Setting up a target of over 350 runs might sound easy; however, chasing it down is not that easy. Many teams have chased down 300+ totals, but a handful of teams have done so when it comes to 350-plus run chases in ODIs.
In this article, let’s take a look at the top teams with the most successful 350-plus run chases in ODI cricket.
Most 350+ Run Chases in ODIs
Team | No. of 350+ Run Chases |
---|---|
England | 3 |
India | 3 |
South Africa | 2 |
Australia | 1 |
New Zealand | 1 |
Pakistan | 1 |
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Key Stats
5: Only 5 teams have managed to successfully chase 350+ totals in ODI cricket, which depicts that chasing huge scores is not an easy thing.
1: South Africa became the first team to gun down a 350-plus target in the 50-over format. In what was a run-fest in Johannesburg, Australia put up 434/4 while batting first, and in a matter of a few hours, South Africa (438/8) went past the huge target successfully in an iconic match in the history of ODI cricket.
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400: Moreover, this was also the first time that a team chased down a 400+ target in ODIs. And this remains the highest ODI score while chasing a target.
175: This is the highest individual score in a 350-plus run chase, and it was achieved by none other than South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs off 111 balls in the above match.
15: India is the only team that has chased down 350+ scores twice in a span of 15 days. Both of them came against Australia in the 2013 7-match ODI series.
Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium witnessed the first chase of 360 on October 16th, which was also India’s first 350-plus successful chase in the ODI format. While the second one came in Nagpur on October 30th, where Australia had set a target of 351 runs.
3: 2019 alone witnessed 3 run chases of 350+ scores, of which 2 were achieved by England against the West Indies and Pakistan. The remaining one was conquered by Australia against India in Mohali.