February 2, 2006	Thursday	Muharram 3, 1427

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KARACHI, Feb 1: The record-breaking Pakistan batsmen helped their team amass the highest total in a Karachi Test on the fourth day of the third and final Test against India at the National Stadium on Wednesday.

Pakistan’s score of 599 for seven declared eclipsed the previous highest total at this historic venue when the hosts piled up 565 for seven declared against Warren Lees’s New Zealand side in 1976-77.

Wednesday’s total is the 14th highest for Pakistan in 318 Tests and the seventh best in 144 home Tests.

Highest totals at National Stadium

Totals For Against Season

599-7 decl Pakistan India 2005-06

565-7 decl Pakistan New Zealand 1976-77

507 England Pakistan 1961-62

502-7 England Pakistan 1968-69

493 West Indies Pakistan 1974-75

481-9 decl Pakistan India 1978-79

478 Pakistan Sri Lanka 2004-05

469-9 decl Pakistan Australia 1988-89

468 New Zealand Pakistan 1976-77

452 Pakistan India 1982-83

Highest totals by Pakistan

Totals Opponents Venue Season

708 England The Oval 1987

699-5 India Lahore 1989-90

679-7 decl India Lahore 2005-06

674-6 India Faisalabad 1984-85

657-8 decl West Indies Bridgetown 1957-58

652 India Faisalabad 1982-83

643 New Zealand Lahore 2001-02

636-8 decl England Lahore 2005-06

624 Australia Adelaide 1983-84

616-5 decl New Zealand Auckland 1988-89

608-7 decl England Edgbaston 1971

600-7 decl England The Oval 1974

600-8 decl Sri Lanka Galle 1999-00

599-7 decl India Karachi 2005-06