Greatest Test Run Chase of all time!

[London_Lahori]

This most certainly has to be up there with the best test run chases of all time. To chase over 300 needing 5 An over and to do it with 5 wickets to spare on a day 5 pitch.

Simply stunning.

Proudest day for me as a Pakistan test cricket supporter. We've won games in the past from improbable positions, but with the ball. To win this test with the bat and after all our struggles chasing targets in all forms of the game makes this especially sweet.

I just wish I wasn't at work in a meeting when the winning runs were hit.

 

[khalil1986]

This was like India chasing in ODI cricket at home.

Simply stunning.

 

[The Dark Corner]

At least in my personal opinion, this is one of the most historic and important moments in Test cricket history. One of the very best run chases ever.

 

[Buffet]

Don't know about the greatest but it was very sweet seeing SL lose here after doing so much negative thing in the last hour and so.

 

[Vayuu]

Yes , it's one of the best for u guys certainly,I would rate windies 400 chase vs Australia,India vs windies in windies ,India vs England at bangalore chasing 380 odd etc would be right up there.

sent from dil se

 

[sjahmed23]

a historic win indeed, no one even thought Pakistan would consider chasing this, no one. And to add to that this is the fastest 300+ chase ever, tell you about how much the players wanted this.

 

[London_Lahori]

Teams have chased 350/400+ beforehand, but what made this special was the RR Pakistan had to maintain and that too on a 5th day pitch.

Azhar Ali - I love you!

 

[Madplayer]

it was a victory of positivity over negativity.

It should be a lesson for every team including pakistan.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

it was a victory of positivity over negativity.

It should be a lesson for every team including pakistan.

Spot on.

And congrats guys.

 

[saj786]

Yes , it's one of the best for u guys certainly,I would rate windies 400 chase vs Australia,India vs windies in windies ,India vs England at bangalore chasing 380 odd etc would be right up there.

sent from dil se

Nope, non chased it in 2 session s

 

[Swing]

it was a victory of positivity over negativity.

That's for damn sure. Look where positive cricket can get you.

 

[saj786]

Like Pakistan chased these runs in 2 sessions

 

[IndianWillow]

Yeah, even Kohli would be proud of that effort if he was involved.

 

[khalil1986]

Nope, non chased it in 2 session s

Well you can't exactly chase over 400 or close to 400 in two sessions.

Brilliant chase by Pakistan nevertheless

 

[Sandeep]

Lanka deserved to lose and Pakistan deserved to win. Simple as that. Ultimately test cricket has won..

 

[khalil1986]

Lanka deserved to lose and Pakistan deserved to win. Simple as that. Ultimately test cricket has won..

This, overall cricket is the winner as its an excellent advertisement and will surely inspire many others in Pakistan to play the game based on just this match.

 

[Bilsher007]

No doubt about that !

 

[Shahzebjaved786]

Amazing

Totally amazing.....

 

[Six or four]

Shame on SL for they shallow tactics. Sure they want to win but time wasting, winging, complaining I always said they have good players but definitely the biggest cryers.

 

[ahmedzee]

Highest run rate in chase above 300+...
Isn't that a world record?

 

[bilawal666]

by far one of the best chases you'll ever see

 

[ChaudrySaab]

Truly AMAZING ... Great day for Pakistan and test cricket!!

 

[sam_ahm]

OH HO HO!!! THAT WAS A SOUL-STIRRING RUN CHASE!!! HATS OFF!!!

One of the most astonishing test wins of all time!!! THIS IS UNREAL!!!

Fantastic boys, absolutely magical!!! Don't have words to praise this!

 

[Pakistani tigers]

thanks to all the indian posters...you exemplify real lovers of test cricket.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Amazing.

Shows that when Pakistan play aggressive cricket, we do much better.

Hats off to Misbah.

 

[amjad145]

Don't know about the greatest but it was very sweet seeing SL lose here after doing so much negative thing in the last hour and so.

Last hour? You mean all series!!!

 

[ahmedzee]

thanks to all the indian posters...you exemplify real lovers of test cricket.

Lol, don't see any today on this forum...where are you guys..need your views for todays victory....CricketJoshila..MJCricket...where are you my friends???

 

[sam_ahm]

thanks to all the indian posters...you exemplify real lovers of test cricket.

