England posted the highest total ever score in a men’s one-day international of 481 for six as they thrashed world champions Australia by 242 runs at Trent Bridge on Tuesday to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in a five-match series.
Alex Hales (147) and Jonny Bairstow (139) both hit hundreds as, for the second time in two years at Trent Bridge, England posted a new record ODI score following their 444 for three against Pakistan in 2016.
Bairstow’s hundred was his fourth in six ODIs while Hales’s century ended a run of low scores.
Meanwhile England captain Eoin Morgan became the country’s all-time leading run-scorer in this format during a 67 that featured a 21-ball fifty – England’s quickest in men’s ODIs.
This was Australia’s heaviest defeat at this level, in terms of runs, surpassing a 206-run loss to New Zealand in Adelaide in 1986.
By contrast, 2019 World Cup England were able to enjoy their biggest victory in the format as they topped their previous ODI best – 210-run success against New Zealand at Edgbaston in 2015.
Here are all the crazy numbers from the record-breaking game:
It's all over at Trent Bridge, with England's world record-breaking 481 proving too much for Australia. Hales and Bairstow, the two centurions were unbelievable today. England win by 242 runs and lead the series 3-0! 🔥 #ENGvAUS pic.twitter.com/V5JaLPdlER
— ICC (@ICC) June 19, 2018
NEW RECORD!
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) June 19, 2018
Highest totals in men's ODIs:
England 3-446* (45.3) v AUS (2018)
England 3-444 v PAK (2016)
Sri Lanka 9-443 v NLD (2006)
South Africa 2-439 v WI (2015)
South Africa 9-438 v AUS (2006)
*and more to come!https://t.co/voXIgiDzap #ENGvAUS pic.twitter.com/J8wtGGsLHH
Grounds with most 400+ totals in List A cricket
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 19, 2018
5 - Nottingham
4 - Johannesburg
3 - Taunton/The Oval/New Plymouth#EngvAus
England end up with a world record 481-6. This despite the fact that there were 107 dot balls in the innings. Imagine what would have England ended up with had they converted even half of these dot balls in to scoring opportunity!#ENGvAUS
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) June 19, 2018
#Eng becomes the 2nd side to make 450+ in a List A game!
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 19, 2018
Surrey 496/4 is the other side in 2007.#EngvAus #ODI
150+ stands for the opening and second wicket both in an ODI innings:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 19, 2018
Ind v SL, Rajkot, 2009
Ind v Aus, Jaipur, 2013
SA v WI, Johannesburg, 2015
Eng v Aus, Nottingham, 2018*#ENGvAUS
481 - England's 481/6 (v Australia) is the highest ODI score ever recorded; beating the previous best by 37 runs. Ridiculous. #ENGvAUS pic.twitter.com/28z0u1rJS4
— OptaJim (@OptaJim) June 19, 2018
Eoin Morgan is now
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 19, 2018
- The highest run-getter for England in ODIs going past Ian Bell's 5416 runs
- The first player to score 3,000 runs in England in ODIs#ENGvAUS
4 - Jonny Bairstow has claimed his 4th ODI century in 2018 already; no batsman has ever registered more in a single calendar year for England (level with Gower in 1983). Performer. #ENGvAUS pic.twitter.com/gYd206UG3B
— OptaJim (@OptaJim) June 19, 2018
Fastest 50s for England in ODIs: (By balls)
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) June 19, 2018
21 - EOIN MORGAN v Aus, Nottingham, 2018*
22 - Jos Buttler v Pak, Nottingham, 2016#ENGvAUS