17-06-2021, 20:28
(This post was last modified: 17-06-2021, 20:29 by Ska'dForLife-WBA.)
(17-06-2021, 19:50)Lord Snooty Wrote: 3. England 321-7 - Headingley, 1st July 2006
1. Sri Lanka 324-2, needing 322 - Headingley, 1st July 2006
That were a right match. I think they got the runs with about 20 overs to spare as well.
Won off 37.3 overs after an opening partnership of 286. Three days later they went to Amsterdam and scored 443-9 against the Netherlands, which remained the record for the next ten years. And all of this just a few months after that match in Jo'burg where Australia set the first ever 400+ total and South Africa chased it right down. 2006 was a real watershed year in the one-day game.
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