Team Highest Innings Totals

Highest totals in 1978 in Tests

Highest totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Result	Match Date	Scorecard
West Indies	493	161.0	3.06	2	v India	Wankhede	draw	1 Dec 1978	Test # 835
England	452/8d	144.0	3.13	2	v Pakistan	Birmingham	won	1 Jun 1978	Test # 825
West Indies	439	116.4	3.76	3	v Australia	Georgetown	lost	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
West Indies	437	140.0	3.12	1	v India	Bengaluru	draw	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
England	429	180.5	2.37	1	v New Zealand	Nottingham	won	10 Aug 1978	Test # 829
England	429	156.3x8	2.05	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	draw	4 Mar 1978	Test # 820
England	418	145.5x8	2.15	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	won	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
West Indies	405	109.5	3.68	2	v Australia	Port of Spain	won	3 Mar 1978	Test # 819
England	364	91.2	3.98	1	v Pakistan	Lord's	won	15 Jun 1978	Test # 826
West Indies	327	117.4	2.77	2	v India	Eden Gardens	draw	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
England	309	117.5x8	1.97	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	won	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
West Indies	292	96.5	3.01	1	v Australia	Port of Spain	won	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
West Indies	290	101.2	2.86	3	v Australia	Port of Spain	won	15 Apr 1978	Test # 823
England	289	112.3	2.56	2	v New Zealand	Lord's	won	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
West Indies	288	71.0	4.05	2	v Australia	Bridgetown	won	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
England	286	95.4x8	2.24	2	v Australia	Brisbane	won	1 Dec 1978	Test # 834
West Indies	280	90.4	3.08	2	v Australia	Kingston	draw	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
England	279	134.5	2.06	2	v New Zealand	The Oval	won	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
England	266	123.1x8	1.62	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	draw	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
West Indies	258/9	96.4	2.66	4	v Australia	Kingston	draw	28 Apr 1978	Test # 824
England	222/5	89.0x8	1.87	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	draw	18 Jan 1978	Test # 815
England	215	94.4x8	1.70	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	lost	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817
England	208	66.3x8	2.35	3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	won	15 Dec 1978	Test # 836
West Indies	205	60.2	3.39	1	v Australia	Georgetown	lost	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
West Indies	200/8	82.0	2.43	3	v India	Bengaluru	draw	15 Dec 1978	Test # 837
West Indies	197/9	105.1	1.87	4	v India	Eden Gardens	draw	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
England	191	86.6x8	1.65	2	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	draw	2 Jan 1978	Test # 813
England	186/1	81.4x8	1.71	4	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	draw	2 Jan 1978	Test # 813
England	179	67.0x8	2.00	4	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
England	170/3	53.5x8	2.37	4	v Australia	Brisbane	won	1 Dec 1978	Test # 834
England	143	63.6x8	1.68	2	v Australia	Melbourne	lost	29 Dec 1978	Test # 838
West Indies	141/1	36.5	3.82	4	v Australia	Bridgetown	won	17 Mar 1978	Test # 821
England	138/3	52.3	2.62	4	v New Zealand	The Oval	won	27 Jul 1978	Test # 828
England	119/7	54.0	2.20	2	v Pakistan	Leeds	draw	29 Jun 1978	Test # 827
England	118/3	30.5	3.82	4	v New Zealand	Lord's	won	24 Aug 1978	Test # 830
England	96/4d	22.0x8	3.27	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	won	24 Feb 1978	Test # 818
England	64	27.3x8	1.75	4	v New Zealand	Wellington	lost	10 Feb 1978	Test # 817

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, England tour of Australia 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 838]

India vs West Indies at Eden Gardens, West Indies tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 839]

England vs Australia at W.A.C.A, England tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 15-20, 1978 [Test # 836]