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Pakistan captains scoring centuries in a test innings

17/03/2022 hrg

Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 196 in the fourth innings of the just concluded test against Australia to provide the 46^th occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring a century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Javed Burki	101	3	v England	Lord’s	Jun 1962
2	Hanif Mohd	104	1	v Australia	Melbourne	Dec 1964
3	Hanif Mohd	100*	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	Feb 1965
4	Hanif Mohd	203*	1	v New Zealand	Lahore	Apr 1965
5	Hanif Mohd	187*	2	v England	Lord’s	Jul 1967
6	Mushtaq Mohd	101	1	v New Zealand	Hyd-Pak	Oct 1976
7	Mushtaq Mohd	107	1	v New Zealand	Karachi	Oct 1976
8	Mushtaq Mohd	121	1	v West Indies	Trinidad	Apr 1977
9	Javed Miandad	106*	2	v Australia	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
10	Imran Khan	117	2	v India	Faisalabad	Jan 1983
11	Zaheer Abbas	168*	1	v India	Lahore	Oct 1984
12	Javed Miandad	203*	2	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	Oct 1985
13	Imran Khan	135*	1	v India	Chennai	Feb 1987
14	Imran Khan	118	1	v England	The Oval	Aug 1987
15	Javed Miandad	211	1	v Australia	Karachi	Sep 1988
16	Javed Miandad	107	3	v Australia	Faisalabad	Sep 1988
17	Imran Khan	109*	1	v India	Karachi	Nov 1989
18	Imran Khan	136	3	v Australia	Adelaide	Jan 1990
19	Javed Miandad	153*	1	v England	Birmingham	Jun 1992
20	Saleem Malik	140	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	Feb 1994
21	Saleem Malik	237	3	v Australia	Rawalpindi	Oct 1994
22	Saleem Malik	143	3	v Australia	Lahore	Nov 1994
23	Wasim Akram	257*	2	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	Oct 1996
24	Saeed Anwar	149	2	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	Nov 1996
25	Aamer Sohail	133	2	v Australia	Karachi	Oct 1998
26	Inzamam	118	2	v India	Lahore	Apr 2004
27	Inzamam	117	2	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	Oct 2004
28	Mohd Yousuf	111	1	v Australia	Melbourne	Dec 2004
29	Inzamam	184	1	v India	Bengaluru	Mar 2005
30	Inzamam	117*	3	v West Indies	Kingston	Jun 2005
31	Inzamam	109	1	v England	Faisalabad	Nov 2005
32	Inzamam	100*	3	v England	Faisalabad	Nov 2005
33	Inzamam	119	1	v India	Faisalabad	Jan 2006
34	Younis Khan	107*	4	v India	Kolkata	Nov 2007
35	Younis Khan	313	2	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	Feb 2009
36	Misbah	102*	3	v West Indies	Basseterre	May 2011
37	Misbah	100	2	v South Africa	Abu Dhabi	Oct 2013
38	Misbah	135	2	v Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi	Dec 2013
39	Misbah	101	1	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	Oct 2014
40	Misbah	101*	3	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	Oct 2014
41	Misbah	102*	1	v New Zealand	Abu Dhabi	Nov 2014
42	Misbah	102	1	v England	Dub-DSC	Oct 2015
43	Misbah	114	1	v England	Lord’s	Jul 2016
44	Azhar Ali	118	3	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	Dec 2019
45	Azhar Ali	141*	2	v England	Southampton	Aug 2020
46	Babar Azam	196	4	v Australia	Karachi	Mar 2022

It also provides the twelfth occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring a century in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Hanif Mohd	104	1	v Australia	Melbourne	Dec 1964
2	Javed Miandad	106*	2	v Australia	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
3	Javed Miandad	211	1	v Australia	Karachi	Sep 1988
4	Javed Miandad	107	3	v Australia	Faisalabad	Sep 1988
5	Imran Khan	136	3	v Australia	Adelaide	Jan 1990
6	Saleem Malik	237	3	v Australia	Rawalpindi	Oct 1994
7	Saleem Malik	143	3	v Australia	Lahore	Nov 1994
8	Aamer Sohail	133	2	v Australia	Karachi	Oct 1998
9	Mohd Yousuf	111	1	v Australia	Melbourne	Dec 2004
10	Misbah	101	1	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	Oct 2014
11	Misbah	101*	3	v Australia	Abu Dhabi	Oct 2014
12	Babar Azam	196	4	v Australia	Karachi	Mar 2022

Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 196 in the fourth innings of the just concluded test against Australia to provide the eleventh occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Younis Khan	313	2	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	Feb 2009
2	Wasim Akram	257*	2	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	Oct 1996
3	Saleem Malik	237	3	v Australia	Rawalpindi	Oct 1994
4	Javed Miandad	211	1	v Australia	Karachi	Sep 1988
5	Hanif Mohd	203*	1	v New Zealand	Lahore	Apr 1965
6	Javed Miandad	203*	2	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	Oct 1985
7	Babar Azam	196	4	v Australia	Karachi	Mar 2022
8	Hanif Mohd	187*	2	v England	Lord’s	Jul 1967
9	Inzamam	184	1	v India	Bengaluru	Mar 2005
10	Zaheer Abbas	168*	1	v India	Lahore	Oct 1984
11	Javed Miandad	153*	1	v England	Birmingham	Jun 1992

