Top 5 highest first innings totals to result in losses

#1 Bangladesh, against New Zealand – Wellington – January, 2017

Shakib al Hasan scored 217 – the highest individual score by a Bangladeshi

A Bangladesh record stand of 359 for the 5^th wicket between Shakib-al-Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim took Bangladesh to 595/8 before they declared their innings. Shakib had made 217, Bangladesh’s highest individual score in Tests, while skipper, Rahim made 159.

New Zealand replied through Tom Latham’s 177 and enterprising half-centuries from Kane Williamson, Mitchell Santner and Henry Nicholls. They were bowled out for 539, conceding a lead of 56.

The Kiwi bowlers bowled with discipline and purpose as they bowled out Bangladesh for 160 in the second innings. Trent Boult took three while Neil Wagner and Mitchell Santner picked two each.

Needing 217 to win, New Zealand made light work of the chase as their captain, Williamson notched up an 89-ball hundred, the fourth fastest in the final innings of a Test. A 122-year-old record was thus broken as Bangladesh’s first innings total of 595 is the highest now in Tests to result in a loss.