Team Highest Innings Totals

Cricket Records in 1949 in Test matches

Highest totals

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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]

South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]

England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]