Team Highest Innings Totals

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	622/9d	167.5	3.70	1	v Australia	Durban	5 Feb 1970	Test # 671
West Indies	585	95.4x8	4.59	2	v Australia	Perth	12 Dec 1975	Test # 765
Pakistan	574/8d	124.6x8	3.45	2	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1972	Test # 705
England	538	233.5	2.30	3	v Australia	The Oval	28 Aug 1975	Test # 763
England	529	151.2x8	2.62	2	v Australia	Melbourne	8 Feb 1975	Test # 755
India	510/7d	144.2	3.53	1	v Australia	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
New Zealand	484	169.0x8	2.14	2	v Australia	Wellington	1 Mar 1974	Test # 733
South Africa	470/8d	121.2	3.87	3	v Australia	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1970	Test # 673
England	470	136.2x8	2.58	1	v Australia	Adelaide	29 Jan 1971	Test # 678
Pakistan	466	132.7x8	2.63	3	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Dec 1976	Test # 789
England	464	146.5x8	2.37	2	v Australia	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970	Test # 674
India	458/8d	149.0	3.07	1	v Australia	Wankhede	3 Nov 1979	Test # 860
India	457/5d	144.0	3.17	2	v Australia	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
India	445	141.4x8	2.35	4	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
West Indies	441	132.1	3.33	2	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1979	Test # 862
West Indies	439	116.4	3.76	3	v Australia	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
England	437	169.1	2.58	2	v Australia	Manchester	7 Jul 1977	Test # 805
England	436/7d	147.4	2.95	3	v Australia	Lord's	31 Jul 1975	Test # 761
England	436	155.4	2.80	1	v Australia	Leeds	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
West Indies	428	124.5	3.42	2	v Australia	Kingston	16 Feb 1973	Test # 714
India	425	130.3	3.25	2	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
England	417	112.4x8	2.78	4	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
South Africa	408	121.3	3.35	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
West Indies	405	109.5	3.68	2	v Australia	Port of Spain	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
India	402	79.6x8	3.78	1	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
West Indies	397	112.4	3.52	2	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1979	Test # 867
England	397	133.4x8	2.23	1	v Australia	Perth	11 Dec 1970	Test # 675
India	396/8d	101.0x8	2.94	2	v Australia	Sydney	7 Jan 1978	Test # 814
England	392	137.5x8	2.13	2	v Australia	Melbourne	21 Jan 1971	Test # 677
West Indies	391	152.4	2.56	2	v Australia	Bridgetown	9 Mar 1973	Test # 716
South Africa	382	167.1	2.28	1	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
West Indies	370	86.4x8	3.20	3	v Australia	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975	Test # 764
West Indies	366	121.2	3.01	1	v Australia	Georgetown	6 Apr 1973	Test # 720
England	364	124.2	2.92	2	v Australia	Nottingham	28 Jul 1977	Test # 806
Pakistan	360	82.3x8	3.27	2	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1977	Test # 792
Pakistan	360	88.6x8	3.04	2	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1973	Test # 707
England	360	142.6x8	1.89	3	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1979	Test # 843
New Zealand	357	95.2x8	2.81	2	v Australia	Christchurch	18 Feb 1977	Test # 796
England	356	121.2	2.93	3	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1972	Test # 702
West Indies	355	80.2x8	3.31	1	v Australia	Sydney	3 Jan 1976	Test # 767
Pakistan	353/9d	81.5x8	3.24	3	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
India	347	125.4	2.76	2	v Australia	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
England	346	146.6x8	1.76	3	v Australia	Sydney	6 Jan 1979	Test # 840
India	343	88.7x8	2.89	3	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
Pakistan	333	84.1x8	2.96	2	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977	Test # 790
England	332	94.7x8	2.62	1	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 1971	Test # 676
India	330/9d	73.5x8	3.36	3	v Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
West Indies	326	54.5x8	4.47	4	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976	Test # 770
India	324	84.7x8	2.86	4	v Australia	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
