Teams losing a test despite posting 500 plus runs in its first innings

Teams losing a test despite posting 500 plus runs in its first innings

New Zealand lost the just concluded Nottingham test against England despite scoring 553 in its first innings to provide the eighth occasion of a team losing a test despite posting 500 plus runs in its first innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamScoreIResOppGroundStart Date
1Aus5861lostEngSydney14 Dec 1894
2Eng5191lostAusMelbourne08 Mar 1929
3Aus5201lostSAFMelbourne06 Feb 1953
4Win526/7d1lostEngTrinidad14 Mar 1968
5Aus5561lostIndAdelaide12 Dec 2003
6Eng551/6d1lostAusAdelaide01 Dec 2006
7Ban595/8d1lostNZlWellington12 Jan 2017
8NZl5531lostEngNottingham10 Jun 2022

It also provides the third occasion of a team losing a test despite posting 500 plus runs in its first innings against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoTeamScoreIResOppGroundStart Date
1Aus5861lostEngSydney14 Dec 1894
2Win526/7d1lostEngTrinidad14 Mar 1968
3NZl5531lostEngNottingham10 Jun 2022
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