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Highest fourth innings totals

Team	Score	Overs	RR	Result	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	654/5	218.2x8	2.24	draw	v South Africa	Durban	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
New Zealand	451	93.3	4.82	lost	v England	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
India	445	141.4x8	2.35	lost	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
New Zealand	440	188.1	2.33	lost	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1973	Test # 722
New Zealand	431	118.5	3.62	lost	v England	Napier	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1868
India	429/8	150.5	2.84	draw	v England	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
South Africa	423/7	141.0	3.00	draw	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
West Indies	418/7	128.5	3.24	won	v Australia	St John's	9 May 2003	Test # 1645
England	417	112.4x8	2.78	lost	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977	Test # 800
South Africa	414/4	119.2	3.46	won	v Australia	Perth	17 Dec 2008	Test # 1899
Bangladesh	413	126.2	3.26	lost	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka (SBNS)	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1903
England	411	96.7x8	3.18	lost	v Australia	Sydney	19 Dec 1924	Test # 158
Sri Lanka	410	104.3	3.92	lost	v Australia	Hobart	16 Nov 2007	Test # 1847
West Indies	408/5	164.3	2.48	draw	v England	Kingston	3 Apr 1930	Test # 193
Australia	406	107.0	3.79	lost	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 2009	Test # 1925
India	406/4	147.0	2.76	won	v West Indies	Port of Spain	7 Apr 1976	Test # 775
Australia	404/3	114.1	3.53	won	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1948	Test # 302
Australia	402	135.5	2.95	lost	v England	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
India	397	109.4	3.62	lost	v England	Lord's	25 Jul 2002	Test # 1610
New Zealand	397	123.5	3.20	lost	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Aug 2009	Test # 1932
West Indies	394	132.5	2.96	lost	v England	Manchester	7 Jun 2007	Test # 1835
Sri Lanka	391/4	134.0	2.91	draw	v Pakistan	Colombo (SSC)	20 Jul 2009	Test # 1927
India	387/4	98.3	3.92	won	v England	Chennai	11 Dec 2008	Test # 1898
West Indies	387	105.4	3.66	lost	v Australia	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008	Test # 1879
Australia	381/7	110.0	3.46	draw	v New Zealand	Perth	30 Nov 2001	Test # 1573
India	376	145.1	2.59	lost	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
Australia	371/9	108.0	3.43	draw	v England	Manchester	11 Aug 2005	Test # 1760
England	370	100.1	3.69	lost	v Australia	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
England	370	106.2	3.47	lost	v Australia	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921	Test # 137
West Indies	370/9	128.0	2.89	draw	v England	St John's	15 Feb 2009	Test # 1908
South Africa	370	132.2	2.79	lost	v Australia	Durban	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
England	369/6	110.0	3.35	draw	v India	The Oval	9 Aug 2007	Test # 1842
Australia	369/6	113.5	3.24	won	v Pakistan	Hobart	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1469
India	364/6	131.0	2.77	draw	v Pakistan	Delhi	4 Dec 1979	Test # 863
England	363	111.2x8	2.44	lost	v Australia	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925	Test # 160
Australia	362/7	101.0	3.58	won	v West Indies	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978	Test # 822
Australia	357/6	94.0	3.79	draw	v India	Sydney	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1680
India	355/8	107.0	3.31	draw	v West Indies	Mumbai (BS)	4 Feb 1949	Test # 311
India	355	109.6x8	2.42	lost	v Australia	Brisbane	19 Jan 1968	Test # 626
West Indies	354/5	100.0	3.54	draw	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1681
West Indies	352	64.2x8	4.10	lost	v Australia	Sydney	14 Feb 1969	Test # 646
Sri Lanka	352/9	113.3	3.10	won	v South Africa	Colombo (PSS)	4 Aug 2006	Test # 1812
England	351/5	165.0	2.12	draw	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
England	350	122.2	2.86	lost	v Australia	Perth	14 Dec 2006	Test # 1821
West Indies	348/5	69.0x8	3.78	won	v New Zealand	Auckland	27 Feb 1969	Test # 648
Australia	348	102.2	3.40	lost	v England	The Oval	20 Aug 2009	Test # 1931
Sri Lanka	348	141.4	2.45	lost	v Australia	Hobart	16 Dec 1989	Test # 1133
India	347	86.5	3.99	tied	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986	Test # 1052
New Zealand	345	129.0	2.67	lost	v England	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
West Indies	344/1	66.1	5.19	won	v England	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
Australia	344/7	121.4	2.82	draw	v England	Sydney	1 Jan 1995	Test # 1281
Sri Lanka	344/6	125.0	2.75	draw	v New Zealand	Hamilton	22 Feb 1991	Test # 1164
India	343/6	90.0	3.81	draw	v England	Manchester	9 Aug 1990	Test # 1149
Australia	342/8	87.2x8	2.93	won	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
Pakistan	341/9	129.0	2.64	draw	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Apr 1988	Test # 1096
Australia	340	86.5	3.91	lost	v India	Perth	16 Jan 2008	Test # 1862
South Africa	340/5	104.5	3.24	won	v Australia	Durban	15 Mar 2002	Test # 1595
Australia	339	83.4	4.05	lost	v South Africa	Adelaide	7 Jan 1911	Test # 113
