Zimbabwe wicketkeeper and captain Tatenda Taibu got a world record on his name in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Bulawayo.
Taibu did not concede a single bye in Sri Lanka's mammoth total of 713 for 3 declared. This, now, is the highest total in Tests without containing any bye in the extras column.
The previous record was held by Sri Lanka's Hashan Tillakaratne who did not let a single bye during New Zealand's total of 671 for four at Wellington in 1990-91.
The accompanying table lists the highest total without a bye in Tests:
| Total | Keeper | For | Vs | Venue | Season |
| 713-3d | T Taibu | Zim | SL | Bulawayo QSC | 2003-04 |
| 671-4 | HP Tillakaratne | SL | NZ | Wellington | 1990-91 |
| 660-5d | AC Parore | NZ | WI | Wellington | 1994-95 |
| 659-8d | TG Evans | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 1946-47 |
| 658-9d | RD Jacobs | WI | SA | Durban | 2003-04 |
| 652 | SMH Kirmani | Ind | Pak | Faisalabad | 1982-83 |
| 632-4d | AJ Stewart | Eng | Aus | Lord's | 1993 |
| 619 | JL Hendriks | WI | Aus | Sydney | 1968-69 |
| 616-5d | IDS Smith | NZ | Pak | Auckland | 1988-89 |
| 610-6d | SS Dighe | Ind | SL | Colombo SSC | 2001-02 |
| 609-6d | A Flower | Zim | Ind | Nagpur | 2000-01 |
| 601-7d | RC Russell | Eng | Aus | Leeds | 1989 |
| 600-3d | A Flower | Zim | SA | Harare | 2001-02 |