Team beaten Despite scoring 500/550 & 595 in 1st innings

Nishnesh thumbnail

South Africa

Posted: 7 months ago
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Instances when a team lost despite scoring 500 runs or more in an innings in test cricket:🌈🥰🍁

Australia (580 & 166) lost by 10 runs vs England (325 & 437), Sydney, 1894

South Africa (506 & 80) lost by 89 runs vs Australia (348 & 327), Melbourne, 1911

England (519 & 257) lost by 5 wickets vs Australia (491 & 287/5), Melbourne, 1929

Australia (520 & 209) lost by 6 wickets vs South Africa, Melbourne, 1953

India ((fo) 164 & 510) lost by 6 wickets vs England, Leeds, 1967

West Indies (526/7d & 92/2d) lost by 7 wickets vs England (404 & 215/3), Port Of Spain, 1968

Pakistan (574/8d & 200) lost by 92 runs vs Australia (441/5d & 425), Melbourne, 1973

Sri Lanka (547/8d & 164) lost by 16 runs vs Australia (256 & 471), Colombo, 1992

Australia (556 & 196) lost by 4 wickets vs India (523 & 233/6), Adelaide, 2003

Pakistan (538 & 155) lost by 168 runs vs England (515 & 345), Leeds, 2006

Pakistan (504, DNB) vs England (173 & 298/4), The Oval, 2006 (Pakistan forfeited the test)

England (551/6d & 129) lost by 6 wickets vs Australia (513 & 168/4), Adelaide, 2006

India (532 & 210) lost by 122 runs vs Australia (463 & 401/7d), Sydney, 2008

Bangladesh (556 & 167) lost by 77 runs vs West Indies (527/4d & 273), Mirpur, 2012

New Zealand (523 & 220) lost by 124 runs vs England (389 & 478), Lord’s, 2015

Bangladesh (595/8d & 160) lost by 7 wickets vs New Zealand (539 & 217/3), Wellington, 2017

New Zealand (553 & 284) lost by 5 wickets vs England (539 & 299/5), Nottingham, 2022

Pakistan (579 & 268) lost by 74 runs vs England (657 & 264/7d), Rawalpindi, 2022

Pakistan (556 & 220) lost by an innings and 47 runs vs England (823/7d), Multan, 2024

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Viswasruti thumbnail

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Posted: 7 months ago
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Sometimes it happens, the other team scores more than the other team.

Nishnesh thumbnail

South Africa

Posted: 7 months ago
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Originally posted by: Viswasruti

Sometimes it happens, the other team scores more than the other team.

Or NZ vs BD

NZ getting as close as possible to 595 & than skilled out BD in 3rd innings that is possible koz chasing team in NZ home team

If NZ have to chase target on day 5 in BD they can not win koz wear & tare more in Asian sub continent

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