Second-largest win for New Zealand in Test cricket history, With a target of 529 runs when South Africa batted, Proteas was bowled out for 247 runs, giving kiwis a commanding 281-runs victory. In the history of Test cricket, this is their second-largest victory by runs.
New Zealand’s largest victory margin was 423 runs against Sri Lanka. The Kiwis had set the Lankans a target of 660 runs for the 2018 encounter. In Christchurch, New Zealand, the Sri Lankans were dismissed for 236 runs .
Prior to it, the third significant victory came in 2016 against Zimbabwe. That was a 254-run victory for the Black Caps.
New Zealand is ninth in the list of Test match wins by most runs.
The biggest winning margin India had against New Zealand was 372 runs. For the 2021 match, the Indians had set a target of 540 runs for the Kiwis. In Wankhede, India, the kiwis were dismissed for runs in the 168.
South Africa’s largest winning margin was 492 runs against Australia. The South African has set a target of 612 runs for Australia for the 2018 match. At Johannesburg, Australia were dismissed for 120 runs.
The English side has achieved the greatest victory in Test history in terms of runs. On their home ground, they overcame Australia by an incredible margin of 675 runs in the opening game of the five-match Ashes series in Brisbane in 1928–29.
It was Australia’s turn after they had defeated their bitter rivals England at the Oval in the fifth and final Test of the 1934 Ashes series, recording the second-biggest victory of 562 runs.
Bangladesh’s Tigers defeated Afghanistan by an incredible 546 runs, adding their squad to the list of teams with the largest margin of victory. It ranks third overall in the match and is the highest run-scoring total in a Test match played in the 20 century. Afghanistan lost to Bangladesh by a massive margin of 546 runs in Mirpur in just their sixth Test match.
Australia recorded the largest margin of victory by beating South Africa by a staggering 530 runs. It is the highest run score in a Test match of the 20th century in 114 Tests, and ranks fourth overall in the match. South Africa bowled out Australia for 530 runs by a mammoth margin of 702 runs in Melbourne .
