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1940s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Highest match aggregates

Rank	Team 1	Team 2	Team runs	Team wickets	Overs	RR	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	England	Australia	1723	31	549.4	3.13	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
🥈 2	Australia	England	1562	37	419.3x8	2.79	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
🥉 3	Australia	England	1502	29	440.5x8	2.55	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
4	England	South Africa	1477	33	539.0	2.74	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
5	England	South Africa	1458	31	587.0	2.48	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
6	Australia	India	1332	30	353.1x8	2.82	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948	Test # 294
7	India	West Indies	1305	26	444.2	2.93	Delhi	10 Nov 1948	Test # 304
8	India	West Indies	1299	32	465.5	2.78	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
9	Australia	England	1285	28	375.5x8	2.56	Sydney	13 Dec 1946	Test # 280
10	India	West Indies	1235	19	480.2	2.57	Brabourne	9 Dec 1948	Test # 305
11	South Africa	Australia	1224	29	324.0x8	2.83	Cape Town	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
12	England	South Africa	1214	33	439.1	2.76	Manchester	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
13	England	Australia	1213	32	506.5	2.39	Nottingham	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
14	England	Australia	1211	37	440.4	2.74	Lord's	24 Jun 1948	Test # 300
15	West Indies	England	1206	33	419.1	2.87	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948	Test # 296
16	South Africa	England	1193	22	345.1x8	2.59	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
17	England	New Zealand	1175	26	363.0	3.23	Leeds	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
18	England	South Africa	1159	28	496.5	2.33	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
19	England	New Zealand	1135	29	326.3	3.47	The Oval	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
19	South Africa	England	1135	30	367.0x8	2.31	Gqeberha	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
21	West Indies	England	1129	30	439.3	2.56	Kingston	27 Mar 1948	Test # 298
22	England	New Zealand	1103	24	365.5	3.01	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
23	India	West Indies	1101	37	407.3	2.7	Brabourne	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
24	South Africa	England	1083	30	334.1x8	2.43	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
25	South Africa	England	1082	27	337.4x8	2.4	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
26	England	New Zealand	1081	26	366.2	2.95	Manchester	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
27	Australia	India	1065	33	254.0x8	3.14	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948	Test # 292
28	West Indies	England	986	33	386.0	2.55	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948	Test # 293
29	Australia	India	973	28	275.2x8	2.65	Melbourne	6 Feb 1948	Test # 295
30	India	West Indies	971	30	339.0	2.86	Chennai	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
31	Australia	England	958	30	264.2x8	2.71	Brisbane	29 Nov 1946	Test # 279
32	England	India	951	30	343.5	2.76	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
33	Australia	England	933	33	283.1x8	2.47	Sydney	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
34	England	Australia	850	23	394.5	2.15	Manchester	8 Jul 1948	Test # 301
35	England	India	769	34	333.0	2.3	Manchester	20 Jul 1946	Test # 277
36	South Africa	England	761	38	270.4x8	2.1	Durban	16 Dec 1948	Test # 306
37	West Indies	England	749	31	282.4	2.64	Georgetown	3 Mar 1948	Test # 297
38	South Africa	Australia	741	30	234.7x8	2.36	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
39	England	South Africa	723	27	346.5	2.08	Leeds	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
40	England	Australia	629	30	306.0	2.05	The Oval	14 Aug 1948	Test # 303
41	New Zealand	England	610	16	185.4	3.28	Christchurch	21 Mar 1947	Test # 284
42	Australia	India	538	28	186.2x8	2.16	Brisbane	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
43	England	India	426	13	177.2	2.4	The Oval	17 Aug 1946	Test # 278
44	Australia	India	356	27	153.2x8	1.74	Sydney	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
45	New Zealand	Australia	295	28	145.2	2.02	Wellington	29 Mar 1946	Test # 275

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Additional Information

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