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Biggest win for New Zealand
Rajneesh Gupta
August 09, 2005
New Zealand [Images] defeated Zimbabwe by a huge margin of an innings and 294 runs in the first Test match at Harare.

A plethora of records were set and broken during this massacre of the hapless Zimbabweans. Have a look at some of them:

Biggest innings victories in Test cricket:
MarginWinnerLoserVenueSeason
Inns & 579 runsEngAusThe Oval1938
Inns & 360 runsAusSAJohannesburg2001-02
Inns & 336 runsWI IndCalcutta1958-59
Inns & 332 runsAusEngBrisbane1946-47
Inns & 324 runsPakNZ Lahore [Images] 2001-02
Inns & 322 runsWI NZ Wellington1994-95
Inns & 310 runsWI BanDhaka2002-03
Inns & 294 runs NZZimHarare 2005-06
Inns & 285 runsEngIndLord's1974
Inns & 264 runsPakBanMultan 2001-02
Inns & 261 runsEngBanLord's2005

Biggest innings victories for New Zealand:
Inns & 294 runs v ZimHarare 2005-06
Inns & 185 runsv PakHamilton2000-01
Inns & 132 runsv EngChristchurch1983-84
Inns & 105 runsv WIWellington1999-00
Inns & 101 runsv BanChittagong2004-05

Zimbabwe were bowled out in both innings for less than 100 runs, only the 15th such occurrence in Test cricket. The details:
TotalsCountriesVenueSeason
42 & 82 Aus v Eng Sydney 1887-88
53 & 62 Eng v Aus Lord's 1888
81 & 70 Aus v Eng Manchester 1888
47 & 43 SA v Eng Cape Town 1888-89
97 & 83 SA v Eng Cape Town 1891-92
93 & 30 SA v Eng Port Elizabeth 1895-96
95 & 93 SA v Eng The Oval 1912
36 & 45 SA v Aus Melbourne 1930-31
42 & 54 NZ v Aus Wellington 1945-46
58 & 98 Ind v Aus Brisbane 1947-48
58 & 82 Ind v Eng Manchester 1952 #
47 & 74 NZ v Eng Lord's 1958
82 & 93 Eng v NZ Christchurch 1983-84
59 & 53 Pak v Aus Sharjah 2002-03
59 & 99 Zim v NZ Harare 2005-06 #

"#" indicates dismissed twice in a single day's play


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