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Team Highest Innings Totals
Highest totals by England in Tests
Highest totals
Team
Score
Overs
RR
Inns
Opposition
Ground
Result
Match Date
Scorecard
Sri Lanka
952/6d
271.0
3.51
2
v India
Colombo (RPS)
draw
2 Aug 1997
Test # 1374
England
903/7d
335.2
2.69
1
v Australia
The Oval
won
20 Aug 1938
Test # 266
England
849
258.2
3.28
1
v West Indies
Kingston
draw
3 Apr 1930
Test # 193
England
823/7d
150.0
5.48
2
v Pakistan
Multan
won
7 Oct 2024
Test # 2553
Sri Lanka
760/7d
202.4
3.75
2
v India
Ahmedabad
draw
16 Nov 2009
Test # 1933
Sri Lanka
756/5d
185.1
4.08
2
v South Africa
Colombo (SSC)
won
27 Jul 2006
Test # 1810
Sri Lanka
730/6d
187.5
3.88
2
v Bangladesh
Mirpur
won
27 Jan 2014
Test # 2116
Sri Lanka
713/3d
165.3
4.30
2
v Zimbabwe
Bulawayo
won
14 May 2004
Test # 1699
Sri Lanka
713/9d
199.3
3.57
2
v Bangladesh
Chattogram
draw
31 Jan 2018
Test # 2295
England
710/7d
188.1
3.77
2
v India
Birmingham
won
10 Aug 2011
Test # 2003
Sri Lanka
704/3d
151.0
4.66
2
v Ireland
Galle
won
24 Apr 2023
Test # 2503
England
669
157.1
4.25
2
v India
Manchester
draw
23 Jul 2025
Test # 2596
England
658/8d
188.0
3.50
1
v Australia
Nottingham
draw
10 Jun 1938
Test # 263
England
657
101.0
6.50
1
v Pakistan
Rawalpindi
won
1 Dec 2022
Test # 2478
England
654/5
218.2x8
2.24
4
v South Africa
Durban
draw
3 Mar 1939
Test # 271
England
653/4d
162.0
4.03
1
v India
Lord's
won
26 Jul 1990
Test # 1148
England
652/7d
175.0
3.72
2
v India
Chennai
won
13 Jan 1985
Test # 1008
Sri Lanka
648/8d
179.0
3.62
2
v Bangladesh
Pallekele
draw
21 Apr 2021
Test # 2418
Sri Lanka
644/7d
155.2
4.14
1
v Pakistan
Karachi
draw
21 Feb 2009
Test # 1909
England
644
177.5
3.62
2
v Australia
Sydney
won
3 Jan 2011
Test # 1989
Sri Lanka
642/4d
159.4
4.02
1
v India
Colombo (SSC)
draw
26 Jul 2010
Test # 1966
England
636
272.1
2.33
2
v Australia
Sydney
won
14 Dec 1928
Test # 177
England
633/5d
165.2
3.82
1
v India
Birmingham
won
12 Jul 1979
Test # 851
England
629/6d
125.5
4.99
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
draw
2 Jan 2016
Test # 2197
England
629
182.5
3.44
1
v India
Lord's
won
20 Jun 1974
Test # 740
Sri Lanka
628/8d
182.0
3.45
2
v England
Colombo (SSC)
won
18 Dec 2003
Test # 1675
Sri Lanka
627/9d
197.0
3.18
2
v West Indies
Colombo (SSC)
won
29 Nov 2001
Test # 1572
England
627/9d
201.0
3.11
1
v Australia
Manchester
draw
6 Jul 1934
Test # 235
England
620/5d
152.0
4.07
2
v Australia
Adelaide
won
3 Dec 2010
Test # 1983
England
619/6d
212.0
2.91
1
v West Indies
Nottingham
draw
4 Jul 1957
Test # 441
England
617
144.5
4.26
2
v India
Nottingham
draw
8 Aug 2002
Test # 1612
England
611
293.1
2.08
2
v Australia
Manchester
draw
23 Jul 1964
