Highest Successful Chase in Test Cricket

Highest Successful Chase in Test Cricket: Test cricket is a different ballgame all-together. It is the hardest form of cricket which takes everything from the players. History suggests that there have been some of the really big scores made in a test inning. But most of those totals are made during the first three innings of the game. It is very hard to score on fourth and fifth day of a test match on a pitch which is deteriorating.

That’s when the chase in the fourth inning becomes more difficult. The stats confirmed that the average fourth inning total is the lowest in a test match. There have been only four occasions in the 150-plus years history of the test cricket when a target of 400 or more has been chased. Thus, it indicates that chasing a target is very difficult. In this article, we will talk about the highest target chased in the history of test cricket or highest successful run chase in test cricket.

Highest Successful Chase in Test Cricket: Highest successful run chases in test

Date	Team	Target	Score	Vs	Venue	Result
09/05/2003	West Indies	418	418/7	Australia	Antigua	WI won by 3 wkts
17/12/2008	South Africa	414	414/4	Australia	WACA Ground	SA won by 6 wkts
22/07/1948	Australia	404	404/3	England	Headingley	AUS won by 7 wkts
07/04/1976	India	403	406/4	West Indies	Queen’s Park	IND won by 6 wkts
03/02/2021	West Indies	395	395/7	Bangladesh	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury	WI won by 6 wkts
14/07/2017	Sri Lanka	388	391/6	Zimbabwe	R Premadasa	SL won by 4 wkts
11/12/2008	India	387	387/4	England	MA Chidambaram	IND won by 6 wkts
01/07/2022	England	378	378/3	India	Edgbaston	ENG won by 7 wkts
03/07/2015	Pakistan	377	382/3	Sri Lanka	Pallekele	PAK won by 7 wkts
18/11/1999	Australia	369	369/6	Pakistan	Bellerive Oval	AUS won by 4 wkts