The ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup is popping out to be one of the vital high-scoring editions of the match, with South Africa registering the fifteenth rating in extra of 300 towards New Zealand in Pune on Wednesday.
The Proteas, in actual fact, have been main the cost in resetting the ODI template. They have registered 5 consecutive 300-plus scores batting first within the match and 4 of those totals have been in extra of 350.
Teams haven’t solely been setting large totals, however an total shift in scoring charges within the format has additionally resulted in staff’s additionally chasing down mammoth scores. In the 2023 version of the World Cup, Pakistan laid down the marker by overhauling Sri Lanka’s 344 a couple of days after South Africa had set the best complete in World Cups by smashing 428 in 50 overs towards the Lankans.
As groups proceed to grapple with what constitutes a secure rating in a drastically altering panorama of the ODI format, here’s a take a look at groups which have posted essentially the most variety of totals in extra of 300 – a rating that has historically been related to a robust batting efficiency.
Most 300-plus totals in World Cup historical past (team-wise)
- Australia – 26 in 100 matches
- South Africa – 18 in 71 matches
- England – 15 in 89 matches
- Sri Lanka – 14 in 86 matches
- India – 13 in 90 matches
- Pakistan – 10 in 86 matches
- New Zealand – 10 in 96 matches
- West Indies – 9 in 80 matches
- Zimbabwe – 5 in 57 matches
- Ireland – 4 in 21 matches
- Bangladesh – 4 in 47 matches
- Netherlands – 2 in 26 matches
- Scotland – 1 in 14 matches
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com