Test # 564
Sri Lanka
610/6d
171.0
3.56
2
v India
Colombo (SSC)
won
29 Aug 2001
Test # 1559
England
608
149.5x8
3.04
1
v South Africa
Johannesburg
draw
27 Dec 1948
Test # 307
Sri Lanka
606
151.0
4.01
1
v Pakistan
Lahore
draw
1 Mar 2009
Test # 1912
England
604/9d
162.0
3.72
2
v South Africa
The Oval
won
4 Sep 2003
Test # 1659
Sri Lanka
602/5d
163.4
3.67
1
v New Zealand
Galle
won
26 Sep 2024
Test # 2551
England
600/6d
153.2
3.91
1
v West Indies
Bridgetown
draw
26 Feb 2009
Test # 1911
Sri Lanka
600/6d
162.0
3.70
1
v India
Colombo (SSC)
won
23 Jul 2008
Test # 1882
England
599/6d
138.3
4.32
1
v Bangladesh
Chattogram
won
12 Mar 2010
Test # 1954
England
598/9d
206.0
2.90
2
v Pakistan
Abu Dhabi
draw
13 Oct 2015
Test # 2180
England
595/5d
134.0
4.44
2
v Australia
Birmingham
won
15 Aug 1985
Test # 1021
England
594
173.3
3.42
1
v India
The Oval
draw
8 Jul 1982
Test # 930
England
593/8d
156.2
3.79
1
v South Africa
Lord's
draw
10 Jul 2008
Test # 1880
England
593/6d
153.0x8
2.90
1
v New Zealand
Auckland
won
20 Feb 1975
Test # 757
England
593
206.1
2.87
2
v West Indies
St John's
draw
16 Apr 1994
Test # 1259
England
592
107.4
5.49
2
v Australia
Manchester
draw
19 Jul 2023
Test # 2512
England
592/8d
170.1
3.47
1
v Australia
W.A.C.A
draw
28 Nov 1986
Test # 1059
Sri Lanka
591/6d
131.0
4.51
1
v Ireland
Galle
won
16 Apr 2023
Test # 2502
England
591/6d
153.0
3.86
1
v India
The Oval
won
18 Aug 2011
Test # 2004
Sri Lanka
591
156.5
3.76
2
v England
The Oval
won
27 Aug 1998
Test # 1423
Sri Lanka
590/9d
202.4
2.91
2
v West Indies
Galle
won
13 Nov 2001
Test # 1567
England
589/8d
152.2
3.86
1
v Pakistan
Manchester
won
22 Jul 2016
Test # 2208
England
589
190.5
3.08
2
v Australia
Melbourne
won
9 Feb 1912
Test # 119
Sri Lanka
587
156.4
3.74
1
v Bangladesh
Chattogram
draw
4 Feb 2014
Test # 2117
Sri Lanka
586/6d
161.0
3.63
1
v Zimbabwe
Colombo (SSC)
won
27 Dec 2001
Test # 1581
England
583/8d
154.4
3.76
1
v Pakistan
Southampton
draw
21 Aug 2020
Test # 2393
England
583/4d
258.0
2.25
3
v West Indies
Birmingham
draw
30 May 1957
Test # 439
England
580/9d
163.0
3.55
1
v New Zealand
Christchurch
won
18 Jan 1992
Test # 1183
England
578
190.1
3.03
1
v India
Chennai
won
5 Feb 2021
Test # 2409
Sri Lanka
577/6d
135.5
4.24
2
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
won
25 Jun 2007
Test # 1837
England
577
181.2
3.18
2
v Australia
Sydney
won
11 Dec 1903
Test # 78
England
576
193.4x5
3.56
1
v Australia
The Oval
draw
14 Aug 1899
Test # 64
England
575/9d
130.3
4.40
1
v Sri Lanka
Lord's
draw
12 Jun 2014
Test # 2124
England
574/9d
170.0
3.37
2
v South Africa
Durban
won
26 Dec 2009
Test # 1944
England
571/8d
142.0
4.02
2
v India
Manchester
draw
25 Jul 1936
Test # 253
England
570/7d
