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Team	Score	Target	Rem	Overs	RR	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	204/6	205	1	37.0	5.51	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	18 Dec 1996	Test # 1345
India	242/9	243	1	64.0	3.78	v West Indies	Mumbai	22 Nov 2011	Test # 2019
India	355/8	361	6	107.0	3.31	v West Indies	Mumbai (BS)	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
England	228/9	234	6	91.0	2.50	v West Indies	Lord's	20 Jun 1963	Test # 544
Australia	238/8	246	8	80.0x8	2.23	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
India	429/8	438	9	150.5	2.84	v England	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
New Zealand	274/6	284	10	57.0	4.80	v Australia	Brisbane	8 Nov 2001	Test # 1565
West Indies	242/5	253	11	85.0	2.84	v Australia	Bridgetown	5 May 1965	Test # 589
New Zealand	275/8	286	11	68.0	4.04	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
England	109/7	124	15	17.4	6.16	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
Australia	230/9	247	17	92.0	2.50	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987	Test # 1087
Australia	339/9	360	21	84.0x8	3.02	v West Indies	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
South Africa	42/3	65	23	7.0	6.00	v New Zealand	Dunedin	28 Feb 1964	Test # 559
Australia	261/6	285	24	73.0x8	2.68	v Pakistan	Adelaide	24 Dec 1976	Test # 789
India	364/6	390	26	131.0	2.77	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
Pakistan	217/6	243	26	58.3	3.70	v England	Lahore	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
South Africa	423/7	451	28	141.0	3.00	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
Australia	147/4	177	30	33.0	4.45	v England	Leeds	23 Jul 1953	Test # 375
Pakistan	341/9	372	31	129.0	2.64	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
England	120/5	151	31	33.0	3.63	v West Indies	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1990	Test # 1142
Sri Lanka	233/8	269	36	68.0	3.42	v West Indies	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
South Africa	280/7	317	37	96.0	2.91	v England	Johannesburg	13 Feb 1931	Test # 206
England	295/7	332	37	106.0	2.78	v West Indies	Lord's	26 Jun 1969	Test # 654
India	145/8	183	38	50.0	2.90	v England	Lord's	22 Jul 1971	Test # 690
India	135/7	175	40	28.0	4.82	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	17 Sep 1982	Test # 934
England	654/5	696	42	218.2x8	2.24	v South Africa	Durban	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
England	238/6	282	44	107.0	2.22	v Pakistan	Leeds	25 Jul 1974	Test # 742
England	159/4	204	45	75.0	2.12	v New Zealand	Auckland	11 Mar 1966	Test # 604
England	145/7	191	46	68.0	2.13	v South Africa	Lord's	22 Jul 1965	Test # 594
India	200/4	247	47	63.2	3.15	v Australia	Kolkata	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
South Africa	142/6	190	48	58.0x8	1.83	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
Pakistan	226/5	274	48	92.0	2.45	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Jan 2011	Test # 1991
Zimbabwe	208/6	257	49	61.0	3.40	v New Zealand	Hamilton	13 Jan 1996	Test # 1322

Records include the following recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Leeds, 2nd Test, May 24-28, 2013 [Test # 2089]
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]

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