Teams posting a total of 500 plus runs in the third innings of a Test.

Teams posting a total of 500 plus runs in the third innings of a Test.

Pakistan posted a total of 555 for 3 declared against Sri Lanka at Karachi in the third innings of the test to provide the 46th occasion of a team posting a total of 500 plus runs in the third innings of a test. All  such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Overs Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia 506 167.5 v England Adelaide 10 Jan 1908
2 Australia 578 126.2 v South Africa Melbourne 17 Feb 1911
3 Australia 581 192.3 v England Sydney 17 Dec 1920
4 Australia 582 185.5 v England Adelaide 14 Jan 1921
5 Australia 554 164.4 v South Africa Melbourne 31 Dec 1931
6 Australia 564 149.7×8 v England Melbourne 01 Jan 1937
7 Australia 536 113.3×8 v England Melbourne 01 Jan 1947
8 England 551 226.2 v South Africa Nottingham 07 Jun 1947
9 South Africa 500 208.5 v England Leeds 21 Jul 1955
10 England 583/4d 258.0 v West Indies Birmingham 30 May 1957
11 Pakistan 657/8d 319.0 v West Indies Bridgetown 17 Jan 1958
12 South Africa 620 177.3 v Australia Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966
13 India 510 209.2 v England Leeds 08 Jun 1967
14 West Indies 616 137.2×8 v Australia Adelaide 24 Jan 1969
15 West Indies 564/8 214.0 v New Zealand Bridgetown 23 Mar 1972
16 England 538 233.5 v Australia The Oval 28 Aug 1975
17 Pakistan 540 163.3 v West Indies Georgetown 18 Mar 1977
18 New Zealand 537 187.3 v England Wellington 20 Jan 1984
19 Australia 513/5d 125.0 v Sri Lanka Hobart 16 Dec 1989
20 New Zealand 671/4 220.3 v Sri Lanka Wellington 31 Jan 1991
21 West Indies 536/9d 162.3 v Australia Bridgetown 19 Apr 1991
22 Pakistan 537 152.1 v Australia Rawalpindi 05 Oct 1994
23 India 505/3d 183.0 v New Zealand Mohali 10 Oct 1999
24 South Africa 572/7 209.2 v England Durban 26 Dec 1999
25 Zimbabwe 503/6 161.0 v India Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
26 India 657/7d 178.0 v Australia Kolkata 11 Mar 2001
27 Zimbabwe 563/9d 167.0 v West Indies Harare 27 Jul 2001
28 England 529/5d 191.0 v Sri Lanka Lord’s 16 May 2002
29 Australia 512/8d 152.0 v Sri Lanka Galle 08 Mar 2004
30 England 570/7d 172.3 v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 2004
31 Australia 528/8d 146.4 v South Africa Perth 16 Dec 2005
32 Pakistan 599/7d 140.1 v India Karachi 29 Jan 2006
33 Sri Lanka 537/9 199.0 v England Lord’s 11 May 2006
34 India 521/6d 150.5 v West Indies St John’s 02 Jun 2006
35 Australia 527/5d 112.0 v England Perth 14 Dec 2006
36 Australia 511/8d 153.0 v New Zealand Hamilton 27 Mar 2010
37 England 517/1d 152.0 v Australia Brisbane 25 Nov 2010
38 England 544 120.2 v India Nottingham 29 Jul 2011
39 South Africa 569 111.5 v Australia Perth 30 Nov 2012
40 West Indies 507 162.1 v New Zealand Dunedin 03 Dec 2013
41 New Zealand 680/8d 210.0 v India Wellington 14 Feb 2014
42 New Zealand 524/5d 172.0 v Sri Lanka Wellington 03 Jan 2015
43 Bangladesh 555/6 136.0 v Pakistan Khulna 28 Apr 2015
44 South Africa 540/8d 160.1 v Australia Perth 03 Nov 2016
45 New Zealand 585/4d 153.0 v Sri Lanka Christchurch 26 Dec 2018
46 Pakistan 555/3d 131.0 v Sri Lanka Karachi 19 Dec 2019

It also provides the fifth occasion of Pakistan posting a total of 500 plus runs in the third innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Overs Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Pakistan 657/8d 319.0 v West Indies Bridgetown 17 Jan 1958
2 Pakistan 540 163.3 v West Indies Georgetown 18 Mar 1977
3 Pakistan 537 152.1 v Australia Rawalpindi 05 Oct 1994
4 Pakistan 599/7d 140.1 v India Karachi 29 Jan 2006
5 Pakistan 555/3d 131.0 v Sri Lanka Karachi 19 Dec 2019

It also provides the seventh occasion of a team posting a total of 500 plus runs in the third innings of a test against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Score Overs Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia 513/5d 125.0 v Sri Lanka Hobart 16 Dec 1989
2 New Zealand 671/4 220.3 v Sri Lanka Wellington 31 Jan 1991
3 England 529/5d 191.0 v Sri Lanka Lord’s 16 May 2002
4 Australia 512/8d 152.0 v Sri Lanka Galle 08 Mar 2004
5 New Zealand 524/5d 172.0 v Sri Lanka Wellington 03 Jan 2015
6 New Zealand 585/4d 153.0 v Sri Lanka Christchurch 26 Dec 2018
7 Pakistan 555/3d 131.0 v Sri Lanka Karachi 19 Dec 2019
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