West Indies	319	111.2	2.86	2	v Australia	Port of Spain	21 Apr 1973	Test # 721
England	319/5d	94.0x8	2.54	3	v Australia	Sydney	9 Jan 1971	Test # 676
England	315	87.4	3.59	1	v Australia	Lord's	31 Jul 1975	Test # 761
West Indies	312	69.2x8	3.37	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1975	Test # 766
New Zealand	312	86.6x8	2.69	1	v Australia	Sydney	5 Jan 1974	Test # 729
India	311	111.4	2.78	3	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
South Africa	311	123.2	2.52	1	v Australia	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1970	Test # 673
England	309	117.5x8	1.97	1	v Australia	Perth	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
England	308	103.0x8	2.24	2	v Australia	Sydney	10 Feb 1979	Test # 846
New Zealand	305/9d	75.2x8	3.03	3	v Australia	Sydney	5 Jan 1974	Test # 729
England	305	112.4	2.70	3	v Australia	Lord's	16 Jun 1977	Test # 804
England	302	100.7x8	2.24	3	v Australia	Sydney	12 Feb 1971	Test # 679
West Indies	299	63.4x8	3.53	4	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1976	Test # 768
England	295	73.1x8	3.02	2	v Australia	Sydney	4 Jan 1975	Test # 751
New Zealand	293/8	84.0x8	2.61	4	v Australia	Christchurch	18 Feb 1977	Test # 796
England	293	91.1x8	2.41	3	v Australia	Perth	13 Dec 1974	Test # 748
West Indies	292	96.5	3.01	1	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
England	291	94.0	3.09	3	v Australia	Leeds	14 Aug 1975	Test # 762
West Indies	290	101.2	2.86	3	v Australia	Port of Spain	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
England	290/4	148.0	1.95	4	v Australia	Nottingham	13 Jul 1972	Test # 700
West Indies	289	113.1	2.55	4	v Australia	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
West Indies	288	71.0	4.05	2	v Australia	Bridgetown	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
England	288	101.2	2.84	1	v Australia	Leeds	14 Aug 1975	Test # 762
England	287/6d	101.0x8	2.13	3	v Australia	Perth	11 Dec 1970	Test # 675
England	286	95.4x8	2.24	2	v Australia	Brisbane	1 Dec 1978	Test # 834
Pakistan	285	85.7x8	2.48	3	v Australia	Perth	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
England	284	92.2	3.07	1	v Australia	The Oval	10 Aug 1972	Test # 702
West Indies	280	90.4	3.08	2	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
West Indies	280	121.3	2.30	2	v Australia	Port of Spain	23 Mar 1973	Test # 718
South Africa	279	102.4	2.71	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	19 Feb 1970	Test # 672
Pakistan	277	77.6x8	2.67	1	v Australia	Perth	24 Mar 1979	Test # 850
West Indies	274	42.2x8	4.86	2	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1976	Test # 768
England	272	91.5	2.96	1	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1972	Test # 699
Pakistan	272	70.7x8	2.87	1	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Dec 1976	Test # 789
India	271	91.0	2.97	1	v Australia	Kanpur	2 Oct 1979	Test # 857
India	269	82.2x8	2.45	2	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
England	265	80.5x8	2.46	2	v Australia	Brisbane	29 Nov 1974	Test # 746
England	263	130.1	2.02	2	v Australia	Leeds	27 Jul 1972	Test # 701
West Indies	258/9	96.4	2.66	4	v Australia	Kingston	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
Pakistan	257	75.3x8	2.55	1	v Australia	Adelaide	22 Dec 1972	Test # 704
India	256	69.2x8	2.77	1	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
New Zealand	255	73.6x8	2.59	2	v Australia	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	Test # 735
England	249	120.4	2.06	1	v Australia	Manchester	8 Jun 1972	Test # 698
England	244	69.0x8	2.65	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
England	242	88.4x8	2.05	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1974	Test # 749
England	241	75.0x8	2.41	4	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1975	Test # 754
New Zealand	237	79.7x8	2.22	2	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973	Test # 728
England	234	86.2	2.71	3	v Australia	Manchester	8 Jun 1972	Test # 698
England	233/4d	51.0x8	3.42	3	v Australia	Adelaide	29 Jan 1971	Test # 678
South Africa	232	96.0	2.41	3	v Australia	Cape Town	22 Jan 1970	Test # 670
New Zealand	230/5	83.6x8	2.05	4	v Australia	Christchurch	8 Mar 1974	Test # 735

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]