Largest deficit overcome without losing a wicket in the 2nd match innings | Team | Deficit | 1st Wkt | Total | Result |
Margin | Opposition | Ground | Start Date | Scorecard |
| New Zealand | -365 | 387 | 543/3d | drawn |
| v West Indies | Georgetown | Apr 6, 1972 | Test 696 | |
West Indies | -260 | 298 | 446 | won | inns & 32 runs | v England | St John's | Apr 12, 1990 | Test 1144 | | Australia |
-241 | 244 | 516 | won | inns & 9 runs | v England | Adelaide | Jan 28, 1966 | Test 600 | | Pakistan | -216 |
298 | 417 | won | 10 wickets | v West Indies | Karachi | Dec 6, 1997 | Test 1391 | | Sri Lanka | -199 | 281 |
541 | won | inns & 240 runs | v Zimbabwe | Harare | May 6, 2004 | Test 1698 | | England | -191 | 323 | 589 |
won | inns & 225 runs | v Australia | Melbourne | Feb 9, 1912 | Test 119 |
| Australia | -173 | 191 | 529 | won |
inns & 4 runs | v India | Melbourne | Dec 30, 1967 | Test 625 | | West Indies | -155 | 214 | 559/6d | won |
inns & 176 runs | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | Jul 19, 2001 | Test 1551 | | Australia | -149 | 231 | 406 | won |
9 wickets | v West Indies | Hobart | Nov 17, 2005 | Test 1771 | | Pakistan | -134 | 168 | 546/3d | won |
inns & 264 runs | v Bangladesh | Multan | Aug 29, 2001 | Test 1560 | | England | -133 | 147 | 501 | won |
7 wickets | v Australia | Adelaide | Jan 12, 1912 | Test 118 | | West Indies | -127 | 167 | 500/7d | won |
inns & 52 runs | v England | St John's | Mar 20, 1998 | Test 1411 | | England | -108 | 148 | 528/3d | won |
inns & 261 runs | v Bangladesh | Lord's | May 26, 2005 | Test 1751 | | New Zealand | -104 | 181 | 407/4d | won |
inns & 185 runs | v Pakistan | Hamilton | Mar 27, 2001 | Test 1540 | | Sri Lanka | -90 | 144 | 555/5d | won |
inns & 137 runs | v Bangladesh | Colombo (SSC) | Sep 6, 2001 | Test 1561 | | Australia | -82 | 101 | 332 | won |
inns & 126 runs | v West Indies | Brisbane | Nov 23, 2000 | Test 1516 | | South Africa | -76 | 78 | 494/7d | won |
inns & 90 runs | v India | Ahmedabad | Apr 3, 2008 | Test 1871 | | Pakistan | -71 | 94 | 357/9d | won |
inns & 52 runs | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | Aug 26, 1994 | Test 1267 | | South Africa | -54 | 217 | 340/3d | won |
inns & 21 runs | v Zimbabwe | Cape Town | Mar 4, 2005 | Test 1737 | | Australia | -52 | 117 | 389 | won |
inns & 149 runs | v England | The Oval | Aug 14, 1948 | Test 303 |
Least wickets lost to overcome a deficit of 400+ in the 2nd match innings
| Team | Deficit | Wkts | Total | Result | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Start Date | Scorecard |
| Sri Lanka | -537 | 1 | 952/6d | drawn | | v India | Colombo (RPS) | Aug 2, 1997 | Test 1374 |
| Australia | -425 | 2 | 729/6d | won | 7 wickets | v England | Lord's | Jun 27, 1930 | Test 195 |
| Pakistan | -479 | 2 | 555/3 | drawn | | v Sri Lanka | Faisalabad | Oct 16, 1985 | Test 1026 |
| Australia | -405 | 3 | 695 | won | inns & 39 runs | v England | The Oval | Aug 16, 1930 | Test 198 |
| Sri Lanka | -445 | 3 | 591 | won | 10 wickets | v England | The Oval | Aug 27, 1998 | Test 1423 |
| West Indies | -482 | 3 | 563/8d | drawn | | v England | Bridgetown | Jan 6, 1960 | Test 485 |
| India | -422 | 3 | 458/4d | won | 7 wickets | v Zimbabwe | Delhi | Nov 18, 2000 | Test 1515 |
| Australia | -435 | 4 | 674/6d | drawn | | v England | Cardiff | Jul 8, 2009 | Test 1922 |
| West Indies | -415 | 4 | 644/8d | drawn | | v India | Delhi | Feb 6, 1959 | Test 467 |
