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Record list : Successful 4th Innings chasesFiled under
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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!
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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..