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Here is a list of Test matches in which the highest scorer/s in each innings for one side batted at #8 or lower in the order. The highest scorer/s are listed in the second lines with the first innings data first.

Qualification - both innings were complete

Aus (229 & 145) v Eng,  Lords,       1884
#8 HJH Scott 75 & 31*

Eng (45 & 184)  v Aus,  Sydney(1),    1886-87
#9 GA Lohmann 17/#8 J Briggs 33

Aus (42 & 82)   v Eng,  Sydney(1),    1887-88
#9 TW Garrett 10/#8 JM Blackham 25*

Aus (302 & 125) v Eng,  The Oval,     1926
#8 JM Gregory 73/#9 WAS Oldfield 23

SAf (214 & 144) v Aus,  Port Elizabeth, 1957-58
#9 HJ Tayfield 66/#8 CGDeV Burger 37*

NZ  (145 & 233) v Ind,  Bangalore,    1995-96
#8 LK Germon 48 & 41

Zim (192 & 212) v SAf,  Bloemfontein, 1999-00
#8 GJ Whittall 85 & 51

NZ  (279 & 279) v Ind,  Hamilton,     2008-09
#8 DL Vettori 118/#8 BB McCullum 88

Pak (182 & 80)  v Eng,  Nottingham,   2010
#9 Umar Gul 65*/#10 Danish Kaneria 16*

Aus (262 & 164) v Ind, Delhi, 2012-13
#9 PM Siddle 51 & 50

Notes:
1. All matches were lost by the sides achieving this feat, except England, who won.
2. Germon was making his Test debut.

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