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Biggest defeats in Test cricket
Rajneesh Gupta |
December 20, 2004
Australia crushed Pakistan on the fourth day of the first Test by a huge margin of 491 runs in Perth on Sunday, which is the fourth biggest defeat in Tests (by runs margin).
Images: Day 4 | Day 3 | Day 2 | Day 1
The details:
Margin (Runs) | Winner | Loser | Venue | Season |
675 | Eng | Aus | Brisbane (Ex) | 1928-29 |
562 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 1934 |
530 | Aus | SA | Melbourne | 1910-11 |
491 | Aus | Pak | Perth | 2004-05 |
425 | WI | Eng | Old Trafford | 1976 |
409 | Aus | Eng | Lord's | 1948 |
408 | WI | Aus | Adelaide | 1979-80 |
384 | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 2002-03 |
382 | Aus | Eng | Adelaide | 1894-95 |
382 | Aus | WI | Sydney | 1968-69 |
377 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 1920-21 |
365 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 1936-37 |
356 | SA | Eng | Lord's | 1994 |
352 | Aus | WI | Melbourne | 2000-01 |
351 | SA | WI | Centurion | 1998-99 |
McGrath's figures of 8 for 24 in the second innings of the Perth Test are the third most devastating figures by a bowler picking up 8 wickets in an innings.
The details:
Most devastating 8-wicket innings hauls
Figures | Bowler | For | Vs | Venue | Season |
8-7 | GA Lohmann | Eng | SA | Port Elizabeth | 1895-96 |
8-11 | J Briggs | Eng | SA | Cape Town | 1888-89 |
8-24 | GD McGrath | Aus | Pak | Perth | 2004-05 |
8-29 | SF Barnes | Eng | SA | The Oval | 1912 |
8-29 | CEH Croft | WI | Pak | Port-of-Spain | 1976-77 |
8-31 | F Laver | Aus | Eng | Old Trafford | 1909 |
8-31 | FS Trueman | Eng | Ind | Old Trafford | 1952 |
8-34 | IT Botham | Eng | Pak | Lord's | 1978 |
8-35 | GA Lohmann | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 1886-87 |
8-38 | GD McGrath | Aus | Eng | Lord's | 1997 |
8-38 | LR Gibbs | WI | Ind | Bridgetown | 1961-62 |