In a 2025 One-Day Cup match, Middlesex set a national record by successfully chasing 388 against Durham at Chester-le-Street.
Durham amassed 387-4 after Ben Geddes won the toss and opted to field at the Riverside Ground. Home captain Alex Lees batted through the innings with an unbeaten 138 in 132 balls. He added 141 for the second wicket with Will Rhodes (63 in 74 balls).
Then David Bedingham strode out to smash 107 in 67 balls out of a partnership of 147. Colin Ackermann joined in the fun as well, hitting 53 in 27 balls. For the tourists, Henry Brookes returned 2-67. It is worth a mention that Yashasvi Jaiswal was spotted in the Durham fan zone ahead of the game.
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No team had chased a target this big in the UK, and things looked bleak when Ben Raine had Joe Cracknell caught behind in his first over. But Sam Robson (a career-best 169 not out in 139 balls) led the charge for Middlesex, putting on 120 with Joshua De Caires (63 in 48) and 114 for the fourth wicket with Jack Davies (47 in 30).
Middlesex needed 108 in 82 balls when Archie Bailey (2-83) snared Davies, but Luke Hollman (47 in 30) kept the charge on. By the time he fell, Middlesex needed only five runs in 14 balls. They needed two to get there and set a new record for the highest successful chase in List A cricket in the UK and the fourth-highest in all List A cricket. The previous highest successful chase in the UK belonged to Worcestershire, who chased 378 against Lancashire in 2018.
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The world record still belongs to South Africa, who famously chased 436 against Australia in Johannesburg in 2006. Only one other successful 400-plus run-chase has been made in List A history - by Queensland against Tasmania in a One-Day Cup match in Australia in 2014. The third-highest successful chase belongs to Karachi, who made 392-2 in response to Sialkot's 391-5 in the Quaid-e-Azam Cup way back in 2004.
Highest totals chased in List A cricket
| Target | Final total | Team | Opposition | Venue | Season |
| 435 | 438-9 (49.5) | South Africa | Australia | Johannesburg | 2005/06 |
| 399 | 402-3 (47.2) | Queensland | Tasmania | Sydney | 2014/15 |
| 392 | 392-2 (46.2) | Karachi | Sialkot | Sialkot | 2003/04 |
| 388 | 390-5 (48) | Middlesex | Durham | Chester-le-Street | 2025 |
| 384 | 385-6 (48.4) | Andhra | Goa | Bengaluru | 2011/12 |
| 383 | 383-3 (46.2) | Karnataka | Mumbai | Ahmedabad | 2024/25 |
| 378 | 378-8 (49.4) | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Baluchistan | Karachi | 2020/21 |
| 377 | 380-4 (47.2) | Worcestershire | Leicestershire | Worcester | 2018 |
| 376 | 378-6 (47.2) | Federal Areas | Baluchistan | Rawalpindi | 2017 |
| 373 | 378-6 (49.1) | Baluchistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Faisalabad | 2018 |
- The highest List A total by any side batting second is Northamptonshire’s 425 at Trent Bridge in 2016, after Nottinghamshire had piled on 445-8.
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