Batting Most Runs Series

Cricket Records for England (Host) in Test matches

Most runs in a series

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
DG Bradman (AUS)	5	7	-	974	334	139.14	1580	61.64	4	-	-	98	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1930
MA Taylor (AUS)	6	11	1	839	219	83.90	1866	44.96	2	5	-	91	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1989
IVA Richards (WI)	4	7	-	829	291	118.42	1188	69.78	3	2	-	112	4
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1976
CL Walcott (WI)	5	10	-	827	155	82.70	-	0.00	5	2	-	30+	0
Australia in West Indies Test Series, 1955
GS Sobers (WI)	5	8	2	824	365*	137.33	-	0.00	3	3	-	38+	0
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1957/58
BC Lara (WI)	5	8	-	798	375	99.75	1170	68.20	2	2	-	109	3
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1993/94
SPD Smith (AUS)	4	7	-	774	211	110.57	1196	64.71	3	3	-	92	5
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2019
SM Gavaskar (IND)	4	8	3	774	220	154.80	-	0.00	4	3	-	43+	1
India in West Indies Test Series, 1970/71
BC Lara (WI)	6	10	1	765	179	85.00	992	77.11	3	3	-	121	1
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1995
DG Bradman (AUS)	5	8	-	758	304	94.75	1037	73.09	2	1	-	84+	4
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1934
DCS Compton (ENG)	5	8	-	753	208	94.12	-	0.00	4	2	-	40+	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
GA Gooch (ENG)	3	6	-	752	333	125.33	1211	62.09	3	2	-	89	7
India in England Test Series, 1990
JE Root (ENG)	5	9	2	737	180*	105.28	1169	63.04	4	1	-	92	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2021-2022
DI Gower (ENG)	6	9	-	732	215	81.33	1196	61.20	3	1	-	89	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
GS Sobers (WI)	5	8	1	722	174	103.14	1205	59.91	3	2	1	95	1
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1966
ED Weekes (WI)	5	8	1	716	207	102.28	-	0.00	3	2	-	20+	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 1952/53
GC Smith (SA)	5	9	-	714	277	79.33	1014	70.41	2	1	-	96	2
South Africa in England Test Series, 2003
GS Sobers (WI)	5	8	1	709	226	101.28	-	0.00	3	1	1	42+	2
England in West Indies Test Series, 1959/60
GA Headley (WI)	4	8	-	703	223	87.87	416+	56.00	4	-	-	29+	1
England in West Indies Test Series, 1929/30
CL Walcott (WI)	5	10	2	698	220	87.25	-	0.00	3	3	-	-	2
England in West Indies Test Series, 1953/54
AR Morris (AUS)	5	9	1	696	196	87.00	122+	32.78	3	3	-	35+	2
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1948
EH Hendren (ENG)	4	8	2	693	205*	115.50	168+	69.04	2	5	-	15+	1
England in West Indies Test Series, 1929/30
L Hutton (ENG)	5	8	1	677	205	96.71	-	0.00	2	3	-	48+	2
England in West Indies Test Series, 1953/54
GA Gooch (ENG)	6	12	-	673	133	56.08	1453	46.31	2	4	-	99	4
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
GM Turner (NZ)	5	8	1	672	259	96.00	759+	34.12	2	2	-	38+	0
New Zealand in West Indies Test Series, 1971/72
DL Amiss (ENG)	5	9	1	663	262*	82.87	1596	41.54	3	-	-	87	1
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1973/74
RN Harvey (AUS)	5	7	1	650	204	108.33	-	0.00	3	1	-	44+	1
Australia in West Indies Test Series, 1955
DN Sardesai (IND)	5	8	-	642	212	80.25	-	0.00	3	1	-	28+	1
India in West Indies Test Series, 1970/71
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	4	7	-	631	202	90.14	986	63.99	3	-	-	86	3
Pakistan in England Test Series, 2006
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	5	9	-	628	337	69.77	-	0.00	1	3	-	-	0
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1957/58
RR Sarwan (WI)	5	6	-	626	291	104.33	1134	55.20	3	1	-	70	3
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 2008/09
CC Hunte (WI)	5	9	1	622	260	77.75	-	0.00	3	-	1	28+	1
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1957/58
AD Nourse (SA)	5	9	-	621	149	69.00	-	0.00	2	5	-	15+	3
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
