Sri Lanka posting a team total of 600 plus runs in a test innings

Sri Lanka posting a team total of 600 plus runs in a test innings

Sri Lanka posted a team total of 602 for five wickets and declared its innings closed against New Zealand in the on-going test at Galle to provide the 16th occasion of Sri Lanka posting a total of 600 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamScoreIOppositionGroundStart Date
1Sri Lanka952/6d2v IndiaCol-RPS02 Aug 1997
2Sri Lanka760/7d2v IndiaAhmedabad16 Nov 2009
3Sri Lanka756/5d2v South AfricaCol-SSC27 Jul 2006
4Sri Lanka730/6d2v BangladeshMirpur27 Jan 2014
5Sri Lanka713/3d2v ZimbabweBulawayo14 May 2004
6Sri Lanka713/9d2v BangladeshChattogram31 Jan 2018
7Sri Lanka704/3d2v IrelandGalle24 Apr 2023
8Sri Lanka648/8d2v BangladeshPallekele21 Apr 2021
9Sri Lanka644/7d1v PakistanKarachi21 Feb 2009
10Sri Lanka642/4d1v IndiaCol-SSC26 Jul 2010
11Sri Lanka628/8d2v EnglandCol-SSC18 Dec 2003
12Sri Lanka627/9d2v West IndiesCol-SSC29 Nov 2001
13Sri Lanka610/6d2v IndiaCol-SSC29 Aug 2001
14Sri Lanka6061v PakistanLahore01 Mar 2009
15Sri Lanka602/5d1v New ZealandGalle26 Sep 2024
16Sri Lanka600/6d1v IndiaCol-SSC23 Jul 2008

Sri Lanka’s 602-5d represent its highest team total in a  test innings against New Zealand. Its previous highest team total against New Zealand was 498 at Napier in April 2005. Thus Sri Lanka’s total of 602-5d is the first occasion of Sri Lanka posting a team total of 500 plus runs in a test innings against New Zealand.

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