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1950s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	West Indies	790/3d	208.1	3.79	2	v Pakistan	Kingston	won	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
🥈 2	Australia	758/8d	245.4	3.08	2	v West Indies	Kingston	won	11 Jun 1955	Test # 408
🥉 3	West Indies	681/8d	198.4	3.42	1	v England	Port of Spain	draw	17 Mar 1954	Test # 385
4	Australia	668	235.5	2.83	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	draw	14 May 1955	Test # 406
5	Pakistan	657/8d	319.0	2.05	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	draw	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
6	West Indies	644/8d	214.0	3.00	2	v India	Delhi	draw	6 Feb 1959	Test # 467
7	England	619/6d	212.0	2.91	1	v West Indies	Nottingham	draw	4 Jul 1957	Test # 441
8	West Indies	614/5d	162.1	3.78	1	v India	Eden Gardens	won	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
9	Australia	601/8d	129.0x8	3.49	1	v England	Brisbane	won	26 Nov 1954	Test # 391
10	Australia	600/9d	201.0	2.98	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	draw	11 Apr 1955	Test # 404
11	England	583/4d	258.0	2.25	3	v West Indies	Birmingham	draw	30 May 1957	Test # 439
12	West Indies	579/9d	172.2	3.35	1	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	draw	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
13	West Indies	576	206.1	2.79	2	v India	Kingston	draw	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
14	Pakistan	561	185.3	3.02	2	v New Zealand	Lahore	won	26 Oct 1955	Test # 414
15	England	558/6d	139.0	4.01	2	v Pakistan	Nottingham	won	1 Jul 1954	Test # 388
16	West Indies	558	174.4	3.19	2	v England	Nottingham	won	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
17	England	550	221.3	2.48	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	draw	17 Mar 1951	Test # 332
18	Australia	549/7d	117.0x8	3.51	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	won	3 Mar 1950	Test # 322
19	West Indies	546/6d	159.4	3.41	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	15 Feb 1952	Test # 350
20	South Africa	538	235.3	2.28	1	v England	Leeds	draw	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
21	India	537/3d	177.0	3.03	1	v New Zealand	Chennai	won	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
22	England	537	206.4	2.59	2	v India	Lord's	won	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
22	England	537	221.2	2.42	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	draw	17 Mar 1954	Test # 385
24	India	531/7d	241.5	2.19	2	v New Zealand	Delhi	draw	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
25	Australia	530	135.0x8	2.94	1	v South Africa	Adelaide	draw	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
26	South Africa	524/8d	174.0	3.01	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	won	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
27	Australia	523/7d	180.0	2.90	2	v India	Brabourne	draw	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
28	South Africa	521/8d	195.0	2.67	2	v England	Manchester	won	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
29	Australia	520	133.4x8	2.92	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	lost	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
30	Australia	517	151.5x8	2.55	2	v West Indies	Sydney	won	30 Nov 1951	Test # 341
31	Australia	515/9d	201.0	2.56	1	v West Indies	Kingston	won	26 Mar 1955	Test # 403
32	West Indies	510	157.1	3.24	2	v Australia	Bridgetown	draw	14 May 1955	Test # 406
33	New Zealand	505	165.3x8	2.29	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	draw	1 Jan 1954	Test # 379
33	England	505	224.5	2.24	2	v South Africa	Leeds	draw	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
35	West Indies	503	194.2	2.58	1	v England	The Oval	won	12 Aug 1950	Test # 326
36	West Indies	500	181.0	2.76	1	v India	Chennai	won	21 Jan 1959	Test # 465
36	South Africa	500	208.5	2.39	3	v England	Leeds	won	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
38	India	498/4d	175.1	2.84	1	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	draw	19 Nov 1955	Test # 416
39	Pakistan	496	177.5	2.78	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	won	26 Mar 1958	Test # 453
40	England	490	174.1	2.81	1	v India	Manchester	won	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
41	India	485/9d	139.0	3.48	1	v England	Brabourne	draw	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
42	England	483/8d	174.3	2.76	2	v India	Leeds	won	2 Jul 1959	Test # 476
43	South Africa	483/9d	240.0	2.01	1	v England	Nottingham	won	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
44	Australia	476	128.1x8	2.78	1	v England	Adelaide	won	30 Jan 1959	Test # 466
45	West Indies	474	191.4	2.47	2	v England	Birmingham	draw	30 May 1957	Test # 439
46	South Africa	470/9d	130.6x8	2.69	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	draw	23 Dec 1957	Test # 444
47	West Indies	469	149.3	3.13	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	won	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
