Team Highest Innings Totals

Highest totals in 1956 in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
India	537/3d	177.0	3.03	1	v New Zealand	Chennai	won	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
Australia	523/7d	180.0	2.90	2	v India	Brabourne	draw	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
England	459	158.3	2.89	1	v Australia	Manchester	won	26 Jul 1956	Test # 428
West Indies	404	135.5	2.97	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	won	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
West Indies	386	136.5	2.82	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	won	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
West Indies	353	112.5	3.12	2	v New Zealand	Dunedin	won	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
England	325	167.4	1.93	1	v Australia	Leeds	won	12 Jul 1956	Test # 427
Australia	319	134.3	2.37	2	v India	Chennai	won	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
Australia	285	146.1	1.94	1	v England	Lord's	won	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
England	268	118.5x8	1.69	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	won	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
Australia	257	92.5	2.76	3	v England	Lord's	won	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
New Zealand	255	166.5	1.52	1	v West Indies	Auckland	won	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
India	251	100.2	2.50	1	v Australia	Brabourne	draw	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
India	250/5	137.0	1.82	3	v Australia	Brabourne	draw	26 Oct 1956	Test # 432
England	247	109.2	2.25	1	v Australia	The Oval	draw	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
New Zealand	219	130.3	1.67	3	v India	Chennai	lost	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
England	217/8d	103.4	2.09	1	v Australia	Nottingham	draw	7 Jun 1956	Test # 425
South Africa	215	89.1x8	1.80	2	v England	Johannesburg	lost	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
New Zealand	209	132.0	1.58	2	v India	Chennai	lost	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
New Zealand	208	106.5	1.94	3	v West Indies	Wellington	lost	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
New Zealand	208	110.2	1.88	3	v West Indies	Dunedin	lost	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
New Zealand	208	140.0	1.48	2	v West Indies	Wellington	lost	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423
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
Pakistan	199	91.3	2.17	2	v Australia	Karachi	won	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
Australia	189/9d	67.4	2.79	3	v India	Eden Gardens	won	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
England	188/3d	61.0	3.08	3	v Australia	Nottingham	draw	7 Jun 1956	Test # 425
Australia	187	109.5	1.70	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	lost	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
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
Australia	177	86.3	2.04	1	v India	Eden Gardens	won	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
England	171	82.0	2.08	2	v Australia	Lord's	lost	21 Jun 1956	Test # 426
New Zealand	164	60.4	2.70	3	v West Indies	Christchurch	lost	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
India	161	99.3	1.61	1	v Australia	Chennai	lost	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
New Zealand	158	75.5	2.08	2	v West Indies	Christchurch	lost	18 Feb 1956	Test # 422
New Zealand	157/9d	80.0	1.96	3	v West Indies	Auckland	won	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
India	153	63.5	2.39	3	v Australia	Chennai	lost	19 Oct 1956	Test # 431
England	150	66.6x8	1.68	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	won	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
Australia	148	83.1	1.77	2	v England	Nottingham	draw	7 Jun 1956	Test # 425
West Indies	145	78.3	1.84	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	lost	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
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
India	136	69.2	1.96	4	v Australia	Eden Gardens	lost	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
India	136	78.2	1.73	2	v Australia	Eden Gardens	lost	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
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	80	53.1	1.50	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	lost	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
West Indies	77	45.1	1.70	4	v New Zealand	Auckland	lost	9 Mar 1956	Test # 424
New Zealand	74	62.2	1.18	1	v West Indies	Dunedin	lost	3 Feb 1956	Test # 421
South Africa	72	33.4x8	1.61	4	v England	Johannesburg	lost	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
Pakistan	69/1	48.4	1.41	4	v Australia	Karachi	won	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
Australia	27/5	38.1	0.70	4	v England	The Oval	draw	23 Aug 1956	Test # 429
West Indies	13/1	5.2	2.43	4	v New Zealand	Wellington	won	3 Mar 1956	Test # 423

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs South Africa at Johannesburg, England tour of South Africa 1st Test, Dec 24-29, 1956 [Test # 434]

Australia vs India at Eden Gardens, Australia tour of India 3rd Test, Nov 2-6, 1956 [Test # 433]

India vs Australia at Brabourne, Australia tour of India 2nd Test, Oct 26-31, 1956 [Test # 432]