It also provides the third occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Saleem Malik	237	3	v Australia	Rawalpindi	Oct 1994
2	Javed Miandad	211	1	v Australia	Karachi	Sep 1988
3	Babar Azam	196	4	v Australia	Karachi	Mar 2022

Captain and wicket keeper batsman scoring centuries in the same innings of a test

16/03/2022 hrg

Babar Azam {196} and Mohammad Rizwan {104*} scored centuries in the fourth innings of the just concluded test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi to provide the 33rd occasion of captain and wicket keeper batsmen scoring centuries in the same innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player		Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	WR Hammond	C	181	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	Dec 1938
	LEG Ames	K	115	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	Dec 1938

2	L Hutton	C	150	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1952
	TG Evans	K	104	2	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	Jun 1952

3	DS Atkinson	C	219	2	Win	Aus	Barbados	May 1955
	CC Depeiaza	K	122	2	Win	Aus	Barbados	May 1955

4	DJ McGlew	C	104*	2	SAF	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1955
	JHB Waite	K	113	2	SAF	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1955

5	DJ McGlew	C	108	1	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Dec 1957
	JHB Waite	K	115	1	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Dec 1957

6	MAK Pataudi	C	203*	3	Ind	Eng	Delhi	Feb 1964
	BK Kunderan	K	100	3	Ind	Eng	Delhi	Feb 1964

7	IM Chappell	C	196	2	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	Dec 1972
	RW Marsh	K	118	2	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	Dec 1972

8	SM Gavaskar	C	123	1	Ind	Aus	Wankhede	Nov 1979
	SMH Kirmani	K	101*	1	Ind	Aus	Wankhede	Nov 1979

9	Javed Miandad	C	106*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
	Taslim Arif	K	210*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar 1980

10	CH Lloyd	C	106	2	Win	Ind	St John’s	Apr 1983
	PJL Dujon	K	110	2	Win	Ind	St John’s	Apr 1983

11	IVA Richards	C	123	3	Win	Pak	Trinidad	Apr 1988
	PJL Dujon	K	106*	3	Win	Pak	Trinidad	Apr 1988

12	A Ranatunga	C	127	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Aug 1992
	Kaluwitharana	K	132*	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Aug 1992

13	WJ Cronje	C	112	2	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	Jan 1995
	DJ Richardson	K	109	2	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	Jan 1995

14	SR Waugh	C	105	2	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 2001
	AC Gilchrist	K	152	2	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 2001

15	ST Jayasuriya	C	111	2	Srl	Ind	Galle	Aug 2001
	KC Sangakkara	K	105*	2	Srl	Ind	Galle	Aug 2001

16	SP Fleming	C	105	1	NZl	Aus	Perth	Nov 2001
	AC Parore	K	110	1	NZl	Aus	Perth	Nov 2001

17	CL Hooper	C	136	2	Win	Ind	St John’s	May 2002
	RD Jacobs	K	118	2	Win	Ind	St John’s	May 2002

18	SR Waugh	C	102	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 2003
	AC Gilchrist	K	133	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 2003

19	BC Lara	C	400*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	Apr 2004
	RD Jacobs	K	107*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	Apr 2004

20	RT Ponting	C	207	2	Aus	Pak	Sydney	Jan 2005
	AC Gilchrist	K	113	2	Aus	Pak	Sydney	Jan 2005

21	R Dravid	C	103	2	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan 2006
	MS Dhoni	K	148	2	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan 2006

22	M Jayawardene	C	127	2	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	Jun 2007
	H Jayawardene	K	120*	2	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	Jun 2007

23	Younis Khan	C	313	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	Feb 2009
	Kamran Akmal	K	158*	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	Feb 2009

24	AJ Strauss	C	142	1	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Mar 2009
	MJ Prior	K	131*	1	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Mar 2009

25	RT Ponting	C	150	2	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	Jul 2009
	BJ Haddin	K	121	2	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	Jul 2009

26	LRPL Taylor	C	122*	1	NZl	Zim	Napier	Jan 2012
	BJ Watling	K	102*	1	NZl	Zim	Napier	Jan 2012

27	GC Smith	C	234	2	SAF	Pak	Dub-DSC	Oct 2013
	AB de Villiers	K	164	2	SAF	Pak	Dub-DSC	Oct 2013

28	MJ Clarke	C	148	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2013
	BJ Haddin	K	118	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2013

29	BB McCullum	C	302	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	Feb 2014
	BJ Watling	K	124	3	NZl	Ind	Wellington	Feb 2014

30	V Kohli	C	204	1	Ind	Ban	Hyd-RGS	Feb 2017
	WP Saha	K	106*	1	Ind	Ban	Hyd-RGS	Feb 2017

31	JO Holder	C	110	2	Win	Zim	Bulawayo	Oct 2017
	SO Dowrich	K	103	2	Win	Zim	Bulawayo	Oct 2017

32	JO Holder	C	202*	3	Win	Eng	Barbados	Jan 2019
	SO Dowrich	K	116*	3	Win	Eng	Barbados	Jan 2019

33	Babar Azam	C	196	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
	M Rizwan	K	104*	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

