Individual Most Matches Career

Cricket Records for England (Host) in Test matches

Most matches

Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Ct	St
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2023	115	862	81	9.90	-	470	7/42	24.52	26	65	-
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2023	108	2599	169	20.62	1	424	8/15	26.25	15	30	-
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	97	7220	294	45.12	17	1	1/6	7.00	-	118	-
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2015	96	7586	203*	59.73	22	4	1/12	154.75	-	41	-
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-2003	89	5749	190	41.06	10	-	-	0.00	-	182	7
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1994	85	6781	333	45.51	17	16	3/39	49.43	-	77	-
JE Root (ENG)	2013-2023	81	6916	254	53.20	22	29	2/9	42.62	-	123	-
BC Lara (WI)	1992-2006	80	7485	400*	56.70	21	-	-	0.00	-	115	-
CA Walsh (WI)	1985-2001	79	623	30	8.30	-	316	6/54	23.90	11	21	-
MA Atherton (ENG)	1989-2001	78	5425	160	38.47	11	2	1/20	116.00	-	57	-
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1992	74	5200	215	42.97	11	-	-	0.00	-	45	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-2000	72	1093	53	13.32	-	291	8/45	21.06	14	13	-
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	72	5193	291	54.66	16	17	2/17	65.76	-	70	-
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1981	71	5535	246*	48.98	17	-	-	0.00	-	16	-
IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2015	69	4637	235	46.37	16	-	-	0.00	-	58	-
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	68	3210	208	31.47	8	252	8/34	28.78	18	71	-
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	68	4969	184	52.30	12	-	-	0.00	-	36	-
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2012	66	4586	169	41.69	13	-	-	0.00	-	84	-
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1955-1971	65	4562	182	46.08	13	-	-	0.00	-	74	-
CG Greenidge (WI)	1976-1991	65	4779	226	50.84	14	-	-	0.00	-	61	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	65	5895	365*	62.05	19	169	5/41	33.18	4	68	-
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2014	64	4158	317	39.98	8	54	5/34	38.87	2	58	-
CH Lloyd (WI)	1968-1984	64	4102	178	45.07	10	6	2/13	66.33	-	53	-
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1993-2005	64	4195	138	44.62	9	-	-	0.00	-	73	-
APE Knott (ENG)	1967-1981	63	2705	135	29.72	3	-	-	0.00	-	166	12
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2023	62	3801	167*	38.78	7	-	-	0.00	-	157	9
TG Evans (ENG)	1946-1959	62	1810	104	24.13	2	-	-	0.00	-	105	36
CL Hooper (WI)	1988-2002	60	3302	233	37.52	8	67	5/26	42.02	3	63	-
N Hussain (ENG)	1990-2004	60	3425	207	36.43	10	-	-	0.00	-	39	-
TW Graveney (ENG)	1951-1969	58	3641	258	45.51	8	-	-	0.00	-	60	-
RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1974	58	4314	158*	45.89	11	-	-	0.00	-	39	-
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2013	58	4943	226	53.15	16	7	3/52	75.42	-	36	-
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2011	58	4095	291	43.56	12	15	4/37	43.06	-	32	-
KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1968	56	4055	256	49.45	9	19	3/36	42.63	-	38	-
RB Richardson (WI)	1984-1995	56	4058	194	47.74	12	-	-	0.00	-	49	-
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1965	55	708	39*	12.87	-	259	8/31	21.46	15	50	-
BA Stokes (ENG)	2014-2023	54	3391	176	38.97	9	118	6/22	31.22	2	55	-
DCS Compton (ENG)	1937-1956	52	4311	278	59.05	14	17	2/32	55.41	-	32	-
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1982-1992	52	3164	139	37.22	13	-	-	0.00	-	46	-
L Hutton (ENG)	1937-1954	51	4778	364	60.48	15	2	1/4	92.50	-	39	-
KAJ Roach (WI)	2009-2023	51	762	41	12.29	-	211	6/48	23.89	9	12	-
JH Edrich (ENG)	1963-1976	50	3495	310*	43.68	8	-	-	0.00	-	26	-
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2011-2023	49	3139	212	36.08	8	7	3/65	79.85	-	25	-
PJL Dujon (WI)	1983-1991	49	1894	130	32.10	4	-	-	0.00	-	174	3
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1991	49	1088	76	20.14	-	251	7/22	19.55	14	17	-
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2000-2008	49	3516	197	45.07	14	5	2/71	82.20	-	23	-
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1974	48	253	25	6.17	-	188	8/38	28.48	11	31	-
WR Hammond (ENG)	1928-1946	48	3179	240	47.44	9	30	3/9	48.00	-	68	-
R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1973	48	1320	113	21.63	2	106	6/29	29.73	3	35	-
