Excessive adjective use - its just not cricket

Last night during the ABC's cricket coverage, Kerrie O'Keefe (is he a better commentator than he was a cricketer?) said:

"Sri Lanka may be chasing a total in excess of over 300 here."

Imagine if Australia had got closer to 400 - Sri Lanka may have been chasing a total in well excess of greater than past and more than over 300.