Team Highest Innings Totals

Cricket Records in 1920s in Test matches

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	636	272.1	2.33	2	v Australia	Sydney	14 Dec 1928	Test # 177
Australia	600	149.5x8	3.00	1	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925	Test # 159
Australia	582	185.5	3.13	3	v England	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921	Test # 137
Australia	581	192.3	3.01	3	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920	Test # 135
England	548	151.6x8	2.70	1	v Australia	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925	Test # 161
England	531/2d	118.0	4.50	2	v South Africa	Lord's	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
England	521	175.3	2.96	1	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928	Test # 176
England	519	215.1	2.41	1	v Australia	Melbourne	8 Mar 1929	Test # 180
Australia	499	137.3	3.62	1	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1920	Test # 136
Australia	494	165.0	2.99	1	v England	Leeds	10 Jul 1926	Test # 165
South Africa	492/8d	172.0	2.86	2	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1929	Test # 185
Australia	491	271.3	1.80	2	v England	Melbourne	8 Mar 1929	Test # 180
Australia	489	153.0x8	2.39	1	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
England	479	138.0x8	2.60	2	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925	Test # 159
England	475/3d	168.0	2.82	2	v Australia	Lord's	26 Jun 1926	Test # 164
South Africa	472/8d	195.0	2.42	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
South Africa	464/8d	157.0	2.95	3	v England	Durban	21 Jan 1928	Test # 170
Australia	452	125.7x8	2.69	3	v England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
Australia	450	97.5	4.59	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921	Test # 146
Australia	450	152.2x8	2.21	1	v England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
England	447	132.1	3.38	2	v Australia	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921	Test # 137
England	438	103.5	4.21	2	v West Indies	The Oval	11 Aug 1928	Test # 175
England	438	124.0	3.53	1	v South Africa	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
England	436	182.5	2.38	3	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
England	430	139.3	3.08	2	v South Africa	Durban	21 Jan 1928	Test # 170
England	428	158.5	2.69	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169
England	428	185.5	2.30	1	v South Africa	Durban	18 Jan 1923	Test # 150
England	427/7d	128.0	3.33	1	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
England	421/8	131.0	3.21	2	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1924	Test # 157
South Africa	420	124.3	3.37	3	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
England	417	195.0	2.13	2	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
England	411	96.7x8	3.18	4	v Australia	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
Australia	407	93.1	4.36	1	v England	Leeds	2 Jul 1921	Test # 142
England	403/8d	127.0	3.17	1	v Australia	The Oval	13 Aug 1921	Test # 144
England	401	125.4	3.19	1	v West Indies	Lord's	23 Jun 1928	Test # 173
Australia	397	151.4	2.61	3	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1928	Test # 177
Australia	397	180.5	2.19	1	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
England	396	116.0	3.41	1	v South Africa	Leeds	12 Jul 1924	Test # 155
Australia	396	120.0	3.30	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Nov 1921	Test # 147
Australia	392	91.3	4.28	2	v England	Sydney	25 Feb 1921	Test # 139
South Africa	390	143.4	2.71	3	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
Australia	389	102.0	3.81	2	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1921	Test # 144
Australia	389	112.1	3.46	2	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
Australia	383	154.5	2.47	1	v England	Lord's	26 Jun 1926	Test # 164
England	383	200.4	1.90	3	v Australia	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
England	376/6d	134.0	2.80	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	9 Feb 1923	Test # 151
England	370	106.2	3.47	4	v Australia	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921	Test # 137
Australia	369	160.0	2.30	2	v England	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
South Africa	368	134.4	2.73	2	v England	Durban	18 Jan 1923	Test # 150
England	365	117.2x8	2.33	2	v Australia	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
