Batting Most Runs Series IN South Africa

Most runs in a series for England vs South Africa in Tests IN South Africa

Most runs in a series

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
AJ Strauss (ENG)	5	10	1	656	147	72.88	1308	50.15	3	1	2	85	3
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2004/05
E Paynter (ENG)	5	8	-	653	243	81.62	-	-	3	2	-	50+	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
JH Kallis (SA)	5	10	1	625	162	69.44	1184	52.78	3	2	2	68	4
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2004/05
WR Hammond (ENG)	5	8	1	609	181	87.00	-	-	3	2	-	39+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
HW Taylor (SA)	5	9	-	582	176	64.66	-	-	3	2	-	9+	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1922/23
L Hutton (ENG)	5	9	-	577	158	64.11	243+	36.21	2	2	-	23+	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1948/49
KC Bland (SA)	5	10	2	572	144*	71.50	-	-	1	4	-	55	10
England in South Africa Test Series, 1964/65
EJ Barlow (SA)	5	10	-	558	138	55.80	244+	56.55	1	4	1	62	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1964/65
GA Faulkner (SA)	5	10	1	545	123	60.55	-	-	1	3	-	-	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1909/10
C Washbrook (ENG)	5	9	-	542	195	60.22	119+	50.42	1	2	-	24+	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1948/49
JB Hobbs (ENG)	5	9	1	539	187	67.37	-	-	1	4	1	0+	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1909/10
AD Nourse (SA)	5	10	3	536	129*	76.57	108+	63.88	2	2	-	6+	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1948/49
GE Tyldesley (ENG)	5	9	1	520	122	65.00	-	-	2	3	1	-	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1927/28
WR Hammond (ENG)	5	9	1	517	136*	64.62	-	-	1	4	-	13+	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1930/31
KF Barrington (ENG)	5	7	2	508	148*	101.60	-	-	2	2	-	54	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1964/65
HW Taylor (SA)	5	10	-	508	109	50.80	-	-	1	3	-	-	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1913/14
B Mitchell (SA)	5	10	1	475	120	52.77	158+	29.11	1	3	-	2+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1948/49
PA Gibb (ENG)	5	8	-	473	120	59.12	-	-	2	2	-	2+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
HM Amla (SA)	4	7	-	470	201	67.14	1002	46.90	2	1	-	67	0
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2015/16
B Mitchell (SA)	5	9	1	466	109	58.25	-	-	1	3	-	7+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
AJ Pithey (SA)	5	9	-	462	154	51.33	122+	18.85	1	2	-	43	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1964/65
PGV van der Bijl (SA)	5	9	-	460	125	51.11	-	-	1	2	-	30+	3
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
RG Pollock (SA)	5	10	2	459	137	57.37	313+	68.37	1	4	1	62	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1964/65
B Mitchell (SA)	5	9	-	455	123	50.55	-	-	1	4	-	12+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1930/31
ME Trescothick (ENG)	5	10	-	448	180	44.80	856	52.33	2	-	2	62	6
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2004/05
JB Hobbs (ENG)	5	8	1	443	97	63.28	-	-	-	4	-	-	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1913/14
GC White (SA)	5	9	1	437	147	54.62	-	-	1	2	-	53	3
England in South Africa Test Series, 1905/06
CAG Russell (ENG)	4	7	-	436	140	62.28	-	-	2	1	-	-	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1922/23
GC Smith (SA)	4	7	-	427	183	61.00	795	53.71	2	1	1	56	0
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2009/10
AD Nourse (SA)	5	9	2	422	120	60.28	-	-	2	1	1	13+	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	5	10	1	418	102	46.44	-	-	1	2	-	-	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1927/28
HW Taylor (SA)	5	10	-	412	101	41.20	-	-	1	3	-	-	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1927/28
BA Stokes (ENG)	4	7	-	411	258	58.71	377	109.01	1	1	-	55	13
