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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Which team scored the highest team total in test cricket?


Which team scored the highest team total in test cricket?

At Colombo in 1996 – ’97 India won the toss and batted first. Having scored 537/8, they declared, trying to bowl Sri Lanka out for under 337, How wrong they were! Sri Lanka scored 952 for 6 (a test record) with Sanath Jayasuriya (340) and Roshan Mahanama (325) putting on 576 runs (a test record and 1 run short of the first-class record). They also became the only pair to bat through 2 full days of test cricket. At the other end of the spectrum, New Zealand were dismissed by England for a 26 a Auckland in 1954 – ’55 – a test record for the lowest team total!

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