England	363	111.2x8	2.44	4	v Australia	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
England	362/4d	120.0	3.01	1	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1921	Test # 143
Australia	354	108.0	3.27	1	v England	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921	Test # 137
England	351	107.2	3.27	2	v West Indies	Manchester	21 Jul 1928	Test # 174
Australia	351	165.5	2.11	3	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
Australia	342	84.1	4.06	2	v England	Lord's	11 Jun 1921	Test # 141
South Africa	342	124.0	2.75	1	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1924	Test # 157
England	342/8d	135.1	2.53	3	v Australia	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928	Test # 176
Australia	336	151.5	2.21	4	v England	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
Australia	335	150.2	2.22	1	v England	Manchester	24 Jul 1926	Test # 166
England	334	183.1	1.82	1	v Australia	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
South Africa	332/7d	113.0	2.93	2	v England	Durban	4 Feb 1928	Test # 172
England	332/7	159.5	2.07	4	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
South Africa	328	92.3	3.54	2	v England	Johannesburg	28 Jan 1928	Test # 171
England	328	107.5	3.04	2	v South Africa	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
Australia	325	118.3x8	2.05	3	v England	Sydney	27 Feb 1925	Test # 162
Australia	324/7d	87.0	3.72	3	v South Africa	Durban	5 Nov 1921	Test # 145
South Africa	323	127.0	2.54	3	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1924	Test # 155
South Africa	322	131.0	2.45	2	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1929	Test # 182
England	315	117.0	2.69	3	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
England	313	137.3	2.27	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
England	312/8d	82.2	3.78	3	v South Africa	Lord's	29 Jun 1929	Test # 182
England	308/4d	100.0	3.08	3	v South Africa	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929	Test # 181
England	305/5	125.0	2.44	2	v Australia	Manchester	24 Jul 1926	Test # 166
England	302	99.4	3.03	1	v South Africa	Lord's	29 Jun 1929	Test # 182
Australia	302	152.1	1.98	2	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
Australia	299	84.4	3.53	1	v South Africa	Durban	5 Nov 1921	Test # 145
England	298	79.7x8	2.79	2	v Australia	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
South Africa	295	92.0	3.20	2	v England	Johannesburg	9 Feb 1923	Test # 151
Australia	295	102.5x8	2.15	1	v England	Sydney	27 Feb 1925	Test # 162
England	294	128.0	2.29	2	v Australia	Leeds	10 Jul 1926	Test # 165
England	290	106.3x8	2.04	4	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925	Test # 159
Australia	287/5	134.1	2.13	4	v England	Melbourne	8 Mar 1929	Test # 180
England	284	99.2	2.85	1	v Australia	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
England	283	90.2	3.13	3	v Australia	Lord's	11 Jun 1921	Test # 141
England	282	102.5	2.74	1	v South Africa	Durban	4 Feb 1928	Test # 172
England	281	102.5	2.73	4	v Australia	Sydney	17 Dec 1920	Test # 135
England	281	126.5	2.21	1	v South Africa	Durban	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
England	280	95.5	2.92	1	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
England	280	101.2	2.76	3	v Australia	Sydney	25 Feb 1921	Test # 139
South Africa	275	111.1	2.47	3	v England	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
Australia	273/7d	73.0	3.73	3	v England	Leeds	2 Jul 1921	Test # 142
South Africa	273	116.0	2.35	1	v England	Lord's	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
Australia	269	63.3x8	3.18	2	v England	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925	Test # 161
Australia	267	114.5	2.32	1	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920	Test # 135
South Africa	265	118.4	2.23	3	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
England	265	125.4	2.10	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Jan 1928	Test # 171
England	264/1	80.0	3.30	3	v South Africa	The Oval	17 Aug 1929	Test # 185
England	259	93.1	2.77	2	v Australia	Leeds	2 Jul 1921	Test # 142
England	258	101.3	2.54	1	v South Africa	The Oval	17 Aug 1929	Test # 185

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v South Africa at The Oval, 5th Test, Aug 17-20, 1929 [Test # 185]

England v South Africa at Manchester, 4th Test, Jul 27-30, 1929 [Test # 184]

England v South Africa at Leeds, 3rd Test, Jul 13-16, 1929 [Test # 183]