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
11	West Indies	749/9 d	194.4	2	England	Bridgetown	26 Feb 2009	Drawn
12	West Indies	747	235.2	2	South Africa	St John’s	29 Apr 2005	Drawn
13	Australia	735/6 d	146.3	1	Zimbabwe	Perth	9 Oct 2003	Won by innings and 175 runs
14	Sri Lanka	730/6 d	187.5	2	Bangladesh	Dhaka	27 Jan 2014	Won by innings and 248 runs
15	Australia	729/6 d	232.0	2	England	Lord’s	27 June 1930	Won by 7 wickets
16	India	726/9 d	163.3	2	Sri Lanka	Mumbai (BS)	2 Dec 2009	Won by innings and 24 runs
17	Sri Lanka	713/3 d	165.3	2	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Won by innings and 254 runs
18	Sri Lanka	713/9 d	199.3	2	Bangladesh	Chittagong	31 Jan 2018	Drawn
19	England	710/7 d	188.1	2	India	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011	Won by innings and 242 runs
20	Pakistan	708	220.3	1	England	The Oval	6 Aug 1987	Drawn
21	India	707	225.2	2	Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 July 2010	Drawn
22	India	705/7 d	187.3	1	Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2004	Drawn
23	Australia	701	171.2	1	England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934	Won by 562 runs
24	Pakistan	699/5	203.4	2	India	Lahore	1 Dec 1989	Drawn
25	Australia	695	256.1	2	England	The Oval	16 Aug 1930	Won by innings and 39 runs
26	West Indies	692/8 d	163.0	2	England	The Oval	24 Aug 1995	Drawn
27	New Zealand	690	143.1	2	Pakistan	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014	Won by innings and 80 runs
28	India	687/6 d	166.0	1	Bangladesh	Hyderabad (Deccan)	9 Feb 2017	Won by 208 runs
29	West Indies	687/8 d	182.5	1	England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Won by 231 runs
30	South Africa	682/6 d	177.0	2	England	Lord’s	31 July 2003	Won by innings and 92 runs
31	West Indies	681/8 d	198.4	1	England	Port of Spain	17 Mar 1954	Drawn
32	New Zealand	680/8 d	210	3	India	Wellington	14 Feb 2014	Drawn
33	Pakistan	679/7 d	143.3	1	India	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Drawn
34	India	676/7	167.1	2	Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986	Drawn
35	India	675/5 d	161.5	1	Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004	Won by innings and 52 runs
36	Australia	674/6 d	181.0	2	England	Cardiff	8 July 2009	Drawn
37	Australia	674	151.3 x 8	1	India	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Won by innings and 16 runs
38	Pakistan	674/6	224.5	2	India	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1984	Drawn
39	New Zealand	671/4	220.3	3	Sri Lanka	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Drawn
40	Australia	668	235.5	1	West Indies	Bridgetown	14 May 1955	Drawn
41	India	664	170.0	1	England	The Oval	9 Aug 2007	Drawn
42	Australia	662/9 d	179.3	2	England	Perth	14 Dec 2017	Won by innings and 41 runs
43	West Indies	660/5 d	169.2	1	New Zealand	Wellington	10 Feb 1995	Won by innings and 322 runs
44	Australia	659/4 d	163.0	2	India	Sydney	3 Jan 2012	Won by innings and 68 runs
45	Australia	659/8 d	173.0 x 8	2	England	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Won by innings and 33 runs
46	South Africa	658/9 d	166.2	2	West Indies	Durban	26 Dec 2003	Won by innings and 65 runs
47	England	658/8 d	188.0	1	Australia	Nottingham	10 June 1938	Drawn
48	India	657/7 d	178.0	3	Australia	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001	Won by 171 runs
49	Pakistan	657/8 d	319.0	3	West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Drawn
50	Australia	656/8 d	255.5	1	England	Manchester	23 July 1964	Drawn

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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