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Highest successful chases in ODIs

By Rajneesh Gupta
February 20, 2007 19:41 IST
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Australia on Monday lost to New Zealand despite scoring a mammoth 346 for five in the third and final one-dayer of the three-match series.

New Zealand thus achieved the second highest winning total for a side batting second. The highest still remains South Africa's 438-9 also against Australia at Johannesburg last year.

Interestingly the top four slots in the losing column have all been taken by Australia!

Score Winner Margin Loser Score Venue Season
438-9 SA 1 wicket Aus 434-4 Johannesburg 2005-06
350-9 NZ 1 wicket Aus 346-5 Hamilton 2006-07
337-5 NZ 5 wickets Aus 336-4 Auckland 2006-07
332-8 NZ 2 wickets Aus 331-7 Christchurch 2005-06
330-7 Aus 3 wickets SA 326-3 Port Elizabeth 2001-02
326-8 Ind 2 wickets Eng 325-5 Lord's 2002
325-5 Ind 5 wickets WI 324-4 Ahmedabad 2002-03
324-2 SL 8 wickets Eng 321-7 Headingley 2006
319-7 Pak 3 wickets Ind 315-6 Ahmedabad 2004-05
316-7 Ind 3 wickets Pak 314-5 Dhaka 1997-98
316-4 Aus 6 wickets Pak 315-8 Lahore 1998-99

The defeat was Australia's fifth in as many matches - a rare sight indeed.

The last time Australia had lost five matches in a row was about nine years back. Australia are now one short of equaling their worst streak of consecutive defeats.

The following table gives details of instances when Australia lost five matches in a row:

Matches Season Captain
6 1996-97 Mark Taylor (5)/Ian Healy (1)
5 1986-87 Allan Border (4)/Geoff Marsh (1)
5 1996-97 Mark Taylor
5 1996-97 to 1997-98 Steve Waugh (3)/Mark Taylor (2)
5 2006-07 Ricky Ponting (2)/Mike Hussey (3)

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