Top scorers 1 run apart in a Test inns

[Aslam Siddiqui]

Here is a list of Test matches in which the top scorers in an innings were only one run apart from each other. The batting positions precede batsmen's names.

Qualification - completed innings

FOUR:
NZ (131) v Aus, Christchurch, 2004-05 L
#7 BB McCullum 24; #8 DL Vettori 23; #3 HJH Marshall 22;
#5 NJ Astle 21

THREE:
Eng (121) v Aus, Lord's, 1909 L
#6 AO Jones 26; #9 AFA Lilley 25*; #8 AC MacLaren 24

Pak (257) v Ind, Calcutta, 1952-53 D
#4 Imtiaz Ahmed 57; #2 Hanif Mohammad 56; #1 Nazar Mohammad 55

Pak (328) v NZ, Karachi, 1984-85 D
#9 AS Dalpat 52; #7 Wasim Raja 51; #6 Salim Malik 50

Aus (104) v Eng, The Oval, 1997 L
#6 RT Ponting 20; #3 GS Blewett 19; #1 MA Taylor 18

Zim (180) v Zim, Wellington, 1997-98 L
#8 HH Streak 39; #2 GW Flower 38; #6 ADR Campbell 37

Eng (245) v Ind, The Oval, 2007 D
#7 IR Bell 63; #6 PD Collingwood 62; #2 AN Cook 61

Zim (175) v WI, Roseau, 2012-13 L
#4 BRM Taylor 33; #2 V Sibanda 32; #6 SC Williams 31

Eng (232) v NZ, Lord's, 2013
#6 JM Bairstow 41; #4 JE Root 40; #3 IJL Trott 39

Also,
Ind (83) v NZ, Mohali, 1999-00 D
#10 J Srinath 20; Extras 19; #4 SR Tendulkar 18

Pak (80) v Eng, Nottingham, 2010 L
#10 D Kaneria 16; #1 Imran Farhat 15; Extras 14

Note: The three largest such individual scores are R Benaud 90, WM Lawry 89 and NC O'Neill 88, Aus (450-9d) v SAf, Sydney(3), 1963-64.

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