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Jayawardene leads Lanka's record haul

November 19, 2009 17:53 IST

Sri Lanka [ Images ] set a plethora of records during their massive first innings total of 706 for seven declared against India [ Images ] in the first Test in Ahmedabad [ Images ], on Thursday.

They obliterated England's [ Images ] record of 652 for seven declared to register the highest total against India in India.

Mahela Jayawardene [ Images ], who scored his sixth double century in Tests with a sparking knock of 275, registered the highest individual innings against India in India, going past Younis Khan's [ Images ] 267.

Following are the details:

Highest totals in Test cricket

Score

Team

Opposition

Venue

Season

952-6d

Sri Lanka

v India

Colombo (RPS)

1997-98

903-7d

England

v Australia [ Images ]

The Oval

1938

849

England

v West Indies [ Images ]

Kingston [ Images ]

1929-30

790-3d

West Indies

v Pakistan

Kingston

1957-58

765-6d

Pakistan

v Sri Lanka

Karachi

2008-09

760-7d

Sri Lanka

v India 

Ahmedabad

2009-10

 

Highest totals against India in India

Total

Team

Venue

Season

760-7d

Sri Lanka

Ahmedabad

2009-10

652-7d

England

Chennai

1984-85

644-8d

West Indies

Delhi [ Images ]

1958-59

631

West Indies

Delhi

1948-49

630-6d

New Zealand [ Images ]

Mohali

2003-04

 

Highest individual innings against India

Runs

Batsman

Venue

Season

340

ST Jayasuriya (SL)

Colombo (RPS)

1997-98

333

GA Gooch (Eng)

Lord's

1990

280*

Javed Miandad [ Images ] (Pak)

Hyderabad (Pak)

1982-83

275

DPMD Jayawardene (SL)

Ahmedabad

2009-10

267

Younis Khan (Pak)

Bangalore

2004-05

 

Highest individual innings against India in India

Runs

Player

Venue

Season

275

DPMD Jayawardene (SL)

Ahmedabad

2009-10

267

Younis Khan (Pak)

Bangalore

2004-05

256

RB Kanhai (WI)

Kolkata [ Images ]

1958-59

250

SFAF Bacchus (WI)

Kanpur

1978-79

242*

CH Lloyd (WI)

Mumbai [ Images ]

1974-75

 

Rajneesh Gupta