Trivia #36: Best First-class turnarounds in batting (Jul94)

Best First-class turnarounds in batting

Largest Variations in a Side's Total:

551 Barbados (175 & 726-7d) v Trinidad Bridgetown 1926-27 551 Pakistan (106 & 657-8d) v West Indies Bridgetown 1957-58 551 Middlesex (83 & 634-7d) v Essex Chelmsford 1983

Best Second Innings Scores:

All-Time: 770 New South Wales v S Australia Adelaide 1920-21 764 Bombay v Holkar Bombay 1944-45 761-8d New South Wales v Queensland Sydney 1929-30 726-7d Barbados v Trinidad Bridgetown 1926-27 724 Victoria v S Australia Melbourne 1920-21 714-8d Bombay v Maharastra Poona 1948-49 712 Northamptonshire v Glamorgan Northampton 1998 703-9d Cambridge Univ v Sussex Hove 1890

Lowest First Innings Total by a Winning Side:

Hants (15 & 521) beat Warwicks (223 & 158) Birmingham 1922 (after following-on)

Special Mention: Somerset (86) beat Middx (35 & 44) Lord's 1899 (by an innings and 7 runs)

thanks dinesh