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For an unprecedented 17th Test victory in-a-row, the Aussies have to pull off the second-highest run chase in the history.

Aussie target 413

369— No team has ever chased more than that to win a game on Australian soil even Don Bradman’s The Invincibles didn’t have to score more than 404 at Leeds in 1948.

Only 3 teams in 1862 Tests, have scored more than that in the fourth innings to win.

418: West Indies hold that record for 7 to beat Australia by three wickets St John’s, 2002-03.

404/3: Australia were the first team to win a Test by scoring more than 400—beat England by seven wickets, Leeds, 1948.

406/4: India, the second team to do the same, won by six wickets over West Indies, Port-of-Spain, 1975-76.

It has happened 13 times so far. Of them three won, four drew, six lost.

At the WACA: The record of highest fourth inning total to win here is held by Australia – 342/8 for eight vs India, 1977-78. won by two wickets.