Highest team-wise ODI totals

#4 434/4 – Australia vs South Africa at Johannesburg, 12th March 2006

The South African players celebrating what seemed a difficult chase

Australia won the toss and scored 434, riding on Ricky Ponting's 164 and Mike Hussey's 81 off 51 after Adam Gilchrist and Simon Katich gave their team a brilliant opening stand of 97 runs.

On the other hand, South Africa lost their opener Boeta Dippenaar with just 3 runs on the board. However, this didn't stop Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs from thrashing the Australian bowlers to every corner of the ground. Together they stitched a 187-run partnership in only 21.3 overs.

Gibbs scored a towering 175 off just 111 balls, hitting 21 fours and 7 sixes. After his dismissal at 299, the Australians felt they were in for a chance but to their dismay, Mark Boucher had other ideas. He kept rotating among the tail-enders helping South Africa reach the target of 434 with 1 ball and 1 wicket to spare. He was unbeaten on 50 off 43 balls.

This match has gone down in the folklores as the best ODI of all time.