Team Highest Innings Totals

Cricket Records in 1997 in Test matches

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Sri Lanka	952/6d	271.0	3.51	2	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
Australia	628/8d	193.4	3.24	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
New Zealand	586/7d	146.0	4.01	1	v Sri Lanka	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
India	537/8d	167.3	3.20	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
South Africa	529/7d	162.5	3.24	1	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
England	521	187.4	2.77	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
Australia	517	162.3	3.18	2	v West Indies	Adelaide	25 Jan 1997	Test # 1352
India	515/9d	206.5	2.48	2	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
India	512	162.1	3.15	1	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
Australia	501/9d	123.0	4.07	2	v England	Leeds	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
India	485	155.0	3.12	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
England	478/9d	138.4	3.44	2	v Australia	Birmingham	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
Australia	477	144.4	3.29	3	v England	Birmingham	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
Pakistan	471	136.1	3.45	2	v West Indies	Rawalpindi	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
Australia	461	131.4	3.50	2	v New Zealand	Perth	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
Zimbabwe	461	161.0	2.86	1	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
Pakistan	456	162.5	2.80	1	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
India	436	183.4	2.37	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
Australia	427	121.5	3.50	1	v England	Nottingham	7 Aug 1997	Test # 1375
West Indies	427	137.4	3.10	1	v India	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
Sri Lanka	423/8d	155.1	2.72	3	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
Pakistan	417	118.4	3.51	2	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
Sri Lanka	415/7d	98.4	4.20	3	v India	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
India	410	150.3	2.72	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
New Zealand	403	161.4	2.49	2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
South Africa	403	167.5	2.40	2	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
South Africa	402	115.3	3.48	1	v Pakistan	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997	Test # 1381
Australia	400	141.1	2.83	1	v New Zealand	Hobart	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
Australia	395/8d	122.0	3.23	3	v England	Manchester	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
New Zealand	390	131.5	2.95	1	v England	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
Sri Lanka	386/4d	95.5	4.02	3	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
West Indies	384	111.0	3.45	2	v Australia	Perth	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
South Africa	384	134.4	2.85	2	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
England	383	137.3	2.78	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	6 Feb 1997	Test # 1354
Pakistan	381	132.0	2.88	2	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
Pakistan	378	159.5	2.36	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
India	375	141.1	2.65	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
Australia	373	121.0	3.08	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
Sri Lanka	369	125.2	2.94	1	v India	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
Sri Lanka	361	143.2	2.51	2	v India	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
India	359	92.2	3.88	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
India	355	168.3	2.10	1	v West Indies	Georgetown	17 Apr 1997	Test # 1365
New Zealand	349	132.2	2.63	2	v Australia	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
New Zealand	346	129.1	2.67	1	v England	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
India	346	146.5	2.35	2	v West Indies	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
West Indies	343	102.0	3.36	3	v Sri Lanka	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
Australia	336	98.5	3.39	3	v England	Nottingham	7 Aug 1997	Test # 1375
West Indies	333	110.4	3.00	1	v India	St John's	4 Apr 1997	Test # 1364
Sri Lanka	332	95.4	3.47	1	v India	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
Sri Lanka	331	112.0	2.95	1	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
Sri Lanka	330	122.2	2.69	1	v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	19 Apr 1997	Test # 1366
Sri Lanka	328	86.3	3.79	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
South Africa	321	89.1	3.60	2	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
India	319	106.0	3.00	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
England	313	93.5	3.33	2	v Australia	Nottingham	7 Aug 1997	Test # 1375
Zimbabwe	311/9d	91.5	3.38	3	v New Zealand	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
Australia	309	121.2	2.54	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
Pakistan	308	89.4	3.43	2	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
England	307/6	146.4	2.09	4	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
New Zealand	304/8	128.0	2.37	4	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
West Indies	303	101.5	2.97	1	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
South Africa	302	91.4	3.29	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	28 Feb 1997	Test # 1356
West Indies	299/6	131.0	2.28	3	v India	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
West Indies	298	98.4	3.02	1	v India	Bridgetown	27 Mar 1997	Test # 1363
Zimbabwe	298	114.1	2.61	1	v New Zealand	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
West Indies	296	114.3	2.58	1	v India	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1361
Australia	294/6d	100.5	2.91	3	v New Zealand	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
Pakistan	292	108.3	2.69	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
Pakistan	285/5	95.0	3.00	4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Apr 1997	Test # 1367
India	281/5	100.0	2.81	4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	9 Aug 1997	Test # 1376
New Zealand	275/8	68.0	4.04	4	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
New Zealand	273	97.4	2.79	3	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
South Africa	273/7	122.0	2.23	4	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
Australia	271/8	93.3	2.89	4	v South Africa	Gqeberha	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1360
England	268	91.1	2.93	3	v Australia	Leeds	24 Jul 1997	Test # 1373
England	266/4d	79.0	3.36	3	v Australia	Lord's	19 Jun 1997	Test # 1370
India	266/8d	83.0	3.20	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
Australia	257	96.2	2.66	3	v South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
South Africa	256/6d	72.0	3.55	3	v India	Cape Town	2 Jan 1997	Test # 1349
New Zealand	251/6d	90.0	2.78	2	v Australia	Hobart	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
Sri Lanka	251/6	93.1	2.69	3	v India	Mohali	19 Nov 1997	Test # 1385
New Zealand	248/9d	114.0	2.17	3	v England	Auckland	24 Jan 1997	Test # 1351
Australia	243	80.0	3.03	1	v West Indies	Perth	1 Feb 1997	Test # 1353
West Indies	241/4d	66.0	3.65	3	v India	Kingston	6 Mar 1997	Test # 1357
South Africa	239	68.4	3.48	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
Australia	235	77.3	3.03	1	v England	Manchester	3 Jul 1997	Test # 1372
Sri Lanka	233/8	68.0	3.42	4	v West Indies	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
South Africa	228/8	68.0	3.35	4	v India	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997	Test # 1350
England	228	84.4	2.69	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
Zimbabwe	227/8d	64.0	3.54	3	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
Australia	227	89.5	2.52	1	v South Africa	Centurion	21 Mar 1997	Test # 1362
New Zealand	223/9	61.0	3.65	4	v Australia	Hobart	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
Sri Lanka	223	68.1	3.27	1	v West Indies	St John's	13 Jun 1997	Test # 1369
Sri Lanka	222	63.4	3.48	2	v West Indies	Kingstown	20 Jun 1997	Test # 1371
Sri Lanka	222	85.2	2.60	2	v New Zealand	Dunedin	7 Mar 1997	Test # 1358
New Zealand	222	90.4	2.44	1	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	14 Mar 1997	Test # 1359
Australia	220	79.3	2.76	2	v England	The Oval	21 Aug 1997	Test # 1377
New Zealand	217	74.4	2.90	1	v Australia	Perth	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
West Indies	216	73.1	2.95	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
South Africa	214	69.0	3.10	3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382

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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:

Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 1997 [Test # 1392]

Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 6-9, 1997 [Test # 1391]

India v Sri Lanka at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 3-7, 1997 [Test # 1390]