Batting Most Runs Innings

Cricket Records for England (Host) in Test matches

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
BC Lara	400*	778	582	43	4	68.72	West Indies	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
BC Lara	375	766	538	45	-	69.70	West Indies	v England	St John's	16 Apr 1994	Test # 1259
GS Sobers	365*	614	-	38	-	0.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
L Hutton	364	797	847	35	-	42.97	England	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
Hanif Mohammad	337	970	-	24	-	0.00	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	17 Jan 1958	Test # 446
DG Bradman	334	383	448	46	-	74.55	Australia	v England	Leeds	11 Jul 1930	Test # 196
GA Gooch	333	628	485	43	3	68.65	England	v India	Lord's	26 Jul 1990	Test # 1148
A Sandham	325	600	640	28	-	50.78	England	v West Indies	Kingston	03 Apr 1930	Test # 193
CH Gayle	317	630	483	37	3	65.63	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
HM Amla	311*	790	529	35	-	58.79	South Africa	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
RB Simpson	311	762	743	23	1	41.85	Australia	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964	Test # 564
JH Edrich	310*	532	450	52	5	68.88	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	08 Jul 1965	Test # 593
DG Bradman	304	430	473	43	2	64.27	Australia	v England	Leeds	20 Jul 1934	Test # 236
LG Rowe	302	612	430	36	1	70.23	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974	Test # 734
AN Cook	294	773	545	33	-	53.94	England	v India	Birmingham	10 Aug 2011	Test # 2003
IVA Richards	291	472	386	38	-	75.38	West Indies	v England	The Oval	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
RR Sarwan	291	698	452	30	2	64.38	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1911
PBH May	285*	600	-	25	2	0.00	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	30 May 1957	Test # 439
DCS Compton	278	287	-	34	1	0.00	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	01 Jul 1954	Test # 388
GC Smith	277	541	373	35	-	74.26	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
Zaheer Abbas	274	544	467	38	-	58.67	Pakistan	v England	Birmingham	03 Jun 1971	Test # 687
GA Headley	270*	495	-	30	-	0.00	West Indies	v England	Kingston	14 Mar 1935	Test # 241
Z Crawley	267	541	393	34	1	67.93	England	v Pakistan	Southampton	21 Aug 2020	Test # 2393
WH Ponsford	266	460	422	27	-	63.03	Australia	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934	Test # 237
DL Amiss	262*	570	563	40	1	46.53	England	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
RR Sarwan	261*	573	402	32	-	64.92	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	04 Jun 2004	Test # 1703
FMM Worrell	261	335	-	35	2	0.00	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
CC Hunte	260	-	-	28	1	0.00	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
Javed Miandad	260	617	521	28	1	49.90	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	06 Aug 1987	Test # 1079
GM Turner	259	704	759	22	-	34.12	New Zealand	v West Indies	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972	Test # 696
GC Smith	259	574	370	34	-	70.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
TW Graveney	258	471	-	30	-	0.00	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	04 Jul 1957	Test # 441
KF Barrington	256	683	624	26	-	41.02	England	v Australia	Manchester	23 Jul 1964	Test # 564
DG Bradman	254	341	376	25	-	67.55	Australia	v England	Lord's	27 Jun 1930	Test # 195
JE Root	254	614	406	27	-	62.56	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	22 Jul 2016	Test # 2208
G Boycott	246*	573	555	30	1	44.32	England	v India	Leeds	08 Jun 1967	Test # 618
DG Bradman	244	316	271	32	1	90.03	Australia	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1934	Test # 237
AN Cook	243	588	407	33	-	59.70	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017	Test # 2270
WR Hammond	240	367	394	32	-	60.91	England	v Australia	Lord's	24 Jun 1938	Test # 264
Zaheer Abbas	240	545	410	22	-	58.53	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	22 Aug 1974	Test # 744
FMM Worrell	237	570	-	35	-	0.00	West Indies	v India	Kingston	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
EAB Rowan	236	550	-	28	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
IR Bell	235	497	364	23	2	64.56	England	v India	The Oval	18 Aug 2011	Test # 2004
CL Hooper	233	630	402	29	3	57.96	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	11 Apr 2002	Test # 1598
DG Bradman	232	438	417	16	-	55.63	Australia	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1930	Test # 198
SJ McCabe	232	235	277	34	1	83.75	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938	Test # 263
IVA Richards	232	438	313	31	4	74.12	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	03 Jun 1976	Test # 777
GS Sobers	226	647	-	24	-	0.00	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Jan 1960	Test # 485
CG Greenidge	226	677	480	32	-	47.08	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1991	Test # 1169
KP Pietersen	226	432	262	24	2	86.25	England	v West Indies	Leeds	25 May 2007	Test # 1834
IJL Trott	226	490	349	20	-	64.75	England	v Bangladesh	Lord's	27 May 2010	Test # 1958
