Highest team score in test cricket match

1.Srilanka-952

match played between India and Srilanka at Colombo in august 1997

India won the toss and elected to bat first. India declared at 537/8 [167.3 over], Sachin Tendulkar[143 runs] was highest run-scorer from the Indian side, despite that  Sidhu and Azharuddin made hundred,111 and 126 runs respectively.in the other hand, Srilanka made history they declared at 952/6 in 271over, in this inning 2nd highest run partnership was created by Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan mahanama run of 576. Sanath Jayasuriya made 340 run and Roshan mahanama made 225. the interesting thing is that Saurav Ganguly was highest wicket-taker
2.England-903
match played between Australia and England in august 1938 at the oval, London. England won the toss and elected to bat first, England declared at 903/7 with the help of L Hutton who made 340, in other hands, Australia bowled out at 201.this was timeless test cricket match and one team can bat only one team.
3.west indies-849
match played between England and west indies at Kingston in April 1930. England scored 849 in his 1st inning with the help of 325 runs of A Sandham and 149 runs of leg ames
4.west indies-790
match played between west indies and Pakistan at Kingston on 26 April 1958. they scored 790/3 in their 2nd inning .and the result of the match in west indies won by an inning and 174 run
5.pakistan-765 
match played between  Pakistan and west indies at 21feb 2009 in Karachi cricket stadium. in their 2nd inning. in this inning, Younis khan was the highest run-scorer, he made 313 runs in his inning  and the result of the match was drawn
6.srilanka-760
match played between Sri Lanka and India in Ahmedabad cricket ground on Nov 2009.srilanka in their 1st inning made 760 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. Mahela  Jayawardene was highest run-scorer of the inning.he made 275 runs. the result of the match was drawn

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