Thanks mate! Cricket is just not cricket without Pakistan and believe me every cricket lover in India would say this.

 

[ayemgilani86]

it was a victory of positivity over negativity.

It should be a lesson for every team including pakistan.

exactly

 

[Mamoon]

Fantastic.

 

[Robbie]

Great work by pakistan. I love it when I see the faces of those arrogant and boring sri lankans like sanga and mathews.

During this series all the time I thought how these lankans are 1-0 up. They surely didnt deserve that. Hats off to misbah .. My favourite after ajmal from pak team.

 

[jusarrived]

Very Happy for Azhar . Egg on face off all his critics

 

[amit]

1 of the best run chases ever in tests. on par west indies chase of 421 against australia in 2003 & indias chase of 387 against england in 2008

amazing innings by azhar ali, sarfraz ahmed & misbah ul haq

 

[zabalestmsm]

Definitely right up there in the top most chases of all times!

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Amazing.

Shows that when Pakistan play aggressive cricket, we do much better.

Hats off to Misbah.

Bullet Drive praising misbah?? Wow.

 

[world cup captain]

What a send off to Watmore.

 

[praveen]

Amazing run chase. Well played guys, deserving victors. Shame on Lanka for their tactics.

 

[dirk diggler]

going by the BBCs coverage, this didnt even merit a banner headline. bailey being dropped for SA tour is apparently a bigger story than a once in a generation run chase. Their article bearly muster half a dozn two line paragraphs

 

[azimiqbal]

great chase by the guys!!!! fantastic to watch, even if they failed i would not of been upset cause of the way they went bout it!

 

[cricketjoshila]

Brilliant chase by Pakistan.This is why one shoukd play positive cricket always and that is something Pakistand must take note of.Also the real face of Lankan team came out here.If they wanted to dry the run rate there were ways like bowling round the wicket into the rough bowling wide of the stumps etc and ask the batsman to take risks.But seriously these time wasting tactics was pathetic.

 

[Ravi.]

Great chase. Pakistan won it easily in the end. Poor cricket by Lanka.

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[Parmeetkumar]

Never underestimate the capability of Pakistanis

 

[Indiana Jones]

Yeah,great chase. I don't know why you guys are letting whatmore go, he is the best thing that could have happened to Pakistan in the last couple of years.

 

[Big Mac]

Yeah,great chase. I don't know why you guys are letting whatmore go, he is the best thing that could have happened to Pakistan in the last couple of years.

Pakistani's love a scapegoat

 

[07sanjeewakaru]

That's a wonderful,Brilliant chase with 1-0 down in the series..But have to say it's Mathews pathetic captaincy set the tone for Pakistan.When 200 to go..in the final session..All went to boundary..Pathetic..!
COngrats..PAKISTAN...!

 

[dhump]

I am quite sure this is the best cricket chase by Pakistan in test cricket and I am sure everyone will rate as one of the prime chase in history of test cricket. It was something done with a lot of positive intent and against a team that was just playing as negative as they can be.

If it was in old times like in famous bodyline series we could have sent a telegram from dubai to Lankan fans saying " There are two teams out there, one is playing positive cricket. The other is making no attempt to do so"

 

[dhump]

That's a wonderful,Brilliant chase with 1-0 down in the series..But have to say it's Mathews pathetic captaincy set the tone for Pakistan.When 200 to go..in the final session..All went to boundary..Pathetic..!
COngrats..PAKISTAN...!

I think it is very very unfair on Mathews if you just blame him, these tactics are made in dressing room with advice of coach and senior players and all have there say and mathews is just very young captain he needs good mentors to guide him properly.

Very very harsh just to blame him there are far more experienced guys around him should have guided him better.

 

[steelo green]

Not attacking South Africa but they had an easier road and didn't go for the victory. I understand they lost ABDV but at the same time if you have a chance to win, I think you go for it.

Well done Pakistan. The speed and pace they chased was one of the best ever.

 

[Vayuu]

thanks to all the indian posters...you exemplify real lovers of test cricket.

Pleasure sir.

sent from dil se

 

[London_Lahori]

Not attacking South Africa but they had an easier road and didn't go for the victory. I understand they lost ABDV but at the same time if you have a chance to win, I think you go for it.

