Team totals of 300 plus runs galore in ICC Champions Trophy 2009

It is interesting to note that team totals of 300 plus runs were hard to come by in the earlier editions of ICC Champions Trophy. 1998 edition, 2002 edition, 2004 edition and 2006 edition of the trophy witnessed just one total each of 300 plus runs thus aggregating four team totals of 300 plus runs from all the five editions of the Trophy.

The ongoing edition of 2009 in South Africa has produced five team totals of 300 plus runs thus overhauling the total aggregate of four such totals from the earlier five editions.

The team totals of 300 plus in the tournament is furnished below. It is noted that Centurion has produced four totals {out of the five} of 300 plus runs in the ongoing edition of 2009

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Ind	307/8	50.0	1	Aus	Dhaka	28.10.98
2	RSA	316/5	50.0	1	Ken	Col-RPS	20.09.02
3	NZl	347/4	50.0	1	USA	The Oval	10.09.04
4	Srl	302/8	50.0	1	Ban	Mohali	07.10.06
1	Srl	319/8	50.0	1	RSA	Centurion	22.09.09
2	Pak	302/9	50.0	1	Ind	Centurion	26.09.09
3	Eng	323/8	50.0	1	RSA	Centurion	27.09.09
4	NZl	315/7	50.0	1	Srk	Johannesburg	27.09.09
5	RSA	301/9	50.0	2	Eng	Centurion	27.09.09

It is interesting to note that the both teams registered 300 plus runs in the game between England and South Africa at Centurion on 27.09.09, the first such occurrence in all the six editions of the tournament

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Eng	323/8	50.0	1	RSA	Centurion	27.09.09
2	RSA	301/9	50.0	2	Eng	Centurion	27.09.09