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1947 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	England	554/8d	215.0	2.57	1	v South Africa	Lord's	won	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
🥈 2	England	551	226.2	2.43	3	v South Africa	Nottingham	draw	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
🥉 3	Australia	536	113.3x8	3.54	3	v England	Melbourne	draw	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
4	South Africa	533	196.3	2.71	1	v England	Nottingham	draw	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
5	Australia	487	118.4x8	3.08	2	v England	Adelaide	draw	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
6	England	478	151.3	3.15	2	v South Africa	Manchester	won	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
7	England	460	153.0x8	2.25	1	v Australia	Adelaide	draw	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
8	England	427	190.0	2.24	1	v South Africa	The Oval	draw	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
9	South Africa	423/7	141.0	3.00	4	v England	The Oval	draw	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
10	Australia	382/8d	115.0x8	2.49	1	v India	Brisbane	won	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
11	Australia	365	97.3x8	2.81	1	v England	Melbourne	draw	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
12	England	351	108.5x8	2.42	2	v Australia	Melbourne	draw	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
13	New Zealand	345/9d	102.4	3.36	1	v England	Christchurch	draw	21 Mar 1947	Test # 284
14	England	340/8d	125.1x8	2.03	3	v Australia	Adelaide	draw	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
15	South Africa	339	166.1	2.04	1	v England	Manchester	lost	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
16	South Africa	327	142.2	2.29	2	v England	Lord's	lost	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
17	England	325/6d	77.0	4.22	3	v South Africa	The Oval	draw	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
18	England	317/7d	154.0	2.05	2	v South Africa	Leeds	won	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
19	England	310/7	100.0x8	2.32	4	v Australia	Melbourne	draw	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
20	South Africa	302	131.0	2.30	2	v England	The Oval	draw	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
21	England	280	94.3x8	2.22	1	v Australia	Sydney	lost	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
22	South Africa	267	84.4	3.15	3	v England	Manchester	lost	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
23	England	265/7d	83.0	3.19	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	draw	21 Mar 1947	Test # 284
24	Australia	253	76.0x8	2.49	2	v England	Sydney	won	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
25	South Africa	252	127.2	1.97	3	v England	Lord's	lost	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
26	Australia	215/1	44.0x8	3.66	4	v England	Adelaide	draw	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
27	Australia	214/5	52.2x8	3.07	4	v England	Sydney	won	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
28	England	208	113.1	1.83	2	v South Africa	Nottingham	draw	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
29	India	188	70.0x8	2.01	1	v Australia	Sydney	draw	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
30	England	186	60.4x8	2.30	3	v Australia	Sydney	lost	28 Feb 1947	Test # 283
31	South Africa	184	80.0	2.30	3	v England	Leeds	lost	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
32	South Africa	175	97.1	1.80	1	v England	Leeds	lost	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
33	South Africa	166/1	51.0	3.25	4	v England	Nottingham	draw	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
34	England	130/3	36.5	3.52	4	v South Africa	Manchester	won	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
35	Australia	107	46.2x8	1.73	2	v India	Sydney	draw	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
36	India	98	49.7x8	1.47	3	v Australia	Brisbane	lost	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
37	India	61/7	37.0x8	1.23	3	v Australia	Sydney	draw	12 Dec 1947	Test # 291
38	India	58	21.3x8	2.03	2	v Australia	Brisbane	lost	28 Nov 1947	Test # 290
39	England	47/0	15.4	3.00	4	v South Africa	Leeds	won	26 Jul 1947	Test # 288
40	England	26/0	12.1	2.13	4	v South Africa	Lord's	won	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286

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Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures