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	681/8d	198.4	3.42	1	v England	Port of Spain	17 Mar 1954	Test # 385
Australia	601/8d	129.0x8	3.49	1	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1954	Test # 391
West Indies	558	174.4	3.19	2	v England	Nottingham	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
South Africa	538	235.3	2.28	1	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
South Africa	521/8d	195.0	2.67	2	v England	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
West Indies	503	194.2	2.58	1	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1950	Test # 326
South Africa	500	208.5	2.39	3	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
India	485/9d	139.0	3.48	1	v England	Brabourne	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
South Africa	483/9d	240.0	2.01	1	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
Australia	476	128.1x8	2.78	1	v England	Adelaide	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
West Indies	474	191.4	2.47	2	v England	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
India	457/9d	153.0	2.98	2	v England	Chennai	6 Feb 1952	Test # 348
Australia	426	129.0x8	2.47	2	v England	Sydney	5 Jan 1951	Test # 329
West Indies	425/6d	178.0	2.38	3	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
India	418/6d	175.0	2.38	2	v England	Delhi	2 Nov 1951	Test # 339
West Indies	417	155.4	2.67	1	v England	Kingston	15 Jan 1954	Test # 380
New Zealand	417/8d	157.2	2.65	1	v England	Christchurch	17 Mar 1951	Test # 332
Australia	403/8d	101.6x8	2.97	3	v England	Adelaide	2 Feb 1951	Test # 330
West Indies	383	125.1	3.05	1	v England	Bridgetown	6 Feb 1954	Test # 383
India	378	122.0	3.09	3	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
India	376	145.1	2.59	4	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
West Indies	372	160.4	2.31	2	v England	Nottingham	4 Jul 1957	Test # 441
Australia	371	96.5x8	2.87	1	v England	Adelaide	2 Feb 1951	Test # 330
Australia	368	132.5	2.77	3	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
West Indies	367	148.2	2.47	3	v England	Nottingham	4 Jul 1957	Test # 441
Australia	357	128.2x8	2.08	2	v England	Sydney	9 Jan 1959	Test # 464
Australia	351	100.5x8	2.61	2	v England	Melbourne	13 Feb 1959	Test # 468
Australia	346	140.4	2.45	1	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
West Indies	346	170.0	2.03	3	v England	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
India	344	149.1	2.30	2	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1951	Test # 344
South Africa	340	101.6x8	2.50	1	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
West Indies	326	131.2	2.48	1	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
Australia	323	99.1x8	2.44	1	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1955	Test # 396
Australia	318	116.3	2.72	1	v England	Manchester	9 Jul 1953	Test # 374
Australia	308	100.2x8	2.30	2	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1958	Test # 462
South Africa	304	102.0	2.98	2	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
India	293	126.3	2.31	1	v England	Leeds	5 Jun 1952	Test # 351
West Indies	292/2d	96.0	3.04	3	v England	Bridgetown	6 Feb 1954	Test # 383
Australia	285	146.1	1.94	1	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
South Africa	283	96.2x8	2.20	2	v England	Durban	25 Jan 1957	Test # 436
Australia	275	81.3	3.37	1	v England	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
Pakistan	272	112.4	2.41	3	v England	Nottingham	1 Jul 1954	Test # 388
New Zealand	267	128.5	2.07	1	v England	Manchester	24 Jul 1958	Test # 457
Australia	266	82.5	3.21	2	v England	Leeds	23 Jul 1953	Test # 375
West Indies	261	96.1	2.71	3	v England	Lord's	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
Australia	257	92.5	2.76	3	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
West Indies	256	117.3	2.17	3	v England	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
West Indies	251	105.5	2.37	2	v England	Georgetown	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
Australia	249	140.3	1.77	1	v England	Nottingham	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
India	235	94.3	2.48	1	v England	Lord's	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
