Individual Most Matches Career

Most matches in Tests held in England

Most matches

Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Ct	St
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2024	106	809	81	10.37	0	438	7/42	24.41	24	58	0
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2023	98	2495	169	21.50	1	398	8/15	25.92	14	27	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	89	6568	294	44.37	15	1	1/6	7.00	0	113	0
JE Root (ENG)	2013-2025	84	7329	254	55.52	24	28	2/9	47.46	0	123	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1994	74	5917	333	46.22	15	15	3/39	48.53	0	66	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-2003	74	4650	190	40.78	8	0	-	-	0	172	7
MA Atherton (ENG)	1989-2001	67	4716	160	38.97	9	2	1/20	116.00	0	49	0
IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2015	65	4450	235	47.84	15	0	-	-	0	57	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1992	65	4454	215	42.82	10	0	-	-	0	40	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2012	61	4045	161	39.65	10	0	-	-	0	83	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1992	59	2969	208	34.92	8	226	8/34	27.54	17	62	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1981	57	4356	246*	48.40	14	0	-	-	0	11	0
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2023	56	3465	167*	39.37	6	0	-	-	0	152	7
APE Knott (ENG)	1967-1981	56	2191	135	26.71	3	0	-	-	0	158	12
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1955-1971	55	3537	182	43.13	9	0	-	-	0	70	0
TG Evans (ENG)	1946-1959	54	1610	104	25.96	2	0	-	-	0	94	34
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2013	53	4537	226	52.75	15	7	3/52	63.00	0	35	0
BA Stokes (ENG)	2014-2025	53	3340	176	40.24	9	123	6/22	29.78	3	51	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1993-2005	49	3343	138	45.17	7	0	-	-	0	54	0
TW Graveney (ENG)	1951-1969	48	3115	258	47.92	7	0	-	-	0	43	0
DCS Compton (ENG)	1937-1956	47	3963	278	60.04	13	15	2/32	53.20	0	28	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1993-2004	47	2833	207	38.28	9	0	-	-	0	31	0
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1965	47	584	39*	12.69	0	229	8/31	20.04	14	44	0
KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1968	46	3347	256	50.71	6	9	3/36	37.33	0	34	0
JH Edrich (ENG)	1963-1976	45	3155	310*	43.81	7	0	-	-	0	22	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2000-2008	45	3271	197	46.07	13	5	2/71	69.80	0	21	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1928-1946	44	3004	240	50.06	9	30	3/9	46.46	0	64	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1937-1954	44	3930	364	57.79	13	2	1/4	71.00	0	35	0
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2014	44	2172	126*	38.10	4	0	-	-	0	145	8
R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1973	43	1228	113	22.74	2	102	6/29	27.14	3	34	0
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1982-1992	43	2550	139	37.50	11	0	-	-	0	36	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	42	3472	219	51.05	9	0	-	-	0	50	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1966-1980	42	467	45*	11.97	0	145	8/51	24.24	10	22	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1973-1984	41	405	28*	15.00	0	176	8/43	23.50	10	17	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2009	40	2007	167	35.21	3	109	5/78	36.11	2	28	0
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2023	39	1944	155*	32.40	3	113	6/53	34.91	4	23	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1980-1993	39	2453	183*	38.93	6	0	-	-	0	29	0
PBH May (ENG)	1951-1961	39	2865	285*	57.30	9	0	-	-	0	31	0
CR Woakes (ENG)	2013-2025	39	1275	137*	27.71	1	148	6/17	23.87	5	18	0
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1976	37	565	73	12.84	0	140	5/57	29.21	3	12	0
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1965	37	325	38	12.03	0	148	7/39	22.77	7	16	0
GA Hick (ENG)	1991-2000	36	1692	118*	29.68	4	7	2/77	70.57	0	48	0
RA Smith (ENG)	1988-1995	36	2716	148*	49.38	7	0	-	-	0	21	0
MA Butcher (ENG)	1997-2004	34	2405	173*	41.46	6	10	4/42	32.10	0	30	0
TE Bailey (ENG)	1949-1958	33	1121	95	31.13	0	62	7/44	35.93	3	17	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	1993-2002	33	522	49*	11.86	0	128	5/14	30.07	6	11	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1995	33	944	75	24.84	0	63	5/82	40.46	1	19	0
