New Zealand post their highest innings total in Test cricket

Brendon McCullum’s (right) 302 helped New Zealand post the mammoth total © Getty Images

Feb 18, 2014

New Zealand have recorded the most runs scored in a Test innings by the Kiwis eclipsing the 1991 record of 671 for four. New Zealand, on February 18, 2014 posted 680 for eight declared. Both these scores were recorded at the same venue in Wellington. While New Zealand’s latest record saw a historic triple ton by Brendon McCullum (302), the other match mentioned witnessed the then highest individual score by a Kiwi i.e. 200 by Martin Crowe.

Out of the five occasions New Zealand have gone past 600, three times have been against India.

Score	Overs	Opposition	Year	Venue
680/8 decl.	209	India	2014	Wellington
671/4	220.3	Sri Lanka	1991	Wellington
630/6d decl.	198.3	India	2003	Mohali
619/9 decl.	154.4	India	2009	Napier
609/9 decl.	153.1	West Indies	2013	Dunedin