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Record list : Successful 4th Innings chases

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Chanderpaul-Century-St-Johns.jpg 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 & baundaries 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
India West Indies 406/4 147 Port of Spain April 1976
Australia England 404/3 114.1 Leeds July 1948
Australia Pakistan 369/6 113.5 Hobart Nov 1999
Australia West Indies 362/7 101 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 336/5 123.6 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 : 29 December 2007.




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