What is the biggest run chase in a second innings in test cricket?

The number of runs that the team batting second has had to chase in a Cricket World Cup final is as follows. The number is always one greater than the number of runs that the team batting first has scored in their innings.

The teams are listed in the order in which they batted in the final. Those matches whose second figure is lower than their first represents a failed run chase.

1975:

West Indies 291/8

Australia 274

1979:

West Indies 286/9

England 194

1983:

India 183

West Indies 140

1987:

Australia 253/5

England 246/8

1992:

Pakistan 249/6

England 227

1996:

Australia 241/7

Sri Lanka 245/3

1999:

Pakistan 132

Australia 133/2

2003:

Australia 359/2

India 234

2007:

Australia 281/4

Sri Lanka 215/8

2011:

Sri Lanka 274/6

India 277/4

The World Cup finals with successful run chases are therefore those of 1996 (chasing 241), 1999 (chasing 132), and 2011 (chasing 274).