Top 5 teams with the most number of runs in Test cricket

It’s been over a century and a half since Test Cricket came into existence. Those days, England and Australia are the only two teams that play the sport and often face each other. South Africa along with some more British colonies invaded the sport.

In spite of the limited overs cricket and Twenty20 gaining attention among the fans these days, Test cricket remains the format that matters the most if a players wants to prove himself. Since its inception, the format has seen over 2000 Test matches were played in which over 2500000 runs were scored and approximately 8000 wickets were taken by the batsmen.

Here is the list of top 5 teams with the most number of runs in Test cricket:

 England lead the list with 462623 runs followed by their Ashes rivals Australia who have scored 400028 runs. India are fourth in the list with 242755 runs in their Test cricket history.

*Stats updated till 12 Decemebr 2014