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1940s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	Australia	674	151.3x8	3.33	1	v India	Adelaide	won	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
🥈 2	Australia	659/8d	173.0x8	2.85	2	v England	Sydney	won	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
🥉 3	Australia	645	158.6x8	3.04	1	v England	Brisbane	won	29 Nov 1946	Test # 279
4	West Indies	631	183.4	3.43	1	v India	Delhi	draw	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
5	West Indies	629/6d	206.0	3.05	1	v India	Brabourne	draw	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
6	England	608	149.5x8	3.04	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	draw	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
7	West Indies	582	176.3	3.29	1	v India	Chennai	won	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
8	Australia	575/8d	128.0x8	3.36	1	v India	Melbourne	won	6 Feb 1948	Test # 295
9	England	554/8d	215.0	2.57	1	v South Africa	Lord's	won	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
10	England	551	226.2	2.43	3	v South Africa	Nottingham	draw	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
11	Australia	536	113.3x8	3.54	3	v England	Melbourne	draw	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
12	South Africa	533	196.3	2.71	1	v England	Nottingham	draw	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
13	Australia	526/7d	126.0x8	3.13	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	won	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
14	Australia	509	216.2	2.35	2	v England	Nottingham	won	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
15	West Indies	497	146.0	3.40	2	v England	Port of Spain	draw	11 Feb 1948	Test # 296
16	England	496	192.1	2.58	1	v Australia	Leeds	lost	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
17	West Indies	490	146.4	3.34	2	v England	Kingston	won	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
18	Australia	487	118.4x8	3.08	2	v England	Adelaide	draw	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
19	New Zealand	484	159.4	3.03	2	v England	Lord's	draw	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
20	England	482	117.2	4.10	2	v New Zealand	The Oval	draw	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
21	England	478	151.3	3.15	2	v South Africa	Manchester	won	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
22	Australia	460/7d	130.2	3.52	3	v England	Lord's	won	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
23	England	460	153.0x8	2.25	1	v Australia	Adelaide	draw	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
24	Australia	458	136.2	3.35	2	v England	Leeds	won	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
25	India	454	158.4	2.86	2	v West Indies	Delhi	draw	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
26	England	441	183.0	2.40	3	v Australia	Nottingham	lost	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
27	England	440/9d	128.0	3.43	2	v New Zealand	Manchester	draw	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
28	England	428	169.4	2.52	2	v India	Lord's	won	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
29	England	427	190.0	2.24	1	v South Africa	The Oval	draw	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
30	South Africa	423/7	141.0	3.00	4	v England	The Oval	draw	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
31	Australia	413	113.4x8	2.72	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	won	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
32	Australia	404/3	114.1	3.53	4	v England	Leeds	won	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
33	England	395	141.4x8	2.09	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	won	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
34	Australia	394	94.1x8	3.13	1	v India	Melbourne	won	1 Jan 1948	Test # 292
35	Australia	389	158.2	2.45	2	v England	The Oval	won	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
36	Australia	382/8d	115.0x8	2.49	1	v India	Brisbane	won	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
37	India	381	109.1x8	2.61	2	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
38	England	379	105.7x8	2.68	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	draw	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
38	South Africa	379	143.5x8	1.97	1	v England	Gqeberha	lost	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
40	England	372	127.3	2.91	1	v New Zealand	Leeds	draw	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
41	England	371	106.4x8	2.61	3	v Australia	Sydney	lost	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
42	West Indies	366	115.2	3.17	1	v India	Eden Gardens	draw	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
43	England	365/8d	107.0	3.41	3	v Australia	Leeds	lost	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
44	Australia	365	97.3x8	2.81	1	v England	Melbourne	draw	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
45	England	363	171.5	2.11	1	v Australia	Manchester	draw	8 Jul 1948	Test # 301
46	England	362	143.3	2.52	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	draw	11 Feb 1948	Test # 296
47	South Africa	356	119.2x8	2.23	2	v England	Cape Town	draw	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
48	India	355/8	107.0	3.31	4	v West Indies	Brabourne	draw	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
49	West Indies	351/9d	106.0	3.31	3	v England	Bridgetown	draw	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
50	England	351	108.5x8	2.42	2	v Australia	Melbourne	draw	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
