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1920s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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

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