Highest totals Held in England for Tests
Highest totals
Team | Score | Overs | RR | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Result | Match Date | Scorecard |
| 952/6d | 271.0 | 3.51 | 2 | v India | Colombo (RPS) | draw | 2 Aug 1997 | Test # 1374 | |
| 903/7d | 335.2 | 2.69 | 1 | v Australia | The Oval | won | 20 Aug 1938 | Test # 266 | |
| 756/5d | 185.1 | 4.08 | 2 | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | won | 27 Jul 2006 | Test # 1810 | |
| 729/6d | 232.0 | 3.14 | 2 | v England | Lord's | won | 27 Jun 1930 | Test # 195 | |
| 710/7d | 188.1 | 3.77 | 2 | v India | Birmingham | won | 10 Aug 2011 | Test # 2003 | |
| 708 | 220.3 | 3.21 | 1 | v England | The Oval | draw | 6 Aug 1987 | Test # 1079 | |
| 707 | 225.2 | 3.13 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | draw | 26 Jul 2010 | Test # 1966 | |
| 704/3d | 151.0 | 4.66 | 2 | v Ireland | Galle | won | 24 Apr 2023 | Test # 2503 | |
| 701 | 171.2 | 4.09 | 1 | v England | The Oval | won | 18 Aug 1934 | Test # 237 | |
| 695 | 256.1 | 2.71 | 2 | v England | The Oval | won | 16 Aug 1930 | Test # 198 | |
| 692/8d | 163.0 | 4.24 | 2 | v England | The Oval | draw | 24 Aug 1995 | Test # 1303 | |
| 687/8d | 182.5 | 3.75 | 1 | v England | The Oval | won | 12 Aug 1976 | Test # 781 | |
| 682/6d | 177.0 | 3.85 | 2 | v England | Lord's | won | 31 Jul 2003 | Test # 1653 | |
| 674/6d | 181.0 | 3.72 | 2 | v England | Cardiff | draw | 8 Jul 2009 | Test # 1922 | |
| 669 | 157.1 | 4.25 | 2 | v India | Manchester | draw | 23 Jul 2025 | Test # 2596 | |
| 664 | 170.0 | 3.90 | 1 | v England | The Oval | draw | 9 Aug 2007 | Test # 1842 | |
| 658/8d | 188.0 | 3.50 | 1 | v Australia | Nottingham | draw | 10 Jun 1938 | Test # 263 | |
| 656/8d | 255.5 | 2.56 | 1 | v England | Manchester | draw | 23 Jul 1964 | Test # 564 | |
| 654/6d | 154.0 | 4.24 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | won | 29 Jan 2025 | Test # 2579 | |
| 653/4d | 162.0 | 4.03 | 1 | v India | Lord's | won | 26 Jul 1990 | Test # 1148 | |
| 653/4d | 193.0 | 3.38 | 1 | v England | Leeds | won | 22 Jul 1993 | Test # 1227 | |
| 652/8d | 168.4 | 3.86 | 1 | v England | Lord's | won | 23 Aug 1973 | Test # 727 | |
| 648/8d | 179.0 | 3.62 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Pallekele | draw | 21 Apr 2021 | Test # 2418 | |
| 642/4d | 159.4 | 4.02 | 1 | v India | Colombo (SSC) | draw | 26 Jul 2010 | Test # 1966 | |
| 641/4d | 152.0 | 4.21 | 1 | v England | The Oval | won | 23 Aug 2001 | Test # 1558 | |
| 638 | 196.0 | 3.25 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | draw | 8 Mar 2013 | Test # 2078 | |
| 637/2d | 189.0 | 3.37 | 2 | v England | The Oval | won | 19 Jul 2012 | Test # 2049 | |
| 633/5d | 165.2 | 3.82 | 1 | v India | Birmingham | won | 12 Jul 1979 | Test # 851 | |
| 632/4d | 196.0 | 3.22 | 1 | v England | Lord's | won | 17 Jun 1993 | Test # 1224 | |
| 629 | 182.5 | 3.44 | 1 | v India | Lord's | won | 20 Jun 1974 | Test # 740 | |
| 628/8d | 180.1 | 3.48 | 1 | v England | Leeds | won | 22 Aug 2002 | Test # 1613 | |
| 628/8d | 182.0 | 3.45 | 2 | v England | Colombo (SSC) | won | 18 Dec 2003 | Test # 1675 | |
| 627/9d | 197.0 | 3.18 | 2 | v West Indies | Colombo (SSC) | won | 29 Nov 2001 | Test # 1572 | |
| 627/9d | 201.0 | 3.11 | 1 | v Australia | Manchester | draw | 6 Jul 1934 | Test # 235 | |
