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India-Pak create new record

Rajneesh Gupta | January 18, 2006 13:12 IST

India's scoring rate of 88.36 (runs per 100 balls) is the third best in Test cricket history for a team scoring 400 or more in an innings. The best two performances have been registered by England [Images] and Sri Lanka [Images] respectively against the hapless Bangladesh bowling attack. The details:

SRScoreBallsForVsVenueSeason
95.51447-3468EngBanChester-le-Street2005
89.37555-5621SL BanColombo (SSC)2001-02
88.36410-1464IndPakLahore [Images]2005-06
85.50407476EngAusEdgbaston2005
84.64452-9534NZ ZimHarare2005

In the Lahore Test, 1089 runs were scored for the loss of eight wickets in 220.5 overs, that is 1325 legitimate deliveries for a scoring rate of 82.19.

This is the highest scoring rate ever achieved in a Test in which both teams aggregated atleast 1,000 runs together.

SRRunsBallsBatted 1stBatted 2ndVenueSeason
82.191089-81325PakIndLahore2005-06
79.621223-311536SAAusJohannesburg1902-03
72.611034-291424EngAusEdgbaston2001
72.061176-401632EngAusEdgbaston2005
68.951441-332090SL IndChennai1982-83

Despite scoring a mammoth 410 for 1, the record of achieving the highest total for the loss of one wicket still does not belong to India. This is the second best score in such a scenario after South Africa's 442 for 1 against New Zealand [Images] at Christchurch in 1998-99.

Had no play taken place on the fifth and final day, India would have comfortably beaten the record held by West Indies [Images] for the highest total without losing a wicket. West Indies had made 250 for no loss against Australia in their second innings of Georgetown Test in 1983-84.

Highest team totals for the loss of one wicket:
ScoreForVsVenueSeason
442-1SANZ Christchurch1998-99
410-1IndPakLahore2005-06
361-1IndWI Kolkata1978-79
344-1WI EngLord's1984
323-1AusNZ Perth 1993-94
264-1EngSAThe Oval1929


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