ENG vs IND: What are highest chases and lowest defended scores at Lord's?

So far at Lord's, only on 40 instances has a team chasing won the match, and on only 8 instances has a target of 150-plus been successfully chased by any team

The third Test between India and England at Lord’s cricket ground has reached its final stages as the home team have set a target of 193 runs for India to win the third Test of the 5-match series. If Shubman Gill and company successfully chase this total, it will be India’s highest and only the second successful chase at the venue.

 

What is the highest successful run-chase at Lord's cricket ground?  The highest successful chase at this venue came back in 1984, when West Indies chased down the 344-run target set by England. The home team England is at second spot for their 282-run chase against New Zealand in 2004.

 

 

So far at Lord’s, on 40 instances has a team chasing won the match out of 147 Test matches played at the 'Home of cricket', and on only 8 instances has a target of 150-plus been successfully chased by any team.

 

Full list of successful run chases at Lord's 

Team	Score	Result	Opposition	Start Date
West Indies	344/1	Won	v England	28 Jun 1984
England	282/3	Won	v New Zealand	20 May 2004
South Africa	282/5	Won	v Australia	11 Jun 2025
England	279/5	Won	v New Zealand	2 Jun 2022
England	218/3	Won	v New Zealand	17 Jun 1965
England	193/5	Won	v West Indies	17 May 2012
England	191/8	Won	v West Indies	29 Jun 2000
England	163/2	Won	v Bangladesh	27 May 2010
Pakistan	141/8	Won	v England	18 Jun 1992
England	137/3	Won	v Australia	21 Jul 1890
India	136/5	Won	v England	5 Jun 1986
Australia	131/2	Won	v England	11 Jun 1921
Australia	127/6	Won	v England	27 Jun 1985
Australia	119/4	Won	v England	22 Jun 1989
England	118/3	Won	v New Zealand	24 Aug 1978
England	111/4	Won	v Australia	22 Jun 1896
England	108/1	Won	v India	27 Jun 1936
England	108/2	Won	v India	18 Jun 1959
England	107/1	Won	v West Indies	7 Sep 2017
England	100/2	Won	v West Indies	24 Jun 1939
England	100/3	Won	v Sri Lanka	25 Aug 1988

 

India’s only successful run chase at Lord’s

 

The Indian cricket team has won only one match at Lord’s while chasing, which came back in 1986. Kapil Dev, with 5 wickets, and Dilip Vengsarkar, with his 126 runs in the first innings, were India’s heroes in the match.

 

India’s highest successful run chase in England

 

India’s run chase record in England has not been great, as so far, on only three occasions while playing in England, India have successfully chased down a total in the fourth innings to win the match. Except for their win at Lord’s, the other two came at The Oval in 1971 and at Nottingham in 2007, where India successfully chased down the totals of 173 and 73 respectively to win the match.

• 174/6 vs England at The Oval, 1971
• 136/5 vs England at Lord’s, 1986
• 73/3 vs England at Trent Bridge, 2007

Lowest total defended at Lord’s in Tests

 

The lowest total ever defended at Lord’s came in 1888, when Australia, under the captaincy of opener Percy McDonnell, successfully defended a target of just 124 runs against England.

 

Lowest successfully defended totals at Lord’s 

Target	Team	Score	Opponent	Year
124	Australia	62	England	1888
182	England	38	Ireland	2019
183	England	111	South Africa	1955
239	England	68	New Zealand	2013
272	India	120	England	2021
283	Pakistan	207	England	2016
296	England	223	West Indies	1995
309	South Africa	151	England	1935
319	India	223	England	2014
331	England	119	South Africa	2017