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1953 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

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Rank	Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
🥇 1	West Indies	576	206.1	2.79	2	v India	Kingston	draw	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
🥈 2	Australia	530	135.0x8	2.94	1	v South Africa	Adelaide	draw	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
🥉 3	South Africa	524/8d	174.0	3.01	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	won	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
4	Australia	520	133.4x8	2.92	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	lost	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
5	India	444	178.0	2.49	3	v West Indies	Kingston	draw	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
6	Australia	443	131.2x8	2.53	2	v South Africa	Sydney	won	9 Jan 1953	Test # 362
7	West Indies	438	182.0	2.40	2	v India	Port of Spain	draw	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
8	South Africa	437/9d	115.0x8	2.85	1	v New Zealand	Durban	won	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
9	South Africa	435	143.1x8	2.27	2	v Australia	Melbourne	won	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
10	India	417	192.1	2.16	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	draw	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
11	South Africa	387	141.4x8	2.05	2	v Australia	Adelaide	draw	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
12	South Africa	377	162.0	2.32	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370
13	England	372	126.5	2.93	2	v Australia	Lord's	draw	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
14	Australia	368	132.5	2.77	3	v England	Lord's	draw	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
15	West Indies	364	156.2	2.32	2	v India	Georgetown	draw	11 Mar 1953	Test # 369
16	India	362/7d	200.1	1.80	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	draw	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
17	Australia	346	140.4	2.45	1	v England	Lord's	draw	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
18	Australia	318	116.3	2.72	1	v England	Manchester	draw	9 Jul 1953	Test # 374
19	West Indies	315	146.0	2.15	2	v India	Port of Spain	draw	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
20	India	312	141.5	2.19	1	v West Indies	Kingston	draw	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
21	England	306	142.3	2.14	2	v Australia	The Oval	won	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
22	South Africa	297/4	95.5x8	2.32	4	v Australia	Melbourne	won	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
23	West Indies	296	116.4	2.53	1	v India	Bridgetown	won	7 Feb 1953	Test # 366
24	India	294	143.5	2.04	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	draw	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
25	England	282/7	126.0	2.23	4	v Australia	Lord's	draw	25 Jun 1953	Test # 373
26	India	279	131.2	2.12	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	draw	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
27	England	276	120.0	2.30	2	v Australia	Manchester	draw	9 Jul 1953	Test # 374
28	Australia	275	81.3	3.37	1	v England	The Oval	lost	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
28	England	275	177.3	1.54	3	v Australia	Leeds	draw	23 Jul 1953	Test # 375
30	South Africa	271	80.0x8	2.54	1	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	won	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
31	Australia	266	82.5	3.21	2	v England	Leeds	draw	23 Jul 1953	Test # 375
32	India	262	124.5	2.09	1	v West Indies	Georgetown	draw	11 Mar 1953	Test # 369
33	India	253	134.0	1.88	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	lost	7 Feb 1953	Test # 366
34	Australia	249	140.3	1.77	1	v England	Nottingham	draw	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
35	New Zealand	245	171.2	1.42	2	v South Africa	Auckland	draw	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370
36	Australia	233/3d	47.0x8	3.71	3	v South Africa	Adelaide	draw	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
37	South Africa	232	69.6x8	2.49	3	v Australia	Sydney	lost	9 Jan 1953	Test # 362
38	New Zealand	230	105.6x8	1.63	2	v South Africa	Durban	lost	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
39	West Indies	228	90.3	2.51	3	v India	Bridgetown	won	7 Feb 1953	Test # 366
40	Australia	209	84.2x8	1.86	3	v South Africa	Melbourne	lost	6 Feb 1953	Test # 365
41	South Africa	200/5d	78.0	2.56	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370
42	West Indies	192/2	54.0	3.55	4	v India	Port of Spain	draw	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
43	India	190/5	98.0	1.93	3	v West Indies	Georgetown	draw	11 Mar 1953	Test # 369
44	New Zealand	187	53.2x8	2.63	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	lost	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
45	South Africa	177/6	72.0x8	1.84	4	v Australia	Adelaide	draw	24 Jan 1953	Test # 364
46	South Africa	173	63.2x8	2.05	1	v Australia	Sydney	lost	9 Jan 1953	Test # 362
47	New Zealand	172	118.5	1.44	3	v South Africa	Wellington	lost	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
47	New Zealand	172	123.4	1.39	2	v South Africa	Wellington	lost	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
49	England	167	109.4	1.52	1	v Australia	Leeds	draw	23 Jul 1953	Test # 375
50	Australia	162	50.5	3.18	3	v England	The Oval	lost	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
51	New Zealand	149	82.1x8	1.36	3	v South Africa	Durban	lost	11 Dec 1953	Test # 377
52	South Africa	148	53.1x8	2.08	3	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	won	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
53	Australia	147/4	33.0	4.45	4	v England	Leeds	draw	23 Jul 1953	Test # 375
54	England	144	72.4	1.98	2	v Australia	Nottingham	draw	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
55	West Indies	142/0	55.0	2.58	4	v India	Port of Spain	draw	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
56	England	132/2	63.5	2.06	4	v Australia	The Oval	won	15 Aug 1953	Test # 376
57	India	129	79.5	1.61	4	v West Indies	Bridgetown	lost	7 Feb 1953	Test # 366
58	Australia	123	39.2	3.12	3	v England	Nottingham	draw	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
59	England	120/1	58.0	2.06	4	v Australia	Nottingham	draw	11 Jun 1953	Test # 372
60	New Zealand	100	47.5x8	1.57	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	lost	24 Dec 1953	Test # 378
61	West Indies	92/4	47.0	1.95	4	v India	Kingston	draw	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
62	Australia	35/8	18.0	1.94	3	v England	Manchester	draw	9 Jul 1953	Test # 374
63	New Zealand	31/2	19.3	1.58	4	v South Africa	Auckland	draw	13 Mar 1953	Test # 370

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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