Teams setting a target of 500 plus runs to win a test

Teams setting a target of 500 plus runs to win a test

Australia set a target of 506 runs to win against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Karachi to provide the 81st occasion of a team setting the target of 500 plus runs to win a test in the annals of test cricket. All such wins are tabulated below

NoTeamTarOpponentGroundStart Date
1England836West IndiesKingston03 Apr 1930
2England742AustraliaBrisbane30 Nov 1928
3Australia735West IndiesSydney14 Feb 1969
4Australia708EnglandThe Oval18 Aug 1934
5Australia702South AfricaMelbourne17 Feb 1911
6South Africa696EnglandDurban03 Mar 1939
7Australia689EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1937
8New Zealand660Sri LankaChristchurch26 Dec 2018
9Australia659EnglandSydney17 Dec 1920
10Australia648EnglandBrisbane23 Nov 2006
11South Africa632AustraliaPerth30 Nov 2012
12West Indies628EnglandBridgetown23 Jan 2019
13Sri Lanka624BangladeshChattogram03 Jan 2009
14West Indies617EnglandGeorgetown21 Feb 1930
15India617New ZealandWellington03 Apr 2009
16South Africa612AustraliaJohannesburg30 Mar 2018
17Pakistan607IndiaKarachi29 Jan 2006
18Australia605EnglandSydney19 Dec 1924
19Pakistan603AustraliaAbu Dhabi30 Oct 2014
20West Indies601EnglandLord’s24 Jun 1950
21Australia596EnglandLord’s24 Jun 1948
22England583AustraliaLord’s18 Jul 2013
23West Indies574AustraliaAdelaide26 Jan 1980
24West Indies573PakistanBridgetown26 May 2005
25South Africa570AustraliaP Elizabeth05 Mar 1970
26South Africa569West IndiesCenturion15 Jan 1999
27England568IndiaLord’s25 Jul 2002
28England565PakistanManchester22 Jul 2016
29Australia564PakistanPerth16 Dec 2004
30Australia561EnglandBrisbane21 Nov 2013
31Australia557EnglandPerth14 Dec 2006
32England553New ZealandNapier22 Mar 2008
33West Indies552EnglandManchester08 Jul 1976
34West Indies552AustraliaBridgetown19 Apr 1991
35Australia551EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947
36England550New ZealandChristchurch13 Mar 2002
37Pakistan550BangladeshMirpur06 May 2015
38India550Sri LankaGalle26 Jul 2017
39England548IndiaManchester23 Jul 1959
40Australia546South AfricaDurban06 Mar 2009
41England546AustraliaThe Oval20 Aug 2009
42Australia543PakistanPerth13 Nov 1981
43Australia543IndiaNagpur26 Oct 2004
44India540New ZealandWankhede03 Dec 2021
45South Africa539AustraliaPerth03 Nov 2016
46Pakistan538AustraliaAbu Dhabi16 Oct 2018
47England532AustraliaAdelaide13 Jan 1933
48South Africa531New ZealandJohannesburg08 Nov 2007
49Australia531EnglandAdelaide05 Dec 2013
50Australia526EnglandAdelaide11 Jan 1895
51West Indies523EnglandBridgetown13 Mar 1981
52Australia522Sri LankaHobart16 Dec 1989
53England522AustraliaLord’s16 Jul 2009
54Sri Lanka521BangladeshMirpur26 Dec 2008
55India521EnglandNottingham18 Aug 2018
56India516AustraliaMohali17 Oct 2008
57Australia516Sri LankaCanberra01 Feb 2019
58England513BangladeshChattogram12 Mar 2010
59Australia512EnglandManchester03 Jun 1993
60England511New ZealandNottingham25 Aug 1983
61Australia511South AfricaCape Town01 Mar 2014
62Sri Lanka510PakistanGalle22 Jun 2012
63Australia509West IndiesBrisbane03 Nov 2005
64India509Sri LankaAhmedabad18 Dec 2005
65Australia509EnglandLord’s16 Jul 2015
66Australia508EnglandBrisbane25 Nov 1994
67West Indies508BangladeshMirpur29 Oct 2011
68Australia507Sri LankaHobart16 Nov 2007
69South Africa507Sri LankaCape Town02 Jan 2017
70England506AustraliaManchester13 Aug 1981
71Australia506PakistanKarachi12 Mar 2022
72Sri Lanka504New ZealandWellington15 Dec 2006
73Australia504EnglandPerth13 Dec 2013
74Australia504New ZealandBrisbane05 Nov 2015
75Australia503EnglandAdelaide02 Feb 1951
76England503West IndiesSt John’s15 Feb 2009
77England501West IndiesPort of Spain28 Jan 1960
78South Africa501EnglandCape Town02 Jan 2005
79Australia500PakistanMelbourne01 Jan 1977
80India500EnglandThe Oval09 Aug 2007
81Australia500IndiaAdelaide24 Jan 2012