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2007	33	316	38	10.89	0	122	5/73	30.73	2	11	0
OJ Pope (ENG)	2018-2025	33	2094	205	39.50	6	0	-	-	0	20	0
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1935	33	2584	161	64.60	9	0	-	-	0	20	0
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1955	32	420	79	13.12	0	167	7/44	21.55	13	12	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2005-2010	32	1734	186	36.12	4	7	2/24	69.42	0	45	0
ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1968	32	2195	180	43.03	3	35	4/10	31.17	0	13	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1987	32	536	64	18.48	0	74	5/28	32.79	1	23	0
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2003	32	560	65	13.65	0	124	6/42	29.66	5	5	0
SE Gregory (AUS)	1890-1912	32	948	117	19.75	2	0	-	-	0	7	0
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2002-2009	32	393	49*	15.72	0	133	6/19	28.47	5	5	0
GP Swann (ENG)	2009-2013	32	750	63*	25.00	0	120	6/65	28.94	7	31	0
JC Buttler (ENG)	2014-2021	31	1731	152	35.32	2	0	-	-	0	81	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	31	1628	139	34.63	3	59	4/33	37.91	0	46	0
MR Ramprakash (ENG)	1991-2001	31	1269	133	24.40	1	0	-	-	0	25	0
FE Woolley (ENG)	1909-1934	30	1658	154	42.51	2	31	5/20	24.64	3	18	0
Z Crawley (ENG)	2020-2025	29	1806	267	37.62	3	0	-	-	0	37	0
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1958	29	421	63	15.59	0	135	10/53	18.08	7	7	0
RC Russell (ENG)	1988-1996	29	1121	128*	32.02	2	0	-	-	0	75	7
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1966-1972	28	1654	158	41.35	2	37	3/46	32.94	0	18	0
GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1963	28	404	56	13.93	0	104	7/35	19.51	6	38	0
DG Cork (ENG)	1995-2002	27	635	56*	17.16	0	101	7/43	29.26	4	13	0
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1909-1930	27	1935	211	52.29	5	0	-	-	0	8	0
DL Amiss (ENG)	1966-1977	26	1610	203	41.28	4	0	-	-	0	13	0
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1993	25	2082	200*	65.06	5	1	1/16	116.00	0	37	0
AF Giles (ENG)	1998-2005	25	746	59	23.31	0	63	5/57	43.11	2	12	0
AFA Lilley (ENG)	1896-1909	25	620	65*	22.96	0	1	1/23	23.00	0	51	10
JM Parks (ENG)	1954-1966	25	914	91	24.05	0	0	-	-	0	55	4
DR Pringle (ENG)	1982-1992	25	534	63	13.69	0	61	5/95	35.11	3	8	0
IJL Trott (ENG)	2009-2013	25	2043	226	49.82	4	3	1/5	88.00	0	17	0
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1938-1954	24	1516	191	42.11	4	29	4/68	34.24	0	31	0
CB Fry (ENG)	1899-1912	24	1101	144	31.45	2	0	-	-	0	16	0
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1981	24	464	65	17.18	0	85	7/50	27.09	3	12	0
W Rhodes (ENG)	1899-1926	24	727	92	30.29	0	67	7/17	21.17	3	22	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1976-1991	24	2057	291	64.28	5	1	1/11	177.00	0	20	0
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1955-1967	24	595	65	18.03	0	54	5/19	29.72	2	19	0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1987-1995	23	502	69	16.19	0	84	7/70	29.53	3	7	0
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1998	23	222	32	8.22	0	90	5/42	29.15	7	4	0
EH Hendren (ENG)	1921-1934	23	1196	142	44.29	4	0	-	-	0	10	0
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2025	23	2334	215	54.27	8	8	3/18	27.50	0	31	0
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	23	627	100*	29.85	1	84	6/42	24.86	2	5	0
LEG Ames (ENG)	1929-1938	22	1106	148*	46.08	3	0	-	-	0	36	9
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2005-2015	22	1435	187	39.86	3	1	1/12	87.00	0	22	0
ST Finn (ENG)	2010-2016	22	158	19	10.53	0	79	6/79	28.26	3	5	0
M Leyland (ENG)	1928-1938	22	1491	187	51.41	6	2	1/6	162.00	0	6	0
MS Panesar (ENG)	2006-2009	22	100	26	5.55	0	81	6/37	28.76	6	2	0
RW Taylor (ENG)	1978-1983	22	338	64	13.00	0	0	-	-	0	70	1
H Verity (ENG)	1931-1939	22	293	66*	19.53	0	80	8/43	22.26	2	18	0
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-2005	22	563	90	21.65	0	129	7/165	21.94	8	17	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1989-2001	22	1633	177*	74.22	7	4	2/45	91.50	0	15	0
W Bardsley (AUS)	1909-1926	21	1300	193*	50.00	5	0	-	-	0	6	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1976-1981	21	698	81	21.15	0	0	-	-	0	30	0
DB Close (ENG)	1949-1976	21	886	70	26.84	0	17	4/35	29.64	0	23	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1989	21	322	56	12.88	0	78	6/154	26.88	3	7	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]