Well done Pakistan. The speed and pace they chased was one of the best ever.

As the game went on, I was praying Pakistan don't pull a South Africa.

 

[awaz]

 

[hadi123]

Cant believ zee didnt show the highlights because it was great game

 

[Buffet]

Last hour? You mean all series!!!

I didn't watch the whole series. I watched the last hour of this test match and found it ridiculous. Fake injuries, complain about lights, slow over rates, negative bowling and some more...

I have seen many captains doing defensive things but Mathews went over board by doing all kind of things and forgot that it's just a sport. Fans will stop watching if you do such things.

Based on what I read, I don't think any team played attractive cricket in the first two tests.

 

[Buffet]

Not attacking South Africa but they had an easier road and didn't go for the victory. I understand they lost ABDV but at the same time if you have a chance to win, I think you go for it.

It was pathetic from Smith. I absolutely hated it. No wonder, SA has a long record of not losing a test series but at the same time, not able to dominate even at home. You can never dominate if your first priority is not to lose rather than win. I am happy that Mathews was on losing side here. You don't deserve to win series if you play so negatively. I was fine with slow batting etc even though I don't like that attitude but I saw the last hour of this test. Faking injury was bit too much.

 

[MenInG]

Does England's win today count as one of the greatest run chases?

 

[James]

Does England's win today count as one of the greatest run chases?

Not sure about that but it was a very good one.

 

[Robert]

Does England's win today count as one of the greatest run chases?

It was a good one. The best by ENG that I recall was vs PAK at Headingley in 1992. That was a nail-biter. Or indeed the PAK win at Lord’s in the same series, when W&W got them over the line.

 

[sweep_shot]

West Indies chased down 418 against the ATG Aussie side. I think that was the best chase ever.

Here's the scorecard: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...es-vs-australia-4th-test-64027/full-scorecard.

 

[TheSultan]

Greatest run chase still for me is Lara’s one.

The Sarwan one was a dead match rubber

Stokes’ one was against an inferior bowling line up without an ATG spinner in the 4th innings. Lyon is good but he’s no Warne.

 

[TheSultan]

It was a good one. The best by ENG that I recall was vs PAK at Headingley in 1992. That was a nail-biter. Or indeed the PAK win at Lord’s in the same series, when W&W got them over the line.

Both great matches. I was there live for the Lord’s one. Probably the greatest day of cricket I’ve ever witnessed.

The Pak v Aus 1999 WC Headingley game comes close plus the atmosphere at the ground that day was something else

 

[Robert]

Greatest run chase still for me is Lara’s one.

The Sarwan one was a dead match rubber

Stokes’ one was against an inferior bowling line up without an ATG spinner in the 4th innings. Lyon is good but he’s no Warne.

Cummins is basically The New Lillee and Hazelwood averages 25 in tests. Lyon has 400 test wickets.

 

[TheSultan]

Cummins is basically The New Lillee and Hazelwood averages 25 in tests. Lyon has 400 test wickets.

Yes all very good bowlers, but not comparable to the 99 Australia bowling line up. Taking nothing away from Stokes, extraordinary innings, but Lara’s even moreso

 

[James]

One thing particularly impressive about the Stokes innings is the size of the final wicket partnership. 76 runs added to win the Test match after the ninth wicket went down. That’s immense.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

The best runchase I ever saw was when Stokes helped England gun down 362 at Headingly three years ago. This doesn't even come close.

 

[Ab Fan]

I would pick Stokes in Headingley and Pant in Gabba as the two best. The one in Gabba by Pant was equally special because it was a series decider on Day 5 and also we need to remember that India had to chase 328 on that day itself so the strike rate was important factor too. Pant and co had to score around 140 runs in final session in a series decider away from home in Australia in a series which was meant to be Australia's revenge of 2018.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I rate India's chase at the Gabba higher than the Stokes led chase simply because of the venues.

4 out of the 5 highest chases in England have taken place at Headingly. Also, England were playing at home . India's chase happened at the Gabba , an away venue that does not have a history of high chases and also where the home team hadn't lost in 32 years.

