Highest totals, innings, partnerships in a lost Test

• Highest team score in Tests when losing the match
  
• Highest individual score in Tests when losing the match
  
• Highest Test partnerships when losing the match
  
• Best innings bowling in Tests when losing the match
  

Highest team score in Tests when losing the match

Team	Score	Opposition	Ground	Season	Scorecard
Australia	586	v England	Sydney	1894/95	Test 42
Pakistan	574/8d	v Australia	Melbourne	1972/73	Test 705
Australia	556	v India	Adelaide	2003/04	Test 1673
England	551/6d	v Australia	Adelaide	2006/07	Test 1819
Sri Lanka	547/8d	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	1992	Test 1194
Pakistan	538	v England	Leeds	2006	Test 1813
West Indies	526/7d	v England	Port of Spain	1967/68	Test 635
Australia	520	v South Africa	Melbourne	1952/53	Test 365
England	519	v Australia	Melbourne	1928/29	Test 180
India	510	v England	Leeds	1967	Test 618
South Africa	506	v Australia	Melbourne	1910/11	Test 112
Pakistan	504	v England	The Oval	2006	Test 1814
England	496	v Australia	Leeds	1948	Test 302
Australia	490	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1998/99	Test 1453
Australia	485	v England	Sydney	1903/04	Test 78
South Africa	484	v England	The Oval	2003	Test 1659
England	479	v Australia	Melbourne	1924/25	Test 159
Australia	477	v England	Birmingham	1997	Test 1368
Australia	476	v England	Adelaide	1911/12	Test 118
South Africa	473	v Australia	Cape Town	2001/02	Test 1593
Australia	465	v South Africa	Adelaide	1910/11	Test 113
India	465	v Pakistan	Lahore	1978/79	Test 832
India	454	v England	Lord's	1990	Test 1148
South Africa	452	v Australia	Sydney	2001/02	Test 1582
New Zealand	451	v England	Christchurch	2001/02	Test 1594
South Africa	451/9d	v Australia	Sydney	2005/06	Test 1780
India	449	v Pakistan	Bangalore	2004/05	Test 1743
West Indies	448	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2001/02	Test 1567
England	447	v Australia	Adelaide	1920/21	Test 137
Australia	447	v England	Leeds	2001	Test 1556
India	445	v Australia	Adelaide	1977/78	Test 816
England	445	v Sri Lanka	The Oval	1998	Test 1423
Australia	445	v India	Kolkata	2000/01	Test 1535
England	441	v Australia	Nottingham	1948	Test 299
New Zealand	440	v England	Nottingham	1973	Test 722

