5. West Indies vs Bangladesh ( 3/2/2021), Chittagong
The Match between West Indies vs Bangladesh in Feb 3 ,2021 at Chittagong is the fifth highest successful chase in test cricket . It’s west indies who pulled of an miracle by chasing 395/7 in the day 5 of 1st test . Batting first , Bangladesh post an total of 430/10 in 150 overs and west Indies to it’s response scored 258/10. Bangladesh went on to 2nd innings with 171 runs lead and post an target of 395 runs for westindies to win the battle . Which look like an easy battle for Bangladesh to win , West Indies did the miracle and went on to win the match by 3 wickets Kudos to debutant Kayle Mayers who scored 210 runs and become the main responsible for West Indies’s victory.
4. England Vs Australia (22/7/1948), Leeds
In the Ashes 3rd test in 1948 tour, Australia chased down the fourth highest total and achieve the feat where they chased down the total of 404 and won the game by 7 wickets. Batting First, England post an total of 496 with the help of Cyril washbrook ‘s 143 & Bill Edrich’s 111. To the response, Australia manage to score 458 runs 136.2 overs. England began the second innings with an healthy lead of 38 runs, and guess what , The partnership of Arthur Morris & Sir Don Bradman of 300 runs help Australia to go past the line . Though England post an competitive total , but in the era of Sir Donald Bradman You need to be spot on with your plan to defeat the team like Australia.
3. India Vs West Indies (7/4/1976), Port Of Spain
In the era of fierce bowling attack of Windies, India wrote history as they chased down 406 runs and won the match against West Indies by 6 wickets. In that era it’s nothing sort of an miracle to pounce on to victory is certainly an thing to cherish. Batting first West Indies scored 359/10(109.2) overs and to response, India manage to score just 228/10(102.3) thanks to Viv Richards 177 that put Windies in the driver seat. In 2nd Innings, West Indies declared the innings after scoring 271/6 and asked india to chase down 406 runs for team India and india played 147 over of ruthless bowling to display the masterclass of chase thanks to Sunil Gavaskar & Gundappa Vishwanath’s century that help india to clinch the match and do the unbelievable.
2. South Africa vs Australia (27/12/2008) , Perth
Going in Australia and winning there is not everyone’s cup of tea but South Africa did prove the statement wrong as they chased down an mammoth score of 414 in the 4th innings to pull off a historical game in the WACA. Batting first , Australia post an score of 375/10(98.5) overs courtesy the contribution of lower order Batsman. South Africa manage to score 281/10(89.5) overs with contribution of 63 each by Jacque Kallis & AB De Villiers. perhaps the later not knowing that how crucial the innings he’s going to play.
Australia in 2nd innings batted with greet and scored 312/10 in(97 overs). South Africa asked to chase 414 runs to win the game and chase like these are not easy in 4th Innings and in WACA as well. But South Africa proved all odds wrong and chased down the total and won the game by 6 wickets. making the chase the 2nd highest successful chase in test cricket till date. Graeme Smith & AB De Villiers important hundreds help South Africa to create history and making an statement for ages.
1. West Indies vs Australia (9/05/2003), St, John’s
West Indies is the only team in the history so far to chase down the highest successful target of 418/7 versus Australia and till date no other team able to break the record. Along with the record. the scoreboard too read very interesting as both team scored 240/10 in their respective innings. And in second innings Australia took the driving seat and put an total of 417/10 courtesy 242 runs opening partnership of J.Langer & M. Hayden.Again West Indies asked to score 418 runs and just like first innings West Indies did scored what their opponents scored but this time they scored one run more and reached the pinnacle of rarest of history made by any time. Contribution of Ramnaresh Sarwan & Shivnarayan Chandrapaul, West Indies fought against the all odds and clich the unbelievable to create an legacy in world cricket.
