These are a uncommon incidence. And not surprisingly, there have solely been 34 cases of them within the historical past of Test cricket. They join St John’s to Chennai, Port of Spain to Leeds, Chennai to Brisbane and Leeds to Pallekele. A 300-plus chase in Test cricket is a particular achievement and never many groups, not even some of the best to have performed the sport, have managed to attain the feat. Thus, what was achieved at present at St John’s 18 years in the past by an unfancied West Indies group in opposition to the all-conquering nice Australian aspect led by Steve Waugh is the stuff of legends and a historic occasion within the historical past of Test cricket.
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For lengthy the file for the very best profitable chase was held by Don Bradman’s ‘The Invincibles’ who gunned down 404 at Leeds within the 1948 Ashes. The nice Neil Harvey set the match up for Australia hammering a superb 112 within the first innings serving to the guests to return near England’s whole of 496. The house group declared their second innings at 365 for the loss of eight wickets setting Australia a frightening 404. Little did they know what was in retailer!
Arthus Morris (182) and captain Don Bradman (173 not out) put collectively a superb match-defining stand of 301 for the second-wicket defying the likes of Alec Bedser and Jim Laker to take Australia on the brink of victory. They lastly gained by 7 wickets chasing down the goal in simply over 114 overs and with it gained the Ashes.
The file set by The Invincibles was lastly damaged some 7000 kms away in Port of Spain in April, 1976 though partially! The two Indian greats – Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath, recorded lots of and chased down an enormous 403-run goal set by a robust West Indies unit led by Clive Lloyd and boasting of the likes of Viv Richards and Michael Holding. India ended with a rating of 406 for 4 and as such recorded the very best fourth innings rating in a profitable chase in historical past overtaking the trouble of Bradman’s group in 1948 – who nonetheless held the file in phrases of the very best profitable chase as their goal was a solitary run greater than India’s.
Two successive century partnerships – between Gavaskar (102) and Mohinder Amarnath (85) after which Amarnath and Gundappa Viswanath (112) set the chase up for India and so they overhauled the goal dealing with 147 overs with six wickets in hand.
The file for the very best profitable chase was lastly damaged some 55 years later by a extremely unfancied West Indian XI in opposition to one of the best groups to have performed Test cricket at St John’s in Antigua in 2003. 0-3 down within the four-match sequence and set a monstrous 418, West Indies had been reeling at 74 for 3 earlier than skipper Brian Lara and Ramnaresh Sarwan resurrected the innings with a 91-run partnership. But Lara’s exit spelt doomsday for the West Indies and so they had been anticipated to capitulate and fold up in opposition to the likes of Glenn McGrath and co.
But then got here the counter-attacking partnership which shocked the Australians and the cricketing fraternity. Sarwan (105 off 139 balls) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (104 off 154 balls) put collectively 123 for the fifth wicket to get West Indies proper again into the competition. The lower-order fired and located two heroes in Omari Banks and Vasbert Drakes as West Indies chased down the goal of 418 on Day 5 with three wickets in hand. They had created historical past in opposition to all odds!
South Africa’s trendy greats, Graeme Smith (108) and AB de Villiers (106 not out) had been the standout performers with the bat as they hunted down Australia’s goal of 414 within the sequence opener on the W.A.C.A. in 2008. It was a particular effort by the Proteas who trailed by nearly 100 within the first innings. Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis and JP Duminy all performed assist acts registering a half century every within the chase. It stays the second-highest chase in Test cricket historical past!
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While these are the one 4 400-plus profitable chases in Test cricket, there have been some memorable chases when the goal has been between 300 and 400.
West Indies discovered a brand new hero in Kyle Mayers in 2021 as he blasted an unbeaten 210 to assist his group run down 395 set by Bangladesh in Chattogram. It is the fifth-highest profitable chase in historical past.
A scintillating 83 off simply 68 deliveries by opener Virender Sehwag, fifty froom Gautam Gambhir after which an unbeaten 103 by Sachin Tendulkar and 85 from Yuvraj Singh took India to at least one of their most memorable wins in Test historical past as they chased down 387 set by England in Chennai within the sequence opener in 2008.
Justin Langer and Adam Gilchrist put collectively a splendid double century stand for the sixth-wicket taking Australia from 126 for five and on the brink of defeat to a surprising win as they mauled down 369 set by Pakistan in Hobart in 1999. Langer scored a affected person 127 off 295 deliveries whereas Gilchrist blasted an undefeated 149 off simply 163 deliveries as Australia romped to a well-known win by 4 wickets.
Ben Stokes produced one for the ages when his beautiful efficiency – a sensational unbeaten 135 off 219 deliveries took England to an exciting one-wicket win within the Ashes in 2019. Chasing 359, Stokes batted brilliantly with the lower-order and tail, put collectively a nerve-wracking 76-run stand for the ultimate wicket with Jack Leach (who contributed 1) to tug off a surprising win for the hosts in Headingley.
Rishabh Pant remained unbeaten on 89 and paired with tremendous performances from Shubman Gill who arrange the chase with a elegant 91 and a dogged fifty from Cheteshwar Pujara, helped India gun down 328 at The Gabba in January 2021 – in opposition to all odds in opposition to one of the perfect assaults in their very own yard. A second string Indian group with out the companies of some of their main batsmen and their total tempo quartet had pulled off a exceptional win in opposition to the Australians and with it took the sequence 2-1.
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