West Indies failed to chase down 346, but a few records would have been broken had they got there
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<b><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batted_score;result=2;template=results;type=batting;view=innings" target="_blank">Highest individual score in a defeat</b></a><br>Azhar Ali could have become the first triple-centurion to end up on the losing side. The highest score in a loss is Ricky Ponting's 242, against India in Adelaide <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64060.html" target="_blank">in 2003</a>. Getty Images
<b><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=team_score;result=2;template=results;type=team;view=innings" target="_blank">Highest total in a defeat</b></a><br>Pakistan's 579 for 3 would have been the second-highest total in a defeat; Australia's 586 is the highest - <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62437.html" target="_blank">the match</a> in which England pulled off the first win for a team following on AFP
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<b><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;home_or_away=2;home_or_away=3;orderby=balls_faced;team=4;template=results;type=batting;view=match" target="_blank">Most balls faced by a West Indian in an away Test*</b></a><br>Had Darren Bravo taken West Indies to a win, he might have come close to going past Brian Lara's record of 569 balls, <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63960.html" target="_blank"> in Colombo</a> in 2001. Bravo faced a total of 507 balls AFP
<b><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;groupby=innings;innings_number=4;orderby=fow_runs;partnership_wicketmin1=7;partnership_wicketval1=partnership_wicket;result=1;template=results;type=fow" target="_blank">Most runs scored by the final four wickets in a winning chase</b></a><br>Had West Indies chased down 346, it would have meant they had scored 152 after the fall of the sixth wicket. The best is South Africa's 182 back in 1906, in their <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/961529.html" target="_blank">first ever win</a> AFP
<b><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;innings_number=2;orderby=lead;orderbyad=reverse;result=1;template=results;type=team;view=innings" target="_blank">Biggest deficit conceded by a team in a win</b></a><br>With West Indies 222 behind, Dubai would have bettered the <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63839.html" target="_blank">1999 Barbados Test</a> as the highest first-innings deficit they have overcome to win a Test, and the fifth-highest overall** Getty Images
<b><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;innings_number=4;result=1;team=4;template=results;type=team;view=innings" target="_blank">Highest successful chases</b></a><br>Had West Indies pulled off 346 to win the second day-night Test, it would have been their third-best chase, the highest in the UAE and the second-highest against Pakistan. Hamish Blair / Getty Images
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**The 2000 Centurion Test has not been considered
