Highest team totals
2006-04-29 11:25
Cape Town - New Zealand's 593-8 declared is the ninth highest total by a team sent in to bat in Test cricket.
It is New Zealand's highest total after being sent in and the highest conceded by South Africa after sending the opposition in beating the 462 by England at Birmingham in 1998
Score Team Against Venue Season
735-6* Australia Zimbabwe Perth 2003/04
653-4* England India Lord's 1990
621-5* South Africa New Zealand Auckland 1998/99
619 Australia West Indies Sydney 1968/69
605-9* Australia West Indies Bridgetown 2002/03
604-6* South Africa West Indies Centurion 2003/04
601-8* Australia England Brisbane 1954/55
601-7* Australia England Leeds 1989
593-8* New Zealand South Africa Cape Town 2005/06
586-7* New Zealand Sri Lanka Dunedin 1996/97
586-6* Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Colombo-SSC 2001/02.
- SAPA