| 622/9d | 158.0 | 3.93 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | won | 3 Aug 2017 | Test # 2267 | |
| 619/6d | 212.0 | 2.91 | 1 | v West Indies | Nottingham | draw | 4 Jul 1957 | Test # 441 | |
| 617 | 144.5 | 4.26 | 2 | v India | Nottingham | draw | 8 Aug 2002 | Test # 1612 | |
| 611 | 293.1 | 2.08 | 2 | v Australia | Manchester | draw | 23 Jul 1964 | Test # 564 | |
| 610/6d | 171.0 | 3.56 | 2 | v India | Colombo (SSC) | won | 29 Aug 2001 | Test # 1559 | |
| 608/7d | 195.0 | 3.11 | 1 | v England | Birmingham | draw | 3 Jun 1971 | Test # 687 | |
| 606 | 143.0 | 4.23 | 2 | v England | Birmingham | won | 14 Jun 1984 | Test # 989 | |
| 606/9d | 173.0 | 3.50 | 1 | v England | The Oval | draw | 23 Aug 1990 | Test # 1150 | |
| 604/9d | 162.0 | 3.72 | 2 | v South Africa | The Oval | won | 4 Sep 2003 | Test # 1659 | |
| 602/5d | 163.4 | 3.67 | 1 | v New Zealand | Galle | won | 26 Sep 2024 | Test # 2551 | |
| 602/6d | 206.3 | 2.91 | 1 | v England | Nottingham | won | 10 Aug 1989 | Test # 1125 | |
| 601/7d | 178.3 | 3.36 | 1 | v England | Leeds | won | 8 Jun 1989 | Test # 1121 | |
| 600 | 133.1 | 4.50 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | won | 26 Jul 2017 | Test # 2265 | |
| 600/6d | 162.0 | 3.70 | 1 | v India | Colombo (SSC) | won | 23 Jul 2008 | Test # 1882 | |
| 600/7d | 165.3 | 3.62 | 1 | v England | The Oval | draw | 22 Aug 1974 | Test # 744 | |
| 600/8d | 175.2 | 3.42 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | won | 21 Jun 2000 | Test # 1501 | |
| 595/5d | 134.0 | 4.44 | 2 | v Australia | Birmingham | won | 15 Aug 1985 | Test # 1021 | |
| 594/5d | 145.0 | 4.09 | 1 | v England | Birmingham | draw | 24 Jul 2003 | Test # 1651 | |
| 594 | 173.3 | 3.42 | 1 | v India | The Oval | draw | 8 Jul 1982 | Test # 930 | |
| 593/8d | 156.2 | 3.79 | 1 | v South Africa | Lord's | draw | 10 Jul 2008 | Test # 1880 | |
| 592 | 107.4 | 5.49 | 2 | v Australia | Manchester | draw | 19 Jul 2023 | Test # 2512 | |
| 591/6d | 131.0 | 4.51 | 1 | v Ireland | Galle | won | 16 Apr 2023 | Test # 2502 | |
| 591/6d | 153.0 | 3.86 | 1 | v India | The Oval | won | 18 Aug 2011 | Test # 2004 | |
| 591 | 156.5 | 3.76 | 2 | v England | The Oval | won | 27 Aug 1998 | Test # 1423 | |
| 590/9d | 202.4 | 2.91 | 2 | v West Indies | Galle | won | 13 Nov 2001 | Test # 1567 | |
| 589/8d | 152.2 | 3.86 | 1 | v Pakistan | Manchester | won | 22 Jul 2016 | Test # 2208 | |
| 587 | 151.0 | 3.88 | 1 | v England | Birmingham | won | 2 Jul 2025 | Test # 2591 | |
| 586/6d | 161.0 | 3.63 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Colombo (SSC) | won | 27 Dec 2001 | Test # 1581 | |
| 584 | 183.5 | 3.17 | 2 | v England | Leeds | draw | 20 Jul 1934 | Test # 236 | |
| 583/8d | 154.4 | 3.76 | 1 | v Pakistan | Southampton | draw | 21 Aug 2020 | Test # 2393 | |
| 583/4d | 258.0 | 2.25 | 3 | v West Indies | Birmingham | draw | 30 May 1957 | Test # 439 | |
| 580/9d | 163.2 | 3.55 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | draw | 15 Nov 2010 | Test # 1977 | |
| 577/6d | 135.5 | 4.24 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Colombo (SSC) | won | 25 Jun 2007 | Test # 1837 | |
| 576 | 129.4 | 4.44 | 2 | v England | Birmingham | won | 5 Jul 2001 | Test # 1550 | |
| 576/5d | 134.0 | 4.29 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | won | 24 Jul 2023 | Test # 2514 | |
| 576 | 193.4x5 | 3.56 | 1 | v Australia | The Oval | draw | 14 Aug 1899 | Test # 64 | |
