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"Hashmatullah Shahidi has become the first Afghanistan player to post a Test match double hundred while his team smashed batting records on a memorable day two of their second and final match against Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi.
Playing their sixth Test match, the Afghans racked up 4-545, their highest total ever on Thursday, before captain Asghar Afghan declared their first innings."
Disappointingly, I can't find any list of margin of victory by a team after that team enforced the follow on. Plenty of records asserting that Australia is the only team ever to lose a Test after enforcing the follow on (3 times).
... but after a bit more research, I am certain that the Afghanis are out of the running - the record looks to be victory by an innings and 579 runs.
20th August, 1938
Kennington Oval, London
England won toss and batted. 7/903 (dec) (Hutton 364, Hammond 187 and Hardstaff 169*), Australia 201 and 123. I'm not sure whether it's apt to refer to a team that declares for 903 as suffering a "mini-collapse" in the middle order - but England did lose 3 for 9 after reaching 2 for 546, so I suppose it could have been worse (in a limited and very particular sense of "worse").
I'm thinking the follow on enforcement deficit (702 runs behind after the first innings) is probably also at the top of the list.