Highest 4th innings total in Christchurch: What is the highest successful run chase at Hagley Oval Christchurch Tests?

Highest 4th innings total in Christchurch: The home team will have to seal a record chase in order to win the match and series tomorrow.

A record run-chase stands between New Zealand and a maiden Test series victory against South Africa. While the Black Caps had successfully managed to end an 18-year drought by winning the first Test against South Africa in Christchurch, their first-ever series victory against the Proteas requires a heroic effort on a Day 5 pitch at the same venue.

Chasing a 426-run target in the second Test, New Zealand ended the fourth day on 94/4 in 42 overs. 332 runs to be scored with six wickets in hand doesn’t make them the favourites but the hosts would want to leave no stone unturned to achieve a historic Test series victory.

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— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) February 28, 2022

While batter Devon Conway (60*) and wicket-keeper batter Tom Blundell (1*) will resume New Zealand’s innings on Day 5, first innings centurion Colin de Grandhomme would be doubtlessly expected to shoulder responsibility for the second time in a row.

Hagley Oval, which has been hosting Test matches in Christchurch since 2014, has never witnessed a 300+ fourth innings total in the 11 Tests that have been played here in the last eight years.

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As far as highest Test run-chases at Hagley Oval are concerned, New Zealand have emerged as the victorious side on all four previous occasions. Having said that, the highest that they have chased at this venue is a 132-run target (against India in 2020). If New Zealand are to win this match, they will have to post a more than three times innings total than their previous best.

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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