Highest Innings Total for England in World Cup: England Men’s Cricket team scored their 3rd highest innings total in World Cups during their World Cup 2023 match against Bangladesh on October 10.
364 vs Bangladesh Becomes the 3rd Highest Innings Total for England in World Cup
England achieved this feat with the help of Dawid Malan’s impressive 140 runs off 107 balls. Joe Root too helped England to score 364 runs with his 82 runs off 68 balls.
England and Bangladesh are scheduled to play the 7th match of the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 on October 10 at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala. England’s 397 runs vs Afghanistan in the 2019 World Cup remains their highest score in World Cup history.
In the same year, England scored 386 runs against Bangladesh and registered their second-highest World Cup total. England’s 4th and 5th highest total came against India during the 2011 and 2019 World Cups respectively.
Highest Innings Total for England in World Cup
- 397/6 vs AFG, Manchester, 2019
- 386/6 vs BAN, Cardiff, 2019
- 364/9 vs BAN, Dharamsala, 2023
- 338/8 vs IND, Benglauru, 2011
- 337/7 vs IND, Birmingham, 2019
Speaking on this match, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bowl first. Jonny Bairstow and David Malan opened the inning and made a 100-run partnership for the first wicket. Shakib drew the first blood for England by dismissing Bairstoe for 52 runs.
Following his dismissal, Joe Root joined Malan and made a 151-run partnership and pushed the team’s total beyond 250 runs. Without many runs from the lower order, England ended their inning with 364 runs for 9 wickets at the end of 50 overs.
Bangladesh’s Mahedi Hasan bagged 4 wickets in 8 overs at an economy rate of 8.90 while Shoriful Islam bagged 3 wickets in 10 overs and restricted England from scoring further.
