Top 5 ODI team totals without a century

One Day International is one of the shorter formats of cricket with each team getting up to 50 overs to bat. The first official ODI match was played between Australia and England which was organised on 5 January 1971. Since then, there have been many high scoring matches and many cases of individual heroics.

However, every high scoring match does not necessarily mean one or two batsmen getting centuries. Recently, Sri Lanka scored 366-6 in 50 overs against England on October 23 at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. In this match, there were no centuries scored by the Lankans.

Niroshan Dickwella was 5 runs short of his third ODI century. He was the highest scorer of that match and was the Player of the Match. The Lankans defeated England by 219 runs (DLS Method).

Let us have a look at the top 5 highest ODI team totals without a century.

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#5 Australia - 359/5 against India

George Bailey was the top scorer for the Aussies with an unbeaten 92

Australia scored 359/5 against India on October 16, 2013, at Jaipur. George Bailey was the highest scorer for The Aussies in this match with an unbeaten 92. Aaron Finch and Shane Watson scored 50 and 59 respectively. Phillip Hughes scored 83 and helped his team to a total of 359 in 50 overs.

Though there were no centuries in the Australian innings, there were 5 half centuries coming from the seven batsmen that got to bat.

The efforts of the visiting Australians went in vain as India scored 362 in 43.1 overs and won by nine wickets. Rohit Sharma scored an unbeaten 141 in 123 balls and won the Man of the Match award. Virat Kohli recorded the fastest ODI century by an Indian. He reached that landmark in 52 balls. Shikhar Dhawan scored 95 fell short of his ton by just 5 runs.

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#4 England - 363/7 against Pakistan

England scored 363/7 against Pakistan on Aug 20 1992, at Trent Bridge. Robin Smith was in the highest scorer of this match with 77 runs coming off his bat and was awarded as the Man of the Match. Also, the half-centuries by Neil Fairbrother and Graeme Hick propelled the team to a total of 363 in 50 overs.

The Men in Green stumbled to a score of 165 in 46.1 overs. The skipper Saleem Malik was the highest scorer for Pakistan. He scored 45 and was caught by Small off Illingworth. Richard Illingworth and Phil DeFreitas were the crucial performers with the ball as they picked up three wickets each. As a result, England won by 198 runs.

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#3 England - 365/9 against New Zealand

England scored 365 during a chase without any player getting a century

While chasing a score of 399, England scored 365/9 against New Zealand on June 12 2015, at London. The skipper Eoin Morgan was the top scorer for the English side with 88 runs and was caught by Elliot off McClenaghan.

Alex Hales scored 54. The support from the lower order helped the team to score 365 in 46 overs. But. their efforts were not enough as England lost by 13 runs (Duckworth–Lewis method).

Nathan McCullum picked up three vital wickets of Jason Roy, Adil Rashid and Liam Plunkett. Ross Taylor scored an unbeaten 119 in the first innings and was awarded as Player of the Match. Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson scored 50 and 93 respectively.

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#2 Sri Lanka - 366/6 against England

Kusal Mendis score 56 in the match against England

Sri Lanka scored 366-6 against England on October 23 2018, at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Niroshan Dickwella scored 95 and was the highest scorer of this match. He was awarded as the Player of the Match for his knock.

Sadeera Samarawickrama and Kusal Mendis scored 54 and 56 respectively. The skipper Dinesh Chandimal scored 80 and helped the team to score a mammoth total of 366 in 50 overs.

Alex Hales and Jos Buttler didn't bother the scorers as they were dismissed for a duck. Jason Roy and Joe Root struggled against the Lankans as they scored 4 and 10 respectively.

Ben Stokes was the highest scorer for England and was caught by Thisara Perera off Akila Dananjaya. Dananjaya was the star performer with the ball as he dismissed Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Ben Stokes and Adil Rashid.

England scored 132 in 21.1 overs and lost the match by 219 runs (Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method).

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#1 South Africa - 392/6 against Pakistan

Jacques Kallis' unbeaten 88 contributed towards the 392 run team total

The South Africans scored 392/6 against Pakistan on February 4 2007, at Centurion. Jacques Kallis was the highest scorer of the match and won the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance. He scored an unbeaten 88.

AB de Villiers and Mark Boucher scored 67 and 78 respectively. The skipper Graeme Smith scored 72 and led his team to a total of 392 in 50 overs.

Pakistan were bowled out for a score of 228 in 46.4 overs. The top order struggled with the bat and didn't bother the scorers much. Shoaib Malik remained unbeaten and scored 52. Makhaya Ntini and Jacques Kallis picked up three crucial wickets each.

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