Re: Pakistan v Australia 1st Test Melbourne , Dec 26-30
Australia is known to throw away matches even after piling huge totals on board. Be it Test Cricket or ODIs, Teams have had successful chases against Australia in Tests and ODIs. Lets see some of it.
*Top 2 successful target chases in Test Cricket. *
Top to successful target chases in history of Cricket happened against Australia.
*1. **In 2003, West Indies successfully chased the target of 418 Runs against Australia. This is the highest chase in history of Test Cricket. **And guess what! while chasing 418, West Indies were 3 out for 73 at one stage and 4 out for 165 at another stage.
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*2. **This is not so old, Just a year ago(in 2008), WACA became a destruction for Aussies when South Africa successfully chased 414 Runs against Australia. That was the first match of series and South Africa went on to win the series as well. **At one stage of match, South Africans were 3 out for 179. *
So Pakistan can hope for the best tomorrow, we still have enough batsmen to chase the target. Umar Akmal, Yousuf, Misbah and Kamran- all are capable of doing it.
Top 4 successful target chases in ODI Cricket.
All top 4 successful chases in history of ODI Cricket happened against Australia. The most famous 434 match is the highest successful chase in history, which South Africa chased against Australia. The next 3, all are by New Zealand, Kiwis have chased the targets of 350, 340 and 332 against Aussies.