122.3
4.65
1
v West Indies
Leeds
won
25 May 2007
Test # 1834
Sri Lanka
570/4d
135.0
4.22
1
v Bangladesh
Galle
draw
8 Mar 2013
Test # 2078
England
570/7d
172.3
3.30
3
v South Africa
Durban
draw
26 Dec 2004
Test # 1730
England
569/6d
147.0
3.87
1
v West Indies
Chester-le-Street
won
14 May 2009
Test # 1920
England
569/7d
163.4
3.47
1
v India
Southampton
won
27 Jul 2014
Test # 2132
England
568
121.4
4.66
1
v West Indies
Lord's
won
22 Jul 2004
Test # 1707
England
568
200.5
2.82
1
v West Indies
Port of Spain
draw
19 Jan 1968
Test # 627
England
567/8d
174.4
3.24
2
v New Zealand
Nottingham
won
2 Jun 1994
Test # 1260
England
566/9d
134.0
4.22
1
v West Indies
Birmingham
won
29 Jul 2004
Test # 1708
England
566/9d
165.2
3.42
1
v West Indies
St John's
draw
15 Feb 2009
Test # 1908
England
565/6d
96.3
5.85
1
v Zimbabwe
Nottingham
won
22 May 2025
Test # 2584
England
564
198.5
2.83
2
v India
Nottingham
draw
4 Jul 1996
Test # 1329
England
562/7d
186.0
3.02
1
v New Zealand
Auckland
won
23 Feb 1963
Test # 540
England
560/8d
147.3
3.79
1
v New Zealand
Christchurch
draw
24 Mar 1933
Test # 225
England
559/9d
130.7x8
3.20
1
v South Africa
Cape Town
draw
31 Dec 1938
Test # 268
England
559/8d
203.0
2.75
1
v India
Kanpur
draw
15 Feb 1964
Test # 557
England
558/6d
139.0
4.01
2
v Pakistan
Nottingham
won
1 Jul 1954
Test # 388
England
558
143.2x8
2.92
2
v Australia
Melbourne
draw
30 Dec 1965
Test # 598
Sri Lanka
555/5d
103.3
5.36
2
v Bangladesh
Colombo (SSC)
won
6 Sep 2001
Test # 1561
Sri Lanka
555/8d
169.0
3.28
1
v England
Lord's
draw
16 May 2002
Test # 1603
Sri Lanka
554
181.0
3.06
2
v Australia
Galle
won
8 Jul 2022
Test # 2471
England
554/8d
215.0
2.57
1
v South Africa
Lord's
won
21 Jun 1947
Test # 286
England
553/5d
142.0
3.89
1
v West Indies
Lord's
draw
17 May 2007
Test # 1831
England
551/6d
143.0
3.85
1
v Sri Lanka
Lord's
draw
11 May 2006
Test # 1802
England
551/6d
168.0
3.27
1
v Australia
Adelaide
lost
1 Dec 2006
Test # 1819
England
551
175.0
3.14
1
v Australia
Sydney
won
13 Dec 1897
Test # 53
England
551
226.2
2.43
3
v South Africa
Nottingham
draw
7 Jun 1947
Test # 285
England
550/4d
183.0
3.00
1
v India
Leeds
won
8 Jun 1967
Test # 618
England
550
221.3
2.48
2
v New Zealand
Christchurch
draw
17 Mar 1951
Test # 332
England
548/7d
156.0
3.51
2
v New Zealand
Auckland
draw
31 Mar 1933
Test # 226
Sri Lanka
548/9d
186.5
2.93
2
v England
Colombo (SSC)
draw
9 Dec 2007
Test # 1853
England
548
151.6x8
2.70
1
v Australia
Melbourne
won
13 Feb 1925
Test # 161
Sri Lanka
547/8d
170.0
3.21
2
v Australia
Colombo (SSC)
lost
17 Aug 1992
Test # 1194
England
546/4d
151.0
3.61
1
v New Zealand
Leeds
won
8 Jul 1965
Test # 593
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