| Pakistan | -509 | 4 | 699/5 | drawn | | v India | Lahore | Dec 1, 1989 | Test 1130 |
| Pakistan | -500 | 4 | 674/6 | drawn | | v India | Faisalabad | Oct 24, 1984 | Test 996 |
| Pakistan | -465 | 4 | 624 | drawn | | v Australia | Adelaide | Dec 9, 1983 | Test 970 |
| India | -540 | 4 | 627 | drawn | | v South Africa | Chennai | Mar 26, 2008 | Test 1870 |
| Sri Lanka | -426 | 5 | 760/7d | drawn | | v India | Ahmedabad | Nov 16, 2009 | Test 1933 |
| India | -420 | 5 | 676/7 | drawn | | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | Dec 17, 1986 | Test 1061 |
| West Indies | -454 | 5 | 692/8d | drawn | | v England | The Oval | Aug 24, 1995 | Test 1303 |
| West Indies | -588 | 5 | 747 | drawn | | v South Africa | St John's | Apr 29, 2005 | Test 1750 |
| Sri Lanka | -448 | 5 | 590/9d | won | 10 wickets | v West Indies | Galle | Nov 13, 2001 | Test 1567 |
| Pakistan | -441 | 5 | 574/8d | lost | 92 runs | v Australia | Melbourne | Dec 29, 1972 | Test 705 |
| England | -484 | 5 | 604/9d | won | 9 wickets | v South Africa | The Oval | Sep 4, 2003 | Test 1659 |
| England | -409 | 5 | 526 | won | 9 wickets | v New Zealand | Leeds | Jun 3, 2004 | Test 1702 |
| West Indies | -513 | 5 | 629/9d | drawn |
| v India | St John's | May 10, 2002 | Test 1602 | |
West Indies | -503 | 5 | 606 | drawn | | v Australia | Sydney | Jan 2, 1993 | Test 1208 | | South Africa |
-419 | 5 | 519/8d | drawn | | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | Sep 14, 2001 | Test 1563 | | West Indies | -457 |
5 | 550 | drawn | | v India | St John's | Apr 28, 1983 | Test 956 | | India | -450 | 5 |
531/7d | drawn | | v New Zealand | Delhi | Dec 16, 1955 | Test 418 | | West Indies | -429 | 5 | 509 |
won | 10 wickets | v Australia | Bridgetown | Mar 30, 1984 | Test 986 |
| England | -476 | 5 | 534/6d | drawn |
| v South Africa | The Oval | Aug 17, 1935 | Test 246 | |
Australia | -485 | 5 | 543/8d | drawn | | v England | Melbourne | Feb 11, 1966 | Test 601 | | Australia |
-453 | 5 | 505 | tied | | v West Indies | Brisbane | Dec 9, 1960 | Test 498 | | India | -478 |
5 | 495 | won | 7 wickets | v Australia | Bangalore | Oct 9, 2010 | Test 1973 |
Largest deficit overcome without losing a wicket in the 3rd match innings
| Team | Deficit | 1st Wkt | Total | Result | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Start Date | Scorecard |
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| England | -264 | 290 | 479/9d | drawn | | v South Africa | The Oval | Aug 18, 1960 | Test 496 |
| England | -193 | 273 | 570/7d | drawn | | v South Africa | Durban | Dec 26, 2004 | Test 1730 |
| Pakistan | -145 | 219 | 419/9d | drawn | | v West Indies | Bridgetown | May 18, 2000 | Test 1496 |
| England | -136 | 162 | 266/4d | drawn | | v Australia | Lord's | Jun 19, 1997 | Test 1370 |
| India | -132 | 137 | 505/3d | drawn | | v New Zealand | Mohali | Oct 10, 1999 | Test 1462 |
| Sri Lanka | -123 | 126 | 126/0 | drawn | | v West Indies | Gros Islet | Jun 20, 2003 | Test 1648 |
| New Zealand | -122 | 125 | 448/8d | drawn | | v India | Hyderabad (Deccan) | Nov 12, 2010 | Test 1975 |
| England | -117 | 140 | 428 | won | 87 runs | v South Africa | Cape Town | Dec 31, 1927 | Test 169 |
| Australia | -116 | 126 | 397 | lost | 1 wickets | v England | Melbourne | Jan 1, 1908 | Test 97 |
| West Indies | -107 | 118 | 334/3 | drawn | | v Australia | Kingston | Mar 1, 1991 | Test 1166 |
| Australia | -103 | 117 | 117/0 | drawn | | v West Indies | Sydney | Jan 2, 1993 | Test 1208 |
