Team Highest Innings Totals

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	482	117.2	4.10	2	v New Zealand	The Oval	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
England	440/9d	128.0	3.43	2	v New Zealand	Manchester	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
England	372	127.3	2.91	1	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
England	313/9d	103.1	3.03	1	v New Zealand	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
England	306/5	103.0	2.97	3	v New Zealand	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
England	267/4d	68.0	3.92	3	v New Zealand	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
England	265/7d	83.0	3.19	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	21 Mar 1947	Test # 284
Australia	199/8d	74.0	2.68	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275

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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]