The condition of Pakistan cricket team is worsening every day. Whichever team is going on tour to Pakistan, it is coming back after defeating the Pakistani team at home. Last month, Bangladesh defeated Pakistan in the Test series at their home. Recently, England defeated Shan Masood and Company in the test match played in Multan. Pakistan team had to face defeat at the hands of England by an innings and 47 runs in the Multan Test.
With this defeat, many shameful records have been registered in the name of Pakistan, but one of these records is such that it is shameful. Pakistan has become the first team in the 147-year history of Test cricket to lose a match by an innings margin after scoring 550+ runs in an innings. Till date no team has ever lost in Test cricket after scoring more than 500 runs in an innings.
If we look at the list of teams that scored the most runs in an innings and lost by an innings in Test cricket, before Pakistan this record was in the name of Ireland when in 2023 the team lost by an innings margin against Sri Lanka after scoring 492 runs in an innings. . India’s name is also included in this list. In 2010, India lost the Centurion Test against South Africa by an innings margin despite scoring 459 runs.
The team that scores the most runs in an innings in Test cricket and loses the match by an innings margin
556 – Pakistan vs England, Multan, 2024 (innings and 47 runs)*
492 – Ireland vs Sri Lanka, Galle, 2023 (innings & 10 runs)
477 – England vs India, Chennai, 2016 (innings and 75 runs)
463 – West Indies vs India, Kolkata, 2011 (innings & 15 runs)
459 – India vs South Africa, Centurion, 2010 (innings & 25 runs)
Teams that lost the most matches after scoring more than 500 runs in the first innings-
This is the 5th time in Pakistan cricket that the team has lost the match after scoring more than 500 runs in the first innings. He is at the top of this list. Whereas Australia has fallen 3 times, England, New Zealand and Bangladesh have fallen 2-2 times.
5 – Pakistan*
3 – Australia
2 – England
2 – New Zealand
2 – Bangladesh