New Zealand posted a total of 659 for 6 and declared its innings closed against Pakistan in its first innings in the ongoing test at Christchurch to provide the 61^st occasion of a team posting a total of 650 plus runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below in the chronological order.

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Eng	849	258.2	1	Win	Kingston	Apr 30
2	Aus	729/6d	232.0	2	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 30
3	Aus	695	256.1	2	Eng	The Oval	Aug 30
4	Aus	701	171.2	1	Eng	The Oval	Aug 34
5	Eng	658/8d	188.0	1	Aus	Nottingham	Jun 38
6	Eng	903/7d	335.2	1	Aus	The Oval	Aug 38
7	Eng	654/5	218.2×8	4	SAF	Durban	Mar 39
8	Aus	659/8d	173.0×8	2	Eng	Sydney	Dec 46
9	Aus	674	151.3×8	1	Ind	Adelaide	Jan 48
10	Win	681/8d	198.4	1	Eng	Trinidad	Mar 54
11	Aus	668	235.5	1	Win	Bridgetown	May 55
12	Aus	758/8d	245.4	2	Win	Kingston	Jun 55
13	Pak	657/8d	319.0	3	Win	Bridgetown	Jan 58
14	Win	790/3d	208.1	2	Pak	Kingston	Feb 58
15	Aus	656/8d	255.5	1	Eng	Manchester	Jul 64
16	Aus	650/6d	189.0	1	Win	Bridgetown	May 65
17	Win	652/8d	168.4	1	Eng	Lord’s	Aug 73
18	Win	687/8d	182.5	1	Eng	The Oval	Aug 76
19	Pak	652	142.4	2	Ind	Faisalabad	Jan 83
20	Pak	674/6	224.5	2	Ind	Faisalabad	Oct 84
21	Eng	652/7d	175.0	2	Ind	Chennai	Jan 85
22	Ind	676/7	167.1	2	Srl	Kanpur	Dec 86
23	Pak	708	220.3	1	Eng	The Oval	Aug 87
24	Pak	699/5	203.4	2	Ind	Lahore	Dec 89
25	Eng	653/4d	162.0	1	Ind	Lord’s	Jul 90
26	NZl	671/4	220.3	3	Srl	Wellington	Jan 91
27	Aus	653/4d	193.0	1	Eng	Leeds	Jul 93
28	Win	660/5d	169.2	1	NZl	Wellington	Feb 95
29	Win	692/8d	163.0	2	Eng	The Oval	Aug 95
30	Srl	952/6d	271.0	2	Ind	Col-RPS	Aug 97
31	Ind	657/7d	178.0	3	Aus	Kolkata	Mar 01
32	Aus	652/7d	146.0	1	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 02
33	SAF	682/6d	177.0	2	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 03
34	Aus	735/6d	146.3	1	Zim	Perth	Oct 03
35	SAF	658/9d	166.2	2	Win	Durban	Dec 03
36	Ind	705/7d	187.3	1	Aus	Sydney	Jan 04
37	Ind	675/5d	161.5	1	Pak	Multan	Mar 04
38	Win	751/5d	202.0	1	Eng	St John’s	Apr 04
39	Srl	713/3d	165.3	2	Zim	Bulawayo	May 04
40	Win	747	235.2	2	SAF	St John’s	Apr 05
41	Pak	679/7d	143.3	1	Ind	Lahore	Jan 06
42	Srl	756/5d	185.1	2	SAF	Col-SSC	Jul 06
43	Ind	664	170.0	1	Eng	The Oval	Aug 07
44	Pak	765/6d	248.5	2	Srl	Karachi	Feb 09
45	Win	749/9d	194.4	2	Eng	Bridgetown	Feb 09
46	SAF	651	154.3	2	Aus	Cape Town	Mar 09
47	Aus	674/6d	181.0	2	Eng	Cardiff	Jul 09
48	Srl	760/7d	202.4	2	Ind	Ahmedabad	Nov 09
49	Ind	726/9d	163.3	2	Srl	Mum-BS	Dec 09
50	Ind	707	225.2	2	Srl	Col-SSC	Jul 10
51	Eng	710/7d	188.1	2	Ind	Birmingham	Aug 11
52	Aus	659/4d	163.0	2	Ind	Sydney	Jan 12
53	Srl	730/6d	187.5	2	Ban	Dhaka	Jan 14
54	NZl	680/8d	210.0	3	Ind	Wellington	Feb 14
55	NZl	690	143.1	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14
56	Ind	759/7d	190.4	2	Eng	Chennai	Dec 16
57	Ind	687/6d	166.0	1	Ban	Hyd-RGS	Feb 17
58	Aus	662/9d	179.3	2	Eng	Perth	Dec 17
59	Srl	713/9d	199.3	2	Ban	Chattogram	Jan 18
60	NZl	715/6d	163.0	2	Ban	Hamilton	Feb 19
61	NZl	659/6d	158.5	2	Pak	Ch’church	Jan 21

It also provides the fifth occasion of New Zealand posting a total of 650 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	NZl	671/4	220.3	3	Srl	Wellington	Jan 91
2	NZl	680/8d	210.0	3	Ind	Wellington	Feb 14
3	NZl	690	143.1	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14
4	NZl	715/6d	163.0	2	Ban	Hamilton	Feb 19
5	NZl	659/6d	158.5	2	Pak	Ch’church	Jan 21

It also provides the fourth occasion of a team posting a total of 650 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Win	790/3d	208.1	2	Pak	Kingston	Feb 58
2	Ind	675/5d	161.5	1	Pak	Multan	Mar 04
3	NZl	690	143.1	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14
4	NZl	659/6d	158.5	2	Pak	Ch’church	Jan 21

It also provides the second occasion of New Zealand posting a total of 650 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan. Prior to this, New Zealand had posted 690 runs against Pakistan at Sharjah in Nov 2014. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	NZl	690	143.1	2	Pak	Sharjah	Nov 14
2	NZl	659/6d	158.5	2	Pak	Ch’church	Jan 21