Highest totals
Team Score Overs RR Inns Opposition Match Date Scorecard
South Africa 658/9d 166.2 3.95 2 v West Indies 26 Dec 2003 Test # 1679
England 654/5 218.2x8 2.24 4 v South Africa 3 Mar 1939 Test # 271
South Africa 622/9d 167.5 3.70 1 v Australia 5 Feb 1970 Test # 671
England 574/9d 170.0 3.37 2 v South Africa 26 Dec 2009 Test # 1944
South Africa 572/7 209.2 2.73 3 v England 26 Dec 1999 Test # 1480
England 570/7d 172.3 3.30 3 v South Africa 26 Dec 2004 Test # 1730
South Africa 556/4d 120.0 4.63 2 v West Indies 10 Jan 2008 Test # 1860
South Africa 530 202.6x8 1.96 1 v England 3 Mar 1939 Test # 271
South Africa 500 155.2 3.21 2 v India 26 Dec 2013 Test # 2111
England 485/5d 190.0 2.55 1 v South Africa 4 Dec 1964 Test # 571
South Africa 481 142.1x8 2.53 3 v England 3 Mar 1939 Test # 271
England 469/4d 88.5x8 3.96 1 v South Africa 20 Jan 1939 Test # 269
South Africa 464/8d 157.0 2.95 3 v England 21 Jan 1928 Test # 170
Australia 455 146.5 3.09 2 v South Africa 28 Feb 1936 Test # 251
South Africa 437/9d 115.0x8 2.85 1 v New Zealand 11 Dec 1953 Test # 377
England 430 139.3 3.08 2 v South Africa 21 Jan 1928 Test # 170
Australia 429 162.2 2.64 2 v South Africa 14 Dec 1935 Test # 247
England 428 185.5 2.30 1 v South Africa 18 Jan 1923 Test # 150
South Africa 422 205.2 2.05 2 v Australia 25 Mar 1994 Test # 1256
South Africa 420 152.3 2.75 1 v Sri Lanka 26 Dec 2000 Test # 1526
South Africa 384 163.7x8 1.75 2 v Australia 24 Jan 1958 Test # 447
South Africa 370 132.2 2.79 4 v Australia 6 Mar 2009 Test # 1913
Australia 369 127.1 2.90 1 v South Africa 24 Mar 2006 Test # 1792
South Africa 368 107.0 3.43 1 v Pakistan 26 Dec 2002 Test # 1635
South Africa 368 134.4 2.73 2 v England 18 Jan 1923 Test # 150
England 366/9d 166.4 2.19 1 v South Africa 26 Dec 1999 Test # 1480
South Africa 353 114.2x8 2.31 3 v England 20 Jan 1939 Test # 269
Australia 352 107.4 3.26 1 v South Africa 6 Mar 2009 Test # 1913
Australia 351 110.4 3.17 1 v South Africa 1 Mar 2018 Test # 2297
South Africa 343 108.3 3.16 1 v England 26 Dec 2009 Test # 1944
South Africa 340/5 104.5 3.24 4 v Australia 15 Mar 2002 Test # 1595
Sri Lanka 338 108.2 3.12 1 v South Africa 26 Dec 2011 Test # 2026
Australia 336 131.2 2.55 3 v South Africa 5 Feb 1970 Test # 671
Australia 336/5 123.6x8 2.03 4 v South Africa 20 Jan 1950 Test # 320
India 334 111.3 2.99 1 v South Africa 26 Dec 2013 Test # 2111
Australia 334 160.1 2.08 3 v South Africa 20 Jan 1967 Test # 615
South Africa 332 102.0 3.25 2 v England 26 Dec 2004 Test # 1730
South Africa 332/7d 113.0 2.93 2 v England 4 Feb 1928 Test # 172
Australia 331/5d 94.4 3.49 3 v South Africa 6 Mar 2009 Test # 1913
West Indies 329 113.0 2.91 3 v South Africa 26 Dec 2003 Test # 1679
South Africa 328 91.3 3.58 1 v India 26 Dec 2006 Test # 1825
England 326 102.1 3.19 3 v South Africa 26 Dec 2015 Test # 2196
West Indies 317 86.5 3.65 3 v South Africa 10 Jan 2008 Test # 1860
England 316 117.6x8 2.01 2 v South Africa 3 Mar 1939 Test # 271
Australia 315 74.1 4.24 1 v South Africa 15 Mar 2002 Test # 1595
South Africa 312 98.0 3.18 2 v West Indies 26 Dec 1998 Test # 1437
South Africa 311 109.2x8 2.13 1 v Australia 20 Jan 1950 Test # 320
Australia 307/4d 82.4 3.71 3 v South Africa 24 Mar 2006 Test # 1792
England 303 100.1 3.02 1 v South Africa 26 Dec 2015 Test # 2196
South Africa 300 111.0 2.70 1 v Australia 20 Jan 1967 Test # 615
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years | post-war
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa v Australia at Durban, 1st Test, Mar 1-5, 2018 [Test # 2297]
South Africa v New Zealand at Durban, 1st Test, Aug 19-23, 2016 [Test # 2219]
South Africa v England at Durban, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2015 [Test # 2196]
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