Team Highest Innings Totals

Cricket Records in The Ashes, 1956

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
England	459	158.3	2.89	1	v Australia	Manchester	won	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
England	325	167.4	1.93	1	v Australia	Leeds	won	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
Australia	285	146.1	1.94	1	v England	Lord's	won	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
Australia	257	92.5	2.76	3	v England	Lord's	won	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
England	247	109.2	2.25	1	v Australia	The Oval	draw	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
England	217/8d	103.4	2.09	1	v Australia	Nottingham	draw	7 Jun 1956	Test # 425
Australia	205	150.2	1.36	3	v England	Manchester	lost	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
Australia	202	92.0	2.19	2	v England	The Oval	draw	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
England	188/3d	61.0	3.08	3	v Australia	Nottingham	draw	7 Jun 1956	Test # 425
England	186	99.2	1.87	4	v Australia	Lord's	lost	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
England	182/3d	61.0	2.98	3	v Australia	The Oval	draw	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
England	171	82.0	2.08	2	v Australia	Lord's	lost	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
Australia	148	83.1	1.77	2	v England	Nottingham	draw	7 Jun 1956	Test # 425
Australia	143	71.1	2.00	2	v England	Leeds	lost	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
Australia	140	99.3	1.40	3	v England	Leeds	lost	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
Australia	120/3	86.0	1.39	4	v England	Nottingham	draw	7 Jun 1956	Test # 425
Australia	84	40.4	2.06	2	v England	Manchester	lost	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
Australia	27/5	38.1	0.70	4	v England	The Oval	draw	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429

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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