Team Highest Innings Totals

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indies	510	157.1	3.24	2	v Australia	Bridgetown	14 May 1955	Test # 406
South Africa	470/9d	130.6x8	2.69	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
England	459	158.3	2.89	1	v Australia	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
South Africa	435	143.1x8	2.27	2	v Australia	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
South Africa	388	128.5x8	2.26	3	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
South Africa	387	141.4x8	2.05	2	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
South Africa	384	163.7x8	1.75	2	v Australia	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
West Indies	382	104.5	3.64	1	v Australia	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955	Test # 404
England	372	126.5	2.93	2	v Australia	Lord's	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
England	371/7d	94.6x8	2.93	1	v Australia	Sydney	25 Feb 1955	Test # 399
Pakistan	366	179.4	2.03	3	v Australia	Lahore	21 Nov 1959	Test # 480
West Indies	362	107.4x8	2.52	1	v Australia	Sydney	30 Nov 1951	Test # 341
West Indies	357	94.2	3.78	1	v Australia	Kingston	11 Jun 1955	Test # 408
South Africa	352	122.0x8	2.16	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
England	341	140.6x8	1.81	2	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
England	325	167.4	1.93	1	v Australia	Leeds	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
England	320	90.7x8	2.64	2	v Australia	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
West Indies	319	117.5	2.70	3	v Australia	Kingston	11 Jun 1955	Test # 408
South Africa	311	109.2x8	2.13	1	v Australia	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
England	306	142.3	2.14	2	v Australia	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
South Africa	297/4	95.5x8	2.32	4	v Australia	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
England	296	104.3x8	2.12	3	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
India	291	144.3	2.01	3	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
West Indies	290	84.2x8	2.58	3	v Australia	Sydney	30 Nov 1951	Test # 341
England	290	98.7x8	2.19	1	v Australia	Sydney	5 Jan 1951	Test # 329
Pakistan	287	131.5	2.17	1	v Australia	Karachi	4 Dec 1959	Test # 481
England	287/7d	109.0x8	1.97	3	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 1959	Test # 464
England	282/7	126.0	2.23	4	v Australia	Lord's	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
England	279	100.5x8	2.07	3	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
England	276	120.0	2.30	2	v Australia	Manchester	9 Jul 1953	Test # 374
West Indies	275	96.1	2.85	3	v Australia	Kingston	26 Mar 1955	Test # 403
England	275	177.3	1.54	3	v Australia	Leeds	23 Jul 1953	Test # 375
West Indies	273/4	62.0	4.40	3	v Australia	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955	Test # 404
West Indies	272	75.3x8	2.70	1	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
England	272	92.3x8	2.20	2	v Australia	Adelaide	2 Feb 1951	Test # 330
England	270	101.3x8	1.99	3	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
West Indies	259	101.0	2.56	2	v Australia	Kingston	26 Mar 1955	Test # 403
England	259	98.5x8	1.96	1	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
England	257	90.1x8	2.13	3	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954	Test # 391
India	251	100.2	2.50	1	v Australia	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
India	250/5	137.0	1.82	3	v Australia	Brabourne	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
England	247	109.2	2.25	1	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
West Indies	245	69.0x8	2.66	3	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Nov 1951	Test # 340
England	240	74.1x8	2.42	2	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
South Africa	240	107.0x8	1.68	4	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Dec 1952	Test # 359
West Indies	234/6	72.0	3.25	4	v Australia	Bridgetown	14 May 1955	Test # 406
West Indies	233/4	73.5x8	2.37	4	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343
South Africa	232	69.6x8	2.49	3	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 1953	Test # 362
England	228	78.6x8	2.17	4	v Australia	Adelaide	2 Feb 1951	Test # 330
South Africa	227	71.6x8	2.37	1	v Australia	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
South Africa	221	62.6x8	2.64	2	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Dec 1952	Test # 359
England	219	82.4x8	1.99	1	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 1959	Test # 464
England	217/8d	103.4	2.09	1	v Australia	Nottingham	7 Jun 1956	Test # 425
West Indies	216	70.0x8	2.31	1	v Australia	Brisbane	9 Nov 1951	Test # 340
England	214	54.4x8	2.94	3	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
South Africa	214	74.6x8	2.14	1	v Australia	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
West Indies	213	67.3x8	2.37	4	v Australia	Sydney	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
South Africa	209	86.5x8	1.80	2	v Australia	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
West Indies	207	75.2	2.74	3	v Australia	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
India	206	111.0	1.85	3	v Australia	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
England	205	64.5x8	2.37	1	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
West Indies	203	59.3x8	2.56	3	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951	Test # 345
South Africa	203	80.2x8	1.89	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449
South Africa	201	78.4x8	1.92	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
Pakistan	200	105.5	1.88	1	v Australia	Dhaka	13 Nov 1959	Test # 479
Pakistan	199	91.3	2.17	2	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
South Africa	198	105.0x8	1.41	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449
England	198	119.2x8	1.24	3	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
England	197	62.0x8	2.38	2	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
Pakistan	194/8d	109.4	1.76	3	v Australia	Karachi	4 Dec 1959	Test # 481
England	191	67.6x8	2.11	1	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
England	190	76.1x8	1.87	2	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954	Test # 391
England	188/3d	61.0	3.08	3	v Australia	Nottingham	7 Jun 1956	Test # 425
England	186	99.2	1.87	4	v Australia	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
West Indies	182	43.5	4.15	1	v Australia	Georgetown	26 Apr 1955	Test # 405
England	182/3d	61.0	2.98	3	v Australia	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
South Africa	177/6	72.0x8	1.84	4	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
South Africa	173	63.2x8	2.05	1	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 1953	Test # 362
England	171	82.0	2.08	2	v Australia	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
England	167	109.4	1.52	1	v Australia	Leeds	23 Jul 1953	Test # 375
India	161	99.3	1.61	1	v Australia	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
South Africa	158	50.1x8	2.36	2	v Australia	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
England	154	54.3x8	2.12	1	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
India	153	63.5	2.39	3	v Australia	Chennai	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
India	152	70.1	2.16	1	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959	Test # 483
England	150	63.7x8	1.76	4	v Australia	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
Pakistan	146	66.0	2.21	1	v Australia	Lahore	21 Nov 1959	Test # 480
England	144	72.4	1.98	2	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
South Africa	144	75.1x8	1.43	3	v Australia	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
India	136	69.2	1.96	4	v Australia	Eden Gardens	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
India	136	78.2	1.73	2	v Australia	Eden Gardens	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
India	135	59.4	2.26	1	v Australia	Delhi	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
England	134	59.4x8	1.68	1	v Australia	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
Pakistan	134	100.3	1.33	3	v Australia	Dhaka	13 Nov 1959	Test # 479
England	132/2	63.5	2.06	4	v Australia	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
South Africa	132	48.2x8	2.05	3	v Australia	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
England	123	52.4x8	1.75	3	v Australia	Sydney	5 Jan 1951	Test # 329
England	122	38.0x8	2.40	4	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1950	Test # 327
England	120/1	58.0	2.06	4	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
West Indies	105	24.5x8	3.19	2	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Dec 1951	Test # 343

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]