Top 10 totals in Test cricket

Published February 26, 2009

952-7d — Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), 1997

903-7d — England v Australia at The Oval, 1938

849 — England v West Indies at Kingston, 1929-30

790-3d — West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, 1957-58

765-6d — Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, 2009

758-8d — Australia v West Indies at Kingston, 1954-55

756-5d — Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), 2006

751-5d — West Indies v England at St John’s, 2003-04

747 — West Indies v South Africa at St John’s, 2004-05

735-6d — Australia v Zimbabwe at Perth, 2003-04

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