Eoin Morgan became the leading ODI run-scorer for England on Tuesday as England posted a record 481 for 6 in against Australia in the third ODI match of the ongoing series.

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Morgan scored 67 off 30 balls (3 fours, 6 sixes) to get past Ian Bell‘s tally of 5,416 runs. He also became the first cricketer to score 3,000 ODI runs on English soil.

Morgan also scored the fastest ODI half-century by an English batsman. Morgan reached his fifty in just 21 balls. 

England, leading the 5-match series 2-0, posted the highest innings total of 481/6 in men's cricket history. 

 

England’s 481 for 6 is the highest ever ODI total beating their own previous world record of 444 for 3. It also the second-highest List A score (after Surrey’s 491/4) and the second-highest ODI score in international cricket (after New Zealand Women’s 490/4). 

When Alex Hales, who already had a hundred to his name, hoisted Jhye Richardson for six in the 46th over it meant England had broken their own world record in men's one-day internationals.It was also at Trent Bridge where England set the previous record total at this level of 444 for three against Pakistan in 2016.

 

Hales eventually holed out for 147 on his Nottinghamshire home ground after opener Jonny Bairstow had made 139.

When Hales and Morgan were dismissed off successive deliveries to leave England 459 for five off 47.3 overs, there were still 15 balls left in the innings.