South Africa tour to Australia 2012/13: News, Scores and Updates

[mmadhankumar]

Which is the highest total in a day ?

588/6 by England vs India way back in 1936 :tup

Okay... Here is a detailed review of the record.

1. Australia's score of 482 is the second-highest number of runs scored on the first day of a Test match - the highest is 494 , also by Aus vs SA, way back in 1910 at the SCG.

2. The most runs scored by one team in a day's play is 509, by Sri Lanka against Bangladesh in 2002 - those runs, were scored on the second day of that match.

3. The record number of runs scored in a single day's play is 588, on the second day of a Test between England and India in 1936 - England scored 398 of those runs, while India scored 190

BONUS TRIVIA: Michael Clarke became the only player in test history to make four 200-plus scores in a single calendar year.

 

[Greatkarthik]

aus.488/5
live

 

[Greatkarthik]

aus.494-6
clarke.230 out

 

[Greatkarthik]

aus.501-7

 

[Greatkarthik]

aus.513/9

 

[Greatkarthik]

AUS.550 all out
SAF 2-0

 

[Gssran]

SA 3/0, lunch day two.

 

[Karthik]

SAF.60/0
LIVE

 

[Karthik]

SAF. 159/1
Live

 

[Karthik]

Saf.217/2
stumps day 2