GM Turner	223*	572	-	26	-	0.00	New Zealand	v West Indies	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
GA Headley	223	390	385	28	-	57.92	West Indies	v England	Kingston	03 Apr 1930	Test # 193
CG Greenidge	223	585	425	30	-	52.47	West Indies	v England	Manchester	26 Jul 1984	Test # 992
SM Gavaskar	221	490	443	21	-	49.88	India	v England	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
RWT Key	221	426	288	31	-	76.73	England	v West Indies	Lord's	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
CL Walcott	220	390	-	28	1	0.00	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	06 Feb 1954	Test # 383
SM Gavaskar	220	529	-	22	-	0.00	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971	Test # 686
DS Atkinson	219	351	-	29	1	0.00	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	14 May 1955	Test # 406
MA Taylor	219	554	461	23	-	47.50	Australia	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989	Test # 1125
ME Trescothick	219	570	374	32	2	58.55	England	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
Younis Khan	218	451	308	31	4	70.77	Pakistan	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 2016	Test # 2216
WR Hammond	217	290	-	30	-	0.00	England	v India	The Oval	15 Aug 1936	Test # 254
R Dravid	217	629	468	28	-	46.36	India	v England	The Oval	05 Sep 2002	Test # 1614
E Paynter	216*	319	333	26	1	64.86	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938	Test # 263
DI Gower	215	452	314	25	1	68.47	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
SPD Smith	215	503	346	25	1	62.13	Australia	v England	Lord's	16 Jul 2015	Test # 2171
D Lloyd	214*	448	396	17	-	54.04	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
CG Greenidge	214*	302	242	29	2	88.42	West Indies	v England	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
LG Rowe	214	427	-	19	1	0.00	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
ST Jayasuriya	213	346	278	33	1	76.61	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
BC Lara	213	468	344	29	3	61.91	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	13 Mar 1999	Test # 1451
WW Hinds	213	455	297	34	2	71.71	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
DN Sardesai	212	470	-	17	1	0.00	India	v West Indies	Kingston	18 Feb 1971	Test # 680
W Jaffer	212	503	399	24	1	53.13	India	v West Indies	St John's	02 Jun 2006	Test # 1805
KC Brathwaite	212	554	447	14	-	47.42	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingstown	05 Sep 2014	Test # 2138
WL Murdoch	211	490	525	24	-	40.19	Australia	v England	The Oval	11 Aug 1884	Test # 16
JB Hobbs	211	-	-	15	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Lord's	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
SPD Smith	211	513	319	24	2	66.14	Australia	v England	Manchester	04 Sep 2019	Test # 2360
WM Lawry	210	-	-	-	3	0.00	Australia	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965	Test # 589
GA Gooch	210	413	317	29	-	66.24	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	02 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
G Kirsten	210	650	525	24	1	40.00	South Africa	v England	Manchester	02 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
BF Butcher	209*	461	416	22	-	50.24	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
CA Roach	209	295	-	22	3	0.00	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	21 Feb 1930	Test # 192
BC Lara	209	452	360	24	1	58.05	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
JC Adams	208*	435	333	31	1	62.46	West Indies	v New Zealand	St John's	27 Apr 1996	Test # 1326
DCS Compton	208	354	-	20	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
AD Nourse	208	555	-	25	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
IT Botham	208	276	226	19	4	92.03	England	v India	The Oval	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
SL Campbell	208	675	470	30	-	44.25	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
ED Weekes	207	445	-	20	-	0.00	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
N Hussain	207	437	337	38	-	61.42	England	v Australia	Birmingham	05 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
WA Brown	206*	369	370	22	-	55.67	Australia	v England	Lord's	24 Jun 1938	Test # 264
MP Donnelly	206	355	-	26	-	0.00	New Zealand	v England	Lord's	25 Jun 1949	Test # 315
L Hutton	206	300	-	25	-	0.00	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
ED Weekes	206	360	-	-	-	0.00	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	17 Mar 1954	Test # 385
RT Ponting	206	491	362	24	1	56.90	Australia	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2003	Test # 1639
EH Hendren	205*	-	-	29	-	0.00	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	01 Feb 1930	Test # 189
J Hardstaff	205*	315	-	16	-	0.00	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
L Hutton	205	532	-	24	1	0.00	England	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 27-31, 2023 [Test # 2515]

West Indies v India at Port of Spain, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jul 20-24, 2023 [Test # 2513]

England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test, Jul 19-23, 2023 [Test # 2512]