140 years of Test cricket: All-time team records

Highest innings totals

Sanath Jayasuriya scored a career-best 340 as Sri Lanka scored 952 against India

Team	Span	Highest Score
Sri Lanka	1982-2017	952
England	1877-2016	903
West Indies	1928-2016	790
Pakistan	1952-2017	765
India	1932-2017	759
Australia	1877-2017	758
New Zealand	1930-2017	690
South Africa	1889-2017	682
Bangladesh	2000-2017	638
Zimbabwe	1992-2016	563

This list is an absolute delight for fans who enjoy watching teams batting. The lowest amongst these scores belongs to Zimbabwe, who managed a more than respectable 563. The highest innings total has been recorded by Sri Lanka, who scored a ridiculous 952 runs against India in Colombo in 1997.

Apart from the Lankans, the only other team to breach the 900 run barrier is England. India’s highest score is 759, which they managed against England towards the end of 2016 in Chennai.