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Team
Score
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Balls
RR
Inns
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
South Africa
30
12.3
75
2.40
2
v England
Birmingham
14 Jun 1924
Test # 153
Sri Lanka
42
13.5
83
3.03
2
v South Africa
Durban
27 Nov 2024
Test # 2563
South Africa
30
18.4x5
94
1.91
4
v England
Gqeberha
13 Feb 1896
Test # 47
England
61
15.4
94
3.89
2
v Australia
Melbourne
1 Jan 1902
Test # 66
Ireland
38
15.4
94
2.42
4
v England
Lord's
24 Jul 2019
Test # 2352
Australia
58
12.3x8
99
3.51
4
v England
Brisbane
4 Dec 1936
Test # 255
India
42
17.0
102
2.47
3
v England
Lord's
20 Jun 1974
Test # 740
Australia
47
18.0
108
2.61
3
v South Africa
Cape Town
9 Nov 2011
Test # 2016
Australia
60
18.3
111
3.24
1
v England
Nottingham
6 Aug 2015
Test # 2175
Bangladesh
43
18.4
112
2.30
1
v West Indies
North Sound
4 Jul 2018
Test # 2310
Australia
53
22.3x5
113
2.81
1
v England
Lord's
22 Jun 1896
Test # 50
South Africa
43
28.2x4
114
2.26
3
v England
Cape Town
25 Mar 1889
Test # 32
South Africa
35
22.4x5
114
1.84
4
v England
Cape Town
1 Apr 1899
Test # 59
Bangladesh
53
19.0
114
2.78
4
v South Africa
Durban
31 Mar 2022
Test # 2460
England
46
19.1
115
2.40
4
v West Indies
Port of Spain
25 Mar 1994
Test # 1257
West Indies
51
19.1
115
2.66
4
v Australia
Port of Spain
5 Mar 1999
Test # 1448
New Zealand
45
19.2
116
2.32
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
2 Jan 2013
Test # 2069
Australia
60
29.2x4
118
3.05
3
v England
Lord's
16 Jul 1888
Test # 28
India
76
20.0
120
3.80
1
v South Africa
Ahmedabad
3 Apr 2008
Test # 1871
England
58
20.4
124
2.80
1
v New Zealand
Auckland
22 Mar 2018
Test # 2299
Australia
70
31.1x4
125
3.36
3
v England
Manchester
30 Aug 1888
Test # 30
Pakistan
62
21.2
128
2.90
2
v Australia
W.A.C.A
13 Nov 1981
Test # 909
India
36
21.2
128
1.68
3
v Australia
Adelaide
17 Dec 2020
Test # 2396
Australia
44
26.0x5
130
2.03
4
v England
The Oval
10 Aug 1896
Test # 52
India
58
21.4
130
2.67
2
v England
Manchester
17 Jul 1952
Test # 353
South Africa
85
22.0
132
3.86
4
v Australia
Johannesburg
18 Oct 1902
Test # 76
New Zealand
68
22.3
135
3.02
4
v England
Lord's
16 May 2013
Test # 2088
Australia
65
22.4
136
2.86
4
v England
The Oval
19 Aug 1912
Test # 129
England
101
22.5
137
4.42
4
v Australia
Melbourne
5 Mar 1904
Test # 82
Sri Lanka
113
22.5
137
4.94
3
v Australia
Galle
29 Jun 2022
Test # 2469
Australia
36
23.0
138
1.56
2
v England
Birmingham
29 May 1902
Test # 70
South Africa
36
23.2
140
1.54
1
v Australia
Melbourne
12 Feb 1932
Test # 216
South Africa
55
23.2
140
2.35
1
v India
Cape Town
3 Jan 2024
Test # 2522
Bangladesh
80
23.3
141
3.40
4
v South Africa
Gqeberha
8 Apr 2022
Test # 2461
England
85
23.4
142
3.59
1
v Ireland
Lord's
24 Jul 2019
Test # 2352
England
45
35.3x4
143
1.88
1
v Australia
Sydney
28 Jan 1887
Test # 25
Sri Lanka
103
24.2
146
4.23
3
v Australia
Melbourne
26 Dec 2012
Test # 2068
South Africa
96
24.3
147
3.91
2
v Australia
Cape Town
9 Nov 2011
Test # 2016
Sri Lanka
82
24.4
148
3.32
3
v England
Cardiff
26 May 2011
Test # 1994
Pakistan
53
24.5
149
2.13
3
v Australia
Sharjah
11 Oct 2002
Test # 1617
Sri Lanka
73
24.5
149
2.93
3
v Pakistan
Kandy
3 Apr 2006
Test # 1796
Australia
42
37.3x4
151
1.66
2
v England
Sydney
10 Feb 1888
Test # 27
South Africa
84
25.1
151
3.33
2
v India
Johannesburg
15 Dec 2006
Test # 1823