51	Australia	350	129.3	2.70	1	v England	Lord's	won	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
52	New Zealand	348/7	110.0	3.16	3	v England	Manchester	draw	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
53	New Zealand	345/9d	102.4	3.36	1	v England	Christchurch	draw	21 Mar 1947	Test # 284
54	New Zealand	345	112.1	3.07	1	v England	The Oval	draw	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
55	New Zealand	341	118.3	2.87	2	v England	Leeds	draw	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
56	England	340/8d	125.1x8	2.03	3	v Australia	Adelaide	draw	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
57	South Africa	339	166.1	2.04	1	v England	Manchester	lost	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
58	West Indies	336/9d	105.3	3.18	3	v India	Eden Gardens	draw	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
59	England	336	153.0	2.19	3	v West Indies	Kingston	lost	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
60	India	333/3	132.0	2.52	3	v West Indies	Brabourne	draw	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
61	South Africa	333	102.4x8	2.43	3	v Australia	Cape Town	lost	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
62	India	331	127.2	2.59	1	v England	The Oval	draw	17 Aug 1946	Test # 278
62	India	331	123.0x8	2.01	2	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	6 Feb 1948	Test # 295
64	South Africa	327	142.2	2.29	2	v England	Lord's	lost	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
65	England	325/6d	77.0	4.22	3	v South Africa	The Oval	draw	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
66	India	325/3	136.0	2.38	4	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	draw	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
67	England	317/7d	154.0	2.05	2	v South Africa	Leeds	won	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
68	South Africa	315	104.4x8	2.26	2	v England	Johannesburg	draw	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
69	England	313/9d	103.1	3.03	1	v New Zealand	Lord's	draw	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
70	England	310/7	100.0x8	2.32	4	v Australia	Melbourne	draw	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
71	New Zealand	308/9d	97.0	3.17	3	v England	The Oval	draw	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
72	England	308	91.2x8	2.53	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	draw	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
73	England	306/5	103.0	2.97	3	v New Zealand	Lord's	draw	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
74	South Africa	302	131.0	2.30	2	v England	The Oval	draw	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
75	West Indies	297/8d	105.4	2.81	1	v England	Georgetown	won	3 Mar 1948	Test # 297
76	West Indies	296	124.0	2.38	1	v England	Bridgetown	draw	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
77	England	294	129.0	2.27	1	v India	Manchester	draw	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
78	New Zealand	293	128.2	2.28	1	v England	Manchester	draw	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
79	India	291/9d	69.0x8	3.16	2	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	1 Jan 1948	Test # 292
80	West Indies	286	104.2	2.74	1	v India	Brabourne	draw	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
81	England	280	94.3x8	2.22	1	v Australia	Sydney	lost	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
82	South Africa	278	75.4x8	2.76	2	v Australia	Cape Town	lost	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
83	India	277	92.5x8	2.24	3	v Australia	Adelaide	lost	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
84	England	276/3d	96.0x8	2.15	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	draw	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
85	India	275	81.1	3.38	3	v England	Lord's	lost	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
85	England	275	113.2	2.42	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	draw	11 Feb 1948	Test # 296
87	India	273	142.2	1.91	2	v West Indies	Brabourne	draw	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
88	India	272	109.0	2.49	2	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	draw	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
89	South Africa	270/2	91.0x8	2.22	3	v England	Johannesburg	draw	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
90	England	267/4d	68.0	3.92	3	v New Zealand	Leeds	draw	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
91	South Africa	267	84.4	3.15	3	v England	Manchester	lost	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
91	West Indies	267	107.3	2.48	3	v India	Brabourne	draw	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
93	England	265/7d	83.0	3.19	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	draw	21 Mar 1947	Test # 284
94	England	263	106.4	2.46	3	v West Indies	Georgetown	lost	3 Mar 1948	Test # 297
95	South Africa	257/9d	85.0x8	2.26	2	v England	Johannesburg	draw	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
96	Australia	255/4d	65.0x8	2.94	3	v India	Melbourne	won	1 Jan 1948	Test # 292
97	England	255	96.1x8	1.98	1	v Australia	Sydney	lost	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
98	Australia	253	76.0x8	2.49	2	v England	Sydney	won	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
99	England	253/7d	78.2x8	2.42	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	draw	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
100	England	253	110.2	2.29	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	draw	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293

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