It also provides the 31st occasion of a Australia setting the target of 500 plus runs to win a test in the annals of test cricket. All such wins are tabulated below

NoTeamTarOpponentGroundStart Date
1Australia735West IndiesSydney14 Feb 1969
2Australia708EnglandThe Oval18 Aug 1934
3Australia702South AfricaMelbourne17 Feb 1911
4Australia689EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1937
5Australia659EnglandSydney17 Dec 1920
6Australia648EnglandBrisbane23 Nov 2006
7Australia605EnglandSydney19 Dec 1924
8Australia596EnglandLord’s24 Jun 1948
9Australia564PakistanPerth16 Dec 2004
10Australia561EnglandBrisbane21 Nov 2013
11Australia557EnglandPerth14 Dec 2006
12Australia551EnglandMelbourne01 Jan 1947
13Australia546South AfricaDurban06 Mar 2009
14Australia543PakistanPerth13 Nov 1981
15Australia543IndiaNagpur26 Oct 2004
16Australia531EnglandAdelaide05 Dec 2013
17Australia526EnglandAdelaide11 Jan 1895
18Australia522Sri LankaHobart16 Dec 1989
19Australia516Sri LankaCanberra01 Feb 2019
20Australia512EnglandManchester03 Jun 1993
21Australia511South AfricaCape Town01 Mar 2014
22Australia509West IndiesBrisbane03 Nov 2005
23Australia509EnglandLord’s16 Jul 2015
24Australia508EnglandBrisbane25 Nov 1994
25Australia507Sri LankaHobart16 Nov 2007
26Australia506PakistanKarachi12 Mar 2022
27Australia504EnglandPerth13 Dec 2013
28Australia504New ZealandBrisbane05 Nov 2015
29Australia503EnglandAdelaide02 Feb 1951
30Australia500PakistanMelbourne01 Jan 1977
31Australia500IndiaAdelaide24 Jan 2012

It also provides the seventh occasion of a team setting the target of 500 plus runs to win a test against Pakistan in the annals of test cricket. All such wins are tabulated below

NoTeamTarOpponentGroundStart Date
1West Indies573PakistanBridgetown26 May 2005
2England565PakistanManchester22 Jul 2016
3Australia564PakistanPerth16 Dec 2004
4Australia543PakistanPerth13 Nov 1981
5Sri Lanka510PakistanGalle22 Jun 2012
6Australia506PakistanKarachi12 Mar 2022
7Australia500PakistanMelbourne01 Jan 1977

It also provides the fourth occasion of a Australia setting the target of 500 plus runs to win a test against Pakistan in the annals of test cricket. All such wins are tabulated below

NoTeamTarOpponentGroundStart Date
1Australia564PakistanPerth16 Dec 2004
2Australia543PakistanPerth13 Nov 1981
3Australia506PakistanKarachi12 Mar 2022
4Australia500PakistanMelbourne01 Jan 1977
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