It also provides the third occasion of Pakistan captain and wicket keeper batsmen scoring centuries in the same innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player		Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Javed Miandad	C	106*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
	Taslim Arif	K	210*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar 1980

2	Younis Khan	C	313	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	Feb 2009
	Kamran Akmal	K	158*	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	Feb 2009

3	Babar Azam	C	196	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
	M Rizwan	K	104*	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

It also provides the seventh occasion of captain and wicket keeper batsmen scoring centuries in the same innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player		Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DS Atkinson	C	219	2	Win	Aus	Barbados	May 1955
	CC Depeiaza	K	122	2	Win	Aus	Barbados	May 1955

2	DJ McGlew	C	108	1	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Dec 1957
	JHB Waite	K	115	1	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	Dec 1957

3	SM Gavaskar	C	123	1	Ind	Aus	Wankhede	Nov 1979
	SMH Kirmani	K	101*	1	Ind	Aus	Wankhede	Nov 1979

4	Javed Miandad	C	106*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
	Taslim Arif	K	210*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar 1980

5	A Ranatunga	C	127	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Aug 1992
	Kaluwitharana	K	132*	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Aug 1992

6	SP Fleming	C	105	1	NZl	Aus	Perth	Nov 2001
	AC Parore	K	110	1	NZl	Aus	Perth	Nov 2001

7	Babar Azam	C	196	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
	M Rizwan	K	104*	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

It also provide the seconf occasion of Pakistan captain and wicket keeper batsmen scoring centuries in the same innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player		Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
2	Javed Miandad	C	106*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
	Taslim Arif	K	210*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar 1980

2	Babar Azam	C	196	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
	M Rizwan	K	104*	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

Adelaide {02}, Barbados {02}, Cape Town {02}, Col-SSC {02}, Faisalabad {02}, Karachi {02}, St John’s {03}, Sydney {02} and Trinidad {02} are the nine grounds which have witnessed two or more occasions of captain and wicket keeper batsman scoring centuries in the same innings of a test.

No	Player		Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	IM Chappell	C	196	2	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	Dec 1972
	RW Marsh	K	118	2	Aus	Pak	Adelaide	Dec 1972
2	MJ Clarke	C	148	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2013
	BJ Haddin	K	118	1	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Dec 2013

1	DS Atkinson	C	219	2	Win	Aus	Barbados	May 1955
	CC Depeiaza	K	122	2	Win	Aus	Barbados	May 1955
2	JO Holder	C	202*	3	Win	Eng	Barbados	Jan 2019
	SO Dowrich	K	116*	3	Win	Eng	Barbados	Jan 2019

1	WR Hammond	C	181	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	Dec 1938
	LEG Ames	K	115	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	Dec 1938
2	WJ Cronje	C	112	2	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	Jan 1995
	DJ Richardson	K	109	2	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	Jan 1995

1	A Ranatunga	C	127	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Aug 1992
	Kaluwitharana	K	132*	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Aug 1992
2	M Jayawardene	C	127	2	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	Jun 2007
	H Jayawardene	K	120*	2	Srl	Ban	Col-SSC	Jun 2007

1	Javed Miandad	C	106*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
	Taslim Arif	K	210*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	Mar 1980
2	R Dravid	C	103	2	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan 2006
	MS Dhoni	K	148	2	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	Jan 2006

1	Younis Khan	C	313	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	Feb 2009
	Kamran Akmal	K	158*	2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	Feb 2009
2	Babar Azam	C	196	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
	M Rizwan	K	104*	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

1	CH Lloyd	C	106	2	Win	Ind	St John’s	Apr 1983
	PJL Dujon	K	110	2	Win	Ind	St John’s	Apr 1983
2	CL Hooper	C	136	2	Win	Ind	St John’s	May 2002
	RD Jacobs	K	118	2	Win	Ind	St John’s	May 2002
3	BC Lara	C	400*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	Apr 2004
	RD Jacobs	K	107*	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	Apr 2004

1	SR Waugh	C	102	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 2003
	AC Gilchrist	K	133	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 2003
2	RT Ponting	C	207	2	Aus	Pak	Sydney	Jan 2005
	AC Gilchrist	K	113	2	Aus	Pak	Sydney	Jan 2005

1	IVA Richards	C	123	3	Win	Pak	Trinidad	Apr 1988
	PJL Dujon	K	106*	3	Win	Pak	Trinidad	Apr 1988
2	AJ Strauss	C	142	1	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Mar 2009
	MJ Prior	K	131*	1	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Mar 2009

Captain and wicket keeper batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test

16/03/2022 hrg

Babar Azam {196} and Mohammad Rizwan {104*} scored centuries in the fourth innings of the just concluded test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi to provide the first occasion of captain and wicket keeper batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test.

