Most runs scored by a team in a five-match One-Day International series

Most runs scored by a team in a five-match One-Day International series
Who
England
What
1,617 total number
Where
United Kingdom
When
20 June 2015

Hosts England scored 1,617 runs in their five-match One-Day International (ODI) series against New Zealand on 9–20 June 2015.

Visitors New Zealand scored 1,534 runs in the series, and the teams' combined total of 3,151 runs was the most runs scored by teams in a One-Day International series.

Highlights of the series, which England won 3-2, included England's highest ever score in an ODI (408 for 9 in the first match at Edgbaston) and their highest successful run chase in an ODI (350 for 3 in the fourth match at Trent Bridge), and there were tons for England's Jos Buttler, Joe Root (2) and Eoin Morgan, and New Zealand's Ross Taylor (2) and Kane Williamson.

The series featured the most boundaries in a five-match ODI series (390), including 209 by England - the most by one team in a five-match ODI series.

Series results...

1st ODI, Edgbaston, 9 June 2015: England 408 for 9* (Buttler 129, Root 104) beat New Zealand 198 all out by 210 runs;

2nd ODI, The Oval, 12 June 2015: New Zealand 398 for 5 (Ross Taylor 119 not out) beat England 365 for 9 by 13 runs (D/L)***;

3rd ODI, Ageas Bowl, 14 June 2015: New Zealand 306 for 7 (Williamson 118, Ross Taylor 110) beat England 302 all out by 3 wickets;

4th ODI, Trent Bridge, 17 June 2015: England 350 for 3** (Morgan 113, Root 106 not out) beat New Zealand 349 for 7 by 7 wickets;

5th ODI, Durham, 20 June 2015: England 192 for 7 beat New Zealand 283 for 9 by 3 wickets (D/L)***.

* England's highest ever score in an ODI

** England's highest ever successful run chase in an ODI

*** Match won on the Duckworth/Lewis (D/L) method