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1949 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

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Rank	Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	West Indies	582	176.3	3.29	1	v India	Chennai	won	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
🥈 2	Australia	526/7d	126.0x8	3.13	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	won	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
🥉 3	New Zealand	484	159.4	3.03	2	v England	Lord's	draw	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
4	England	482	117.2	4.10	2	v New Zealand	The Oval	draw	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
5	England	440/9d	128.0	3.43	2	v New Zealand	Manchester	draw	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
6	Australia	413	113.4x8	2.72	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	won	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
7	England	395	141.4x8	2.09	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	won	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
8	England	379	105.7x8	2.68	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	draw	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
8	South Africa	379	143.5x8	1.97	1	v England	Gqeberha	lost	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
10	England	372	127.3	2.91	1	v New Zealand	Leeds	draw	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
11	South Africa	356	119.2x8	2.23	2	v England	Cape Town	draw	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
12	India	355/8	107.0	3.31	4	v West Indies	Brabourne	draw	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
13	New Zealand	348/7	110.0	3.16	3	v England	Manchester	draw	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
14	New Zealand	345	112.1	3.07	1	v England	The Oval	draw	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
15	New Zealand	341	118.3	2.87	2	v England	Leeds	draw	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
16	South Africa	333	102.4x8	2.43	3	v Australia	Cape Town	lost	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
17	England	313/9d	103.1	3.03	1	v New Zealand	Lord's	draw	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
18	New Zealand	308/9d	97.0	3.17	3	v England	The Oval	draw	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
19	England	308	91.2x8	2.53	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	draw	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
20	England	306/5	103.0	2.97	3	v New Zealand	Lord's	draw	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
21	New Zealand	293	128.2	2.28	1	v England	Manchester	draw	23 Jul 1949	Test # 316
22	West Indies	286	104.2	2.74	1	v India	Brabourne	draw	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
23	South Africa	278	75.4x8	2.76	2	v Australia	Cape Town	lost	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319
24	England	276/3d	96.0x8	2.15	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	draw	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
25	England	267/4d	68.0	3.92	3	v New Zealand	Leeds	draw	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
26	West Indies	267	107.3	2.48	3	v India	Brabourne	draw	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
27	South Africa	257/9d	85.0x8	2.26	2	v England	Johannesburg	draw	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
28	England	253/7d	78.2x8	2.42	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	draw	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
29	India	245	99.0	2.47	2	v West Indies	Chennai	lost	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
30	New Zealand	195/2	49.0	3.97	4	v England	Leeds	draw	11 Jun 1949	Test # 314
31	South Africa	194/4	65.0x8	2.23	4	v England	Johannesburg	draw	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
32	India	193	88.4	2.17	2	v West Indies	Brabourne	draw	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
33	South Africa	191	65.1x8	2.19	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	lost	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
34	South Africa	187/3d	58.0x8	2.41	3	v England	Gqeberha	lost	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
35	England	174/7	23.7x8	5.46	4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	won	5 Mar 1949	Test # 313
36	India	144	63.3	2.26	3	v West Indies	Chennai	lost	27 Jan 1949	Test # 310
37	South Africa	142/4	31.0x8	3.43	4	v England	Cape Town	draw	1 Jan 1949	Test # 309
38	South Africa	137	56.2x8	1.82	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	lost	24 Dec 1949	Test # 318
39	Australia	87/2	20.0x8	3.26	4	v South Africa	Cape Town	won	31 Dec 1949	Test # 319

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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