The England cricket team created history on Friday against the Netherlands team at the VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen. They smashed a mammoth 498 runs in the first innings to register the highest team total across all List A cricket.
England was asked to bat by first Netherlands skipper Pieter Seelaar. Jason Roy and Philip Salt walked out to open the innings. The visitors suffered an early blow as Jason Roy was dismissed for just one run. However, the second wicket-partnership between Philip Salt and Dawid Malan put them in the driver’s seat.
Philip Salt slammed 122 runs off 93 balls, while Dawid Malan scored a 109- ball 125 runs knock. Jos Buttler, who came out to bat after the fall of Philip Salt’s wicket, took on the bowlers from the ball go.
He smashed them all around the park and finished the innings with an unbeaten 162 runs off just 70 balls. Liam Livingstone too played a fine hand of 66 runs off just 22 balls. England managed a whopping 498 runs in their fifty overs at the loss of four wickets.
498-4 ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
England obliterate the world record!
The highest ever score in ODI cricket 💥 pic.twitter.com/pdnkZUSSue
— Cricket on BT Sport (@btsportcricket) June 17, 2022
England batters slammed 26 sixes and 36 boundaries in the first innings. They surpassed Surrey’s 496/4 in their fifty overs to score the highest team total across all List A cricket. The visitors also broke their own record of the highest team total in ODI matches. The record was previously 481 runs in fifty overs by England against Australia in 2018.
Let’s take a look at how fans reacted to England’s historic total against the Netherlands:
A game of Cricket that even EA cricket can’t compete against. Extra ordinary batting by England to score record-breaking 498 runs in an ODI match. Not to forget an outstanding innings by Jos Butler. #ENGvsNED pic.twitter.com/s7DlfhOo0H
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) June 17, 2022
I see eng almost got to 500 which I said a few years ago would happen but the beauty lies in the chase.. #sscricket
— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) June 17, 2022
🔥🔥🔥🔥@englandcricket @josbuttler @liaml4893 @dmalan29 @PhilSalt1
— Graeme Swann (@Swannyg66) June 17, 2022
Ridiculous ball striking #ENGvsNED
— Graham Onions (@BunnyOnions) June 17, 2022
I'm old enough to remember when Sri Lanka got 398 against Kenya and it seemed an unreal score.
England have just got 498 now. Stunning. Unbelievable. Jos Buttler is a phenom. Liam Livingstone is 🔥
— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) June 17, 2022
498 in an ODI innings. Wow
— Ed Wall (@EdWall7) June 17, 2022
498, England, what a freak team.#england #buttler
— HK (@imh_k_) June 17, 2022
World Record alert 🚨 498 🔥 England beating their previous best of 481. That is insane 😳 #ENGvsNED
— harshad kolhe (@harshadkolhe18) June 17, 2022
What have I just witnessed..
History Rewritten by England Cricket team scoring 498 from 50 overs..Great knock from Buttler Malan ,Salt and final showdown from Livingston.. Still couldn't reach 500 run mark😠(credits to that 49th over)#englandcricket pic.twitter.com/7VOvSmPHEG— Abhinav  (@abhinav8152) June 17, 2022
498! Just ridiculous. The bowler's union need to call an immediate summit. #ENGvNED
— Barney Williams (@bazbrock) June 17, 2022
50 over 498, whoopee! what just happened..#ENGvsNED#JosButtler#Livingstone
— Govind Totala (@govindtotala102) June 17, 2022
Jos Buttler registers fourth-highest ODI individual score by an England cricketer
Wicket-keeper batter Jos Buttler’s 162* became the fourth-highest ODI individual score by an England cricketer. The record lies with Jason Roy, who had slammed 180 runs against Australia in 2018. Buttler’s knock included seven boundaries and fourteen sixes and came at a strike rate of 231.43.
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