‘We have the batting firepower to do it’

West Indies have the firepower to post the first 500 total in one-day internationals, top order batsman Shai Hope has said ahead of the Cricket World Cup.

England boast the top ODI score of 481-6 that they posted against Australia last year in Nottingham, while Australia’s 417–6 against Afghanistan in 2015 is the highest total in the history of World Cup.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Hope smashed 101 off 86 balls and Andre Russell lived up to his big-hitting reputation with a breezy 25-ball 54 as the Caribbean side amassed 421 in Tuesday’s warm-up match against New Zealand before being all out in the final over.

“It is definitely a goal we can try to achieve at some point,” Hope said after West Indies won the match by 91 runs.

“Definitely, it would be great to be the first team to cross that 500 mark, and I am sure we have the batting firepower to do it.”