5 biggest run fests in Test cricket since 2000

Ramnaresh Sarwan raced away to his highest Test score at Barbados

#2 England vs Windies, 4th Test, Barbados, 2009

The fourth Test at Bridgetown in Barbados dished out another run-fest, which ultimately resulted in a draw. England won the toss and elected to bat first. A stand of 220 runs between Alistair Cook and Andrew Strauss laid the foundation for a monstrous score.

England lost some wickets midway, but Ravi Bopara’s maiden Test ton and Paul Collingwood’s 96 runs garnered some momentum for England. The duo stitched together a stand of 149 runs and helped England to a total of 600/6.

Replying to the mammoth target, Windies piled on 749 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Ramnaresh Sarwan raced away to his highest Test score of 291 runs while Denesh Ramdin supported him appropriately with an innings of 166 runs.

In their second innings, the English batsmen looked unflustered and racked up 279/2 in 81 overs. Alistair Cook made up for the missed opportunity of a ton in the first innings and scored 139 runs with 15 boundaries.

Brief Scores

England, 1st innings: 600/6 dec, Andrew Strauss 142, Ravi Bopara 104; Fidel Edwards 3/151, Sulieman Benn 1/106

Windies, 1st innings: 749/9 dec, Ramnaresh Sarwan 291, Denesh Ramdin 166; Graeme Swann 5/165, James Anderson 3/125

England, 2nd innings: 279/2 dec, Alistair Cook 139*, Kevin Pietersen 72*; Chris Gayle 1/46, Sulieman Benn 1/64