No	Player		Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/year
1	Babar Azam	C	196	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
2	M Rizwan	K	104*	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

Captains scoring 150 plus runs in the fourth innings of a test

16/03/2022 hrg

Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 196 in the fourth innings of the Karachi test against Australia to become the seventh captain in the annals of test cricket to score 150 plus runs in the fourth innings of the test. He also became the first Pakistan captain to achieve the feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	DG Bradman	173*	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1948
2	BE Congdon	176	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	Jun 1973
3	MA Atherton	185*	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Nov 1995
4	BC Lara	153*	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	Mar 1999
5	RT Ponting	156	Aus	Eng	Manchester	Aug 2005
6	GC Smith	154*	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 2008
7	Babar Azam	196	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

Babar Azam’s 196 in the fourth innings of the Karachi test between Pakistan and Australia represent the highest individual innings by a captain in the fourth innings of a test. Previous best was MA Atherton’s 185 not out in the test between England and South Africa at Johannesburg in Nov 1995

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Babar Azam	196	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
2	MA Atherton	185*	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Nov 1995

Two or more batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test

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Babar Azam {196} and Mohammad Rizwan {104*} scored centuries in the fourth innings of the just concluded test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi to provide the 25^th occasion of two or more batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	H Sutcliffe	115	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1924
	FE Woolley	123	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1924

2	PA Gibb	120	Eng	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939
	WJ Edrich	219	Eng	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939
	Hammond	140	Eng	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939

3	AR Morris	182	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1948
	DG Bradman	173*	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1948

4	CC Hunte	114	Win	Pak	Guyana	Mar 1958
	GS Sobers	109*	Win	Pak	Guyana	Mar 1958

5	AA Baig	112	Ind	Eng	Man’ter	Jul 1959
	PR Umrigar	118	Ind	Eng	Man’ter	Jul 1959

6	GS Sobers	113	Win	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1969
	SM Nurse	137	Win	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1969

7	KR Stackpole	136	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1971
	IM Chappell	104	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1971

8	BE Congdon	176	NZl	Eng	Not’ham	Jun 1973
	V Pollard	116	NZl	Eng	Not’ham	Jun 1973

9	SM Gavaskar	102	Ind	Win	Trinidad	Apr 1976
	GR Viswanath	112	Ind	Win	Trinidad	Apr 1976

10	GM Wood	126	Aus	Win	Guyana	Mar 1978
	CS Serjeant	124	Aus	Win	Guyana	Mar 1978

11	GN Yallop	114	Aus	Eng	Man’ter	Aug 1981
	AR Border	123*	Aus	Eng	Man’ter	Aug 1981

12	CG Greenidge	120*	Win	Aus	Guyana	Mar 1984
	DL Haynes	103*	Win	Aus	Guyana	Mar 1984

13	M Nazar	106	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	Nov 1984
	J Miandad	103*	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	Nov 1984

14	RL Dias	106	Srl	Ind	Kandy	Sep 1985
	LRD Mendis	124	Srl	Ind	Kandy	Sep 1985

15	BA Young	120	NZl	Pak	Ch’church	Feb 1994
	SA Thomson	120*	NZl	Pak	Ch’church	Feb 1994

16	MA Taylor	113	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 1995
	MJ Slater	103	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 1995

17	R Dravid	103*	Ind	NZl	Hamilton	Jan 1999
	SC Ganguly	101*	Ind	NZl	Hamilton	Jan 1999

18	JL Langer	127	Aus	Pak	Hobart	Nov 1999
	AC Gilchrist	149*	Aus	Pak	Hobart	Nov 1999

19	RR Sarwan	105	Win	Aus	Anitgua	May 2003
	Chanderpaul	104	Win	Aus	Anitgua	May 2003

20	GC Smith	108	SAF	Aus	Perth	Dec 2008
	de Villiers	106*	SAF	Aus	Perth	Dec 2008

21	GC Smith	101*	SAF	Aus	C Town	Nov 2011
	HM Amla	112	SAF	Aus	C Town	Nov 2011

22	F du Plessis	134	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	Dec 2013
	de Villiers	103	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	Dec 2013

23	S Masood	125	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015
	Younis Khan	171*	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015

24	KL Rahul	149	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2018
	RR Pant	114	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2018

25	Babar Azam	196	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
	M Rizwan	104*	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

Babar Azam {196} and Mohammad Rizwan {104*} scored centuries in the fourth innings of the just concluded test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi to provide the third occasion of two Pakistan batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	M Nazar	106	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	Nov 1984
	J Miandad	103*	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	Nov 1984

2	S Masood	125	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015
	Younis Khan	171*	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015

3	Babar Azam	196	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
	M Rizwan	104*	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

Babar Azam {196} and Mohammad Rizwan {104*} scored centuries in the fourth innings of the just concluded test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi to provide the seventh occasion of two batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	H Sutcliffe	115	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1924
	FE Woolley	123	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1924

2	GS Sobers	113	Win	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1969
	SM Nurse	137	Win	Aus	Sydney	Feb 1969

3	CG Greenidge	120*	Win	Aus	Guyana	Mar 1984
	DL Haynes	103*	Win	Aus	Guyana	Mar 1984

4	RR Sarwan	105	Win	Aus	Anitgua	May 2003
	Chanderpaul	104	Win	Aus	Anitgua	May 2003

5	GC Smith	108	SAF	Aus	Perth	Dec 2008
	de Villiers	106*	SAF	Aus	Perth	Dec 2008

6	GC Smith	101*	SAF	Aus	C Town	Nov 2011
	HM Amla	112	SAF	Aus	C Town	Nov 2011

7	Babar Azam	196	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022
	M Rizwan	104*	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

Batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in the fourth innings of a test

16/03/2022 hrg

Babar Azam {196} and Mohammad Rizwan {104*} scored centuries in the fourth innings of the just concluded test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi to provide the 253^rd and 254^th occasion of batsmen scoring centuries in the fourth innings of a test.

