Teams losing a test after posting 500 plus runs in the first innings or second innings of a test – Lord’s witnesses first such occasion as New Zealand lose the test after posting 523 runs

Teams losing a test after posting 500 plus runs in the first innings or second innings of a test – Lord’s witnesses first such occasion as New Zealand lose the test after posting 523 runs

New Zeland posted 523 runs in the second innings of the test at Lord’s against England and lost the test by 124 runs to provide the 14th occasion of a team posting 500 plus runs in the first or second innings of test and ending up on the losing side. It also provides the first ever such occasion at Lord’s – the Mecca of Cricket and also for New Zealand. All such occasions are listed below 

No Team Score Overs Inns Res Margin Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Aus 586/10 172.3 1 lost 010 runs Eng Sydney 14 Dec 1894
2 SAF 506/10 153.0 2 lost 089 runs Aus Melbourne 31 Dec 1910
3 Eng 519/10 215.1 1 lost 005 wkts Aus Melbourne 08 Mar 1929
4 Aus 520/10 133.4×8 1 lost 006 wkts SAF Melbourne 06 Feb 1953
5 Win 526/7d 133.0 1 lost 007 wkts Eng Trinidad 14 Mar 1968
6 Pak 574/8d 124.6×8 2 lost 092 runs Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1972
7 Srl 547/8d 170.0 2 lost 016 runs Aus Col-SSC 17 Aug 1992
8 Aus 556/10 127.0 1 lost 004 wkts Ind Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
9 Pak 538/10 141.4 2 lost 167 runs Eng Leeds 04 Aug 2006
10 Pak 504/10 129.5 2 lost Awarded Eng The Oval 17 Aug 2006
11 Eng 551/6d 168.0 1 lost 006 wkts Aus Adelaide 01 Dec 2006
12 Ind 532/10 138.2 2 lost 122 runs Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2008
13 Ban 556/10 148.3 2 lost 077 runs Win Dhaka 13 Nov 2012
14 NZl 523/10 131.2 2 lost 124 runs Eng Lord’s 21 May 2015

The following table lists such occasions in the first and second innings of a test match – six occasions in the first inning and eights occasions in the second.

No Team Score Overs Inns Res Margin Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Aus 586/10 172.3 1 lost 010 runs Eng Sydney 14 Dec 1894
2 Eng 519/10 215.1 1 lost 005 wkts Aus Melbourne 08 Mar 1929
3 Aus 520/10 133.4×8 1 lost 006 wkts SAF Melbourne 06 Feb 1953
4 Win 526/7d 133.0 1 lost 007 wkts Eng Trinidad 14 Mar 1968
5 Aus 556/10 127.0 1 lost 004 wkts Ind Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
6 Eng 551/6d 168.0 1 lost 006 wkts Aus Adelaide 01 Dec 2006
                   
1 SAF 506/10 153.0 2 lost 089 runs Aus Melbourne 31 Dec 1910
2 Pak 574/8d 124.6×8 2 lost 092 runs Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1972
3 Srl 547/8d 170.0 2 lost 016 runs Aus Col-SSC 17 Aug 1992
4 Pak 538/10 141.4 2 lost 167 runs Eng Leeds 04 Aug 2006
5 Pak 504/10 129.5 2 lost Awarded Eng The Oval 17 Aug 2006
6 Ind 532/10 138.2 2 lost 122 runs Aus Sydney 02 Jan 2008
7 Ban 556/10 148.3 2 lost 077 runs Win Dhaka 13 Nov 2012
8 NZl 523/10 131.2 2 lost 124 runs Eng Lord’s 21 May 2015

 

Comments are closed.