| New Zealand | -97 | 117 | 256/5 | drawn | | v West Indies | St George's | Jun 28, 2002 | Test 1608 |
| Sri Lanka | -93 | 113 | 442/8d | won | 88 runs | v England | Kandy | Dec 1, 2007 | Test 1851 |
| West Indies | -89 | 96 | 239 | drawn | | v England | Port of Spain | Mar 23, 1990 | Test 1142 |
| West Indies | -87 | 91 | 386 | drawn | | v Australia | Port of Spain | Mar 26, 1965 | Test 584 |
| India | -87 | 125 | 193/2 | drawn | | v Pakistan | Kanpur | Dec 25, 1979 | Test 866 |
| West Indies | -85 | 86 | 264/9d | drawn | | v New Zealand | Auckland | Feb 29, 1980 | Test 877 |
| New Zealand | -81 | 101 | 112/1 | drawn | | v India | Delhi | Dec 16, 1955 | Test 418 |
| England | -80 | 94 | 302 | won | 62 runs | v Australia | Sydney | Feb 12, 1971 | Test 679 |
| India | -77 | 78 | 262/8d | drawn | | v Pakistan | Nagpur | Oct 5, 1983 | Test 963 |
| England | -76 | 177 | 305 | drawn | | v West Indies | Kingston | Feb 17, 1960 | Test 489 |
| New Zealand | -75 | 214 | 441/5d | drawn | | v Zimbabwe | Auckland | Jan 20, 1996 | Test 1323 |
| India | -69 | 153 | 224/2 | drawn | | v West Indies | Mumbai | Dec 1, 1978 | Test 835 |
| Australia | -69 | 85 | 401/7d | won | 122 runs | v India | Sydney | Jan 2, 2008 | Test 1857 |
| Bangladesh | -69 | 82 | 345 | won |
95 runs | v West Indies | Kingstown | Jul 9, 2009 | Test 1923 | | Australia | -67 | 79 | 300/2d | drawn |
| v West Indies | Bridgetown | Mar 9, 1973 | Test 716 | |
Australia | -65 | 91 | 397 | won | 139 runs | v India | Chennai | Oct 2, 1964 | Test 566 | | England |
-64 | 122 | 232 | lost | 5 wickets | v Australia | Sydney | Feb 17, 1882 | Test 6 | | New Zealand | -64 |
66 | 241 | lost | 6 wickets | v Pakistan | Lahore | Nov 16, 1984 | Test 998 | | Australia | -61 | 115 |
143/1 | drawn | | v India | Kolkata | Oct 17, 1964 | Test 568 |
Least wickets lost to overcome a deficit of 200+ in the 3rd match innings
| Team | Deficit | Wkts | Total | Result | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Start Date | Scorecard |
| England | -264 | 0 | 479/9d | drawn | | v South Africa | The Oval | Aug 18, 1960 | Test 496 |
| India | -264 | 1 | 444 | drawn | | v West Indies | Kingston | Mar 28, 1953 | Test 371 |
| England | -261 | 1 | 392 | lost | 7 wickets | v West Indies | Port of Spain | Feb 2, 1974 | Test 731 |
| Pakistan | -254 | 1 | 540 | drawn | | v West Indies | Georgetown | Mar 18, 1977 | Test 801 |
| Australia | -247 | 1 | 427/6d | drawn | | v England | Nottingham | Jun 10, 1938 | Test 263 |
| England | -234 | 1 | 264/1 | drawn | | v South Africa | The Oval | Aug 17, 1929 | Test 185 |
| West Indies | -232 | 1 | 447/5d | drawn | | v New Zealand | Christchurch | Feb 22, 1980 | Test 875 |
| England | -223 | 1 | 497/5 | drawn | | v India | Kanpur | Dec 1, 1961 | Test 514 |
| England | -221 | 1 | 517/1d | drawn | | v Australia | Brisbane | Nov 25, 2010 | Test 1981 |
| Australia | -211 | 1 | 328/2 | drawn | | v England | Sydney | Jan 29, 1988 | Test 1090 |
| England | -200 | 1 | 254/3 | drawn | | v Australia | Leeds | Jul 10, 1926 | Test 165 |
| South Africa | -346 | 2 | 393/3d | drawn | | v England | Lord's | Jul 10, 2008 | Test 1880 |
| New Zealand | -323 | 2 | 671/4 | drawn | | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | Jan 31, 1991 | Test 1162 |
| England | -280 | 2 | 529/5d | drawn | | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | May 16, 2002 | Test 1603 |
| England | -266 | 2 | 477/4d | drawn | | v India | The Oval | Aug 23, 1990 | Test 1150 |
