Top 10 Teams With Most Runs In Test Cricket

Top 10 Teams With Most Runs In Test Cricket; Test matches are considered to be the elite and the most pristine form of the game. Officially, the first recognised Test match took place between 15th and 19th March 1877 and was played between England and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), where Australia won by 45 runs.

Currently, there are 12 Test playing nations; the latest entry being Afghanistan and Ireland in May, last year. Although the introduction of T20 cricket has diminished the growth of Test fold. Thus, ICC is trying various means to revive the traditional form of the game. They recently introduced the ICC World Test Championship which will run for two years to give a context to the bilateral Test series.

We at the Cricket Addictor will take a look at the top ten teams with the most runs in the history of Test Cricket:

Top 10 Teams With Most Runs In Test Cricket:

10. Zimbabwe – 49869 Runs

Zimbabwe acquired their Test status in October 1992 and played their first Test against India at Harare.

Currently ranked eleventh, Zimbabwe has played 108 Test matches, winning 12, losing 69 and drawing 27. During the course of 18 years, Zimbabwe scored 49,869 runs to take 10th position in the chart. They have a win/loss ratio of 0.173.

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9. Bangladesh – 53115 Runs

Bangladesh have acquired the Test status in 2010 but failed to make an impact in the International cricket. They played their first match against India at Dhaka to open their account in the Test format of the game.

In total, Bangladesh played 117 Test matches and scored 53115 runs at an average of 24.46. The highest score registered by Bangladesh in Test cricket was 638.

In 117 games, they managed to win only 13 Tests and lost 88 games with 16 draws. Bangladesh holds the record for most consecutive losses in Tests (21, between 2000 and 2002).

8. Sri Lanka – 145218 Runs

The ICC granted Sri Lanka Test status in 1981, which made Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation. They played their first Test match against England in Colombo in 1982.

Well, Sri Lanka had to wait for three long years to register their first win beating India.

They won their first overseas Test match when Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand in 1995 in Napier under the leadership of Arjuna Ranatunga.

The victory also helped them secure their first overseas series win. Since then, the Islanders have played 288 games and scored 145218  runs In Test Cricket.

7. New Zealand – 204172 Runs

The Black Caps acquired their Test status on 10th January 1930. They played their first Test against England at Christchurch. The Kiwis had to wait until 1956, more than 26 years, for its first Test victory, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. They recorded seven more victories in the next 20 years but gradually picked up.

Since then, New Zealand have been one of the consistent sides in the world.

New Zealand has played 440 Test matches, winning 99, losing 175 and drawing 166. In total, they scored 204172 Runs.

6. Pakistan – 209869

Pakistan has always been an ever-present team in the Test Cricket since their debut in 1952. They made its Test debut against India at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, in October 1952. They gradually made niches post-1970 giving tough fights to top-notch sides.

Pakistan has played 427 Test matches, winning 137, losing 130 and drawing 160. In total, they scored 209869 Runs.

5. South Africa – 216540

South Africa acquired Test status on 12th March 1889, the Proteas on August 2012 became the second team to hold the No.1 spot in all forms of cricket. Their record in the early stages of their Test cricket remains the worst among all current Test-playing nations with ten defeats and just a solitary draw from their first eleven Tests.

The Proteas recorded their first Test win against England in 1906, which took them 17 years.

Until now, they have played 439 games winning 165 Tests while losing 149 matches out of them. In total, they scored 216540 Runs.

4. West Indies – 270441 Runs

Acquiring Test status on 23 June 1928, West Indies played their first match against England at London. The first phase of Test cricket very clearly belonged to the Caribbean team as their bowlers wreak havoc on the batsmen around the world and dominated the proceedings for years.

West Indies set a then-record streak of 11 consecutive Test victories in 1984 and inflict two 5–0 clean sweeps against England.

However, Wi0ndies cricket declined, largely owing to the politics in the West Indian Cricket Board (WICB.

West Indies has played 545 Test matches, winning 174, losing 195 and drawing 175. In total, they scored 270441 Runs.

3. India – 273518 Runs

The Indian National Cricket Team acquired their Test status on June 25, 1932, and played their first Test match against England at Lords.

From 1932, India had to wait until 1952, almost 20 years for its first Test victory. The team, however, gained strength in the 1970s with the emergence of world-class players.

In its first fifty years of international cricket, India was one of the smaller teams, winning only 35 of the first 196 Test matches it played. So far, India have played 540 Test matches winning 157 of those games. They have lost 165 and managed to secure 217 draws. In total, they scored 273518 Runs.

2. Australia – 432706 Runs

Positioned second on the all-time highest run-scoring team in Test cricket, Australia is the first team to win a Test match, which came against England.

The Australian cricket team participated in the first Test match at the MCG in 1877, defeating an English team by 45 runs. Since then, they didn’t have to look back and marched to be the most successful Test team.

Australia has played 830 Test matches, winning 393, losing 224 and drawing 211. In total, they scored 432706 Runs.

1. England – 500214 Runs

England is the first and only team to score over 5,00,000 runs In Test Cricket. England along with Australia was the first two teams to play a Test match on 15 March 1887. They are also the only team in the history of Test cricket to have secured 100 victories by an innings.

They have always produced some of the profound players in the longer formats of the game. England have so far played 1022 Test matches winning 370 of those while they finished on the losing side in 304 occasions. The highest score registered by England in Test cricket was 903 runs.

(Note – All Stats Updated Till 26th January 2020)