nation, with eight such scores as of October 2023. There have been two occurrences where both teams in a match have scored more than 400 in their respective innings, with the first one being the Australia and South Africa match in 2006, and the other occurrence being India and Sri Lanka in 2009. There has been one other occasion in which a team scored 400+ and lost: New Zealand made 401/6 against Pakistan at the 2023 Cricket World Cup, and Pakistan successfully chased the reduced target.
As of 12 November 2023, there have been 27 occasions where a team has recorded a 400+ total.
(300/3) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no overs remained (or are able) to be bowled.
(300) indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all out, either by losing all ten wickets or by having one or more batsmen unable to bat and losing the remaining wickets.
Batting notation
(100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out.
(175) indicates that a batsman scored 175 runs and was out after that, like Herschelle Gibbs against Australia
Bowling notation
(5/40) indicates that a bowler has captured 5 wickets while giving away 40 runs.
(49.5 overs) indicates that a team bowled 49 complete overs (each of six legal deliveries), and one incomplete over of just five deliveries.
Australia scored the first ever team total over 400 in men's cricket in ODIs.
Australia scored the highest ever team total in ODIs (434); surpassing Sri Lanka's total of 398 in 1996; before South Africa surpassed it in the same match (438). [Later Surpassed]
South Africa chasing 434 was the highest successful ODI chase of all time and the highest team total in the second innings in ODIs.
This match recorded the highest aggregate runs in a match: (872), surpassing the previous record of 693 set by India and Pakistan in 2004.
This match recorded the most sixes hit in a match in ODIs (26) and the most fours hit in a match in ODIs (89). [Later Surpassed]
Ricky Ponting (AUS) scored the fastest 150 in ODIs, reaching this target in 99 balls. [Later Surpassed]
Mick Lewis conceded the most runs in an innings in ODIs (113). He also became the first bowler to concede 100 runs in a fifty-over ODI match. [Later Surpassed]
AB de Villiers scored the fastest ODI 50 in 16 balls and fastest ODI 100 in 31 balls as well as equaled Rohit Sharma's record tally of 16 sixes in an ODI.
Australia's score of 417/6 is the highest in men's ODI World Cup history, bettering India's 413/5 in the 2007 World Cup. The winning margin of 275 runs was the highest in a World Cup match (later surpassed).[10][11]
England set a new record for the highest innings total in ODIs. This was also the first instance where a men's team scored more than 450 runs in an ODI.[12]
Jos Buttler (Eng) scored the fastest century in the West Indies in ODIs (60 balls),[15] and scored the most sixes in an ODI inning for England (12). Chris Gayle (WI) then surpassed Buttler's record by taking 55 balls to complete his century.[16]
England hit 24 sixes in their innings, breaking the previous record of 23, set by the West Indies in the first ODI.[17]
This was England's highest total against the West Indies in ODIs.[18]
England's total of 498 set a new record for the highest total in an ODI match, beating the previous record of 481 that they set against Australia at Trent Bridge in 2018.[26]
Ishan Kishan (Ind) scored his maiden and also the fastest ODI double-hundred off 126 balls.[27]
Virat Kohli (Ind) scored his 44th century in ODIs.[28] He also scored his 72nd century in international cricket,[29] and surpassed Ricky Ponting's record of the second-most centuries scored across formats in international cricket.[30]
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