Highest individual score in Tests when losing the match

Player	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Season	Scorecard
RT Ponting (Aus)	242	v India	Adelaide	2003/04	Test 1673
BC Lara (WI)	226	v Australia	Adelaide	2005/06	Test 1773
NJ Astle (NZ)	222	v England	Christchurch	2001/02	Test 1594
BC Lara (WI)	221	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	2001/02	Test 1572
VT Trumper (Aus)	214*	v South Africa	Adelaide	1910/11	Test 113
RG Pollock (SA)	209	v Australia	Cape Town	1966/67	Test 613
PD Collingwood (Eng)	206	v Australia	Adelaide	2006/07	Test 1819
RN Harvey (Aus)	205	v South Africa	Melbourne	1952/53	Test 365
GA Faulkner (SA)	204	v Australia	Melbourne	1910/11	Test 112
DL Amiss (Eng)	203	v West Indies	The Oval	1976	Test 781
ML Hayden (Aus)	203	v India	Chennai	2000/01	Test 1539
L Hutton (Eng)	202*	v West Indies	The Oval	1950	Test 326
BC Lara (WI)	202	v South Africa	Johannesburg	2003/04	Test 1674
SE Gregory (Aus)	201	v England	Sydney	1894/95	Test 42
V Sehwag (India)	201	v Pakistan	Bangalore	2004/05	Test 1743
A Flower (Zim)	199*	v South Africa	Harare	2001/02	Test 1562
SR Waugh (Aus)	199	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1998/99	Test 1453
BC Lara (WI)	196	v South Africa	Port of Spain	2004/05	Test 1747
V Sehwag (India)	195	v Australia	Melbourne	2003/04	Test 1678
ME Trescothick (Eng)	193	v Pakistan	Multan	2005/06	Test 1770
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	192	v England	Leeds	2006	Test 1813
GJ Whittall (Zim)	188*	v New Zealand	Harare	2000/01	Test 1511
SJ McCabe (Aus)	187*	v England	Sydney	1932/33	Test 220
VT Trumper (Aus)	185*	v England	Sydney	1903/04	Test 78
DCS Compton (Eng)	184	v Australia	Nottingham	1948	Test 299
MH Mankad (India)	184	v England	Lord's	1952	Test 352
A Flower (Zim)	183*	v India	Delhi	2000/01	Test 1515
HH Gibbs (SA)	183	v England	The Oval	2003	Test 1659
BC Lara (WI)	182	v Australia	Adelaide	2000/01	Test 1523
CH Lloyd (WI)	178	v Australia	Georgetown	1972/73	Test 720
GA Hick (Eng)	178	v India	Mumbai	1992/93	Test 1214
BC Lara (WI)	178	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2001/02	Test 1567
IVA Richards (WI)	177	v India	Port of Spain	1975/76	Test 775
SR Tendulkar (India)	177	v Australia	Bangalore	1997/98	Test 1413
MP Vaughan (Eng)	177	v Australia	Adelaide	2002/03	Test 1628
ML Hayden (Aus)	177	v West Indies	St John's	2002/03	Test 1645
H Sutcliffe (Eng)	176	v Australia	Melbourne	1924/25	Test 159
BE Congdon (NZ)	176	v England	Nottingham	1973	Test 722
BC Lara (WI)	176	v South Africa	Bridgetown	2004/05	Test 1749

Highest Test partnerships when losing the match

Partners	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Season	Scorecard
Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan (Pak)	363	v England	Leeds	2006	Test 1813
PD Collingwood, KP Pietersen (Eng)	310	v Australia	Adelaide	2006/07	Test 1819
