England hit world ODI record to crush Netherlands
England hit a world record one-day international score of 498-4 to crush the Netherlands by 232 runs in Amstelveen on Friday, with three men scoring centuries.
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England Post Highest Team Total In ODI History: How The World Reacted
England on Friday bettered their own record for the highest team score in ODI history. In the first match of the three-match series against Netherlands, the Three Lions went all guns blazing to post a mammoth total of 498/4 in their quota of 50 overs. While Philip Salt, Dawid Malan and Jos Buttler all scored centuries, Liam Livingstone too had his share of fun with a 17-ball fifty that saw him equalling the record for the second-fastest ODI half-century.
1st ODI: England hit world record score to crush Netherlands
Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan and Phil Salt notched up centuries while Liam Livingstone walked into bat in the 45th over and scored England's fastest ODI fifty as they eclipsed their previous record of 481 against Australia in 2018.
Red-hot England sizzle and post new world record score as Jos Buttler hits 162
England set a new record for the highest 50-over total in history as Jos Buttler and Liam Livingstone shone in their 498 for four against the Netherlands on a sweltering day in Amstelveen.
Jos Buttler Slams 2nd Fastest 150 In ODIs, Misses AB de Villiers' Mark By A Ball
Jos Buttler showed no mercy against Netherlands in the first ODI at Amstelveen as he powered his way to a 47-ball century to further increase the opposition's misery. Phil Salt and Dawid Malan had already struck fluent centuries and Buttler rubbed salt in the minnows' wounds by landing one punch after another. Buttler came in to bat in the 30th over after Phil Salt's dismissal ended a 222-run partnership.
Taking a look at the highest scores in one-day international cricket
England’s total of 498 for four against the Netherlands was a world record for both one-day internationals and all List A cricket.
Liam Livingstone Hits Joint Second-Fastest ODI Fifty, Scores Unbeaten 66 Off 22 In England's World Record Total vs Netherlands
Liam Livingstone continues to daunt the bowlers with his batting supremacy. The right-handed batter on Friday equalled the record of second-fastest ODI fifty. He achieved the milestone during his side's ongoing first ODI of the three-match series against Netherlands in Amstelveen. By getting to his half-century in only 17 balls, Livingstone joined the likes of Kusal Perera, Sanath Jayasuriya and Martin Guptill on the elite list. Meanwhile, he missed the world record of AB de Villiers, who had scored the fastest ODI fifty, by just one ball.
England smash ODI world record after scoring 498 runs against Netherlands
Phil Salt, Dawid Malan and Jos Buttler all scored centuries as England broke the world record for the most runs in 50 overs - 498.