48	Australia	468	143.0	3.27	2	v India	Delhi	won	12 Dec 1959	Test # 482
49	Australia	465/8d	127.0x8	2.74	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	draw	10 Feb 1950	Test # 321
50	England	459	158.3	2.89	1	v Australia	Manchester	won	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
51	India	457/9d	153.0	2.98	2	v England	Chennai	won	6 Feb 1952	Test # 348
52	England	456	207.1	2.20	2	v India	Brabourne	draw	14 Dec 1951	Test # 342
53	New Zealand	450/2d	176.0	2.55	1	v India	Delhi	draw	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
54	Australia	449	152.2x8	2.21	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	won	31 Dec 1957	Test # 445
55	India	444	178.0	2.49	3	v West Indies	Kingston	draw	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
56	West Indies	443/7d	127.0	3.48	3	v India	Kanpur	won	12 Dec 1958	Test # 461
57	Australia	443	131.2x8	2.53	2	v South Africa	Sydney	won	9 Jan 1953	Test # 362
58	West Indies	438	182.0	2.40	2	v India	Port of Spain	draw	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
59	India	438/7d	209.0	2.09	3	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	draw	28 Dec 1955	Test # 419
60	South Africa	437/9d	115.0x8	2.85	1	v New Zealand	Durban	won	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
61	England	436	245.2	1.77	3	v West Indies	Nottingham	lost	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
62	South Africa	435	143.1x8	2.27	2	v Australia	Melbourne	won	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
62	England	435	220.0	1.97	1	v West Indies	Georgetown	won	24 Feb 1954	Test # 384
64	Australia	426	129.0x8	2.47	2	v England	Sydney	won	5 Jan 1951	Test # 329
65	West Indies	425/6d	178.0	2.38	3	v England	Lord's	won	24 Jun 1950	Test # 324
66	England	424	123.3	3.43	2	v West Indies	Lord's	won	20 Jun 1957	Test # 440
67	England	422	143.2	2.94	1	v India	Nottingham	won	4 Jun 1959	Test # 474
68	India	421/8d	158.0	2.66	1	v New Zealand	Brabourne	won	2 Dec 1955	Test # 417
69	England	419/9d	163.2	2.56	2	v South Africa	Nottingham	lost	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
70	India	418/6d	175.0	2.38	2	v England	Delhi	draw	2 Nov 1951	Test # 339
71	West Indies	417	155.4	2.67	1	v England	Kingston	won	15 Jan 1954	Test # 380
72	New Zealand	417/8d	157.2	2.65	1	v England	Christchurch	draw	17 Mar 1951	Test # 332
73	India	417	192.1	2.16	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	draw	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
74	India	415	141.3	2.93	1	v West Indies	Delhi	draw	6 Feb 1959	Test # 467
75	England	414	176.5	2.34	2	v West Indies	Kingston	won	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
76	England	412	176.3	2.33	1	v West Indies	The Oval	won	22 Aug 1957	Test # 443
77	West Indies	410	133.4	3.06	2	v Pakistan	Georgetown	won	13 Mar 1958	Test # 452
78	Pakistan	408	125.1	3.25	1	v West Indies	Georgetown	lost	13 Mar 1958	Test # 452
79	West Indies	404	135.5	2.97	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	won	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
80	Australia	403/8d	101.6x8	2.97	3	v England	Adelaide	won	2 Feb 1951	Test # 330
81	Australia	401	149.5x8	2.01	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	won	7 Feb 1958	Test # 449
82	India	397	144.0	2.75	2	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	draw	12 Dec 1952	Test # 360
83	Australia	391/9d	118.3	3.29	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	won	21 Nov 1959	Test # 480
84	South Africa	388	128.5x8	2.26	3	v Australia	Melbourne	won	24 Dec 1952	Test # 361
85	India	387/4d	112.0	3.45	2	v Pakistan	Brabourne	won	13 Nov 1952	Test # 357
86	South Africa	387	141.4x8	2.05	2	v Australia	Adelaide	draw	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
87	West Indies	386	136.5	2.82	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	won	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
88	South Africa	384	163.7x8	1.75	2	v Australia	Durban	draw	24 Jan 1958	Test # 447
89	West Indies	383	125.1	3.05	1	v England	Bridgetown	won	6 Feb 1954	Test # 383
90	West Indies	382	104.5	3.64	1	v Australia	Port of Spain	draw	11 Apr 1955	Test # 404
91	England	381	173.5	2.19	3	v South Africa	Manchester	lost	7 Jul 1955	Test # 410
92	India	378	122.0	3.09	3	v England	Lord's	lost	19 Jun 1952	Test # 352
93	Australia	377	113.2x8	2.49	3	v West Indies	Sydney	won	25 Jan 1952	Test # 347
93	South Africa	377	162.0	2.32	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370
95	India	376	145.1	2.59	4	v England	Manchester	lost	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
96	England	374	142.1	2.63	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	won	27 Feb 1959	Test # 470
97	England	372	126.5	2.93	2	v Australia	Lord's	draw	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
97	India	372	139.4	2.66	1	v Pakistan	Delhi	won	16 Oct 1952	Test # 355
97	West Indies	372	160.4	2.31	2	v England	Nottingham	draw	4 Jul 1957	Test # 441
100	England	371/7d	94.6x8	2.93	1	v Australia	Sydney	draw	25 Feb 1955	Test # 399

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