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The pitch gets rough, the balls keep low. the bowlers are dominating & batsmen are tired of chasing leather all around the park..

In those situations, in test cricket, its very tough for a team to bat last (4th innings) of a test match and overhaul a huge total. over 1855 test matches so far, only three teams have went on to chase a total of over 400 to win the game. The record, of course, remains with West Indies who scored mammoth 418 for 7 wickets at St Johns in May 2003. Shivnarine Chanderpaul & Ramnaresh Sarwan scored centuries whereas Brain Lara made crucial fifty to lift his teams moral. I must also mention that the pitch at Antigua ground had not changed much over the course of that game, west indies had plenty of time to chase down the target & boundaries were not as big! that said, it was a marathon batting display by the home team!

Following list of highest totals ever chased in test match cricket has Australia 8 times, India once, West Indies 4 times and England Twice!

Team	Against	Score	Overs	Venue	Date
West Indies	Australia	418/7	128.5	St. Johns	May 2003
South Africa	Australia	414/4	119.5	Perth	Dec 2008
India	West Indies	406/4	147	Port of Spain	April 1976
Australia	England	404/3	114.1	Leeds	July 1948
India	England	387/6	98.3	Chennai	Dec 2008
Australia	Pakistan	369/6	113.5	Hobart	Nov 1999
Australia	West Indies	363/7	101	Georgetown	Mar 1978
Srilanka	South Africa	352/9	113.3	Colombo	Aug 2006
West Indies	New Zealand	348/5	69	Auckland	Feb 1969
West Indies	England	344/1	66.1	Lords	Jun 1984
Australia	India	342/8	87.2	Perth	Dec 1977
South Africa	Australia	340/5	104.5	Durban	Mar 2002
Australia	South Africa	336/5	124	Durban	Jan 1950
Australia	South Africa	334/6	79.1	Cape Town	Mar 2002
England	Australia	332/7	159.5	Melbourne	Dec 1928
Srilanka	Zimbabwe	326/5	113.5	Colombo	Jan 1998
New Zealand	Pakistan	324/5	107	Christchurch	Feb 1994
West Indies	Pakistan	317/2	93.1	Georgetown	Mar 1958
England	Australia	315/4	73.2	Leeds	Aug 2001
Pakistan	Australia	315/9	106.1	Karachi	Sep 1994
Australia	England	315/6	134	Adelaide	Jan 1902
West Indies	Australia	311/9	120.1	Bridgetown	Mar 1999
Australia	Bangladesh	307/7	107	Fatullah	Apr 2006
England	New Zealand	307/6	146.4	Christchurch	Feb 1997

Article updated : 21 December 2008 after South Africa beat Australia at Perth.

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