One Day International (ODI) cricket is List-A cricket played between international cricket teams who are Full Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), as well as the top four Associate members. ODIs consist of one innings per team, having a limit in the number of overs, currently 50 overs per innings – although in the past this has been 55 or 60 overs. As ODI cricket is the international form of List-A cricket, statistics and records set in ODI matches also count toward List-A records. The earliest match recognised as an ODI was played between England and Australia in January 1971, since when there have been over 5,000 ODIs played by 29 teams. This article is a list of ODI records for the England cricket team.
Key The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties, all round records and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for England only, and are correct .
+ Key Symbol Meaning Player or umpire is currently active in ODI cricket Event took place during a Cricket World Cup * Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken ♠ One Day International cricket record Date Starting date of the Test match Innings Number of innings played Matches Number of matches played Opposition The team England was playing against Period The time period when the player was active in Test cricket Player The player involved in the record Venue One Day International cricket ground where the match was played
Team records Overall record MatchesWonLostTiedNRWin % 829 413 375 9 31 49.8Last Updated: 27 September 2026
Team wins, losses, draws and ties , England has played 829 ODI matches resulting in 413 victories, 376 defeats, 9 ties and 31 no results for an overall winning percentage of 49.8. OpponentMatchesWonLostTiedNo Result% WonFirstLast Full Members 4 2 2 0 0 50.0 2015 2025 162 65 92 2 3 40.1 1971 2025 25 20 5 0 0 80.0 2000 2023 113 46 62 2 3 40.7 1974 2026 15 11 2 0 2 73.3 2006 2023 99 44 48 3 4 44.4 1973 2025 92 57 32 0 3 62.0 1974 2023 74 31 36 1 5 41.9 1992 2025 85 42 39 1 3 49.4 1982 2026 111 57 48 0 6 51.4 1973 2025 30 21 8 0 1 70.0 1992 2004 Associate Members 2 2 0 0 0 100.0 1979 2007East Africa 1 1 0 0 0 100.0 1975 1975 2 2 0 0 0 100.0 1999 2007 1 1 0 0 0 100.0 2003 2003 7 7 0 0 0 100.0 1996 2023 5 3 1 0 1 60.0 2008 2018 1 1 0 0 0 100.0 1996 1996Total82941337693149.819712026
Team scoring records
Most runs in an innings The highest innings total scored in ODIs came in the match between England and the Netherlands in June 2022. Playing in the first ODI at VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen, the touring side posted a total of 498/4.
Rank Score Opposition Venue Date Scorecard 1 ♠ VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen, Netherlands Scorecard 2 Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Scorecard 3 Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Scorecard 4 National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada Scorecard 5 Rose Bowl, Southampton, England Scorecard Last updated: 7 September 2025
Fewest runs in an innings The lowest innings total scored in ODIs has been scored twice. Zimbabwe were dismissed for 35 by Sri Lanka during the third ODI in Sri Lanka's tour of Zimbabwe in April 2004 and USA were dismissed for same score by Nepal in the sixth ODI of the 2020 ICC Cricket World League 2 in Nepal in February 2020. The lowest score in ODI history for England is 86 scored against Australia in the 2001 NatWest Series.
Rank Score Opposition Venue DateScorecard 1 Old Trafford, Manchester, England Scorecard 2 Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka Scorecard 3 Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand Scorecard 4 Headingley, Leeds, England Scorecard 5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Scorecard Last updated: 1 July 2020
Most runs conceded an innings The twentieth match of the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup against South Africa national cricket team saw England concede their highest innings total of 399/7.
Rank Score Opposition Venue Date Scorecard 1 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India Scorecard 2 The Oval, London, England Scorecard 3 National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada Scorecard 4 Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot, India Scorecard 5 Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India Scorecard Last updated: 28 June 2024
Fewest runs conceded in an innings The lowest score conceded by England for a full inning is 45 scored by Canada in the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
Rank Score Opposition Venue DateScorecard 1 45 Old Trafford, Manchester, England Scorecard 2 67 Old Trafford, Manchester, England Scorecard 3 70 Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Scorecard 4 72 Rose Bowl, Southampton, England Scorecard 5 74 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Scorecard Last updated: 7 September 2025
Most runs aggregate in a match The highest match aggregate scored in ODIs came in the match between South Africa and Australia in the fifth ODI of March 2006 series at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg when South Africa scored 438/9 in response to Australia's 434/4, for a total of 872 runs.
