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Run fest in Tests
By Rajneesh Gupta
January 18, 2006 00:33 IST

Lahore Test was batsmen's paradise. The runs per wicket ratio in Lahore Test was 136.13, which is the highest ever in Test cricket history.

There have been three instances of over 100 runs per wicket scored in a Test with India being involved in all of them.

The details:

Runs/Wkt Runs-Wkts Batted 1st Batted 2nd Venue Season
136.13 1089-8 Pak 679-7d Ind 410-1 Lahore 2005-06
109.30 1093-10 NZ 450-2d & 112-1 Ind 531-7 Delhi 1955-56
106.36 1489-14 Ind 537-8d SL 952-6d Colombo (RPS) 1997-98
86.00 1462-17 SA 588-6d & 127-1 WI 747 St. John's 2004-05
81.93 1229-15 WI 593-5d & 43-0 Eng 593 St. John's 1993-94
81.56 1468-18 Aus 599-4d & 289-5 Pak 580-9d Peshawar 1998-99
80.53 1208-15 Ind 509 Pak 699-5 Lahore 1989-90

Note: Only those matches have been included, in which both sides batted and the match aggregate was atleast 1000.

Rajneesh Gupta
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