Babar Azam scored 196 in this test to provide the 25^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fourth innings century in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	J Darling	160	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Feb 1898
2	GA Headley	223	Win	Eng	Kingston	Apr 1930
3	SJ McCabe	189*	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec 1935
4	WJ Edrich	219	Eng	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939
5	B Mitchell	189*	SAF	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1947
6	AR Morris	182	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1948
7	DG Bradman	173*	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1948
8	RN Harvey	151*	Aus	SAF	Durban	Jan 1950
9	SM Nurse	168	Win	NZl	Auckland	Feb 1969
10	BE Congdon	176	NZl	Eng	Not’ham	Jun 1973
11	DW Randall	174	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Mar 1977
12	SM Gavaskar	221	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1979
13	CG Greenidge	214*	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1984
14	MA Atherton	185*	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Nov 1995
15	Saleem Malik	155	Pak	Srl	Col-SSC	Apr 1997
16	BC Lara	153*	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	Mar 1999
17	MA Butcher	173*	Eng	Aus	Leeds	Aug 2001
18	NJ Astle	222	NZl	Eng	Ch’church	Mar 2002
19	RT Ponting	156	Aus	Eng	Man’ter	Aug 2005
20	Sangakkara	192	Srl	Aus	Hobart	Nov 2007
21	GC Smith	154*	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 2008
22	Younis Khan	171*	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015
23	MDKJ Perera	153*	Srl	SAF	Durban	Feb 2019
24	KR Mayers	210*	Win	Ban	Chattogram	Feb 2021
25	Babar Azam	196	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

200 plus runs partnerships in the fourth innings of a test. Pakistan batsmen better a 127 year old record against Australia

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Abdullah Shafique and Babar Azam of Pakistan posted 228 runs partnership for the third wicket in the ongoing test against Australia to provide the 19th occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JT Brown, A Ward	3	210	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Mar 1895
2	GA Headley, RK Nunes	2	227	Win	Eng	Kingston	Apr 1930
3	WJ Edrich, PA Gibb	2	280	Eng	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939
4	Bradman, Morris	2	301	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul 1948
5	IM Chappell, Stackpole	2	202	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1971
6	CS Serjeant, GM Wood	4	251	Aus	Win	Guyana	Mar 1978
7	CPS Chauhan, Gavaskar	1	213	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1979
8	Greenidge, Haynes	1	250*	Win	Aus	Guyana	Mar 1984
9	HA Gomes, Greenidge	2	287*	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1984
10	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	212	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	Nov 1984
11	RL Dias, LRD Mendis	4	216	Srl	Ind	Kandy	Sep 1985
12	Atherton, Gooch	1	203	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1991
13	Slater, MA Taylor	1	208	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Jan 1995
14	Gilchrist, JL Langer	6	238	Aus	Pak	Hobart	Nov 1999
15	de Villiers, du Plessis	5	205	SAF	Ind	Jo’burg	Dec 2013
16	S Masood, Y Khan	3	242	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015
17	RR Pant, KL Rahul	6	204	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Sep 2018
18	Bonner, Mayers	4	216	Win	Ban	Ch’gram	Feb 2021
19	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

It also provides the fourth occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in the fourth innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JT Brown, A Ward	3	210	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Mar 1895
2	Greenidge, Haynes	1	250*	Win	Aus	Guyana	Mar 1984
3	Atherton, Gooch	1	203	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Jan 1991
4	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

It also provides the third occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in the fourth innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below. Interestingly enough, all these three partnerships are for the third wicket. These are the only three 200 plus partnerships posted for the third wicket in the fourth innings of a test.

No	Partners	W	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	212	Pak	NZl	Hyd-Pak	Nov 1984
2	S Masood, Y Khan	3	242	Pak	Srl	Pallekele	Jul 2015
3	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

It also provides the second occasion of batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in the fourth innings of a test against Australia for the third wicket. All such occasions are tabulated below. 228 runs partnership between Abdullah Shafique-Babar Azam for the third wicket in the ongoing test against Australia represent the highest partnership posted by batsmen for the third wicket in the fourth innings of against Australia. It is interesting to note that the Pakistan batsmen bettered the 127 year old record against Australia

No	Partners	W	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	JT Brown, A Ward	3	210	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	Mar 1895
2	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Mar 2022