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2015/16
WW Wade (SA)	5	9	1	407	125	50.87	232+	30.60	1	3	1	7+	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1948/49
DCS Compton (ENG)	5	9	1	406	114	50.75	345+	28.98	1	2	-	4+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1948/49
TL Goddard (SA)	5	10	-	405	112	40.50	-	-	1	3	-	39	3
England in South Africa Test Series, 1964/65
G Kirsten (SA)	5	7	-	396	275	56.57	975	40.61	1	1	1	39	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1999/00
CP Mead (ENG)	5	9	-	392	181	43.55	-	-	1	1	1	-	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1922/23
MA Atherton (ENG)	5	8	1	390	185*	55.71	1182	32.99	1	2	1	51	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1995/96
DJ Cullinan (SA)	5	7	-	386	120	55.14	755	51.12	2	1	-	46	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1999/00
JE Root (ENG)	4	8	1	386	110	55.14	609	63.38	1	3	-	48	2
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2015/16
IJ Siedle (SA)	5	9	-	384	141	42.66	-	-	1	2	1	23+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1930/31
Q de Kock (SA)	4	8	-	380	95	47.50	621	61.19	-	4	-	51	4
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2019/20
RH Catterall (SA)	5	10	1	379	119	42.11	-	-	1	2	-	-	3
England in South Africa Test Series, 1927/28
CP Mead (ENG)	5	7	-	378	117	54.00	-	-	2	1	1	-	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1913/14
L Klusener (SA)	5	6	1	370	174	74.00	480	77.08	1	2	-	52	3
England in South Africa Test Series, 1999/00
N Hussain (ENG)	5	8	2	370	146*	61.66	1035	35.74	1	2	1	43	5
England in South Africa Test Series, 1999/00
PE Richardson (ENG)	5	10	-	369	117	36.90	-	-	1	1	1	28	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1956/57
JH Kallis (SA)	4	7	-	363	120	51.85	702	51.70	2	1	-	39	1
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2009/10
AB de Villiers (SA)	5	10	1	362	109	40.22	620	58.38	1	2	-	50	1
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2004/05
JM Bairstow (ENG)	4	7	2	359	150*	71.80	498	72.08	1	1	1	42	5
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2015/16
HH Gibbs (SA)	4	8	-	356	161	44.50	691	51.51	1	1	-	59	0
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2004/05
ER Dexter (ENG)	5	7	1	344	172	57.33	-	-	1	1	1	49	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1964/65
PD Collingwood (ENG)	4	7	1	344	91	57.33	783	43.93	-	3	-	42	4
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2009/10
AJ Stewart (ENG)	5	8	-	342	95	42.75	604	56.62	-	3	1	51	3
England in South Africa Test Series, 1999/00
FL Fane (ENG)	5	10	1	342	143	38.00	-	-	1	2	-	39	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1905/06
MV Boucher (SA)	4	7	1	341	95	56.83	502	67.92	-	3	-	40	2
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2009/10
LEG Ames (ENG)	5	8	3	339	115	67.80	-	-	1	1	-	13+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
TL Goddard (SA)	5	10	-	333	69	33.30	-	-	-	2	-	19	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1956/57
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	5	10	-	331	101	33.10	-	-	1	3	-	27	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1956/57
EH Hendren (ENG)	5	7	-	329	93	47.00	0+	-	-	3	-	3+	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1930/31
DP Sibley (ENG)	4	7	1	324	133*	54.00	784	41.32	1	-	-	51	1
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2019/20
WR Hammond (ENG)	5	9	1	321	90	40.12	-	-	-	3	-	-	2
England in South Africa Test Series, 1927/28
EAB Rowan (SA)	4	8	2	319	156*	53.16	77+	29.87	1	1	-	1+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1948/49
BA Stokes (ENG)	4	7	-	318	120	45.42	473	67.23	1	1	-	37	8
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2019/20
JE Root (ENG)	4	7	-	317	61	45.28	547	57.95	-	3	-	40	1
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2019/20