RB Richardson (WI)	4	7	-	619	194	88.42	1358	45.58	2	3	-	60	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 1988/89
LG Rowe (WI)	5	7	-	616	302	88.00	1245	49.47	3	-	-	73	3
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1973/74
MP Vaughan (ENG)	4	7	1	615	197	102.50	901	68.25	3	1	1	81	0
India in England Test Series, 2002
R Dravid (IND)	4	6	-	602	217	100.33	1336	45.05	3	1	-	85	0
India in England Test Series, 2002
M Amarnath (IND)	5	9	-	598	117	66.44	-	0.00	2	4	-	18+	4
India in West Indies Test Series, 1982/83
B Mitchell (SA)	5	10	1	597	189*	66.33	-	0.00	2	3	-	-	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
GS Sobers (WI)	5	10	2	597	178*	74.62	-	0.00	3	1	2	18+	4
India in West Indies Test Series, 1970/71
AR Border (AUS)	6	11	2	597	196	66.33	1194	50.00	2	1	-	65	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
V Kohli (IND)	5	10	-	593	149	59.30	1025	57.85	2	3	1	67	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2018
A Sandham (ENG)	4	8	-	592	325	74.00	702+	53.41	2	2	2	34+	0
England in West Indies Test Series, 1929/30
CG Greenidge (WI)	5	10	1	592	134	65.77	939	63.04	3	2	1	80	6
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1976
PBH May (ENG)	5	9	1	582	117	72.75	-	0.00	2	3	1	57+	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1955
CL Hooper (WI)	5	7	-	579	233	82.71	1140	50.78	3	1	-	69	6
India in West Indies Test Series, 2002
CG Greenidge (WI)	5	8	1	572	223	81.71	930	61.50	2	-	-	78	2
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1984
WH Ponsford (AUS)	4	7	1	569	266	94.83	1154	49.30	2	1	-	19+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1934
A Melville (SA)	5	10	1	569	189	63.22	-	0.00	3	1	1	31+	1
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
DM Jones (AUS)	6	9	1	566	157	70.75	968	58.47	2	3	1	59	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1989
S Chanderpaul (WI)	5	7	3	562	140	140.50	1477	38.05	3	3	-	69	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 2002
DCS Compton (ENG)	5	10	1	562	184	62.44	537+	37.80	2	2	1	37+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1948
IR Bell (ENG)	5	10	1	562	113	62.44	1157	48.57	3	2	-	75	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2013
PR Umrigar (IND)	5	10	1	560	130	62.22	-	0.00	2	4	-	-	2
India in West Indies Test Series, 1952/53
IVA Richards (WI)	4	6	-	556	177	92.66	-	0.00	3	1	-	19+	3
India in West Indies Test Series, 1975/76
MTG Elliott (AUS)	6	10	-	556	199	55.60	988	56.27	2	2	-	82	3
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1997
DC Boon (AUS)	6	10	2	555	164*	69.37	1334	41.60	3	1	2	71	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
JH Edrich (ENG)	5	9	-	554	164	61.55	1471	37.66	1	4	-	60	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1968
RA Smith (ENG)	5	10	1	553	143	61.44	982	56.31	2	3	1	78	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1989
MA Atherton (ENG)	6	12	-	553	99	46.08	1376	40.18	-	6	-	73	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
WJ Edrich (ENG)	4	6	1	552	191	110.40	-	0.00	2	2	-	34+	4
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
CC Hunte (WI)	5	10	1	550	89	61.11	-	0.00	-	6	-	-	0
The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies), 1964/65
ME Waugh (AUS)	6	10	1	550	137	61.11	860	63.95	1	5	-	61	3
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
BC Lara (WI)	4	7	1	546	213	91.00	840	65.00	3	1	-	75	7
The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies), 1998/99
GS Sobers (WI)	5	9	3	545	152	90.83	480+	51.45	2	2	1	66	3
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1967/68
SM Gavaskar (IND)	4	7	-	542	221	77.42	1199	45.20	1	4	-	55	0
India in England Test Series, 1979
IM Chappell (AUS)	5	9	2	542	109	77.42	-	0.00	2	3	-	70	1
The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies), 1972/73
AJ Strauss (ENG)	5	9	1	541	169	67.62	943	57.37	3	-	-	63	2
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 2008/09
FMM Worrell (WI)	4	6	-	539	261	89.83	-	0.00	2	1	-	58+	2
