5 largest 1st innings leads after which follow-on was not enforced

#1 563: England vs West Indies, Kingston 1930

The series decider between West Indies and England at Kingston in 1930 was played as a timeless Test for ten days

It was the series decider between West Indies and England at Kingston in 1930, the fourth and final Test of the tour. The first three were contested over six days each, but this one was played as a timeless Test with the series on the line. The hosts had four debutants in their line-up as the visiting captain Freddie Calthorpe chose to bat. Andy Sandham posted 325 and Les Ames got 149 with England finally getting bowled out for a mammoth 849, with Timmy Scott getting 5/266.

All West Indies could manage was 286 in reply, falling behind the English total by a huge 563. However, Calthorpe wanted to bat again with time never being a factor. The lead swelled further as England declared at 272/9, asking West Indies to chase the most improbable of targets of 836 despite playing without time limits. Finally, after ten days, the match ended in a draw as an agreement between the sides after West Indies had batted for 164.3 overs, with England due to reach home in order to kickstart their own home summer.

Brief Scores: England 849 (Sandham 325, Ames 149; Scott 5/266) and 272/9 dec (Hendren 55, Sandham 50; Scott 4/108) drew with West Indies 286 (Nunes 66; Astill 3/73, Haig 3/70) and 408/5 (Headley 223, Nunes 92; Wyatt 2/58)