Test Cricket - Match Records and Statistics - Unlikely Wins
Losing Match after Declaring Second Innings
Match Innings Scores Target Ground Result
08/01/1935 West Indies
102 & 6/51 dec
England
7/81 dec & 6/75
73 Kensington Oval England won by 4 wickets
05/03/1949 South Africa
379 & 3/187 dec
England
395 & 7/174
172 St George's Park England won by 3 wickets
14/03/1968 West Indies
7/526 dec & 2/92 dec
England
404 & 3/215
215 Queen's Park Oval England won by 7 wickets
02/01/2006 South Africa
9/451 dec & 6/194 dec
Australia
359 & 2/288
287 Sydney Cricket Ground Australia won by 8 wickets
16/08/2001 Australia
447 & 4/176 dec
England
309 & 4/315
315 Headingley England won by 6 wickets
25/08/2017 England
258 & 8/490 dec
West Indies
427 & 5/322
322 Headingley West Indies won by 5 wickets
16/12/1977 India
402 & 9/330 dec
Australia
394 & 8/342
339 WACA Ground Australia won by 2 wickets
28/06/1984 England
286 & 9/300 dec
West Indies
245 & 1/344
342 Lord's West Indies won by 9 wickets
27/02/1969 New Zealand
323 & 8/297 dec
West Indies
276 & 5/348
345 Eden Park West Indies won by 5 wickets
11/12/2008 England
316 & 9/311 dec
India
241 & 4/387
387 MA Chidambaram Stadium India won by 6 wickets
03/02/2021 Bangladesh
430 & 8/223 dec
West Indies
259 & 7/395
395 Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium West Indies won by 3 wickets
07/04/1976 West Indies
359 & 6/271 dec
India
228 & 4/406
403 Queen's Park Oval India won by 6 wickets
22/07/1948 England
496 & 8/365 dec
Australia
458 & 3/404
404 Headingley Australia won by 7 wickets
 
NOTE: The match between South Africa and England in January 2000 is not included, as the England declaration at 0/0 was contrived.

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