| Pakistan | -261 | 2 | 537 | drawn | | v Australia | Rawalpindi | Oct 5, 1994 | Test 1269 |
| West Indies | -252 | 2 | 398 | lost | 9 wickets | v Australia | Georgetown | Apr 10, 2003 | Test 1638 |
| Pakistan | -248 | 2 | 455 | drawn |
| v New Zealand | Napier | Dec 11, 2009 | Test 1940 | |
Pakistan | -245 | 2 | 366 | lost | 7 wickets | v Australia | Lahore | Nov 21, 1959 | Test 480 | | Pakistan |
-234 | 2 | 461/7 | drawn | | v West Indies | Multan | Nov 19, 2006 | Test 1816 | | Australia | -224 |
2 | 254/5 | drawn | | v England | The Oval | Aug 14, 1899 | Test 64 | | Bangladesh | -223 | 2 |
382 | lost | 8 wickets | v England | Lord's | May 27, 2010 | Test 1958 | | West Indies | -218 | 2 | 273/4 |
drawn | | v Australia | Port of Spain | Apr 11, 1955 | Test 404 |
| Zimbabwe | -216 | 2 | 563/9d | drawn |
| v West Indies | Harare | Jul 27, 2001 | Test 1553 | |
South Africa | -210 | 2 | 572/7 | drawn | | v England | Durban | Dec 26, 1999 | Test 1480 | | South Africa |
-205 | 2 | 274 | lost | 10 wickets | v Australia | Adelaide | Jan 29, 1932 | Test 215 | | South Africa | -204 |
2 | 401 | lost | 7 wickets | v Australia | Sydney | Mar 3, 1911 | Test 115 | | India | -204 | 2 |
438/7d | drawn | | v New Zealand | Kolkata | Dec 28, 1955 | Test 419 | | England | -203 | 2 | 301/3 |
drawn | | v West Indies | Nottingham | Jun 2, 1988 | Test 1098 |
| New Zealand | -200 | 2 | 367/6 | drawn |
| v West Indies | Christchurch | Mar 13, 1969 | Test 652 |
Largest target achieved without losing a wicket in the 4th match innings
| Team | Target | Total | | Opposition | Ground | Start Date | Scorecard |
| Australia | 170 | 172/0 | | v West Indies |
Adelaide | Dec 12, 1930 | Test 199 | | Australia | 157 |
157/0 | | v England | Brisbane | Nov 23, 1990 | Test 1155 |
| Australia | 135 | 135/0 | | v West Indies |
Georgetown | Apr 6, 1973 | Test 720 | | Sri Lanka | 120 |
120/0 | | v Bangladesh | Bogra | Mar 8, 2006 | Test 1786 |
| Australia | 106 | 106/0 | | v New Zealand |
Wellington | Mar 19, 2010 | Test 1955 | | England | 105 |
105/0 | | v Australia | Birmingham | May 27, 1909 | Test 101 |
| West Indies | 102 | 103/0 | | v England |
Nottingham | Jul 20, 1950 | Test 325 | | Pakistan | 98 |
98/0 | | v Sri Lanka | Karachi | Nov 7, 1985 | Test 1028 |
| England | 96 | 98/0 | | v India |
Mumbai | Feb 15, 1980 | Test 874 | | Sri Lanka | 95 |
96/0 | | v India | Galle | Jul 18, 2010 | Test 1964 |
| Pakistan | 88 | 88/0 | | v West Indies |
Karachi | Feb 20, 1959 | Test 469 | | South Africa | 82 |
82/0 | | v Australia | Adelaide | Jan 24, 1964 | Test 553 |
| India | 76 | 78/0 | | v Pakistan |
Chennai | Jan 15, 1980 | Test 869 | | Pakistan | 76 |
77/0 | | v England | Lord's | Aug 12, 1982 | Test 932 |
| West Indies | 74 | 76/0 | | v England |
Kingston | Mar 27, 1948 | Test 298 | | Australia | 74 |
74/0 | | v Pakistan | Brisbane | Nov 5, 1999 | Test 1467 |
| West Indies | 72 | 75/0 | | v Zimbabwe |
Kingston | Mar 24, 2000 | Test 1492 | | Australia | 70 |
73/0 | | v South Africa | Adelaide | Jan 29, 1932 | Test 215 |
| South Africa | 67 | 70/0 | | v England |
Cape Town | Jan 2, 1996 | Test 1321 | | Pakistan | 67 |
69/0 | | v Zimbabwe | Faisalabad | Oct 24, 1996 | Test 1337 |
| West Indies | 65 | 67/0 | | v England |
Leeds | Jul 21, 1988 | Test 1101 | | Australia | 63 |
63/0 | | v New Zealand | Brisbane | Nov 28, 1980 | Test 887 |
| Australia | 62 | 63/0 | | v West Indies |
Port of Spain | May 14, 1965 | Test 590 | | Australia | 59 |