West Indies in England Test Series, 1950
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	3	6	1	538	190	107.60	1067	50.42	3	2	-	60	8
New Zealand in England Test Series, 2022
CG Greenidge (WI)	5	10	-	536	100	53.60	-	0.00	1	4	-	49+	8
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1976/77
RB Kanhai (WI)	5	10	1	535	153	59.44	339+	50.73	2	1	-	63	2
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1967/68
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	5	8	-	534	148	66.75	451+	31.26	2	4	1	71	0
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1967/68
KP Pietersen (ENG)	4	6	1	533	202*	106.60	812	65.64	2	2	-	68	2
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011
BC Lara (WI)	4	8	-	533	122	66.62	916	58.18	2	3	-	70	8
The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies), 2003
AR Border (AUS)	6	12	3	533	123*	59.22	1451	36.73	2	3	1	62	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1981
KF Barrington (ENG)	5	8	1	531	256	75.85	1204	44.10	1	2	-	55	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1964
BE Congdon (NZ)	5	8	2	531	166*	88.50	215+	28.37	2	3	-	35+	2
New Zealand in West Indies Test Series, 1971/72
Majid Khan (PAK)	5	10	-	530	167	53.00	-	0.00	1	3	-	-	2
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1976/77
CA Davis (WI)	4	8	4	529	125*	132.25	-	0.00	2	3	-	-	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 1970/71
MW Gatting (ENG)	6	9	3	527	160	87.83	1011	52.12	2	3	-	74	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
ER Dexter (ENG)	5	9	1	526	136*	65.75	-	0.00	2	2	1	19+	1
England in West Indies Test Series, 1959/60
RT Ponting (AUS)	3	5	1	523	206	130.75	931	56.17	3	-	-	58	3
The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies), 2003
AR Border (AUS)	5	10	3	521	100*	74.42	1325+	35.84	1	4	-	50	1
The Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia in West Indies), 1983/84
JE Root (ENG)	5	7	2	518	154*	103.60	883	58.66	2	3	-	56	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2014
RC Fredericks (WI)	5	10	1	517	138	57.44	901	57.38	2	3	2	59	1
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1976
Wasim Raja (PAK)	5	10	1	517	117*	57.44	-	0.00	1	5	1	31+	14
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1976/77
EAB Rowan (SA)	5	10	1	515	236	57.22	-	0.00	1	3	1	5+	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1951
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	5	9	1	513	114	64.12	-	0.00	4	-	-	-	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1929
WA Brown (AUS)	4	8	1	512	206*	73.14	1221	41.93	2	1	-	50	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1938
JE Root (ENG)	4	8	1	512	254	73.14	771	66.40	1	2	-	63	0
Pakistan in England Test Series, 2016
MA Atherton (ENG)	5	9	-	510	144	56.66	1262	40.41	2	2	2	60	0
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1993/94
DG Bradman (AUS)	5	9	2	508	173*	72.57	1102	46.09	2	1	2	17+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1948
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	5	9	-	508	150	56.44	-	0.00	1	4	-	-	0
Pakistan in West Indies Test Series, 1957/58
SPD Smith (AUS)	5	9	-	508	215	56.44	808	62.87	2	1	-	66	3
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2015
SR Waugh (AUS)	6	8	4	506	177*	126.50	807	62.70	2	1	1	57	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1989
GP Thorpe (ENG)	6	12	-	506	94	42.16	1050	48.19	-	5	2	66	0
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1995
GC Smith (SA)	4	7	1	505	148	84.16	1018	49.60	3	1	-	62	1
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (South Africa in West Indies), 2005
IR Bell (ENG)	4	6	-	504	235	84.00	775	65.03	2	-	1	63	2
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011
GS Ballance (ENG)	5	7	-	503	156	71.85	969	51.90	2	2	-	74	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2014

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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]