West Indies - 418 for 7 vs Australia at St. John's, Antigua in May 2003. BRIEF SCORES: Australia 240 (Justin Langer 42, Steve Waugh 41, Jermaine Lawson 7-78) and 417 (Matthew Hayden 177, Justin Langer 111, M Dillon 4-112, Vasbert Drakes 2-92) LOST TO West Indies 240 (Brian Lara 68, Devon Smith 37, Andy Bichel 3-53, Brett Lee 3-72) and 418-7 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 105, Shivnarine Chanderpaul 104, Brian Lara 60, Brett Lee 4-63). West Indies were hobbling at 165 for 4 and were then reduced to 288 for 6; and when Chanderpaul was dismissed the hosts were 372 for 7, but Omari Banks (47*) and Drakes (27*)'s unbroken 46-run partnership for the eighth wicket sealed a historic victory and deny Australia a clean sweep of the four-Test series.
South Africa - 414 for 4 vs Australia at Perth in December 2008. BRIEF SCORES: Australia 375 (Simon Katich 83, Michael Clarke 62, Makhaya Ntini 4-72, Paul Harris 2-70) and 319 (Brad Haddin 94, Simon Katich 37, Jacques Kallis 3-24, Paul Haiis 3-85) LOST TO South Africa 281 (Jacques Kallis 63, AB de Villiers 63, Mitchell Johnson 8-61) and 414-4 (Graeme Smith 108, AB de Villiers 106*, Jacques Kallis 57, Mitchell Johnson 3-98). Johnson took 11 wickets in the match, but that wasn't enough to deny South Africa a famous victory despite at one stage being 179 for 3. Kallis and De Villiers added 124 runs for the fourth wicket before AB and Duminy (50*)'s unbroken 111-run partnership took South Africa home in a memorable Test.
India - 406 for 4 vs West Indies at Port of Spain in April 1976. West Indies 359 (Viv Richards 177, Clive Lloyd 68, BS Chandrasekhar 6-120, BS Bedi 4-73) and 271-6 declared (Alvin Kallicharan 103*, Clive Lloyd 36, S Venkataraghavan 3-65, BS Chandrasekhar 2-88) LOST TO India 228 (Madan Lal 42, GR Viswanath 41, Michael Holding 6-65, Imtiaz Ali 2-37) and 406-4 (GR Viswanath 112*, Sunil Gavaskar 102, Mohinder Amarnath 85, RR Jumadeen 2-70). India chase down a target in excess of 400 to win the Test, a feat accomplished only once before - by Australia against England in 1948.
Australia - 404 for 3 vs England at Headingley, Leeds in July 1948. England 496 (C Washbrook 143, Bill Edrich 111, Len Hutton 81, Sam Loxton 3-55, Ray Lindwall 2-79) and 365-8 declared (Denis Compton 66, C Washbrook 65, Bill Johnston 4-95, Ray Lindwall 2-84) LOST TO Australia 458 (Neil Harvey 112, Sam Loxton 93, Ray Lindwall 77, Alec Bedser 3-92, Jim Laker 3-113) and 404-3 (Arthur Morris 182, Don Bradman 173*).
India - 387 for 4 vs England at Chennai in December 2008. BRIEF SCORES: England 316 (Andrew Strauss 123, Matt prior 53*, Harbhajan Singh 3-96, Amit Mishra 3-99) and 311-9 declared (Andrew Strauss 108, Paul Collingwood 108, Zaheer Khan 3-40, Ishant Sharma 3-57) LOST TO India 241 (MS Dhoni 53, Harbhajan Singh 40, Andrew Flintoff 3-49, Monty Panesar 3-65) and 387-4 (Sachin Tendulkar 103*, Yuvraj Singh 85*, Virender Sehwag 83, Graeme Swann 2-103)
Australia - 369 for 6 vs Pakistan at Hobart in November 1999. BRIEF SCORES: Pakistan 222 (Mohammad Wasim 91, Wasim Akram 29, Shane Warne 3-45, Scott Muller 3-68) and 392 (Inzamam-ul-Haq 118, Ijaz Ahmed 82, Saeed Anwar 78, Shane Warne 5-110, Damien Fleming 2-89) LOST TO Australia 246 (Michael Slater 97, Justin Langer 59, Saqlain Mushtaq 6-46, Waqar Younis 2-42) and 369-6 (Adam Gilchrist 149*, Justin Langer 127, Azhar Mahmood 2-43, Saqlain Mushtaq 2-130). Australia were staring at defeat when the hosts were reduced to 126 for 5, but Langer and Gilchrist added 238 runs for the sixth wicket before the former was out with only five runs needed to win.
Australia - 362 for 7 vs West Indies at Georgetown, Guyana in March-April 1978. BRIEF SCORES: West Indies 205 (Alvin Greenidge 56, Sew Shivnarine 53, Jeff Thomson 4-56, Wayne Clark 4-65) and 439 (Larry Gomes 101, Basil Williams 100, Sew Shivnarine 63, Wayne Clark 4-124, Bruce Yardley 3-96) LOST TO Australia 286 (Bob Simpson 67, Steve Rixon 54, Norbert Philip 4-75, Sylvester Clarke 3-58) and 362-7 (Graeme Wood 126, Craig Serjeant 124, Steve Rixon 39*, Sylvester Clarke 3-83, Norbert Philip 2-65).
Sri Lanka -352 for 9 vs South Africa at P Sara Stadium, Colombo in August 2006. BRIEF SCORES: South Africa 361 (AB de Villiers 95, Ashwell Prince 86, M Muralitharan 5-128, Lasith Malinga 3-81) and 311 (Herschelle Gibbs 92, Mark Boucher 65, Muttiah Muralitharan 7-97) LOST TO Sri Lanka 321 (Chaminda Vaas 64, Chamara Kapugedera 63, Farveez Maharoof 56, Dale Steyn 5-82, Makhaya Ntini 4-84) and 352-9 (Mahela Jayawardene 123, Sanath Jayasuriya 73, Nicky Boje 4-111, Andrew Hall 3-75).
West Indies - 348 for 5 vs New Zealand at Auckland in February-March 1969. BRIEF SCORES: New Zealand 323 (Bruce Taylor 124, Bev Congdon 85, Prof Edwards 3-58, Lance Gibbs 3-96) and 297-8 declared (Graham Dowling 71, Vic Pollard 51*, David Holford 3-56, Prof Edwards 3-71) LOST TO West Indies 276 (Joey Carew 109, Seymour Nurse 95, Bryan Yuile 3-64, Dick Motz 3-70) and 348-5 (Seymour Nurse 168, Basil Butcher 78*, Vic Pollard 1-48, Bruce Taylor 1-54).
West Indies - 344 for 1 vs England at Lord's in June-July 1984. BRIEF SCORES: England 286 (Graeme Fowler 106, Chris Broad 55, Malcolm Marshall 6-85, Eldine Baptiste 2-36) and 300-9 declared (Allan Lamb 110, Ian Botham 81, Milton Small 3-40, Joel Garner 3-91) LOST TO West Indies 245 (Viv Richards 72, Eldine Baptiste 44, Ian Botham 8-103, Bob Willis 2-48) and 344-1 (Gordon Greenidge 214*, Larry Gomes 92*)
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