Pakistan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in a test innings

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Abdullah Shafique and Babar Azam of Pakistan posted 228 runs partnership for the third wicket in the ongoing test against Australia to provide the 63^rd occasion of Pakistan batsmen positng 200 plus runs partnerships in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Imtiaz Ahmed, W Hasan	7	308	2	NZl	Lahore	26.10.55
2	Hanif Mohd, Saeed Ahmed	2	246	1	Ind	Brabourne	02.12.60
3	Abdul Kadir, K Ibadulla	1	249	1	Aus	Karachi	24.10.64
4	Hanif Mohd, Majid Khan	6	217	1	NZl	Lahore	02.04.65
5	Mushtaq Mohd, Z Abbas	2	291	1	Eng	Birmingham	03.06.71
6	Asif Iqbal, Mushtaq Mohd	4	350	1	NZl	Dunedin	07.02.73
7	Asif Iqbal, J Miandad	5	281	1	NZl	Lahore	09.10.76
8	J Miandad, Mushtaq Mohd	4	252	1	NZl	Karachi	30.10.76
9	J Miandad, Z Abbas	4	255	1	Ind	Faisalabad	16.10.78
10	J Miandad, Taslim Arif	3	223*	2	Aus	Faisalabad	06.03.80
11	M Nazar, Z Abbas	5	213	2	Ind	Karachi	23.12.82
12	J Miandad, Z Abbas	4	287	2	Ind	Faisalabad	03.01.83
13	Imran Khan, Saleem Malik	6	207	2	Ind	Faisalabad	03.01.83
14	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	451	1	Ind	Hyd-Pak	14.01.83
15	Mohsin Khan, Qasim Umar	2	233	2	Aus	Adelaide	09.12.83
16	M Nazar, Qasim Umar	2	250	2	Ind	Faisalabad	24.10.84
17	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	212	4	NZl	Hyd-Pak	25.11.84
18	J Miandad, Qasim Umar	3	397	2	Srl	Faisalabad	16.10.85
19	J Miandad, Saleem Malik	4	234	1	Eng	The Oval	06.08.87
20	J Miandad, Shoaib Mohd	3	220	2	NZl	Wellington	10.02.89
21	J Miandad, Shoaib Mohd	3	248	1	NZl	Auckland	24.02.89
22	J Miandad, Shoaib Mohd	4	246	2	Ind	Lahore	01.12.89
23	J Miandad, Saleem Malik	4	322	1	Eng	Birmingham	04.06.92
24	Inzamam, Saleem Malik	5	258	2	NZl	Wellington	17.02.94
25	S Mushtaq, Wasim Akram	8	313	2	Zim	Sheikhupura	17.10.96
26	Ijaz Ahmed, Saeed Anwar	2	262	2	NZl	Rawalpindi	28.11.96
27	Aamer Sohail, Inzamam	3	323	2	Win	Rawalpindi	29.11.97
28	Aamer Sohail, Ijaz Ahmed	1	298	2	Win	Karachi	06.12.97
29	Ijaz Ahmed, Saeed Anwar	2	211	2	Aus	Peshawar	15.10.98
30	Ijaz Ahmed, Inzamam	3	352*	2	Srl	Dhaka	12.03.99
31	Abdul Razzaq, Inzamam	6	206	1	Win	Georgetown	05.05.00
32	Imran Nazir, M Wasim	1	219	3	Win	Bridgetown	18.05.00
33	Inzamam, M Yousuf	4	259	1	Eng	Karachi	7.12.00
34	M Yousuf, S Mushtaq	7	248	2	NZl	Christchurch	15.03.01
35	M Yousuf, Rashid Latif	6	204	1	Win	Sharjah	31.01.02
36	Imran Nazir, Inzamam	3	204	1	NZl	Lahore	01.05.02
37	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	211	2	Ind	Kolkata	16.03.05
38	Inzamam, Y Khan	3	324	1	Ind	Bengaluru	24.03.05
39	K Akmal, M Yousuf	6	269	2	Eng	Lahore	29.11.05
40	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	319	1	Ind	Lahore	13.01.06
41	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	242	3	Ind	Faisalabad	21.01.06
42	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	363	2	Eng	Leeds	04.08.06
43	K Akmal, Misbah	6	207	2	Ind	Kolkata	30.11.07
44	Fawad Alam, Y Khan	2	200	3	Srl	Col-PSS	12.07.09
45	Asad Shafiq, Y Khan	5	259	2	Ban	Chattogram	09.12.11
46	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	216	3	Eng	Dub-DSC	03.02.12
47	Azhar Ali, M Hafeez	2	287	1	Srl	Col-SSC	30.06.12
48	A Shafiq, Y Khan	5	219	1	SAF	Cape Town	14.02.13
49	Misbah, Y Khan	4	218	2	Srl	Abu Dhabi	31.12.13
50	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	236	1	Aus	Abu Dhabi	30.10.14
51	Azhar Ali, M Hafeez	2	227	2	Ban	Khulna	28.04.15
52	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	250	1	Ban	Mirpur	06.05.15
53	Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali	5	207	1	Ban	Mirpur	06.05.15
54	Shan Masood, Y Khan	3	242	4	Srl	Pallekele	03.07.15
55	A Shafiq, Shoaib Malik	5	248	1	Eng	Abu Dhabi	13.10.15
56	Azhar Ali, Sami Aslam	1	215	1	Win	Dub-DSC	13.10.16
57	Imam, M Hafeez	1	205	1	Aus	Dub-DSC	07.10.18
58	A Shafiq, Azhar Ali	4	201	2	NZl	Abu Dhabi	03.12.18
59	Abid Ali, Shan Masood	1	278	3	Srl	Karachi	19.12.19
60	Abid Ali, Azhar Ali	2	236	1	Zim	Harare	07.05.21
61	Azhar Ali, Imam	2	208	1	Aus	Rawalpindi	04.03.22
62	A Shafique, Imam	1	252*	3	Aus	Rawalpindi	04.03.22
63	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	4	Aus	Karachi	12.03.22

