11 highest ODI team totals in history

#2. 444/3 England vs Pakistan, Nottingham, 2016

Alex Hales brutally pounded Pakistani bowling line-up to score blusterous 171 off just 122 balls

On August 30, 2016, the 3rd ODI of the Pakistan tour of England and Ireland was played at Nottingham. England put an overwhelming world record total of 444 on board for only 3 wickets. England registered a thumping 169 runs victory over Pakistan in the final ODI match of the series and wrapped up the series.

Player of the match, Alex Hales (171 off 122 balls, SR: 140.16) and Joe Root's (85 off 86 balls, SR: 98.83) 248 runs partnership gave England a solid start. After the dismissal of both the set batsmen, Jos Buttler (90* off 51 balls, SR: 176.47) and Eoin Morgan (57* off 27 balls, SR: 211.11) came onto the pitch and started destroying the Pakistan bowlers. Both of them played till the end of the inning and set the towering total of 444 for their team.

In reply, Pakistan managed to score only 275 runs. They could not even play all the 50 overs of their inning as they lost all of their wickets within 42.4 overs.

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#1. 481/6 England vs Australia, Nottingham, 2018

The foundation of England's invincible world record total of 481: Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales

On June 19, 2018, the 3rd ODI of the Australia tour of England was played at Nottingham. The three brilliant partnerships between Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy (159 runs), Alex Hales and Jonny Bairstow (151 runs) and Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales (124 runs) powered team England to put the highest ODI total in the world cricket history of 481 on board, for 6 wickets.

The foundation of England's invincible and Alpine total of 481 was the magnificent innings played by Jonny Bairstow (139 off 92 balls, SR: 151.08) and Alex Hales (147 off 92 balls, SR: 159.78). England broke their previously owned record for the highest total in ODI history of 444/3 against Pakistan, on the same ground.

Jason Roy gave England a stout start as he played 82 runs' inning off 61 balls, with a strike rate of 134.42. After the dismissals of Roy, Bairstow and Hales, Eoin Morgan's sensible 67 runs' knock off just 30 balls (SR: 223.33) helped England to set the new world record.

In reply, Australia failed to dominate the British bowling line-up and collapsed to 239 all out in just 37 overs of their inning. England lodged a whopping 242 runs victory over the Aussies, leaving them astonished.

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