#3 Windies vs England, 807 runs (Grenada, 2019)

Recently concluded 4th ODI match between Windies and England was a spectacle of numerous records. 46 sixes were hit, the most in an ODI game and also 64 boundaries en-route 807 runs slugfest in St George's.
The visitors had a steady start courtesy of their openers. Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales both made a solid contribution with 56 and 82 respectively. The momentum was shifted by the duo of Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler, with their record 4th wicket stand of 204. Morgan continued his purple patch with a flawless 103 while Buttler decimated the Windies attack with his withering 150 off just 77 balls. He took only 31 balls to reach 150 from 50. England struck 24 sixes, most by a team in 50 overs and posted a colossal 418.
Chris Gayle carried the team's hope single-handedly of chasing down the huge total before getting out to Stokes in the 35th over. On the way to his onslaught of 97 balls 162, he went past 10000 runs landmark, becoming only the second Windies batsman after Brian Lara to achieve the feat. With his 14 over boundaries, he also became the first cricketer in history to hit 500 sixes in international cricket. Half-centuries from Darren Bravo and Carlos Brathwaite were not enough to conquer 418 as England were able to pick up wickets in quick successions with winning the game by 29 runs.
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