-Vinay Kumar
A new world record was created in the first match of the 3-match series between Pakistan and England played at the Rawalpindi ground. The highest number of runs scored in a single match in the history of Test cricket. Total 1768 runs scored in Pakistan vs England 1st Test Match, Rawalpindi, 2022. England won this match by 74 runs on the last day of the match.
Significantly, earlier in the year 1939, 1981 runs were scored in the Kingsmead ground, the record for scoring the most runs in a Test match is still in the name of South Africa and England. However, this match was not of 5 days, but of 9 days. Hence the latest match played in Rawalpindi has become a new history of 5 day game.
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Most runs in a Test match
- 1981 Run: Year 1939, SA vs ENG at Kingsmead
- 1815 runs: Year 1930, at Sabina Park ground, WI vs ENG
- 1768 runs: Year 2022, Pakistan vs England 1st Test Match, 2022 at Rawalpindi ground
In Pakistan vs England 1st Test Match, 2022, the batsmen scored runs by hitting the ground of Rawalpindi. Significantly, on the very first day before the England team came out to bat first, 4 players had scored a century each. Means, 4 centuries were scored on the very first day. England made a record 506 runs on the first day, which was the 5th highest score on the first day of any Test match. England captain Ben Stokes scored 657 runs in the captaincy. In response to which the Pakistan team scored 579 runs in their first innings. After this, in their second innings, England scored 264 runs and gave Pakistan a target of 353 runs to win. But, on the last day of the match, England’s deadly bowlers dismissed ten of Pakistan’s players and won by 74 runs.
A new record has been added to the name of England in Test cricket. They became the first team to score 500 runs on the first day of a single Test match. Earlier this record was recorded in the name of Australia. Australia added 494 runs against South Africa on the first day of a match played at the Sydney ground in 1910, 112 years ago.