It also provides the ninth occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Abdul Kadir, K Ibadulla	1	249	1	Aus	Karachi	24.10.64
2	J Miandad, Taslim Arif	3	223*	2	Aus	Faisalabad	06.03.80
3	Mohsin Khan, Qasim Umar	2	233	2	Aus	Adelaide	09.12.83
4	Ijaz Ahmed, Saeed Anwar	2	211	2	Aus	Peshawar	15.10.98
5	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	236	1	Aus	Abu Dhabi	30.10.14
6	Imam, M Hafeez	1	205	1	Aus	Dub-DSC	07.10.18
7	Azhar Ali, Imam	2	208	1	Aus	Rawalpindi	04.03.22
8	A Shafique, Imam	1	252*	3	Aus	Rawalpindi	04.03.22
9	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	4	Aus	Karachi	12.03.22

It also provides the ninth occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in a test innings for the third wicket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Date
1	J Miandad, Taslim Arif	3	223*	2	Aus	Faisalabad	06.03.80
2	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	451	1	Ind	Hyd-Pak	14.01.83
3	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	212	4	NZl	Hyd-Pak	25.11.84
4	J Miandad, Qasim Umar	3	397	2	Srl	Faisalabad	16.10.85
5	J Miandad, Shoaib Mohd	3	220	2	NZl	Wellington	10.02.89
6	J Miandad, Shoaib Mohd	3	248	1	NZl	Auckland	24.02.89
7	Aamer Sohail, Inzamam	3	323	2	Win	Rawalpindi	29.11.97
8	Ijaz Ahmed, Inzamam	3	352*	2	Srl	Dhaka	12.03.99
9	Imran Nazir, Inzamam	3	204	1	NZl	Lahore	01.05.02
10	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	211	2	Ind	Kolkata	16.03.05
11	Inzamam, Y Khan	3	324	1	Ind	Bengaluru	24.03.05
12	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	319	1	Ind	Lahore	13.01.06
13	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	242	3	Ind	Faisalabad	21.01.06
14	M Yousuf, Y Khan	3	363	2	Eng	Leeds	04.08.06
15	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	216	3	Eng	Dub-DSC	03.02.12
16	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	236	1	Aus	Abu Dhabi	30.10.14
17	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	250	1	Ban	Mirpur	06.05.15
18	Shan Masood, Y Khan	3	242	4	Srl	Pallekele	03.07.15
19	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	4	Aus	Karachi	12.03.22

It also provides the third occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in a test innings against Australia for the third wicket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Date
1	J Miandad, Taslim Arif	3	223*	2	Aus	Faisalabad	06.03.80
2	Azhar Ali, Y Khan	3	236	1	Aus	Abu Dhabi	30.10.14
3	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	4	Aus	Karachi	12.03.22

It also provides the third occasion of Pakistan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below. Interestingly enough, all these three partnerships are for the third wicket

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Date
1	J Miandad, M Nazar	3	212	4	NZl	Hyd-Pak	25.11.84
2	Shan Masood, Y Khan	3	242	4	Srl	Pallekele	03.07.15
3	A Shafique, B Azam	3	228	4	Aus	Karachi	12.03.22

Teams setting a target of 500 plus runs to win a test

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Australia set a target of 506 runs to win against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Karachi to provide the 81^st occasion of a team setting the target of 500 plus runs to win a test in the annals of test cricket. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Tar	Opponent	Ground	Start Date
1	England	836	West Indies	Kingston	03 Apr 1930
2	England	742	Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
3	Australia	735	West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
4	Australia	708	England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
5	Australia	702	South Africa	Melbourne	17 Feb 1911
6	South Africa	696	England	Durban	03 Mar 1939
7	Australia	689	England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
8	New Zealand	660	Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018
9	Australia	659	England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
10	Australia	648	England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
11	South Africa	632	Australia	Perth	30 Nov 2012
12	West Indies	628	England	Bridgetown	23 Jan 2019
13	Sri Lanka	624	Bangladesh	Chattogram	03 Jan 2009
14	West Indies	617	England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930
15	India	617	New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
16	South Africa	612	Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018
17	Pakistan	607	India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006
18	Australia	605	England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
19	Pakistan	603	Australia	Abu Dhabi	30 Oct 2014
20	West Indies	601	England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1950
21	Australia	596	England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1948
22	England	583	Australia	Lord’s	18 Jul 2013
23	West Indies	574	Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 1980
24	West Indies	573	Pakistan	Bridgetown	26 May 2005
25	South Africa	570	Australia	P Elizabeth	05 Mar 1970
26	South Africa	569	West Indies	Centurion	15 Jan 1999
27	England	568	India	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
28	England	565	Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
29	Australia	564	Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004
30	Australia	561	England	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
31	Australia	557	England	Perth	14 Dec 2006
32	England	553	New Zealand	Napier	22 Mar 2008
33	West Indies	552	England	Manchester	08 Jul 1976
34	West Indies	552	Australia	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991
35	Australia	551	England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947
36	England	550	New Zealand	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002
37	Pakistan	550	Bangladesh	Mirpur	06 May 2015
38	India	550	Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
39	England	548	India	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
40	Australia	546	South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009
41	England	546	Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
42	Australia	543	Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981
43	Australia	543	India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004
44	India	540	New Zealand	Wankhede	03 Dec 2021
45	South Africa	539	Australia	Perth	03 Nov 2016
46	Pakistan	538	Australia	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
47	England	532	Australia	Adelaide	13 Jan 1933
48	South Africa	531	New Zealand	Johannesburg	08 Nov 2007
49	Australia	531	England	Adelaide	05 Dec 2013
50	Australia	526	England	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895
51	West Indies	523	England	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981
52	Australia	522	Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989
53	England	522	Australia	Lord’s	16 Jul 2009
54	Sri Lanka	521	Bangladesh	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008
55	India	521	England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018
56	India	516	Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
57	Australia	516	Sri Lanka	Canberra	01 Feb 2019
58	England	513	Bangladesh	Chattogram	12 Mar 2010
59	Australia	512	England	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
60	England	511	New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983
61	Australia	511	South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
62	Sri Lanka	510	Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012
63	Australia	509	West Indies	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
64	India	509	Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
65	Australia	509	England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
66	Australia	508	England	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
67	West Indies	508	Bangladesh	Mirpur	29 Oct 2011
68	Australia	507	Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
69	South Africa	507	Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2017
70	England	506	Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
71	Australia	506	Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2022
72	Sri Lanka	504	New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2006
73	Australia	504	England	Perth	13 Dec 2013
74	Australia	504	New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
75	Australia	503	England	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
76	England	503	West Indies	St John’s	15 Feb 2009
77	England	501	West Indies	Port of Spain	28 Jan 1960
78	South Africa	501	England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005
79	Australia	500	Pakistan	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
80	India	500	England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
81	Australia	500	India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012

