10 biggest innings defeats in Test cricket

#5 Pakistan vs New Zealand at Lahore (1-3 May 2002)

Margin: Innings and 324 runs

Akhtar ripped through the opposition top order with five of six wickets cleaning up the stumps

The match is best remembered for Shoaib Akhtar’s devastating spell of fast bowling which saw him pick up six wickets conceding just 11 runs as well as Inzamam-ul-Haq’s knock of 329 which remained his highest Test score ever.

Batting first, Pakistan were given a breezy start by opener Imran Nazir who made 127 before Inzamam took the stage and defied the New Zealand bowlers into submission. His marathon knock lasted nearly 10 hours and he was the last man to be dismissed as the Pakistan innings was finally brought to a close at 643.

Akhtar then ripped through the opposition top order with five of six wickets cleaning up the stumps. Only two batsmen reached double figures as the New Zealand first innings closed out at just 73 and not surprisingly, skipper Waqar Younis asked the visiting side to bat again.

Despite the Rawalpindi Express not bowling a single delivery in the second innings, the Black Caps were not able to avoid an innings defeat – a big one at that – as the rest of the Pakistani bowlers shared the spoils as New Zealand’s second innings produced 246 runs.