Biggest difference between a team's first and second innings

Biggest difference between a team's first and second innings in Tests

Biggest difference between a team's first and second innings

Team	Score	Score	Diff	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	106	657/8d	551	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
New Zealand	174	671/4	497	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
New Zealand	192	680/8d	488	v India	Wellington	14 Feb 2014	Test # 2120
India	171	657/7d	486	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001	Test # 1535
West Indies	590	134	456	v India	Wankhede	22 Nov 2011	Test # 2019
Pakistan	579/3d	123	456	v West Indies	Dubai (DICS)	13 Oct 2016	Test # 2224
Bangladesh	595/8d	160	435	v New Zealand	Wellington	12 Jan 2017	Test # 2246
Zimbabwe	131	563/9d	432	v West Indies	Harare	27 Jul 2001	Test # 1553
West Indies	133	564/8	431	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	23 Mar 1972	Test # 695
England	139	570/7d	431	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
South Africa	506	80	426	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
India	83	505/3d	422	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
England	551/6d	129	422	v Australia	Adelaide	1 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
South Africa	199	620	421	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966	Test # 611
Australia	586	166	420	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1894	Test # 42
Australia	668	249	419	v West Indies	Bridgetown	14 May 1955	Test # 406
South Africa	156	572/7	416	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
India	46	462	416	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	16 Oct 2024	Test # 2555
New Zealand	178	585/4d	407	v Sri Lanka	Christchurch	26 Dec 2018	Test # 2336
England	75	475	400	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1894	Test # 43
England	578	178	400	v India	Chennai	5 Feb 2021	Test # 2409
New Zealand	503	105	398	v India	Auckland	6 Feb 2014	Test # 2118
England	186	583/4d	397	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
Bangladesh	556	167	389	v West Indies	Mirpur	13 Nov 2012	Test # 2057
West Indies	149	536/9d	387	v Australia	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991	Test # 1169
Sri Lanka	482	96	386	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	6 Oct 2017	Test # 2278
Sri Lanka	547/8d	164	383	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	17 Aug 1992	Test # 1194
Pakistan	538	155	383	v England	Leeds	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1813
India	88	463/5d	375	v New Zealand	Brabourne	12 Mar 1965	Test # 582
Australia	701	327	374	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934	Test # 237
Pakistan	574/8d	200	374	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972	Test # 705
Sri Lanka	101	475	374	v England	Chester-le-Street	27 May 2016	Test # 2204
Australia	520/7d	150	370	v West Indies	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 2009	Test # 1941
West Indies	548/7d	184	364	v New Zealand	St John's	27 Apr 1996	Test # 1326
Pakistan	191	555/3d	364	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019	Test # 2375
South Africa	483/9d	121	362	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
South Africa	30	390	360	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
Australia	556	196	360	v India	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003	Test # 1673
Australia	118	477	359	v England	Birmingham	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
Australia	198	554	356	v South Africa	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931	Test # 214
Pakistan	245	599/7d	354	v India	Karachi	29 Jan 2006	Test # 1783
West Indies	481	128	353	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	12 Nov 2003	Test # 1669
Australia	600	250	350	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925	Test # 159
Pakistan	523/8d	173	350	v England	Abu Dhabi	13 Oct 2015	Test # 2180

Cases are limited to where the lower score is a completed innings, and so excludes declarations

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Dec 10-12, 2025 [Test # 2612]

Australia v England at Brisbane, 2nd Test, Dec 4-7, 2025 [Test # 2611]

New Zealand v West Indies at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Dec 2-6, 2025 [Test # 2610]