Zimbabwe wicketkeeper and captain Tatenda Taibu got a world record on his name in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Bulawayo. 

Taibu did not concede a single bye in Sri Lanka's mammoth total of 713 for 3 declared. This, now, is the highest total in Tests without containing any bye in the extras column.

The previous record was held by Sri Lanka's Hashan Tillakaratne who did not let a single bye during New Zealand's total of 671 for four at Wellington in 1990-91.

The accompanying table lists the highest total without a bye in Tests:

Total	Keeper	For	Vs	Venue	Season
713-3d	T Taibu	Zim	SL	Bulawayo QSC	2003-04
671-4	HP Tillakaratne	SL	NZ	Wellington	1990-91
660-5d	AC Parore	NZ	WI	Wellington	1994-95
659-8d	TG Evans	Eng	Aus	Sydney	1946-47
658-9d	RD Jacobs	WI	SA	Durban	2003-04
652	SMH Kirmani	Ind	Pak	Faisalabad	1982-83
632-4d	AJ Stewart	Eng	Aus	Lord's	1993
619	JL Hendriks	WI	Aus	Sydney	1968-69
616-5d	IDS Smith	NZ	Pak	Auckland	1988-89
610-6d	SS Dighe	Ind	SL	Colombo SSC	2001-02
609-6d	A Flower	Zim	Ind	Nagpur	2000-01
601-7d	RC Russell	Eng	Aus	Leeds	1989
600-3d	A Flower	Zim	SA	Harare	2001-02