Winning a Test after conceding 100-run lead

[Aslam Siddiqui]

Here is a list of instances where a side won a Test match after
conceding a first innings lead of 100 runs or more:

Deficit Margin
331 Forfeit Eng bt Pak The Oval 2006
291 16 runs Aus bt SL Colombo(SSC) 1992-93
*274 171 runs Ind bt Aus Calcutta 2000-01
*261 10 runs Eng bt Aus Sydney(1) 1894-95
248 2 wkts Eng bt SAf Pretoria 1999-00
236 5 wkts Aus bt SAf Durban 1949-50
*227 18 runs Eng bt Aus Leeds 1981
206 36 runs Aus bt Pak Sydney 2009-10
188 8 wkts SAf bt Aus Cape Town 2011-12
182 59 runs Ind bt Aus Melbourne 1980-81
179 6 wkts Eng bt NZ Manchester 2008
177 54 runs Aus bt Eng Manchester 1961
171 71 runs Eng bt SAf Lord's 1955
170 7 wkts Pak bt NZ Wellington 2003-04
163 72 runs Aus bt Eng Sydney 1891-92
161 1 wkt WI bt Aus Bridgetown 1998-99
161 197 runs Aus bt SL Galle 2003-04
160 169 runs Aus bt SAf Melbourne(3) 1931-32
158 89 runs Aus bt SAf Melbourne(2) 1910-11
158 3 wkts Aus bt BD Fatullah 2005-06
148 5 wkts SAf bt Aus Durban 2001-02
144 49 runs Aus bt Eng Sydney(5) 1907-08
144 5 wkts NZ bt Pak Christchurch 1993-94
144 22 runs Pak bt Eng Multan 2005-06
142 93 runs Eng bt Aus Sydney 1978-79
141 1 wkt Eng bt Aus The Oval 1902
+138 6 wkts Eng bt Aus Leeds 2001
133 92 runs Aus bt Pak Melbourne 1972-73
133 2 wkts Eng bt WI Lord's 2000
+131 6 wkts Ind bt WI Port-of-Spain(3)1975-76
126 233 runs SAf bt Aus Johannesburg(1) 1966-67
123 5 runs SAf bt Aus Sydney 1993-94
+122 7 wkts Eng bt WI Port-of-Spain(4)1967-68
118 4 wkts Eng bt NZ Christchurch 1996-97
117 87 runs Eng bt SAf Cape Town 1927-28
115 65 runs Pak bt NZ Faisalabad 1990-91
110 42 runs SL bt Pak Faisalabad 1995-96
109 8 wkts Pak bt SL Kandy 2005-06
107 119 runs Aus bt Eng Adelaide 1920-21
106 32 runs Eng bt SAf Johannesburg 1898-99
106 1 wkt Pak bt BD Multan 2003
103 6 wkts SAf bt SL Pretoria 1997-98
102 19 runs SAf bt Eng Johannesburg(1) 1909-10
101 2 wkts Aus bt SAf Port Elizabeth 1996-97
100 7 wkts Eng bt NZ Birmingham 1999

* win after following on
+ win against a third innings declaration (271-6 in 75-76; 92-2 in
67-68; 176-4 in 2001)

Notes:
1. India tied with Australia after conceding a first-innings lead of
177 (Madras, 1986-87).
2. The match in Pretoria (1999-00) involved two forfeited innings.
3. In the first match on the list, England were declared winners when
Pakistan refused to take the field after Tea on the fourth day.

aslam
GO COLTS!!!