Highest run chase in Test cricket history: Top 10 highest run chase in Test matches

Highest run chase in Test cricket history: Handy contributions from middle and lower-middle order has placed Sri Lanka on advantage in Galle.

A century from Dhananjaya De Silva (109), coupled with handy contributions from skipper Dimuth Karunaratne (61) and Ramesh Mendis (45) in the lower-middle order, helped Sri Lanka post 360/8 in their second innings, and thereby hand Pakistan a near improbable target of 508 runs to achieve in mere four sessions of the Test.

At Stumps on Day 4, Pakistan needed another 419 runs for victory with 9 wickets in hand, and the scorecard reading 89/1. Pakistan’s in-form skipper Babar Azam (26*) and left-hander Imam-ul-Haq (46*) were out there in the middle, as bad light made sure that there was an early call for Stumps for the second consecutive day.

While Pakistan did manage to nail the highest successful run-chase at the Galle International Stadium during the first Test, they are highly likely to go for a draw this time around, with the target much more steeper.

Sri Lanka, on the other hand, will have to sweat it out to breach the Pakistani batters’ defense, and manage to avoid a Test series loss at home.

“We will have to play disciplined cricket”

🗣️ @yousaf1788 sheds light on the required intent and approach of the batters on the final day of the second Test #SLvPAK | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/FRiZIwPGao

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) July 27, 2022

Highest run chase in Test cricket history

Pakistan will have to do the unprecedented to script history tomorrow at Galle, as the highest successful target which has been chased down in Test match history is 418, by the West Indies versus Australia in the year 2003.

In fact, Pakistan’s highest successful run-chase in Test match history came against Sri Lanka itself in the year 2015, when they chased down the target of 377 in Pallekele.

Top 10 highest run chase in Test matches

Year	Team	Target	Score	Opposition	Venue
2003	West Indies	418	418/7	Australia	Antigua Recreation Ground
2008	South Africa	414	414/4	Australia	WACA Ground
1948	Australia	404	404/3	England	Headingley
1976	India	403	406/4	West Indies	Queen’s Park Oval
2021	West Indies	395	395/7	Bangladesh	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
2017	Sri Lanka	388	391/6	Zimbabwe	R Premadasa Stadium
2008	India	387	387/4	England	MA Chidambaram Stadium
2022	England	378	378/3	India	Edgbaston
2015	Pakistan	377	382/3	Sri Lanka	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
1999	Australia	369	369/6	Pakistan	Bellerive Oval