59/0 | | v South Africa | Cape Town | Nov 8, 1902 | Test 77 |
| West Indies | 59 | 59/0 | | v New Zealand |
Kingston | May 4, 1985 | Test 1016 | | Pakistan | 57 |
57/0 | | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | Nov 16, 2002 | Test 1627 |
| Australia | 56 | 58/0 | | v India |
Brisbane | Nov 29, 1991 | Test 1177 | | West Indies | 55 |
55/0 | | v Australia | Kingston | Apr 28, 1984 | Test 988 |
| England | 54 | 57/0 | | v South Africa |
Johannesburg | Dec 24, 1927 | Test 168 | | West Indies | 54 |
57/0 | | v Australia | Perth | Feb 1, 1997 | Test 1353 |
| Australia | 53 | 54/0 | | v South Africa |
Sydney | Jan 2, 2002 | Test 1582 | | England | 50 |
50/0 | | v Sri Lanka | Manchester | Jun 13, 2002 | Test 1606 |
Least wickets lost to achieve a target of 200+ in the 4th match innings
| Team | Target | Total | | Opposition | Ground | Start Date | Scorecard |
| West Indies | 342 | 344/1 | | v England | Lord's | Jun 28, 1984 | Test 990 |
| England | 209 | 209/1 | | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | Mar 20, 2010 | Test 1956 |
| West Indies | 317 | 317/2 | | v Pakistan | Georgetown | Mar 13, 1958 | Test 452 |
| Australia | 287 | 288/2 | | v South Africa | Sydney | Jan 2, 2006 | Test 1780 |
| West Indies | 253 | 255/2 | | v England | The Oval | Aug 22, 1963 | Test 547 |
| England | 247 | 247/2 | | v South Africa | Nottingham | Jul 23, 1998 | Test 1421 |
| West Indies | 225 | 226/2 | | v England | The Oval | Aug 4, 1988 | Test 1102 |
| England | 219 | 219/2 | | v Australia | Melbourne | Dec 30, 1911 | Test 117 |
| Australia | 219 | 219/2 | | v West Indies | Brisbane | Nov 28, 1975 | Test 764 |
| Australia | 211 | 211/2 | | v England | Melbourne | Feb 11, 1921 | Test 138 |
| England | 204 | 205/2 | | v South Africa | The Oval | Aug 18, 1994 | Test 1266 |
| Pakistan | 202 | 202/2 | | v New Zealand | Karachi | Apr 9, 1965 | Test 587 |
| Australia | 404 | 404/3 | | v England | Leeds | Jul 22, 1948 | Test 302 |
| England | 282 | 282/3 | | v New Zealand | Lord's | May 20, 2004 | Test 1700 |
| Pakistan | 274 | 277/3 | | v New Zealand | Wellington | Dec 26, 2003 | Test 1677 |
| India | 264 | 264/3 | | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | Aug 22, 2001 | Test 1557 |
| Australia | 236 | 236/3 | | v Pakistan | Perth | Mar 24, 1979 | Test 850 |
| England | 234 | 237/3 | | v Australia | Melbourne | Dec 29, 1962 | Test 536 |
| England | 231 | 231/3 | | v West Indies | Manchester | Aug 12, 2004 | Test 1711 |
| Pakistan | 227 | 230/3 | | v New Zealand | Hyderabad (Sind) | Nov 25, 1984 | Test 1000 |
| Pakistan | 217 | 217/3 | | v Bangladesh | Karachi | Aug 20, 2003 | Test 1655 |
| England | 216 | 218/3 | | v New Zealand | Lord's | Jun 17, 1965 | Test 592 |
| England | 215 | 215/3 | | v West Indies | Port of Spain | Mar 14, 1968 | Test 635 |
| West Indies | 212 | 212/3 | | v Sri Lanka | Kingston | Jun 27, 2003 | Test 1649 |
| England | 208 | 211/3 | | v New Zealand | Birmingham | Jul 1, 1999 | Test 1455 |
| India | 207 | 207/3 | | v Australia | Bangalore | Oct 9, 2010 | Test 1973 |
Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1981: Australia v England at Brisbane, The Ashes 1st Test, Nov 25-29, 2010
• ODI # 3070: India v New Zealand at Guwahati, 1st ODI, Nov 28, 2010
• T20I # 192: Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Only T20I, Oct 31, 2010
Travis Basevi is a cricket statistician and UK Senior Programmer for Cricinfo and other ESPN sports websites