Top 10 Highest successful run chases in ODIs

Top 10 Highest successful run chases in ODIs: One Day internationals have always been a game of cat and mouse with one team chasing the total set by another team. Sometimes teams chase successfully while sometimes they are either unsuccessful or equal. Also at one time a total of above 300 was considered safe, but now a total of 350 can be chased easily. Here are the Top 10 Highest successful run-chases in ODIs:

10. Australia 330/7 v South Africa, Port Elizabeth 2002

South Africa scored 326/3 with Graeme Smith making 84 and Jacques Kallis (80*) and Jonty Rhodes (71*) adding 135 for the 5th wicket. Australia’s chase was anchored by Ricky Ponting (92) and Darren Lehmann (91) with contribution from Adam Gilchrist (52). Australia got home in the last over of their innings when Shane Warne hit the only ball he faced for a four with the scores tied at 326.

9. India 330/4 v Pakistan, Dhaka 2012     

India and Pakistan met in the Asia Cup 2011/12 in Dhaka. Pakistan batted first and scored 329/6 with centuries from Mohd. Hafeez (105) and Nasir Jamshed (112) and an opening partnership of 224 runs. India’s chase started with losing Gambhir for a duck. But first Sachin Tendulkar (52)and then Rohit Sharma (68) supported a rampaging Virat Kohli who scored a brilliant 183 from 148 balls to lead India to the victory with 6 wickets in hand.

8. New Zealand 332/8 v Australia, Christchurch 2005

Owing to half centuries from Ricky Ponting (75), Brad Hodge (59), Michael Clarke (71) and Mike Hussey (88*) Australia scored 331/7 from their 50 overs. New Zealand’s reply was based around the 101 by Scott Styris and the late counter attack by Jacob Oram (42 off 37) and Brendon McCullum (50 off 25). Daniel Vettori made 23 off 12 to win the match for the Kiwis with 2 wickets and 1 over in hand.

7. Australia 334/8 v England, Sydney 2011

Thanks to 137 from Jonathan Trott, 63 from Andrew Strauss England made a formidable 333/6 in 50 overs. Australia’s chase was a team effort with Michael Clarke (82), Shane Watson (51), Mitchell Johnson (57) being the main scorers for the Kangaroos. David Hussey scored 38 in the end to bring victory for Australia in the last over with 2 wickets in hand.

6. New Zealand 340/5 v Australia, Auckland 2007

105 from Mike Hussey and 97* from Brad Hodge took Australia to 336 runs in 50 overs for the loss of 4 wickets batting first. New Zealand’s reply was anchored by Ross Taylor’s 117 and Peter Fulton’s 76*. Craig McMillan made 52 off 30 balls to take Kiwis to the victory in the 49th over with 5 wickets in hand. New Zealand scored 340/5 and won by 5 wickets.

5. New Zealand 350/9 v Australia, Hamilton 2007

Matthew Hayden scored 181* and got support from Shane Watson (68) to take Australia to a mammoth 346/5 in 50 overs. Little did he know that his highest ODI score would come in a loss. Kiwi chase was looking down and out with them 116/5 until Craig McMillan scored 117 and Brendon McCullum scored 86* from 91 balls with Mark Gillespie scoring 28 from 15 balls to take New Zealand to the victory scoring 350/9 with 3 balls in hand.

4. England 350/3 v New Zealand, Nottingham 2015

England cricket was at its all time low following their premature exit from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. It was not just the exit but the manner in which they played that hurt the sentiments of English cricket the most. The boys were up against a charged, luminous New Zealand led by the vibrant Brendon McCullum. In the 4th ODI between the two teams at Trent Bridge, Nottingham McCullum’s army put up what seemed a match winning 349 on the board but delightful centuries by Eoin Morgan and Joe Root (113 and 106 respectively) won England the game with 7 wickets and 6 overs in hand as they got to 350-3 in 44 overs.

3. India 351/7 v England, Pune 2017

Team India in the first match of the year faced England and were asked to chase 351. They were off to a worst possible start losing 63/4 that was when skipper Virat Kohli and Kedar Jadhav got together. The duo stabilised things and then took the charge on the opposition. The intent Virat and Kedar showed was too hot for England bowlers to handle and they were blown off.

Both the batsmen scored hundreds and had a 200-run partnership. In the end, they got out with the team still needing a few runs and that was when allrounder Hardik Pandya came in with an unbeaten 40 to sail the team home. This is Team India’s joint second highest successful run-chase in ODIs.

3. India 351/4 v Australia, Nagpur 2013

Australia seems to be the favourite team for their opponents to chase against. Centuries from Shane Watson (102) and George Bailey (156) took Australia to 350/6 in 50 overs on a flat track at VCA stadium in Nagpur. Indian chase started with Rohit Sharma making 79 and then Shikhar Dhawan (100) and Virat Kohli (115*) taking India to the door of the victory and MS Dhoni scored 25 to end the match scoring 351/4 in 49th over.

2. India 362/1 v Australia, Jaipur 2013

India had chased 350 in the 6th match of this series, but they already made a record chasing 360 in this match, the 2nd of the series at Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Australia batted first on another flat track and scored 359/5 in 50 overs with contributions from Phil Hughes (83), George Bailey (92*), Glen Maxwell (53) and Shane Watson (59).India chased down the total with just 1 wicket falling that of Shikhar Dhawan for 95. Rohit Sharma scored 141* and Virat Kohli scored 100* off just 52 balls, the fastest hundred for India in ODIs to reach 362/1 in just 43.3 overs at a run rate of 8.32 RPO.

1. South Africa 438/9 v Australia, Johannesburg 2006

Considered as the greatest ODI of all time, it had all the elements for a exciting match right from the beginning. Ricky Ponting’s 164, Adam Gilchrist’s 55, Katich’s 79 and Michael Hussey’s 81 from 51 balls took Australia to 434/4, the first ever total of 400 or more in ODIs. Little did they know they were in for a hell of reply from the Proteas. South Africa came all guns blazing with Graeme Smith scoring 90 off 55 balls and Herschelle Gibbs playing an innings of a life time scoring 175 form 111 balls. After they departed Johan van der Wath (35) and Mark Boucher (50) took South Africa to the winning total of 438/9 with Boucher scoring a boundary off the penultimate ball of the innings. Australia’s Mick Lewis went for 113 runs off his 10 overs and Australia lost what was probably a match that they should have won.

(All Stats Updated Till 24th July, 2015)