England Sets Record for Highest ODI Score

England cricket team scored 498 runs in the match played against the Netherlands on Friday, breaking their own record for the highest team score in ODI cricket. England created a new history in 50-over cricket thanks to Joss Butler (162), Philip Salt, (122), and Liam Livingstone (66) in the ODI match played in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Earlier, England had registered the highest ODI team score at that time by scoring 481 runs against Australia in Nottingham, in 2018.

In this match, the Netherlands won the toss and called England to bat first. Coming to bat, Salt scored 122 runs in 93 balls with the help of 14 fours and three sixes, while David Malan added 125 runs from 109 balls. In the 30th over of the match, the team scored 223 runs, Salt got out and Jos Buttler, who came at number four, changed the pace of the inning. In which Butler contributed 162 runs. Buttler hit 14 sixes and seven fours in this explosive inning of 70 balls. Thanks to Butler, England gave 275 runs in the last 20.2 overs.

With the rain of 26 sixes in this match, England has also won the record for most sixes in a match. Apart from this, Jos Buttler also got his name in second place in the list of fastest 150 runs in ODI cricket. He completed 150 runs in 65 balls, while AB de-Villiers has done this feat in 64 balls.