It also provides the 31^st occasion of a Australia setting the target of 500 plus runs to win a test in the annals of test cricket. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Tar	Opponent	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	735	West Indies	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
2	Australia	708	England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934
3	Australia	702	South Africa	Melbourne	17 Feb 1911
4	Australia	689	England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1937
5	Australia	659	England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
6	Australia	648	England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
7	Australia	605	England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
8	Australia	596	England	Lord’s	24 Jun 1948
9	Australia	564	Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004
10	Australia	561	England	Brisbane	21 Nov 2013
11	Australia	557	England	Perth	14 Dec 2006
12	Australia	551	England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1947
13	Australia	546	South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009
14	Australia	543	Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981
15	Australia	543	India	Nagpur	26 Oct 2004
16	Australia	531	England	Adelaide	05 Dec 2013
17	Australia	526	England	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895
18	Australia	522	Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Dec 1989
19	Australia	516	Sri Lanka	Canberra	01 Feb 2019
20	Australia	512	England	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
21	Australia	511	South Africa	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
22	Australia	509	West Indies	Brisbane	03 Nov 2005
23	Australia	509	England	Lord’s	16 Jul 2015
24	Australia	508	England	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994
25	Australia	507	Sri Lanka	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
26	Australia	506	Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2022
27	Australia	504	England	Perth	13 Dec 2013
28	Australia	504	New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
29	Australia	503	England	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
30	Australia	500	Pakistan	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977
31	Australia	500	India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2012

It also provides the seventh occasion of a team setting the target of 500 plus runs to win a test against Pakistan in the annals of test cricket. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Tar	Opponent	Ground	Start Date
1	West Indies	573	Pakistan	Bridgetown	26 May 2005
2	England	565	Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016
3	Australia	564	Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004
4	Australia	543	Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981
5	Sri Lanka	510	Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012
6	Australia	506	Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2022
7	Australia	500	Pakistan	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977

It also provides the fourth occasion of a Australia setting the target of 500 plus runs to win a test against Pakistan in the annals of test cricket. All such wins are tabulated below

No	Team	Tar	Opponent	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	564	Pakistan	Perth	16 Dec 2004
2	Australia	543	Pakistan	Perth	13 Nov 1981
3	Australia	506	Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2022
4	Australia	500	Pakistan	Melbourne	01 Jan 1977

The top five highest targets set in the history of test cricket

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1) West Indies vs England, 1930:

In 1930, England toured West Indies and set the highest target in test cricket – 836 in front of the hosts. England, in the first innings, score 849 runs and bundled out West Indies for 286. In the 2nd innings, England declared their innings at 272/9. The match ended in a draw as West Indies scored 408/5 before the stumps were called.

2) West Indies vs Australia, 1969:

West Indies toured Australia in 1969. In the 5th test, Australia gave a target of 735 for the West Indies to chase. The hosts had earlier scored 619 runs in the first innings and bowled West Indies out for 279. In the 2nd innings, Australia declared at 394/8. While chasing a mammoth 735, West Indies got all out for 352 and Australia won the test match.

3) England vs South Africa, 1939:

In England’s tour of South Africa back in 1939, host South Africa set the highest target in test cricket – 696. South Africa had made 530 runs in the first innings then bowled out England for 316. In the 2nd innings, they again score 481 runs to set a target of 696. The match ended in a draw as England scored 654/5 before the stumps were called.

4) England vs Australia, 2006:

During the 1st test of the Ashes 2006, Australia set the target of 648 runs against England. They had scored 602/9D in the first innings and bowled England out for just 157. In the 2nd innings, Australia smashed 202/1D to set up a target of 648. England, in reply, got all out for 370.

5) Australia vs England, 1924:

In the 1st test of the Ashes 1924, Australia set England a target of 605 runs against England. In the first innings, Australia had hit 450 and bundled out England for 298. They again hit 452 to set a total of 605. England could only 411 before getting all out.