JB Hobbs, H Sutcliffe (Eng)	283	v Australia	Melbourne	1924/25	Test 159
RT Ponting, SR Waugh (Aus)	281	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1998/99	Test 1453
SL Campbell, AFG Griffith (WI)	276	v New Zealand	Hamilton	1999/00	Test 1477
RB Kanhai, SM Nurse (WI)	273	v England	Port of Spain	1967/68	Test 635
GP Thorpe, MP Vaughan (Eng)	267	v Pakistan	Manchester	2001	Test 1547
Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	259	v England	Karachi	2000/01	Test 1521
JL Langer, ML Hayden (Aus)	242	v West Indies	St John's	2002/03	Test 1645
A Ranatunga, AP Gurusinha (SL)	230	v Australia	Colombo (SSC)	1992	Test 1194
G Kirsten, HH Gibbs (SA)	227	v England	The Oval	2003	Test 1659
VS Hazare, VL Manjrekar (India)	222	v England	Leeds	1952	Test 351
M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar (India)	222	v South Africa	Cape Town	1996/97	Test 1349
SE Gregory, GHS Trott (Aus)	221	v England	Lord's	1896	Test 50
RT Ponting, ME Waugh (Aus)	221	v England	Leeds	2001	Test 1556
SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag (India)	220	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	2001/02	Test 1564
JH Kallis, AG Prince (SA)	219	v Australia	Sydney	2005/06	Test 1780
IM Chappell, WM Lawry (Aus)	217	v West Indies	Brisbane	1968/69	Test 642
HSTL Hendry, WM Woodfull (Aus)	215	v England	Sydney	1928/29	Test 177
C Washbrook, RT Simpson (Eng)	212	v West Indies	Nottingham	1950	Test 325
MH Mankad, VS Hazare (India)	211	v England	Lord's	1952	Test 352
Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan (Pak)	211	v India	Kolkata	2004/05	Test 1741
JJ Crowe, GP Howarth (NZ)	210	v West Indies	Kingston	1984/85	Test 1016
G Boycott, DL Amiss (Eng)	209	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1973/74	Test 731
BC Lara, RR Sarwan (WI)	209	v England	Birmingham	2004	Test 1708
SR Waugh, GM Wood (Aus)	200	v West Indies	Perth	1988/89	Test 1110
LG Rowe, AI Kallicharran (WI)	198	v Australia	Brisbane	1975/76	Test 764
Nasim-ul-Ghani, Javed Burki (Pak)	197	v England	Lord's	1962	Test 531
GRJ Matthews, AR Border (Aus)	197	v New Zealand	Brisbane	1985/86	Test 1029
Sadiq Mohammad, Majid Khan (Pak)	195	v Australia	Melbourne	1972/73	Test 705
MA Taylor, GS Blewett (Aus)	194	v England	Birmingham	1997	Test 1368
RR Sarwan, BC Lara (WI)	194	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	2001/02	Test 1572
SM Gavaskar, M Amarnath (India)	193	v Australia	Perth	1977/78	Test 811
AJ Lamb, RA Smith (Eng)	193	v West Indies	Bridgetown	1989/90	Test 1143
CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar (India)	192	v Pakistan	Lahore	1978/79	Test 832
A Flower, GW Flower (Zim)	192	v India	Delhi	1992/93	Test 1218
Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan (Pak)	192	v Australia	Melbourne	2004/05	Test 1729
Asif Iqbal, Intikhab Alam (Pak)	190	v England	The Oval	1967	Test 623
M Amarnath, M Azharuddin (India)	190	v England	Chennai	1984/85	Test 1008