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2014	48	2482	131*	40.68	5	-	-	0.00	-	151	9
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2009	47	2274	167	34.98	4	125	5/58	35.07	3	37	-
PBH May (ENG)	1951-1961	47	3362	285*	52.53	10	-	-	0.00	-	31	-
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	46	3638	219	48.50	9	-	-	0.00	-	57	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1966-1980	46	534	45*	12.41	-	150	8/51	25.52	10	24	-
RA Smith (ENG)	1988-1995	45	3222	175	46.69	8	-	-	0.00	-	24	-
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	44	2087	155*	30.69	3	133	6/53	33.73	4	26	-
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	44	399	38	11.73	-	174	7/39	23.65	7	18	-
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1984	44	430	28*	15.35	-	181	8/43	24.26	10	20	-
MA Butcher (ENG)	1997-2004	43	2826	173*	39.80	6	10	4/42	33.70	-	38	-
DL Murray (WI)	1963-1980	43	1324	90	23.22	-	-	-	0.00	-	127	7
RC Russell (ENG)	1988-1998	43	1545	128*	27.10	2	-	-	0.00	-	111	8
AR Caddick (ENG)	1993-2002	42	610	49*	10.89	-	159	6/65	30.08	9	15	-
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1995	41	1046	75	21.34	-	84	5/78	40.66	3	21	-
MW Gatting (ENG)	1980-1993	41	2471	183*	36.88	6	-	-	0.00	-	32	-
GA Hick (ENG)	1991-2000	41	2008	118*	30.42	4	9	2/77	76.88	-	51	-
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1976	41	613	73	12.51	-	167	7/49	27.50	6	13	-
D Ramdin (WI)	2006-2015	40	1559	166	27.35	2	-	-	0.00	-	112	6
RC Fredericks (WI)	1969-1977	39	3138	163	46.83	5	4	1/12	90.75	-	43	-
J Garner (WI)	1977-1986	39	464	46	14.96	-	178	6/60	20.55	4	29	-
JO Holder (WI)	2014-2023	39	1932	202*	34.50	2	112	6/42	25.79	6	44	-
FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1963	39	2915	261	52.05	7	40	7/70	47.62	1	35	-
TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1958	38	1314	95	32.04	-	76	7/34	35.35	4	19	-
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2009	38	428	49*	13.80	-	160	7/12	26.72	7	5	-
MR Ramprakash (ENG)	1991-2001	38	1608	154	25.52	2	3	1/2	82.66	-	29	-
JC Buttler (ENG)	2014-2021	37	2019	152	35.42	2	-	-	0.00	-	99	-
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2005-2010	37	2164	186	39.34	6	7	2/24	79.85	-	52	-
ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1968	37	2721	180	46.11	5	40	4/10	31.52	-	14	-
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2007	37	326	38	10.51	-	135	5/73	30.19	2	13	-
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1980	37	2307	158	42.72	7	-	-	0.00	-	30	-
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1958	37	574	63	15.51	-	167	10/53	20.71	8	11	-
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	36	2058	148	36.75	5	83	8/86	33.49	3	53	-
MA Holding (WI)	1976-1986	36	596	73	18.06	-	149	8/92	22.64	7	12	-
RD Jacobs (WI)	1999-2004	36	1351	118	27.57	3	-	-	0.00	-	123	6
DS Smith (WI)	2003-2018	36	1479	108	23.85	1	-	-	0.00	-	34	-
SR Waugh (AUS)	1989-2003	36	2729	200	71.81	11	9	2/14	68.11	-	24	-
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1993	35	2878	200*	61.23	6	8	5/68	39.00	1	39	-
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1987	35	572	64	17.33	-	77	5/28	34.89	1	25	-
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1998	35	290	32	7.43	-	144	8/53	25.83	11	7	-
ST Gabriel (WI)	2012-2023	35	135	20*	4.65	-	110	8/62	27.81	5	9	-
GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1968	35	529	89	13.92	-	122	7/35	24.26	6	44	-
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2013	35	781	63*	26.03	-	139	6/65	28.27	9	32	-
JC Adams (WI)	1992-2000	34	1835	208*	39.04	3	23	5/17	37.73	1	33	-
SL Campbell (WI)	1995-2000	34	1818	208	32.46	2	-	-	0.00	-	32	-
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1991	34	1727	130	40.16	1	-	-	0.00	-	31	-
CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1960	34	3060	220	60.00	12	11	3/50	36.00	-	38	8
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1966-1972	33	1791	158	38.93	2	40	3/46	37.80	-	21	-
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1935	33	2584	161	64.60	9	-	-	0.00	-	20	-
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1955	32	420	79	13.12	-	167	7/44	21.55	13	12	-
J Blackwood (WI)	2014-2023	32	1718	112*	33.68	2	4	2/14	40.75	-	21	-
DM Bravo (WI)	2011-2019	32	1420	109	25.81	1	-	-	0.00	-	39	-

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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]