Benedict Bermange has all the facts while Lucy Verasamy's got the lowdown on the weather at Lord's.
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Second Test, Day Five - Lord's
England have only ever lost three Tests when declaring their second innings closed:
| Team |
Totals1 |
Against |
Totals2 |
Venue |
Season |
Result |
| England |
496 & 365-8d |
Australia |
458 & 404-3 |
Leeds |
1948 |
Australia won by 7 wickets |
| England |
286 & 300-9d |
West Indies |
245 & 344-1 |
Lords |
1984 |
West indies won by 9 wickets |
| England |
316 & 311-9d |
India |
241 & 387-4 |
Chennai |
2008/09 |
India won by 6 wickets |
Australia have only ever won three Tests when set a target by a third innings declaration:
| Team |
Totals1 |
Against |
Totals2 |
Venue |
Season |
Result |
| England |
496 & 365-8d |
Australia |
458 & 404-3 |
Leeds |
1948 |
Australia won by 7 wickets |
| India |
402 & 330-9d |
Australia |
394 & 342-8 |
Perth |
1977/78 |
Australia won by 2 wickets |
| South Africa |
451-9d & 194-6d |
Australia |
359 & 288-2 |
Sydney |
2005/06 |
Australia won by 8 wickets |
419 teams have been set at least 500 to win a first-class match:
6 won (1.4%), 281 lost (67.1%) and 132 drew (31.5%)
There has only ever been one match-winning, fourth innings double-century in Test history, and it was on this ground:
| Score |
Name |
Team |
Against |
Venue |
Season |
Result |
| 214* |
CG Greenidge |
West Indies |
England |
Lord's |
1984 |
Won |
| 182 |
AR Morris |
Australia |
England |
Leeds |
1948 |
Won |
| 173* |
DG Bradman |
Australia |
England |
Leeds |
1948 |
Won |
| 173* |
MA Butcher |
England |
Australia |
Leeds |
2001 |
Won |
| 168 |
SM Nurse |
West Indies |
New Zealand |
Auckland |
1968/69 |
Won |
Four other men have scored double-centuries in the fourth innings of Test Matches:
| Score |
Name |
Team |
Against |
Venue |
Season |
Result |
| 223 |
GA Headley |
West Indies |
England |
Kingston |
1929/30 |
Drawn |
| 222 |
NJ Astle |
New Zealand |
England |
Christchurch |
2001/02 |
Lost |
| 221 |
SM Gavaskar |
India |
England |
The Oval |
1979 |
Drawn |
| 219 |
WJ Edrich |
England |
South Africa |
Durban |
1938/39 |
Drawn |
Seven teams have scored at least 400 in the fourth innings of a first-class match at Lord's:
| Score |
Team |
Against |
Season |
Result |
| 507-7 |
Cambridge University |
MCC |
1986 |
Won |
| 502-8 |
Players |
Gentlemen |
1900 |
Won |
| 460 |
Surrey |
MCC |
1938 |
Lost |
| 412-4 |
I Zingari |
Gentlemen |
1904 |
Won |
| 412-8 |
Gentlemen |
Players |
1904 |
Won |
| 412-5 |
MCC |
Oxford University |
1923 |
Won |
| 404 |
MCC |
Cambridge University |
1959 |
Lost |
Australia's fifth wicket fell at 128 so in order to win they would have to add 394 runs after the fall of the fifth wicket. Six teams in Test history have added more than that after losing their fifth wicket, the record being held by Pakistan - who recovered from 87/5 to score 561 against New Zealand at Lahore in 1955 - adding 474 runs.
No Australian wicket-keeper has ever sored a Test century at Lord's. The current highest scores:
| Score |
Name |
Team |
Against |
Season |
| 90 |
AC Gilchrist |
Australia |
England |
2001 |
| 80* |
BJ Haddin |
Australia |
England |
2009 |
| 53 |
D Tallon |
Australia |
England |
1948 |
| 50 |
RW Marsh |
Australia |
England |
1972 |
LUCY'S WEATHER WATCH
Today: Calmer than recent days with less of a breeze. A bright start with sunshine but more cloud building up as the afternoon goes on. A chance of a shower, but nothing significant, and almost a full days play expected. The cloud cover could well give poor light later on. Max temp 22C 72F.
