Top 3 highest match aggregates in Tests in the 21st century
The recent Test outing between Pakistan and Australia in Rawalpindi was a high scoring encounter. The match aggregated over 1000 runs across the five days of cricket. However, it still wasn’t even in the top 20 in terms of the highest aggregating Test matches. There have been games that have ended up seeing monumental match aggregates across multiple innings of the Test.
Here’s looking at the Top 3 highest match aggregates in Tests in the 21st century:
Australia vs New Zealand, Perth 2015: 1652 runs
The most recent one on this list is the 2nd between Australia and New Zealand which was played in 2015 in Perth. A total of 1652 runs were scored by the two teams combined. David Warner scored a brilliant 253 to help Australia post 559-9d in their first innings. Ross Taylor beat Warner by scoring 290 with New Zealand ending their innings at 624 in reply. The two teams scored a further 385-7 and 104-2 in their second innings respectively. The match ended in a draw at the end of the fifth day’s play.
Pakistan vs India, Faisalabad 2006: 1702 runs
The 2006 Test between Pakistan and India had a total of 1702 runs being scored. A quick-fire 156 by Shahid Afridi saw Pakistan post 588 all out in the first innings of the game. India went past Pakistan’s total in reply, scoring 603 all-out with Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni scoring centuries. Pakistan declared their second innings at 490-8 setting India 476 to win. However, since the first three innings took most of the time out of the game, India could only manage a mere 21-0 when the game ended in a draw.
Australia vs India, Sydney 2004: 1747 runs
The final Test of India’s tour to Australia in 2004 had a pristine surface with both teams recording significant runs. India, batting first, posted a mammoth 705-7 d in the first innings riding on Sachin Tendulkar’s 241*. In reply, Australia was guided by Justin Langer and Simon Katich’s centuries to score 474 all out. India then declared at 211-2 in their second innings asking the opposition to chase 443 for the win. Australia in the final innings of the match managed 357-6 with the game ending in a draw after an incredible 1747 runs being scored over the five days.
