Team Highest Innings Totals

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	549/7d	117.0x8	3.51	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
Australia	530	135.0x8	2.94	1	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
Australia	520	133.4x8	2.92	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
New Zealand	505	165.3x8	2.29	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1954	Test # 379
England	505	224.5	2.24	2	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
Australia	465/8d	127.0x8	2.74	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
Australia	449	152.2x8	2.21	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
Australia	443	131.2x8	2.53	2	v South Africa	Sydney	9 Jan 1953	Test # 362
England	419/9d	163.2	2.56	2	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
Australia	401	149.5x8	2.01	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449
England	381	173.5	2.19	3	v South Africa	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
England	369	135.2x8	2.04	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
Australia	368	91.2x8	3.02	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
England	353	149.5	2.35	3	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
Australia	336/5	123.6x8	2.03	4	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
England	334	168.4	1.98	1	v South Africa	Nottingham	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
England	311	107.4	2.88	1	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
Australia	292/7	147.0x8	1.48	3	v South Africa	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
Australia	291	107.3x8	2.03	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
Australia	290	95.1x8	2.28	4	v South Africa	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
England	284	126.0	2.25	1	v South Africa	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
Australia	280	81.5x8	2.57	1	v South Africa	Brisbane	5 Dec 1952	Test # 359
Australia	277	98.3x8	2.11	3	v South Africa	Brisbane	5 Dec 1952	Test # 359
England	268	118.5x8	1.69	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
Australia	259/2	52.0x8	3.73	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
England	256	142.1	1.80	4	v South Africa	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
England	254	107.7x8	1.76	3	v South Africa	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
England	251	114.2x8	1.64	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
New Zealand	245	171.2	1.42	2	v South Africa	Auckland	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370
Australia	243	71.4x8	2.54	2	v South Africa	Melbourne	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
Australia	233/3d	47.0x8	3.71	3	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
New Zealand	230	105.6x8	1.63	2	v South Africa	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
New Zealand	226	92.3x8	1.83	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Feb 1954	Test # 382
New Zealand	222	87.6x8	1.89	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	5 Feb 1954	Test # 382
England	220/6d	63.5x8	2.59	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
England	218	94.3x8	1.73	1	v South Africa	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
England	214	78.0x8	2.05	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
England	211	85.3	2.46	2	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
Australia	209	84.2x8	1.86	3	v South Africa	Melbourne	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
England	204	123.4	1.64	3	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
England	194	87.0	2.22	2	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
England	191	89.5	2.12	2	v South Africa	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
New Zealand	188	92.2x8	1.52	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
New Zealand	187	53.2x8	2.63	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
New Zealand	172	118.5	1.44	3	v South Africa	Wellington	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
New Zealand	172	123.4	1.39	2	v South Africa	Wellington	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
England	164/6	62.1	2.63	4	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
Australia	163	82.4x8	1.48	1	v South Africa	Durban	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
Australia	162/3	73.0x8	1.66	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
England	151	89.4	1.68	1	v South Africa	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
England	150	66.6x8	1.68	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
New Zealand	149	82.1x8	1.36	3	v South Africa	Durban	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
England	142/1	51.3	2.75	4	v South Africa	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
England	133	54.2	2.44	1	v South Africa	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
England	130	58.3x8	1.67	4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
England	114	65.2	1.74	4	v South Africa	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
England	110	61.3x8	1.34	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
New Zealand	100	47.5x8	1.57	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
New Zealand	79	46.3x8	1.27	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	29 Jan 1954	Test # 381
Australia	75	28.4x8	1.97	2	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
Australia	68/2	12.4x8	4.08	4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	28 Feb 1958	Test # 451
New Zealand	31/2	19.3	1.58	4	v South Africa	Auckland	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370
England	16/0	3.5	4.17	4	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
Australia	1/0	0.4x8	1.50	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449

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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]