Teams losing a test after scoring 500 plus runs in the first or second innings of a test – Bangladesh posts the highest ever score to lose a test

Teams losing a test after scoring 500 plus runs in the first or second innings of a test – Bangladesh posts the highest ever score to lose a test

Bangladesh posted 595 for 8 declared in its first innings against New Zealand in the just concluded test at Wellington and lost the test to provide the 15th occasion of a team losing a test after posting 500 plus runs in the first innings or second innings of a test. All such occasions are listed below

No Team Score Overs Result Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Australia 586 172.3 lost v England Sydney 14 Dec 1894
2 South Africa 506 153.0 lost v Australia Melbourne 31 Dec 1910
3 England 519 215.1 lost v Australia Melbourne 08 Mar 1929
4 Australia 520 133.4×8 lost v South Africa Melbourne 06 Feb 1953
5 West Indies 526/7d 133.0 lost v England Port of Spain 14 Mar 1968
6 Pakistan 574/8d 124.6×8 lost v Australia Melbourne 29 Dec 1972
7 Sri Lanka 547/8d 170.0 lost v Australia Colombo (SSC) 17 Aug 1992
8 Australia 556 127.0 lost v India Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
9 Pakistan 538 141.4 lost v England Leeds 04 Aug 2006
10 Pakistan 504 129.5 lost v England The Oval 17 Aug 2006
11 England 551/6d 168.0 lost v Australia Adelaide 01 Dec 2006
12 India 532 138.2 lost v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2008
13 Bangladesh 556 148.3 lost v West Indies Dhaka 13 Nov 2012
14 New Zealand 523 131.2 lost v England Lord’s 21 May 2015
15 Bangladesh 595/8d 152.0 lost v New Zealand Wellington 12 Jan 2017

It also provides the second such occasion of Bangladesh losing a test after posting 500 plus runs in the first or second innings of a test. Both the occasions are listed below

No Team Score Overs Result Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Bangladesh 556 148.3 lost v West Indies Dhaka 13 Nov 2012
2 Bangladesh 595/8d 152.0 lost v New Zealand Wellington 12 Jan 2017

Bangladesh’s 595 for 8 declared represents the highest team total ever scored in the annals of test cricket when a team has lost a test after posting 500 plus runs in the first innings of a test.  The previous best was Australia’s 586 against England at Sydney in Dec 1894. Thus it took 123 years to break the record in this category of statistics

No Team Score Overs Result Opposition Ground Start Date
1 Bangladesh 595/8d 152.0 lost v New Zealand Wellington 12 Jan 2017
2 Australia 586 172.3 lost v England Sydney 14 Dec 1894

 

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