Australia	231	63.3x8	2.73	2	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1954	Test # 393
Australia	228	55.4x8	3.08	2	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
Australia	228	55.5x8	3.07	1	v England	Brisbane	1 Dec 1950	Test # 327
Australia	221	60.4x8	2.73	2	v England	Sydney	25 Feb 1955	Test # 399
Australia	217	69.0x8	2.35	1	v England	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
West Indies	215	93.5	2.29	2	v England	Manchester	8 Jun 1950	Test # 323
South Africa	215	89.1x8	1.80	2	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
West Indies	212/4d	55.0	3.85	3	v England	Port of Spain	17 Mar 1954	Test # 385
South Africa	211	96.2	2.19	3	v England	Lord's	21 Jun 1951	Test # 335
West Indies	209/6d	67.0	3.11	3	v England	Kingston	15 Jan 1954	Test # 380
India	208	79.0	2.63	2	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
India	208	83.1	2.50	3	v England	Brabourne	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
India	206	102.5	2.00	2	v England	Nottingham	4 Jun 1959	Test # 474
South Africa	205	99.6x8	1.54	2	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435
Australia	205	150.2	1.36	3	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
Australia	202	92.0	2.19	2	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
South Africa	202	106.3	1.89	1	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
New Zealand	200	88.4	2.25	1	v England	Auckland	25 Mar 1955	Test # 402
Australia	197	64.3x8	2.29	3	v England	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951	Test # 331
Australia	194	59.1x8	2.46	1	v England	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
India	194	95.0	2.04	3	v England	The Oval	20 Aug 1959	Test # 478
South Africa	191	78.2	2.43	3	v England	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
New Zealand	189	72.2	2.61	3	v England	Wellington	24 Mar 1951	Test # 333
Australia	186	72.1x8	1.93	2	v England	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
Australia	184	53.4x8	2.57	4	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1954	Test # 392
West Indies	183	81.2	2.25	4	v England	Manchester	8 Jun 1950	Test # 323
Australia	181	53.3x8	2.54	3	v England	Melbourne	22 Dec 1950	Test # 328
New Zealand	181	89.3	2.02	1	v England	Auckland	14 Mar 1959	Test # 472
South Africa	181	114.0	1.58	2	v England	Nottingham	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
South Africa	171	70.2	2.43	1	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
India	168	77.4	2.16	1	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
India	165	67.0	2.46	3	v England	Leeds	5 Jun 1952	Test # 351
India	165	79.1	2.08	3	v England	Lord's	18 Jun 1959	Test # 475
Pakistan	164	92.0	1.78	3	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1954	Test # 390
South Africa	164	87.0x8	1.41	1	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
Australia	162	50.5	3.18	3	v England	The Oval	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
India	161	68.5	2.33	1	v England	Leeds	2 Jul 1959	Test # 476
New Zealand	161	75.0	2.14	1	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1958	Test # 458
South Africa	158	84.3	1.86	1	v England	Manchester	5 Jul 1951	Test # 336
Pakistan	157	65.0	2.41	1	v England	Nottingham	1 Jul 1954	Test # 388
India	157	66.5	2.34	3	v England	Kanpur	12 Jan 1952	Test # 346
India	157	97.3	1.61	3	v England	Nottingham	4 Jun 1959	Test # 474
South Africa	154	75.5	2.03	3	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1951	Test # 338
South Africa	151	87.4	1.72	4	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1955	Test # 412
India	149	55.4	2.67	3	v England	Leeds	2 Jul 1959	Test # 476
Australia	148	83.1	1.77	2	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1956	Test # 425
South Africa	148	96.3	1.53	3	v England	Nottingham	9 Jun 1955	Test # 407
Australia	147/4	33.0	4.45	4	v England	Leeds	23 Jul 1953	Test # 375
Australia	147/2	51.7x8	2.12	4	v England	Brisbane	5 Dec 1958	Test # 460
South Africa	145/7	30.3	4.75	4	v England	Manchester	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410

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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]