Australia	339/9	84.0x8	3.02	draw	v West Indies	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969	Test # 645
Pakistan	337/4	121.0	2.78	draw	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Mar 2006	Test # 1794
Pakistan	336	137.5	2.43	lost	v Australia	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990	Test # 1134
Australia	336	151.5	2.21	lost	v England	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
Australia	336/5	123.6x8	2.03	won	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1950	Test # 320
England	335/5	96.0	3.48	draw	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991	Test # 1161
Australia	335	139.2	2.40	lost	v England	Nottingham	13 Jun 1930	Test # 194
South Africa	335	142.2	2.35	lost	v New Zealand	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962	Test # 519
Australia	334/6	79.1	4.21	won	v South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002	Test # 1593
India	333	100.1	3.32	lost	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992	Test # 1184
Australia	333	136.1	2.44	lost	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1894	Test # 43
England	332	120.2	2.75	lost	v Australia	Manchester	3 Jun 1993	Test # 1223
England	332/7	159.5	2.07	won	v Australia	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
Australia	329/3	109.0	3.01	draw	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 1975	Test # 761
Australia	328/3	115.0x8	2.13	draw	v England	Adelaide	29 Jan 1971	Test # 678
England	327	158.5	2.05	lost	v West Indies	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930	Test # 192
West Indies	326	54.5x8	4.47	lost	v Australia	Melbourne	31 Jan 1976	Test # 770
Sri Lanka	326/5	113.5	2.86	won	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	14 Jan 1998	Test # 1395
South Africa	326/5	117.0x8	2.08	draw	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
India	325/3	136.0	2.38	draw	v West Indies	Kolkata	31 Dec 1948	Test # 308
Sri Lanka	324	73.1	4.42	lost	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004	Test # 1688
New Zealand	324/5	107.0	3.02	won	v Pakistan	Christchurch	24 Feb 1994	Test # 1251
India	324	84.7x8	2.86	lost	v Australia	Brisbane	2 Dec 1977	Test # 809
England	323	78.6x8	3.07	lost	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1937	Test # 257
England	323	137.2	2.35	lost	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 1994	Test # 1275
West Indies	317/2	93.1	3.40	won	v Pakistan	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958	Test # 452
New Zealand	317/7	137.5	2.29	won	v Bangladesh	Chittagong (ZACS)	17 Oct 2008	Test # 1888
Pakistan	316/4	107.0	2.95	draw	v South Africa	Lahore	8 Oct 2007	Test # 1844
England	316	129.3	2.44	lost	v West Indies	Kingston	15 Jan 1954	Test # 380
England	315/4	73.2	4.29	won	v Australia	Leeds	16 Aug 2001	Test # 1556
Pakistan	315/9	106.1	2.96	won	v Australia	Karachi	28 Sep 1994	Test # 1268
West Indies	315	106.2	2.96	lost	v Sri Lanka	Providence	22 Mar 2008	Test # 1869
Australia	315/6	134.0	2.35	won	v England	Adelaide	17 Jan 1902	Test # 67
England	314/7	96.0	3.27	draw	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1983	Test # 944
England	313	139.4	2.24	lost	v West Indies	Bridgetown	6 Feb 1954	Test # 383
New Zealand	311	100.3	3.09	lost	v England	Wellington	13 Mar 2008	Test # 1867
West Indies	311/9	120.1	2.58	won	v Australia	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999	Test # 1453
Zimbabwe	310	81.3	3.80	lost	v Pakistan	Harare	9 Nov 2002	Test # 1625
Australia	310	92.4x8	2.51	lost	v Pakistan	Melbourne	10 Mar 1979	Test # 849
England	310/7	100.0x8	2.32	draw	v Australia	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947	Test # 281
England	308/4	104.2	2.95	draw	v South Africa	The Oval	26 Aug 1965	Test # 596
England	307	86.5	3.53	lost	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
Sri Lanka	307/7	102.0	3.00	draw	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985	Test # 1025
Australia	307/7	107.0	2.86	won	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	9 Apr 2006	Test # 1797
England	307/6	146.4	2.09	won	v New Zealand	Christchurch	14 Feb 1997	Test # 1355
Sri Lanka	306	95.3	3.20	lost	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
South Africa	304	109.4	2.77	lost	v England	Johannesburg	1 Jan 1914	Test # 132
England	304	123.4	2.45	lost	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
New Zealand	304/8	128.0	2.37	draw	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
India	303/3	96.0	3.15	draw	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Nov 1989	Test # 1127
Pakistan	301	77.2	3.89	lost	v West Indies	Kingston	15 Apr 1977	Test # 803

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v Sri Lanka at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Nov 24-28, 2009 [Test # 1935 - Live]
» India 421/2 (91.5 ov, R Dravid 85*, SR Tendulkar 24*, AD Mathews 0/39)

New Zealand v Pakistan at Dunedin, 1st Test, Nov 24-28, 2009 [Test # 1934 - Live]
» New Zealand 381/7 (121.1 ov, SE Bond 3*, DL Vettori 87*, Umar Gul 1/100) - Match delayed by rain

India v Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad, 1st Test, Nov 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1933]

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