England posted 506 for 4 against Pakistan at Rawalpindi on the first day of the ongoing test to provide the first occasion of a team posting 500 plus runs in a day’s play on the first day of a test match. The previous  best was 494 for 6 in the test between Australia and South Africa at Sydney in Dec 2010. The following table lists 24 occasions of team posting 400 plus runs on the first day’s play of a test.

No	Team 1	Team 2	Day	Runs	W	Ground	Match Date
1	Pakistan	England	1	506	04	Rawalpindi	01 Dec 2022
2	Australia	South Africa	1	494	06	Sydney	09 Dec 1910
3	Australia	South Africa	1	482	05	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
4	England	Australia	1	475	02	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
5	England	India	1	471	08	The Oval	15 Aug 1936
6	Australia	South Africa	1	464	11	Manchester	27 May 1912
7	England	Australia	1	458	03	Leeds	11 Jul 1930
8	Zimbabwe	New Zealand	1	452	09	Harare	07 Aug 2005
9	South Africa	Australia	1	450	10	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
10	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	1	449	07	Col-PSS	20 Sep 2005
11	South Africa	Pakistan	1	445	03	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003
12	New Zealand	South Africa	1	442	12	Wellington	04 Mar 1932
13	Australia	West Indies	1	438	03	Hobart	10 Dec 2015
14	England	West Indies	1	437	09	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
15	England	Australia	1	435	04	The Oval	14 Aug 1899
16	England	Australia	1	429	12	Leeds	02 Jul 1921
17	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	1	429	07	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014
18	South Africa	Australia	1	428	07	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902
19	England	South Africa	1	428	10	Lord’s	01 Jul 1907
20	Australia	West Indies	1	428	03	Brisbane	16 Jan 1931
21	South Africa	Bangladesh	1	428	03	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017
22	England	South Africa	1	427	07	Manchester	27 Jul 1929
23	England	Australia	1	427	12	Birmingham	05 Jul 2001
24	New Zealand	Australia	1	427	11	Christchurch	20 Feb 2016