England and South Africa posted team totals of 629-6d and 627-9d respectively in the first and second innings of the test {team’s respective first innings} in the just concluded Cape Town test between South Africa and England to provide the fifth occasion of both teams posting a team total of 600 plus runs in a test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Team-1	Team-2	Ground	Series	Team	Total	Team	Total
1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	1964	Aus	656-8d	Eng	611-10
2	Pak	Srl	Karachi	2008/09	Srl	644-7d	Pak“	765-6d
3	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	2008/09	Eng	600-6d	Win	749-9d
4	Srl	Ind	Col-SS	2010	Srl	642=4d	Ind	707-10
5	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	2015/16	Eng	629-6d	SAF	627-7d