Winning a Test match isn’t a straightforward thing, as a team needs to put in the hard yards to keep the opponent on the bay.
Now, imagine grinding hard on the field for 4-5 days and sweeping away a Test match by 10 wickets. It is a thing to savour for a long time.
Chasing a target in the 4th innings isn’t considered an easy task, let alone do it without losing a wicket. However, teams have logged 10-wicket victories numerous times in Test cricket.
Here we’ll glance at the teams with the most 10-wicket wins in Test cricket. (You can look at the same stat for T20I here)
Most 10-Wicket Wins in Tests
| Teams | No. of 10-Wicket Wins |
|---|---|
| Australia | 32 |
| West Indies | 28 |
| England | 22 |
| Pakistan | 13 |
| Sri Lanka | 12 |
| India | 9 |
| South Africa | 9 |
| New Zealand | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 1 |
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Key Insights
Australia have logged the most 10-wicket wins in Test cricket, and they are the only team to win 30 or more matches by that margin.
0: Afghanistan and Ireland haven’t won any Test matches by a 10-wicket margin.
170 is the highest target chased in the 4th Test innings by a team without losing a wicket. Australia did it twice, first against the West Indies in 1930 (172/0) and then in 2017 against England (173/0).
Australia is the only team to successfully chase targets greater than 100 runs 5 times in Test cricket by keeping all 10 wickets in hand.
2002 registered 6 instances of 10-wicket wins in Test cricket — the most in a calendar year — and all wins belonged to 6 different teams.
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