Team Highest Innings Totals

Cricket Records in 1920s in Test matches

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	600	149.5x8	3.00	1	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925	Test # 159
Australia	582	185.5	3.13	3	v England	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921	Test # 137
Australia	581	192.3	3.01	3	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920	Test # 135
Australia	499	137.3	3.62	1	v England	Melbourne	31 Dec 1920	Test # 136
Australia	494	165.0	2.99	1	v England	Leeds	10 Jul 1926	Test # 165
South Africa	492/8d	172.0	2.86	2	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1929	Test # 185
Australia	491	271.3	1.80	2	v England	Melbourne	8 Mar 1929	Test # 180
Australia	489	153.0x8	2.39	1	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
South Africa	464/8d	157.0	2.95	3	v England	Durban	21 Jan 1928	Test # 170
Australia	452	125.7x8	2.69	3	v England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
Australia	450	152.2x8	2.21	1	v England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
South Africa	420	124.3	3.37	3	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
Australia	407	93.1	4.36	1	v England	Leeds	2 Jul 1921	Test # 142
Australia	397	151.4	2.61	3	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1928	Test # 177
Australia	397	180.5	2.19	1	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
Australia	392	91.3	4.28	2	v England	Sydney	25 Feb 1921	Test # 139
South Africa	390	143.4	2.71	3	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
Australia	389	102.0	3.81	2	v England	The Oval	13 Aug 1921	Test # 144
Australia	389	112.1	3.46	2	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
Australia	383	154.5	2.47	1	v England	Lord's	26 Jun 1926	Test # 164
Australia	369	160.0	2.30	2	v England	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
South Africa	368	134.4	2.73	2	v England	Durban	18 Jan 1923	Test # 150
Australia	354	108.0	3.27	1	v England	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921	Test # 137
Australia	351	165.5	2.11	3	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
Australia	342	84.1	4.06	2	v England	Lord's	11 Jun 1921	Test # 141
South Africa	342	124.0	2.75	1	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1924	Test # 157
Australia	336	151.5	2.21	4	v England	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
Australia	335	150.2	2.22	1	v England	Manchester	24 Jul 1926	Test # 166
South Africa	332/7d	113.0	2.93	2	v England	Durban	4 Feb 1928	Test # 172
South Africa	328	92.3	3.54	2	v England	Johannesburg	28 Jan 1928	Test # 171
Australia	325	118.3x8	2.05	3	v England	Sydney	27 Feb 1925	Test # 162
South Africa	323	127.0	2.54	3	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1924	Test # 155
South Africa	322	131.0	2.45	2	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1929	Test # 182
Australia	302	152.1	1.98	2	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
South Africa	295	92.0	3.20	2	v England	Johannesburg	9 Feb 1923	Test # 151
Australia	295	102.5x8	2.15	1	v England	Sydney	27 Feb 1925	Test # 162
Australia	287/5	134.1	2.13	4	v England	Melbourne	8 Mar 1929	Test # 180
South Africa	275	111.1	2.47	3	v England	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
Australia	273/7d	73.0	3.73	3	v England	Leeds	2 Jul 1921	Test # 142
South Africa	273	116.0	2.35	1	v England	Lord's	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
Australia	269	63.3x8	3.18	2	v England	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925	Test # 161
Australia	267	114.5	2.32	1	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920	Test # 135
South Africa	265	118.4	2.23	3	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
Australia	253	108.2	2.33	1	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1928	Test # 177
Australia	250	68.1x8	2.75	3	v England	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
Australia	250	74.5x8	2.51	3	v England	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925	Test # 161
South Africa	250	101.0	2.47	2	v England	Cape Town	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169
Australia	250	79.3x8	2.36	3	v England	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925	Test # 159
South Africa	250	172.4	1.44	2	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929	Test # 181
South Africa	247/4	79.5	3.09	4	v England	Johannesburg	9 Feb 1923	Test # 151
South Africa	246	104.3	2.35	1	v England	Durban	21 Jan 1928	Test # 170
South Africa	242	114.2	2.11	3	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1923	Test # 149
South Africa	240	123.4	1.94	3	v England	Lord's	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
West Indies	238	80.0	2.97	1	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1928	Test # 175
South Africa	236	100.3	2.34	1	v England	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
South Africa	234	117.1	1.99	4	v England	Durban	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
Australia	232	78.0	2.97	2	v England	Nottingham	28 May 1921	Test # 140
South Africa	224	101.1	2.21	4	v England	Cape Town	31 Dec 1927	Test # 169
Australia	211/2	64.2	3.27	4	v England	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921	Test # 138
West Indies	206	105.4	1.94	1	v England	Manchester	21 Jul 1928	Test # 174
South Africa	196	78.3	2.49	1	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
Australia	194/5	88.0	2.20	3	v England	Lord's	26 Jun 1926	Test # 164
South Africa	179	85.0	2.10	2	v England	Durban	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
West Indies	177	83.3	2.11	2	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1928	Test # 173
Australia	175	116.4	1.50	2	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1921	Test # 143
South Africa	171/1	59.4	2.86	4	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929	Test # 181
South Africa	170	69.2	2.45	3	v England	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1927	Test # 168
West Indies	166	73.1	2.26	3	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1928	Test # 173
South Africa	156/6	49.2	3.16	4	v England	Johannesburg	28 Jan 1928	Test # 171
South Africa	148	55.4	2.65	1	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
South Africa	132	51.3	2.56	2	v England	Leeds	12 Jul 1924	Test # 155
Australia	131/2	30.3	4.29	4	v England	Lord's	11 Jun 1921	Test # 141
South Africa	130	75.3	1.72	2	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
West Indies	129	52.4	2.44	3	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1928	Test # 175
Australia	125	52.3	2.38	4	v England	The Oval	14 Aug 1926	Test # 167
Australia	122	50.4	2.40	2	v England	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928	Test # 176
South Africa	116/4	66.5	1.73	1	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1924	Test # 156
West Indies	115	47.3	2.42	3	v England	Manchester	21 Jul 1928	Test # 174
South Africa	113	56.0	2.01	1	v England	Cape Town	1 Jan 1923	Test # 149
Australia	93/1	34.2	2.70	4	v England	Sydney	25 Feb 1921	Test # 139
South Africa	90/5	51.0	1.76	4	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1929	Test # 182
South Africa	69/2	23.3	2.93	4	v England	Durban	4 Feb 1928	Test # 172
Australia	66	25.3	2.58	4	v England	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928	Test # 176
Australia	30/0	6.1	4.86	4	v England	Nottingham	28 May 1921	Test # 140
South Africa	30	12.3	2.40	2	v England	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924	Test # 153
Australia	DNB	0.0	0.00	0	v England	Nottingham	12 Jun 1926	Test # 163

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v South Africa at The Oval, 5th Test, Aug 17-20, 1929 [Test # 185]

England v South Africa at Manchester, 4th Test, Jul 27-30, 1929 [Test # 184]

England v South Africa at Leeds, 3rd Test, Jul 13-16, 1929 [Test # 183]