| 575/9d | 130.3 | 4.40 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | draw | 12 Jun 2014 | Test # 2124 | |
| 571/8d | 142.0 | 4.02 | 2 | v India | Manchester | draw | 25 Jul 1936 | Test # 253 | |
| 570/7d | 122.3 | 4.65 | 1 | v West Indies | Leeds | won | 25 May 2007 | Test # 1834 | |
| 570/4d | 135.0 | 4.22 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Galle | draw | 8 Mar 2013 | Test # 2078 | |
| 569/6d | 147.0 | 3.87 | 1 | v West Indies | Chester-le-Street | won | 14 May 2009 | Test # 1920 | |
| 569/7d | 163.4 | 3.47 | 1 | v India | Southampton | won | 27 Jul 2014 | Test # 2132 | |
| 568 | 121.4 | 4.66 | 1 | v West Indies | Lord's | won | 22 Jul 2004 | Test # 1707 | |
| 567/8d | 174.4 | 3.24 | 2 | v New Zealand | Nottingham | won | 2 Jun 1994 | Test # 1260 | |
| 566/9d | 134.0 | 4.22 | 1 | v West Indies | Birmingham | won | 29 Jul 2004 | Test # 1708 | |
| 566/8d | 149.0 | 3.79 | 1 | v England | Lord's | won | 16 Jul 2015 | Test # 2171 | |
| 566 | 168.0 | 3.36 | 1 | v England | Leeds | draw | 11 Jul 1930 | Test # 196 | |
| 565/6d | 96.3 | 5.85 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Nottingham | won | 22 May 2025 | Test # 2584 | |
| 564 | 198.5 | 2.83 | 2 | v India | Nottingham | draw | 4 Jul 1996 | Test # 1329 | |
| 558/6d | 139.0 | 4.01 | 2 | v Pakistan | Nottingham | won | 1 Jul 1954 | Test # 388 | |
| 558 | 174.4 | 3.19 | 2 | v England | Nottingham | won | 20 Jul 1950 | Test # 325 | |
| 555/5d | 103.3 | 5.36 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Colombo (SSC) | won | 6 Sep 2001 | Test # 1561 | |
| 555/8d | 169.0 | 3.28 | 1 | v England | Lord's | draw | 16 May 2002 | Test # 1603 | |
| 554 | 181.0 | 3.06 | 2 | v Australia | Galle | won | 8 Jul 2022 | Test # 2471 | |
| 554/8d | 215.0 | 2.57 | 1 | v South Africa | Lord's | won | 21 Jun 1947 | Test # 286 | |
| 553/5d | 142.0 | 3.89 | 1 | v West Indies | Lord's | draw | 17 May 2007 | Test # 1831 | |
| 553 | 145.3 | 3.80 | 1 | v England | Nottingham | lost | 10 Jun 2022 | Test # 2465 | |
| 552/5d | 199.5 | 2.76 | 1 | v England | Manchester | draw | 2 Jul 1998 | Test # 1420 | |
| 551/6d | 143.0 | 3.85 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | draw | 11 May 2006 | Test # 1802 | |
| 551/6d | 147.0 | 3.74 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | draw | 30 Jun 2012 | Test # 2047 | |
| 551/9d | 204.5 | 2.68 | 2 | v England | Lord's | draw | 21 Jun 1973 | Test # 723 | |
| 551 | 311.0x4 | 2.65 | 1 | v England | The Oval | draw | 11 Aug 1884 | Test # 16 | |
| 551 | 226.2 | 2.43 | 3 | v South Africa | Nottingham | draw | 7 Jun 1947 | Test # 285 | |
| 550/4d | 183.0 | 3.00 | 1 | v India | Leeds | won | 8 Jun 1967 | Test # 618 | |
| 548/9d | 186.5 | 2.93 | 2 | v England | Colombo (SSC) | draw | 9 Dec 2007 | Test # 1853 | |
| 547/8d | 170.0 | 3.21 | 2 | v Australia | Colombo (SSC) | lost | 17 Aug 1992 | Test # 1194 |
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Records includes the following current or recent matches:
West Indies vs Sri Lanka at Pallekele, West Indies tour of Sri Lanka 3rd Test, Dec 1-5, 2010 [Test # 1982]
Sri Lanka vs West Indies at Colombo (RPS), West Indies tour of Sri Lanka 2nd Test, Nov 23-27, 2010 [Test # 1980]
West Indies vs Sri Lanka at Galle, West Indies tour of Sri Lanka 1st Test, Nov 15-19, 2010 [Test # 1977]