Best innings bowling in Tests when losing the match

Player	Figures	Opposition	Ground	Season	Scorecard
N Kapil Dev (India)	9/83	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	1983/84	Test 967
JM Noreiga (WI)	9/95	v India	Port of Spain	1970/71	Test 683
SP Gupte (India)	9/102	v West Indies	Kanpur	1958/59	Test 461
ARC Fraser (Eng)	8/53	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1997/98	Test 1398
GA Lohmann (Eng)	8/58	v Australia	Sydney	1891/92	Test 36
H Trumble (Aus)	8/65	v England	The Oval	1902	Test 74
BS Chandrasekhar (India)	8/79	v England	Delhi	1972/73	Test 703
LC Braund (Eng)	8/81	v Australia	Melbourne	1903/04	Test 82
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	8/83	v Pakistan	Sialkot	1985/86	Test 1027
J Srinath (India)	8/86	v Pakistan	Kolkata	1998/99	Test 1444
MG Hughes (Aus)	8/87	v West Indies	Perth	1988/89	Test 1110
T Richardson (Eng)	8/94	v Australia	Sydney	1897/98	Test 57
IT Botham (Eng)	8/103	v West Indies	Lord's	1984	Test 990
AL Valentine (WI)	8/104	v England	Manchester	1950	Test 323
NA Foster (Eng)	8/107	v Pakistan	Leeds	1987	Test 1077
PA Strang (Zim)	8/109	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	2000/01	Test 1510
GF Lawson (Aus)	8/112	v West Indies	Adelaide	1984/85	Test 1002
MHN Walker (Aus)	8/143	v England	Melbourne	1974/75	Test 755
HJ Tayfield (SA)	7/23	v Australia	Durban	1949/50	Test 320
GR Hazlitt (Aus)	7/25	v England	The Oval	1912	Test 129
Maninder Singh (India)	7/27	v Pakistan	Bangalore	1986/87	Test 1073
MS Kasprowicz (Aus)	7/36	v England	The Oval	1997	Test 1377
CTB Turner (Aus)	7/43	v England	Sydney	1887/88	Test 27
FR Spofforth (Aus)	7/44	v England	Sydney	1882/83	Test 12
Ghulam Ahmed (India)	7/49	v Australia	Kolkata	1956/57	Test 433
Imran Khan (Pak)	7/52	v England	Birmingham	1982	Test 931
C Pringle (NZ)	7/52	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	1990/91	Test 1153
DS Atkinson (WI)	7/53	v New Zealand	Auckland	1955/56	Test 424
GE Gomez (WI)	7/55	v Australia	Sydney	1951/52	Test 347
JH Wardle (Eng)	7/56	v Pakistan	The Oval	1954	Test 390
SK Warne (Aus)	7/56	v South Africa	Sydney	1993/94	Test 1243
JB Statham (Eng)	7/57	v Australia	Melbourne	1958/59	Test 462
SF Barnes (Eng)	7/60	v Australia	Sydney	1907/08	Test 100
AE Hall (SA)	7/63	v England	Cape Town	1922/23	Test 149
FJ Laver (Aus)	7/64	v England	Nottingham	1905	Test 83
AME Roberts (WI)	7/64	v India	Chennai	1974/75	Test 752
SJ Pegler (SA)	7/65	v England	Lord's	1912	Test 122
G Dymock (Aus)	7/67	v India	Kanpur	1979/80	Test 857
T Emmett (Eng)	7/68	v Australia	Melbourne	1878/79	Test 3
FMM Worrell (WI)	7/70	v England	Leeds	1957	Test 442
Pervez Sajjad (Pak)	7/74	v New Zealand	Lahore	1969/70	Test 663
GD McGrath (Aus)	7/76	v England	The Oval	1997	Test 1377
GD McGrath (Aus)	7/76	v England	Leeds	2001	Test 1556
JE Emburey (Eng)	7/78	v Australia	Sydney	1986/87	Test 1065
CD Collymore (WI)	7/78	v Pakistan	Kingston	2005	Test 1754
FJ Titmus (Eng)	7/79	v Australia	Sydney	1962/63	Test 537
GA Faulkner (SA)	7/84	v England	The Oval	1912	Test 128
FA Rose (WI)	7/84	v South Africa	Durban	1998/99	Test 1437
L Amar Singh (India)	7/86	v England	Chennai	1933/34	Test 232
RJ Bright (Aus)	7/87	v Pakistan	Karachi	1979/80	Test 876
SL Boock (NZ)	7/87	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	1984/85	Test 1000
DL Vettori (NZ)	7/87	v Australia	Auckland	1999/00	Test 1488
AK Davidson (Aus)	7/93	v India	Kanpur	1959/60	Test 483
WH Ashley (SA)	7/95	v England	Cape Town	1888/89	Test 32
BS Bedi (India)	7/98	v Australia	Kolkata	1969/70	Test 668
MA Noble (Aus)	7/100	v England	Sydney	1903/04	Test 81
M Muralitharan (SL)	7/100	v India	Delhi	2005/06	Test 1776
DVP Wright (Eng)	7/105	v Australia	Sydney	1946/47	Test 283
NJN Hawke (Aus)	7/105	v England	Sydney	1965/66	Test 599
MJ Hoggard (Eng)	7/109	v Australia	Adelaide	2006/07	Test 1819
DL Underwood (Eng)	7/113	v Australia	Adelaide	1974/75	Test 754
SF Barnes (Eng)	7/121	v Australia	Melbourne	1901/02	Test 66
G Giffen (Aus)	7/128	v England	The Oval	1893	Test 40
PR Adams (SA)	7/128	v Pakistan	Lahore	2003/04	Test 1664
BS Chandrasekhar (India)	7/157	v West Indies	Mumbai (BS)	1966/67	Test 610
DG Phadkar (India)	7/159	v West Indies	Chennai	1948/49	Test 310
T Richardson (Eng)	7/168	v Australia	Manchester	1896	Test 51
B Yardley (Aus)	7/187	v Pakistan	Melbourne	1981/82	Test 913
Danish Kaneria (Pak)	7/188	v Australia	Sydney	2004/05	Test 1731
N Kapil Dev (India)	7/220	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	1982/83	Test 945

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1819: Australia v England at Adelaide, The Ashes 2nd Test, Dec 1-5, 2006
• ODI # 2458: South Africa v India at Centurion, 5th ODI, Dec 3, 2006