5 unwanted ODI records by Top Teams

It has been 46 years since the inception of One-Day International cricket. The first One-Day International was played on 5 January 1971 between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Australia won the match by five wickets and set a record as the first team to win an ODI match. Since then, ODI cricket has beheld a number of records. Can any Country beat Australia's hat-trick World Cup winning record? This is a record which every Australian can proudly say.

However, we are not going to talk about the famous records in this article. This article lists the records that the owning teams would love to erase from the cricketing books.

# 1 Pakistan Vs England, 2016 - most runs conceded in an ODI - 444 Runs

On August 30, 2016, the star-studded Pakistan bowling line-up let England score the highest total in a One-Day International match. The hosts put a tremendous total of 444 against Pakistan in the third ODI match at Nottingham. The previous record was held by Sri Lanka, who had scored 443 against Netherlands at Amstelveen in July 2006.

Alex Hales caused much damage to Pakistan, scoring 171 from 122 balls with 22 fours and four sixes. Wahab Riaz had a nightmare; he conceded 110 runs from his 10 overs.

Riaz now holds the record of the second most runs conceded by a bowler in ODIs. Even Mohammad Amir and Hasan Ali went for plenty of runs. Root, Buttler and Morgan scored quickfire half centuries. Pakistan was never in the game as they got bowled out for 275 runs.

# 2 Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand, 2015 - Lost the match by 250 balls

Guptill annihilates Sri Lanks with a 30 ball 90

The Sri Lankan Cricket team was in self-destruction mode when they faced New Zealand in the second one-day international in Christchurch. Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat on a slightly moistened wicket. The batsmen played rash shots and got out cheaply. Sri Lanka's reckless batting let them get all out for 117 in just 27.4 overs.

Their self-destruction did not stop there. Martin Guptill was dropped in the first ball of the response, and Sri Lanka was made to pay a massive price as the Kiwi opener posted his country's fastest ever ODI fifty - from just 17 balls, with five fours and four sixes.

He then, went on to make 90 runs from just 30 balls. New Zealand chased the target in just 8.2 overs for the loss of no wickets. It is one of the worst annihilations ever, for an established side.

# 3 Sri Lanka Vs South Africa, 2012 - Lowest score to get all-out while chasing (43)

Morne Morkel demolished Sri Lanka with his bowling figures of 6.0 - 2 - 10 - 4

Here is another record which Sri Lankan team would definitely want to erase from their memories. Chasing a victory target of an achievable 302 runs in 50-overs, the Sri Lankan team got all out for a trivial 43 runs in just 20.1 overs. Only one batsman crossed the single-digit score: Nuwan Kulasekara, who scored 19 runs.

The island-nation created two unwanted records with their infamous innings. Their score of 43 is the lowest score in the ODI history by a chasing side. As far as the largest margin of Defeat by runs' is concerned, this defeat is the worst for an established nation. They lost the game by a whopping 258 runs.

# 4 Pakistan Vs India, 2004- Most no-balls bowled in an innings(20 no-balls)

Rana had a horror day as he bowled a 24-run over with five no-balls

Pakistan fast bowlers produced an unusual display as they bowled 20 no-balls in a closely contested game. In the end, those 20 no-balls decided the fate of the game. India beat Pakistan by a margin of just five runs.

Had the Pakistan fast bowlers bowled in a disciplined fashion, Pakistan would have pulled-off a world record chase.

The opening duo Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami bowled five no-balls in first 20 deliveries of the game. This provided India with the much-needed momentum as they started piling pressure on Pakistan bowlers.

The situation got worse for Pakistan in the 11th over of the game. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan was introduced into the attack. He bowled one of the worst overs in the ODI history. He conceded 24 runs with five no-balls. The sequence of the over was: 5nb, 5nb, 1nb, 0, 5nb, 1nb, 4, 2, 0, 0, 1.

In the end, Pakistan lost the game by just 4 runs. India bowled just two no-balls in contrast to Pakistan's twenty.

# 5 West Indies vs Pakistan - Most wides bowled in an innings (37)

In the 9th Match of the Benson & Hedges World Series at Brisbane on Jan 7, 1989, West Indies team produced one of the worst bowling displays ever. They bowled a total of 59 extras which includes 37 wide deliveries.

It was a surprising statistic, as West Indies bowling line-up had experienced campaigners like Marshall, Ambrose and Ian Bishop.

It has been 28 years and this record hasn't been broken it. Extras were the third highest score of the Pakistan innings. Pakistan would not have even reached 200-mark had the West Indies bowlers were not generous enough.

Pakistan scored 258 runs from their 50 overs. Chasing a victory target of 259 runs, West Indies got all out for 203 runs in 40 overs. The extras proved lethal for West Indies as they decided the fate of the game.