County Score Opponent Venue Season Lowest
England 475 Australia Melbourne 1894-95 11
South Africa 385 England Johannesburg 2005-06 10
England 636 Australia Sydney 1928-29 11
South Africa 358 Australia Melbourne 1931-32 10*
Australia 575-8d India Melbourne 1947-48 11
India 397 Pakistan Calcutta 1952-53 11
India 359 New Zealand Dunedin 1967-68 12
India 524-9d New Zealand Kanpur 1976-77 10*
Australia 471 Sri Lanka Colombo SSC 1992-93 10*
England 470 West Indies The Oval 2004 10
India 664 England The Oval 2007 11
Another interesting fact was that first 8 Indian batsmen - from Karthik to Kumble - made a contribution of at least 25 runs. This is only the second such happening in Test chronicles. There is only one better performance and that came against India!
Most batsmen from top of the order scoring at least 25 runs in an innings
No. For Total Opponent Venue Season
9 West Indies 644-8 India Delhi 1958-59
8 India 559-7 England The Oval 2007
7 Australia 729-6 England Lord's 1930
7 Australia 526-7 South Africa Cape Town 1949-50
7 England 558 Australia Melbourne 1965-66
7 Australia 481 England Perth 1974-75
7 Pakistan 624 Australia Adelaide 1983-84
7 India 521-6 West Indies St.John's 2006
Actually each of first 8 Indian batsmen made at least 35 runs, which makes it the first such instance in Test cricket. The previous record was of 7 batsmen doing so on three occasions
There were 8 partnerships of 50 and more in the Indian innings - 62 for the first, 127 for the second, 77 for the fourth, 76 for the fifth, 63 for the sixth, 91 for the seventh, 62 for the eighth and 73 for the tenth wicket. The only failures were third-wicket partnership (between Karthik and Tendulkar) that produced 10 runs and ninth wicket partnership (between Kumble and RP Singh) that produced 21 runs.
This provides the first instance in Test annals of a side with eight fifty-plus partnerships in the same innings. No side had even managed seven fifty-partnerships before.
