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Chasing the fourth innings target
Arshad Chughtai - 23 May 2001

In the recent fifth and final Test at Kingston (Jamaica), South Africa failed to chase a victory target of 386 runs in the fourth innings. In the history of cricket, only two teams have successfully chased a target of more than 386 runs. India made 406 for four to win against the West Indies at Port of Spain in 1975-76 and Australia made 404 for three to beat England at Leeds in 1948. Incidentally, India also holds the record for highest fourth innings total - to tie a match (347 against Australia at Madras in 1986-87) and - to lose one (445 against Australia at Adelaide in 1977-78).

How has Pakistan done in a fourth innings chase?

Pakistan's record of chasing a target in the fourth innings has remained dismal throughout. In fact, they even failed to reach targets as low as the 146 set by South Africa at Faisalabad in 1997-98 and 159 set by Australia at Sydney in 1972-73. The only time Pakistan could reach a fourth innings target of over 300 runs and win the match was at Karachi against Australia in 1994-95, recording a narrow one-wicket victory. On scrutiny one finds that 14 of Pakistan's 67 defeats could be attributed to their batsmen's inability to reach the target set by the opponents. The details in chronological order are:

Yr Vs Venue Toss Opp Ist Pak Ist Opp 2nd Target Pak 2nd Lost by
        Inn Inn Inn   Inn  
1957-58 WI Port of Spain WI 325 282 312 356 235 120 runs
1971 Eng Leeds Eng 316 350 264 231 205 25
1972-73 Aus Melbourne Aus 441/5 d 574/8 d 425 293 200 92
1972-73 Aus Sydney Pak 334 360 184 159 106 52
1976-77 WI Kingston WI 280 198 359 442 301 140
1979-80 Ind Bombay Ind 334 173 160 322 190 131
1980-81 WI Faisalabad WI 235 176 242 302 145 156
1982 Eng Birmingham Eng 272 251 291 313 199 113
1992-93 WI Port-of-Spain WI 127 140 382 370 165 204
1995-96 SL Faisalabad Pak 223 333 361 252 209 42
1995-96 SL Sialkot SL 232 214 338 357 212 144
1996-97 NZ Lahore NZ 155 191 311 276 231 44
1997-98 RSA Faisalabad RSA 239 308 214 146 92 53
1997-98 RSA Port Elizabeth Pak 293 106 206/7 d 394 134 259

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