Bangladesh
62
25.2
152
2.44
1
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (PSS)
3 Jul 2007
Test # 1838
West Indies
137
25.2
152
5.40
2
v Pakistan
Multan
17 Jan 2025
Test # 2577
Australia
66
25.3
153
2.58
4
v England
Brisbane
30 Nov 1928
Test # 176
West Indies
53
25.3
153
2.07
4
v Pakistan
Faisalabad
24 Oct 1986
Test # 1055
West Indies
47
25.3
153
1.84
3
v England
Kingston
11 Mar 2004
Test # 1687
South Africa
93
30.4x5
154
3.62
2
v England
Gqeberha
13 Feb 1896
Test # 47
Sri Lanka
96
26.0
156
3.69
3
v Pakistan
Dubai (DICS)
6 Oct 2017
Test # 2278
England
77
39.1x4
157
2.94
3
v Australia
Sydney
14 Mar 1885
Test # 20
South Africa
58
26.1
157
2.21
1
v England
Lord's
10 Jun 1912
Test # 122
India
97
26.2
158
3.68
3
v West Indies
Kingston
21 Apr 1976
Test # 776
England
102
26.2
158
3.87
4
v India
Wankhede
27 Nov 1981
Test # 911
West Indies
61
26.2
158
2.31
3
v England
Leeds
17 Aug 2000
Test # 1508
West Indies
54
26.4
160
2.02
3
v England
Lord's
29 Jun 2000
Test # 1503
Bangladesh
124
26.4
160
4.65
3
v India
Chattogram
17 Dec 2004
Test # 1727
Pakistan
104
26.5
161
3.87
1
v New Zealand
Hamilton
27 Mar 2001
Test # 1540
West Indies
100
26.5
161
3.72
4
v India
North Sound
22 Aug 2019
Test # 2358
New Zealand
26
27.0
162
0.96
3
v England
Auckland
25 Mar 1955
Test # 402
India
83
27.0
162
3.07
1
v New Zealand
Mohali
10 Oct 1999
Test # 1462
Sri Lanka
97
27.3
165
3.52
4
v New Zealand
Kandy
9 Mar 1984
Test # 980
Bangladesh
86
27.4
166
3.10
3
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (RPS)
12 Sep 2005
Test # 1764
England
68
27.4
166
2.45
3
v Australia
Melbourne
26 Dec 2021
Test # 2442
Afghanistan
109
27.5
167
3.91
2
v India
Bengaluru
14 Jun 2018
Test # 2307
England
67
27.5
167
2.40
2
v Australia
Leeds
22 Aug 2019
Test # 2357
South Africa
116
28.0
168
4.14
3
v West Indies
Centurion
28 Feb 2023
Test # 2495
Sri Lanka
81
28.1
169
2.87
3
v England
Colombo (SSC)
15 Mar 2001
Test # 1537
New Zealand
62
28.1
169
2.20
2
v India
Wankhede
3 Dec 2021
Test # 2438
South Africa
95
28.2
170
3.35
3
v Australia
Manchester
27 May 1912
Test # 121
Sri Lanka
71
28.2
170
2.50
1
v Pakistan
Kandy
26 Aug 1994
Test # 1267
England
79
28.2
170
2.78
4
v Australia
Brisbane
7 Nov 2002
Test # 1623
India
58
21.3x8
171
2.03
2
v Australia
Brisbane
28 Nov 1947
Test # 290
England
103
28.5
173
3.57
3
v Australia
Melbourne
1 Jan 1904
Test # 79
Zimbabwe
51
28.5
173
1.76
2
v New Zealand
Napier
26 Jan 2012
Test # 2033
South Africa
73
28.5
173
2.53
4
v Sri Lanka
Galle
12 Jul 2018
Test # 2311
Pakistan
80
29.0
174
2.75
4
v England
Nottingham
29 Jul 2010
Test # 1967
England
72
29.1
175
2.46
3
v Australia
Sydney
1 Feb 1895
Test # 45
Pakistan
49
29.1
175
1.68
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
1 Feb 2013
Test # 2072
India
121
29.1
175
4.14
4
v New Zealand
Wankhede
1 Nov 2024
Test # 2560
India
94
29.2
176
3.20
3
v England
The Oval
15 Aug 2014
Test # 2137
Bangladesh
123
29.3
177
4.16
4
v Sri Lanka
Mirpur
8 Feb 2018
Test # 2296
Australia
111
29.4
178
3.74
4
v England
Melbourne
1 Jan 1904
Test # 79
Zimbabwe
59
29.4
178
1.98
2
v New Zealand
Harare
7 Aug 2005
Test # 1759
West Indies
100
29.5
179
3.35
2
v England
The Oval
12 Aug 1933
Test # 229
India
90
30.0
180
3.00
3
v West Indies
Eden Gardens
10 Dec 1983
Test # 971
England
89
30.0
180
2.96
3
v West Indies
Birmingham
6 Jul 1995
Test # 1300
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