Rank Aggregate Scores Venue Date Scorecard 1 (418/6) v (389) National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada Scorecard 2 (498/4) v (266) VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen, Netherlands Scorecard 3 (398/5) v (365/9) The Oval, London, England Scorecard 4 (381/6) v (366/8) Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India Scorecard (387/3) v (360/7) Lord's, London, England Scorecard Last updated: 19 July 2026
Fewest runs aggregate in a match The lowest match aggregate in ODIs is 71 when USA were dismissed for 35 by Nepal in the sixth ODI of the 2020 ICC Cricket World League 2 in Nepal in February 2020. The lowest match aggregate in ODI history for England is 91 scored at the 1979 Cricket World Cup against Canada.
Rank Aggregate Scores Venue Date Scorecard 1 (45) v (46/2)Old Trafford, Manchester, England Scorecard 2 (67) v (73/0)Old Trafford, Manchester, England Scorecard 3 (81/9) v (84/2) Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Scorecard 4 (83) v (85/0) Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Scorecard 5 (88/7) v (89/3) WACA, Perth, Australia Scorecard (88) v (89/0) Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka Scorecard Last updated: 1 July 2020
Result records An ODI match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.
Greatest win margins (by runs) The greatest winning margin by runs in ODIs was England's victory over South Africa by 342 runs in the third and final ODI of South Africa's 2025 tour of England.
Rank Margin Target Opposition Venue Date 1 342 runs ♠ 415 Rose Bowl, Southampton, England 2 242 runs 482 Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 3 238 runs 401 Edgbaston, Birmingham, England 4 232 runs 499 VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen, Netherlands 17 June 2022 5 223 runs 356 The Oval, London, England Last updated: 27 September 2026
Greatest win margins (by balls remaining) The greatest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs was England's victory over Canada by 8 wickets with 277 balls remaining in the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 277 ♠ 8 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester, England 2 227 10 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester, England 3 215 9 wickets Headingley, Leeds, England 10 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 5 193 6 wickets Bristol County Ground, Bristol, England Last updated: 1 July 2020
Greatest win margins (by wickets) A total of 55 matches have ended with chasing team winning by 10 wickets with West Indies winning by such margins a record 10 times. England have won a match by such margin on 6 occasions, including chasing a score of 255 against Sri Lanka in June 2016, which is the third highest score chased without losing a wicket, behind South Africa and Australia.
RankMargin (wickets)TargetOppositionGroundDate 110 255 Edgbaston24 June 2016 191 The Oval 16 June 2005 171 Trent Bridge 6 July 2011 170 Riverside Ground 15 July 2000 84 Trent Bridge 26 August 2008 68 Old Trafford 28 May 2014Last updated: 1 August 2020.Largest winning margins
Highest successful run chases South Africa holds the record for the highest successful run chase which they achieved when they scored 438/9 in response to Australia's 434/9. England's highest winning total while chasing is 364/4 in a run chase against West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown during the 2019 ODI series in West Indies. They have also made the higher scores in defeats.
Rank Score Target Opposition Venue Date 1 361 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados 2 359 Bristol County Ground, Bristol, England 3 350 Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 4 341 Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 5 337 Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India Last updated: 27 March 2021
Narrowest win margins (by runs) The narrowest run margin victory is by 1 run which has been achieved in 31 ODI's with Australia winning such games a record 6 times. England's has achieved a victory by 1 run on two occasions, once via revised target.
Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India Providence Stadium, Providence, West Indies 3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi, India Rose Bowl, Southampton, England Last updated: 1 July 2020
Narrowest win margins (by balls remaining) The narrowest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs is by winning of the last ball which has been achieved 36 times with both South Africa winning seven times. England has achieved a victory by this margin on three occasions.
Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 0 3 wickets Zafar Ali Stadium, Sahiwal, Pakistan 5 wickets Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago 4 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India 4 1 3 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia 1 wicket Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Last updated: 1 July 2020
Narrowest win margins (by wickets) The narrowest margin of victory by wickets is 1 wicket which has settled 55 such ODIs. Both West Indies and New Zealand have recorded such victory on eight occasions. England has won the match by a margin of one wicket on seven occasions.
Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 1 wicket Headingley, Leeds, England Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Old Trafford, Manchester, England Last updated: 1 July 2020
Greatest loss margins (by runs) England's biggest defeat by runs was against South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium during the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.
Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 229 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India 2 221 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 3 219 runs Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka 4 165 runs Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan Last updated: 21 October 2023
Greatest loss margins (by balls remaining) The greatest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs was England's victory over Canada by 8 wickets with 277 balls remaining in the 1979 Cricket World Cup. The largest defeat suffered by England was against West Indies in West Indies when they lost by 7 wickets with 227 balls remaining.