England Record ODI Total – England set a record ODI total at Lord’s on Sunday, posting 387 for three in the third and final one-day international against India to complete a 27-run victory and seal the three-match series 2-1. The innings, built around a dominant opening stand and a late flurry from the middle order, produced the highest team score ever recorded in an ODI at the Home of Cricket.
Ben Duckett Century Headlines England Record ODI Total at Lord’s
Ben Duckett’s innings of 141 from 135 balls, featuring 18 fours and a six, was the standout contribution as England chose to bat first and piled on the runs from the outset. His knock is now the highest individual score recorded in any men’s ODI at Lord’s, surpassing West Indies great Vivian Richards’s 138 in the 1979 World Cup final against England. The performance also placed Duckett on the Lord’s Honour Board as a Test and ODI centurion, joining a select group that includes Dennis Amiss, Graham Gooch, Graeme Wood, Marcus Trescothick, and Alastair Cook.
Duckett’s partnership of 192 runs with Jacob Bethell laid the foundation for the innings. Bethell contributed 91 from 93 balls, including 11 fours and two sixes, before Duckett added a further century stand with Joe Root to keep the scoring rate high through the middle overs.
Joe Root ODI Record Extends Remarkable Series
Root finished unbeaten on 74 from 48 balls, striking nine fours, and in doing so extended what has become a record breaking year in one day cricket. He has now scored 496 runs in six ODIs in 2026 at an average of 248.00, remaining unbeaten on four occasions with one century and five half centuries to his name.
Root has posted a fifty in every match of the series against India and has accumulated 249 runs without being dismissed across the three games, a record for the most runs by a batter in an ODI series without getting out. He had earlier steered England through a top order collapse with an unbeaten 76 in the first ODI before following it with 99 not out in the second.
A late cameo from Jos Buttler, who struck 41 not out from just 13 balls with four boundaries and three sixes, pushed England’s total to 387 for three, eclipsing the side’s own previous record of 334 for four against India in the 1975 World Cup.
England India ODI Series Concludes With Tense Run Chase
Set a target of 388, India came close to a famous chase largely thanks to Rohit Sharma, whose sublime 138 kept the tourists in contention. Sharma added 147 with captain Shubman Gill, who made 77, and a further 113 with Virat Kohli, who contributed 74. India reached 304 for two before England’s bowling attack, led by a four wicket haul from Sam Curran, triggered a sudden collapse that saw three wickets fall for just 12 runs. India were eventually bowled out for 360, leaving England victorious by 27 runs and giving the hosts a 2-1 win in the England India ODI series.
A Historic Afternoon at the Home of Cricket
England’s 387 for three is the fourth highest ODI total ever recorded against India, behind South Africa’s 438 for four in Mumbai in 2015 and Sri Lanka’s 411 for eight in Rajkot in 2009. India, missing the injured Jasprit Bumrah, conceded 126 runs between overs 41 and 50, their third worst bowling performance in that phase of an innings in ODI history. With the record England ODI total at Lord’s now etched into the history books, the result marks one of the most emphatic batting displays the venue has witnessed in a one day international.
Published in SouthAsianDesk, July 20, 2026
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