England will need to break several records if they are to avoid defeat in the second Test in Visakhapatnam
S Rajesh21-Nov-2016140 The most overs England have faced in the fourth innings in Asia, in Kandy in 2003. Their highest in any fourth innings is 218.2 eight-ball overs (291 six-ball overs), in Durban in 1939, while their best in the last 60 years is 165 overs, in Johannesburg in 1995. If England bat through the entire fifth day, they would have faced at least 150 overs.
Score Overs RPO Result Opposition Ground Year285/7 140 2.03 draw Sri Lanka Kandy 2003312 137.3 2.26 lost Pakistan Dubai (DSC) 2015206/3 134 1.53 draw India Mumbai (BS) 1964233 116.2 2.00 lost India Kolkata 1961186/1 81.4×8 1.71 draw Pakistan Hyderabad (Sind) 1978210/9 108 1.94 draw Sri Lanka Galle 2003143.1 The most overs faced by any overseas team in the fourth innings in India: South Africa battled through those many overs while scoring only 143 runs in Delhi last year, losing the match by 337 runs. New Zealand’s 135 overs in 1999 is the best by an overseas team in a drawn Test.
Team Score Overs Run rate Result Ground YearSouth Africa 143 143.1 0.99 lost Delhi 2015New Zealand 251/7 135 1.85 draw Mohali 1999England 206/3 134 1.53 draw Mumbai (BS) 1964New Zealand 193/7 117 1.64 draw Kanpur 1976England 233 116.2 2.00 lost Kolkata 1961New Zealand 272/6 107 2.54 draw Ahmedabad 2003West Indies 197/9 105.1 1.87 draw Kolkata 1978South Africa 180 96.1 1.87 lost Kanpur 1996276/5 The highest fourth-innings total by an overseas team in the fourth innings in India: West Indies scored those many and won by five wickets in Delhi in 1987. The highest ever in the fourth innings in India is the home team’s 387 for 4 against England in Chennai in 2008.