IR Bell (ENG)	4	7	-	313	140	44.71	690	45.36	1	1	-	35	1
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2009/10
DJ Insole (ENG)	5	10	2	312	110*	39.00	-	-	1	1	-	23	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1956/57
HM Amla (SA)	4	7	-	311	100	44.42	665	46.76	1	2	-	37	0
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2009/10
RA McLean (SA)	5	10	-	309	100	30.90	-	-	1	1	2	41	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1956/57
DJ Cullinan (SA)	5	6	-	307	91	51.16	650	47.23	-	4	-	45	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1995/96
AW Nourse (SA)	5	9	-	304	63	33.77	-	-	-	3	-	-	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1922/23
JA Rudolph (SA)	5	10	-	304	93	30.40	672	45.23	-	2	-	43	1
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2004/05
G Kirsten (SA)	5	7	1	303	110	50.50	773	39.19	1	2	-	44	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1995/96
P Holmes (ENG)	5	10	1	302	88	33.55	-	-	-	4	3	0+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1927/28
M Leyland (ENG)	5	8	1	300	91	42.85	-	-	-	2	-	5+	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1930/31
HW Taylor (SA)	4	7	1	299	117	49.83	-	-	1	2	-	2+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1930/31
G Boycott (ENG)	5	8	2	298	117	49.66	284+	25.70	1	2	-	30	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1964/65
JH Kallis (SA)	5	7	1	297	105	49.50	871	34.09	1	2	1	24	3
England in South Africa Test Series, 1999/00
GA Hick (ENG)	5	8	2	293	141	48.83	634	46.21	1	1	-	47	3
England in South Africa Test Series, 1995/96
RW Barber (ENG)	4	4	-	290	97	72.50	111+	87.38	-	4	-	24	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1964/65
AW Nourse (SA)	5	8	2	289	93*	48.16	-	-	-	3	-	30	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1905/06
W Rhodes (ENG)	5	8	1	289	152	41.28	-	-	1	-	1	-	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1913/14
AN Cook (ENG)	4	7	-	287	118	41.00	625	45.92	1	2	-	31	0
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2009/10
GP Thorpe (ENG)	5	10	2	287	118*	35.87	822	34.91	1	1	1	32	0
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2004/05
A Melville (SA)	5	7	1	286	103	47.66	-	-	1	2	1	27+	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
EAB Rowan (SA)	4	7	1	284	89*	47.33	-	-	-	3	1	-	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
D Elgar (SA)	4	7	1	284	118*	47.33	574	49.47	1	-	-	31	2
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2015/16
GC White (SA)	4	8	-	284	118	35.50	-	-	1	1	1	-	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1909/10
FT Mann (ENG)	5	9	1	281	84	35.12	-	-	-	2	-	11+	6
England in South Africa Test Series, 1922/23
JN Crawford (ENG)	5	10	1	281	74	31.22	-	-	-	1	-	33	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1905/06
PAM Hands (SA)	5	10	-	281	83	28.10	-	-	-	2	1	-	4
England in South Africa Test Series, 1913/14
HG Deane (SA)	5	9	1	277	77	34.62	-	-	-	2	-	-	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1927/28
AB de Villiers (SA)	4	7	-	276	64	39.42	508	54.33	-	3	-	29	1
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2009/10
BH Valentine (ENG)	5	6	2	275	112	68.75	0+	-	1	1	-	23+	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1938/39
HE van der Dussen (SA)	4	8	-	274	98	34.25	650	42.15	-	3	1	34	3
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2019/20
RH Catterall (SA)	5	9	-	272	76	30.22	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1922/23
GC Smith (SA)	5	10	1	269	74	29.88	467	57.60	-	3	1	33	0
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2004/05
GJ Thompson (ENG)	5	9	1	267	63	33.37	-	-	-	2	-	-	1
England in South Africa Test Series, 1909/10
OJ Pope (ENG)	3	5	2	266	135*	88.66	469	56.71	1	2	-	35	1
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England in South Africa), 2019/20

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]