5 highest scoring ODI series of all time

Cricket is mostly known to be a batsman’s game and it is more so ever since the inception of limited overs cricket, first the ODIs and most recently T20Is. ODI cricket over the years has been witness to numerous occasions in which teams have scored heavily in a match with scores in excess of 300 and even 400 being chased down.There have also been instances when an entire series has been extremely high scoring with average scores in an innings almost touching or even crossing the 300-run mark at times.Here we focus on 5 of the highest scoring ODI series of all-time:Note: All completed innings are taken into account, even if the match is abandoned. Also, only an ODI series of 3 or more matches are considered.

#5 Sri Lanka in England ODI Series, 2006

Tharanga was the top-scorer in the series

Matches played – 5

Average runs per innings – 286

Result – Sri Lanka won 5-0

Back in the year 2006, Sri Lanka and England were involved in a high scoring series where Sri Lanka whitewashed the hosts 5-0. The series saw an average of 286 runs being scored in each innings with quite a few 300 plus scores.

The final ODI of the series was the one which produced the most runs with Sri Lanka eclipsing England’s total of 321. Apart from this, there were two other occasions during the series on which the Lankans put on more than 300 runs on board.

Upul Tharanga of Sri Lanka was the highest run scorer of the series with 347 runs under his belt from 5 matches.