Top Test Scores (Team)

Sr. No.	Team	Score	Overs	Innings	Against	Venue	Date	Result
1	Sri Lanka	952/6 d	271.0	2	India	Colombo (RPS)	2 Aug 1997	Drawn
2	England	907/3 d	335.2	1	Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	Won by innings and 579 runs
3	England	849	258.2	1	West Indies	Kingston	3 Apr 1930	Drawn
4	West Indies	790/3 d	208.1	2	Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Won by innings and 174 runs
5	Pakistan	765/6 d	248.5	2	Sri Lanka	Karachi	21 Feb 2009	Drawn
6	Sri Lanka	760/7 d	202.4	2	India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009	Drawn
7	India	759/7 d	190.4	2	England	Chennai	16 Dec 2016	Won by innings and 75 runs
8	Australia	758/8 d	245.4	2	West Indies	Kingston	11 June 1955	Won by innings and 82 runs
9	Sri Lanka	756/5 d	185.1	2	South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Won by innings and 153 runs
10	West Indies	751/5 d	202.0	1	England	St John’s	10 Apr 2004	Drawn

*Last updated on 24 Feb 2020

In the top 50 Test team scores, Australia appear 12 times, India appear nine times and the Windies appear eight times.

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On the other hand, the opposing team has been 16 times England, nine times India and five times West Indies and Sri Lanka each.

Off the 50 top test scores, 20 matches have ended in a win by an innings for the top scoring team. Among other matches, 25 have ended in a draw while the rest have been won by a huge margin.

Another interesting fact to be noted is that only four high scores have come in the third innings of the match i.e. second innings of the team in the match. Rest all 46 scores have come in the team’s first innings.

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