By Kaif - Jul 13, 2025 02:31 PM
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Top 5 highest successful run chases in Test cricket at Lord's stadium: Now two days of play are left in the England vs India Test. In the first three, the matter was equal between the two teams. England scored 387 runs in their first innings, in response the Indian innings was reduced to the same score. Now on the fourth day, England will continue their second innings with a score of 2/0. In such a situation, the Indian team would like to deal with the English batsmen as soon as possible so that they do not have to chase a very big target in the fourth innings.
Keeping this in mind, we are going to tell you about the top 5 successful run chases in Test cricket so far at Lord's ground.
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England holds the fifth position in terms of the biggest run chase in the fourth innings at Lord's. In the Test played against New Zealand in 1965, England chased a target of 216 and won by 7 wickets. New Zealand scored 175 in the first innings and 347 in the second. In reply, England scored 307 in their first innings and 218/3 in the second to win the match.
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The fourth biggest target included in this list was also chased by England against New Zealand. In 2022, the first match of the three-match Test series against New Zealand was played at Lord's itself. In this, New Zealand were all out for 132 runs in the first innings, in response to which England scored 141 runs to take a lead of 9 runs. In their second innings, New Zealand scored 285 and set a target of 277. England scored 279/5 with the help of Joe Root's unbeaten century and registered a spectacular victory.
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South Africa defeated Australia in the WTC final and successfully achieved the third-highest target at Lord's ground. South Africa fell behind by 74 runs after scoring 138 runs from Australia's first innings score of 212. Australia then scored 207 runs in their second innings. In this way, South Africa got a target of 282, which they achieved by losing 5 wickets. Aiden Markram batted brilliantly for the Proteas and scored 136 runs.
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While hosting New Zealand, England had already achieved a target of 282 in the first Test. New Zealand scored 386 in the first innings, after which England scored 441 runs and took a lead of 55 runs. After this, the Kiwi team scored 336 in their second innings and gave England a target of 282 to win. England did not have much trouble chasing the target and scored 282/3 to beat New Zealand in a great style.
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West Indies holds the record for successfully achieving the biggest target at Lord's. The Caribbean team defeated England by 9 wickets in a match played almost 41 years ago. Playing first in the match, England scored 286 runs, in response to which West Indies were all out for 245 runs. England declared their second innings at a score of 300/9 and set a target of 342 including the first innings lead, chasing which West Indies scored 344/1. Gordon Greenidge scored a brilliant double century and remained unbeaten with 214 runs.
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