 

[jeetu]

	Match Date	Country	Target	Scored	Versus	Ground	Result
1	9/5/2003	West Indies	418	418/7	Australia	Antigua Recreation Ground	West Indies won by 3 wickets
2	17/12/2008	South Africa	414	414/4	Australia	WACA Ground	South Africa won by 6 wickets
3	22/07/1948	Australia	404	404/3	England	Headingley	Australia won by 7 wickets
4	7/4/1976	India	403	406/4	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	India won by 6 wickets
5	3/2/2021	West Indies	395	395/7	Bangladesh	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	West Indies won by 3 wickets
6	14/07/2017	Sri Lanka	388	391/6	Zimbabwe	R Premadasa Stadium	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
7	11/12/2008	India	387	387/4	England	MA Chidambaram Stadium	India won by 6 wickets
8	3/7/2015	Pakistan	377	382/3	Sri Lanka	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	Pakistan won by 7 wickets
9	18/11/1999	Australia	369	369/6	Pakistan	Bellerive Oval	Australia won by 4 wickets
10	31/03/1978	Australia	359	362/7	West Indies	Bourda	Australia won by 3 wickets
11	22/08/2019	England	359	362/9	Australia	Headingley	England won by 1 wicket
12	4/8/2006	Sri Lanka	352	352/9	South Africa	P Sara Oval	Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket
13	27/02/1969	West Indies	345	348/5	New Zealand	Eden Park	West Indies won by 5 wickets
14	28/06/1984	West Indies	342	344/1	England	Lord's	West Indies won by 9 wickets
15	16/12/1977	Australia	339	342/8	India	WACA Ground	Australia won by 2 wickets
16	20/01/1950	Australia	336	336/5	South Africa	Kingsmead	Australia won by 5 wickets
17	15/03/2002	South Africa	335	340/5	Australia	Kingsmead	South Africa won by 5 wickets
18	29/12/1928	England	332	332/7	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	England won by 3 wickets
19	8/3/2002	Australia	331	334/6	South Africa	Newlands	Australia won by 4 wickets
20	15/01/2021	India	328	329/7	Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	India won by 3 wickets
21	14/01/1998	Sri Lanka	326	326/5	Zimbabwe	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
22	24/02/1994	New Zealand	324	324/5	Pakistan	AMI Stadium	New Zealand won by 5 wickets
23	25/08/2017	West Indies	322	322/5	England	Headingley	West Indies won by 5 wickets
24	13/03/1958	West Indies	317	317/2	Pakistan	Bourda	West Indies won by 8 wickets
25	17/10/2008	New Zealand	317	317/7	Bangladesh	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	New Zealand won by 3 wickets
26	17/01/1902	Australia	315	315/6	England	Adelaide Oval	Australia won by 4 wickets
27	16/08/2001	England	315	315/4	Australia	Headingley	England won by 6 wickets
28	28/09/1994	Pakistan	314	315/9	Australia	National Stadium (Karachi)	Pakistan won by 1 wicket
29	17/11/2011	Australia	310	310/8	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium	Australia won by 2 wickets
30	26/03/1999	West Indies	308	311/9	Australia	Kensington Oval	West Indies won by 1 wicket
31	9/4/2006	Australia	307	307/7	Bangladesh	Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium	Australia won by 3 wickets
32	14/02/1997	England	305	307/6	New Zealand	AMI Stadium	England won by 4 wickets
33	13/02/2019	Sri Lanka	304	304/9	South Africa	Kingsmead	Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket
34	16/01/2014	Pakistan	302	302/5	Sri Lanka	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Pakistan won by 5 wickets

 

[Sunzi]

Lara chasing down the Aussies always stands out for me.

Stokes' Ashes innings with Leach is up there.

 

[TheSultan]

One chase I really enjoyed - they romped home, but what a battering. Greenidge’s chase vs England at lords 1984. He made a 300+ chase look like a walk in the park

 

[Ab Fan]

SA run chase vs Aus in Aus was also special. Away from home in Perth, SA's first series win vs Australia after 12 years. It was majestic win led by ABD and Smith.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"> runs required in the final session.<br><br>Victory completed with overs to spare!<br><br>Enjoy every ball from after Tea &#55357;&#56391; <a href="https://t.co/qzLGkcckXe">pic.twitter.com/qzLGkcckXe</a></p>— England Cricket (@englandcricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1536996941141315585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[James]

Ok now this one was very good.

Could be ranked pretty highly amongst the run chases in Test history.

 

[daytrader]