Team Highest Innings Totals - vs England

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches - vs England

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	659/8d	173.0x8	2.85	2	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
Australia	645	158.6x8	3.04	1	v England	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946	Test # 279
Australia	536	113.3x8	3.54	3	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
South Africa	533	196.3	2.71	1	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
Australia	509	216.2	2.35	2	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
West Indies	497	146.0	3.40	2	v England	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948	Test # 296
West Indies	490	146.4	3.34	2	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
Australia	487	118.4x8	3.08	2	v England	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
New Zealand	484	159.4	3.03	2	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
Australia	460/7d	130.2	3.52	3	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
Australia	458	136.2	3.35	2	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
South Africa	423/7	141.0	3.00	4	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
Australia	404/3	114.1	3.53	4	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
Australia	389	158.2	2.45	2	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
South Africa	379	143.5x8	1.97	1	v England	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
Australia	365	97.3x8	2.81	1	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
South Africa	356	119.2x8	2.23	2	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
West Indies	351/9d	106.0	3.31	3	v England	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
Australia	350	129.3	2.70	1	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
New Zealand	348/7	110.0	3.16	3	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
New Zealand	345/9d	102.4	3.36	1	v England	Christchurch	21 Mar 1947	Test # 284
New Zealand	345	112.1	3.07	1	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
New Zealand	341	118.3	2.87	2	v England	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
South Africa	339	166.1	2.04	1	v England	Manchester	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
India	331	127.2	2.59	1	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1946	Test # 278
South Africa	327	142.2	2.29	2	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
South Africa	315	104.4x8	2.26	2	v England	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
New Zealand	308/9d	97.0	3.17	3	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
South Africa	302	131.0	2.30	2	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
West Indies	297/8d	105.4	2.81	1	v England	Georgetown	3 Mar 1948	Test # 297
West Indies	296	124.0	2.38	1	v England	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
New Zealand	293	128.2	2.28	1	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
India	275	81.1	3.38	3	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
South Africa	270/2	91.0x8	2.22	3	v England	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
South Africa	267	84.4	3.15	3	v England	Manchester	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
South Africa	257/9d	85.0x8	2.26	2	v England	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
Australia	253	76.0x8	2.49	2	v England	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
South Africa	252	127.2	1.97	3	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
Australia	221	93.0	2.37	2	v England	Manchester	8 Jul 1948	Test # 301
South Africa	219	89.3x8	1.83	3	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
Australia	215/1	44.0x8	3.66	4	v England	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
Australia	214/5	52.2x8	3.07	4	v England	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
India	200	76.1	2.62	1	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
New Zealand	195/2	49.0	3.97	4	v England	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
South Africa	194/4	65.0x8	2.23	4	v England	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
South Africa	187/3d	58.0x8	2.41	3	v England	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
South Africa	184	80.0	2.30	3	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
South Africa	175	97.1	1.80	1	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
India	170	82.0	2.07	2	v England	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
South Africa	166/1	51.0	3.25	4	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
South Africa	161	53.5x8	2.25	1	v England	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
India	152/9	61.0	2.49	4	v England	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
South Africa	142/4	31.0x8	3.43	4	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
Australia	98/2	28.3	3.43	4	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
Australia	92/1	61.0	1.50	4	v England	Manchester	8 Jul 1948	Test # 301
West Indies	78/3	20.0	3.90	4	v England	Georgetown	3 Mar 1948	Test # 297
West Indies	76/0	11.0	6.90	4	v England	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
West Indies	72/3	16.2	4.40	4	v England	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948	Test # 296

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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:

South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]

South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]

England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]