England have set a new record for the highest team total in ODI cricket by smashing 498/4 in their 50 overs against the Netherlands. The record came at Amstelveen in the first ODI between the two nations.
England have bettered their own record as they had posted 481/6 against Australia at Nottingham in 2018.
Coming back to today’s match, there were three centurions for the away side as Phil Salt, Dawid Malan and Jos Buttler took the Dutch bowlers to the cleaners.
Buttler top-scored with 162* off 70 balls which included seven fours and 14 sixes while Salt and Malan made 122 and 125 respectively.
The top three highest scores now belong to the 50-over world champions, who scored 481/6 against Australia at Nottingham in 2018 and 444/3 against Pakistan at the same venue in 2016.
This week, the England Test team chased down 299 in just over 2 sessions with the last 160 runs coming at an incredible strike rate of over 10.
