Batting Most Runs Innings

High scores for England in Tests

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
L Hutton	364	797	847	35	0	42.97	England	v Australia	The Oval	1	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
WR Hammond	336*	318	-	34	10	-	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	2	31 Mar 1933	Test # 226
GA Gooch	333	628	485	43	3	68.65	England	v India	Lord's	1	26 Jul 1990	Test # 1148
A Sandham	325	600	640	28	0	50.78	England	v West Indies	Kingston	1	3 Apr 1930	Test # 193
HC Brook	317	418	322	29	3	98.44	England	v Pakistan	Multan	2	7 Oct 2024	Test # 2553
JH Edrich	310*	532	450	52	5	68.88	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	1	8 Jul 1965	Test # 593
AN Cook	294	773	545	33	0	53.94	England	v India	Birmingham	2	10 Aug 2011	Test # 2003
RE Foster	287	419	-	37	0	-	England	v Australia	Sydney	2	11 Dec 1903	Test # 78
PBH May	285*	600	-	25	2	-	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	3	30 May 1957	Test # 439
DCS Compton	278	287	-	34	1	-	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	2	1 Jul 1954	Test # 388
Z Crawley	267	541	393	34	1	67.93	England	v Pakistan	Southampton	1	21 Aug 2020	Test # 2393
AN Cook	263	836	528	18	0	49.81	England	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	2	13 Oct 2015	Test # 2180
DL Amiss	262*	570	563	40	1	46.53	England	v West Indies	Kingston	3	16 Feb 1974	Test # 732
JE Root	262	601	375	17	0	69.86	England	v Pakistan	Multan	2	7 Oct 2024	Test # 2553
TW Graveney	258	471	-	30	0	-	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	1	4 Jul 1957	Test # 441
BA Stokes	258	338	198	30	11	130.30	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
KF Barrington	256	683	624	26	0	41.02	England	v Australia	Manchester	2	23 Jul 1964	Test # 564
JE Root	254	614	406	27	0	62.56	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	1	22 Jul 2016	Test # 2208
WR Hammond	251	461	605	30	0	41.48	England	v Australia	Sydney	2	14 Dec 1928	Test # 177
G Boycott	246*	573	555	30	1	44.32	England	v India	Leeds	1	8 Jun 1967	Test # 618
AN Cook	244*	634	409	27	0	59.65	England	v Australia	Melbourne	2	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2289
E Paynter	243	334	-	24	0	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	1	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
AN Cook	243	588	407	33	0	59.70	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	1	17 Aug 2017	Test # 2270
WR Hammond	240	367	394	32	0	60.91	England	v Australia	Lord's	1	24 Jun 1938	Test # 264
AN Cook	235*	625	428	26	0	54.90	England	v Australia	Brisbane	3	25 Nov 2010	Test # 1981
IR Bell	235	497	364	23	2	64.56	England	v India	The Oval	1	18 Aug 2011	Test # 2004
WR Hammond	231*	460	579	27	0	39.89	England	v Australia	Sydney	1	18 Dec 1936	Test # 256
JE Root	228	476	321	18	1	71.02	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
WR Hammond	227	301	-	-	0	-	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	1	24 Mar 1933	Test # 225
KP Pietersen	227	428	308	33	1	73.70	England	v Australia	Adelaide	2	3 Dec 2010	Test # 1983
KP Pietersen	226	432	262	24	2	86.25	England	v West Indies	Leeds	1	25 May 2007	Test # 1834
IJL Trott	226	490	349	20	0	64.75	England	v Bangladesh	Lord's	1	27 May 2010	Test # 1958
JE Root	226	636	441	22	1	51.24	England	v New Zealand	Hamilton	2	29 Nov 2019	Test # 2371
RWT Key	221	426	288	31	0	76.73	England	v West Indies	Lord's	1	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
WJ Edrich	219	460	-	25	0	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	4	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
ME Trescothick	219	570	374	32	2	58.55	England	v South Africa	The Oval	2	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
JE Root	218	536	377	19	2	57.82	England	v India	Chennai	1	5 Feb 2021	Test # 2409
WR Hammond	217	290	-	30	0	-	England	v India	The Oval	1	15 Aug 1936	Test # 254
E Paynter	216*	319	333	26	1	64.86	England	v Australia	Nottingham	1	10 Jun 1938	Test # 263
KWR Fletcher	216	443	413	29	0	52.30	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	20 Feb 1975	Test # 757
DI Gower	215	452	314	25	1	68.47	England	v Australia	Birmingham	2	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
D Lloyd	214*	448	396	17	0	54.04	England	v India	Birmingham	2	4 Jul 1974	Test # 741
JB Hobbs	211	-	-	15	0	-	England	v South Africa	Lord's	2	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
GA Gooch	210	413	317	29	0	66.24	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	2	2 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
DCS Compton	208	354	-	20	0	-	England	v South Africa	Lord's	1	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
IT Botham	208	276	226	19	4	92.03	England	v India	The Oval	1	8 Jul 1982	Test # 930
MW Gatting	207	504	309	20	3	66.99	England	v India	Chennai	2	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
N Hussain	207	437	337	38	0	61.42	England	v Australia	Birmingham	2	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
L Hutton	206	300	-	25	0	-	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	2	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
PD Collingwood	206	515	392	16	0	52.55	England	v Australia	Adelaide	1	1 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
EH Hendren	205*	-	-	29	0	-	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3	1 Feb 1930	Test # 189
J Hardstaff	205*	315	-	16	0	-	England	v India	Lord's	2	22 Jun 1946	Test # 276
L Hutton	205	532	-	24	1	-	England	v West Indies	Kingston	2	30 Mar 1954	Test # 386
ER Dexter	205	495	-	22	0	-	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	2	2 Feb 1962	Test # 522
OJ Pope	205	282	208	22	3	98.55	England	v Ireland	Lord's	2	1 Jun 2023	Test # 2504
DL Amiss	203	443	320	28	0	63.43	England	v West Indies	The Oval	2	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
IJL Trott	203	517	409	17	0	49.63	England	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	2	26 May 2011	Test # 1994
L Hutton	202*	470	-	22	0	-	England	v West Indies	The Oval	2	12 Aug 1950	Test # 326
KP Pietersen	202*	494	326	21	1	61.96	England	v India	Lord's	1	21 Jul 2011	Test # 2000
G Fowler	201	563	409	22	3	49.14	England	v India	Chennai	2	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
DI Gower	200*	365	279	24	0	71.68	England	v India	Birmingham	1	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
GP Thorpe	200*	330	231	28	4	86.58	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	3	13 Mar 2002	Test # 1594
JE Root	200*	500	298	16	0	67.11	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	1	12 Jun 2014	Test # 2124
WR Hammond	200	398	472	17	0	42.37	England	v Australia	Melbourne	2	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
IR Bell	199	496	336	20	1	59.22	England	v South Africa	Lord's	1	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
MP Vaughan	197	354	258	23	0	76.35	England	v India	Nottingham	2	8 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
GB Legge	196	280	-	23	0	-	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	21 Feb 1930	Test # 191
L Hutton	196	335	-	21	0	-	England	v West Indies	Lord's	2	24 Jun 1939	Test # 272
GA Gooch	196	423	310	27	0	63.22	England	v Australia	The Oval	1	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
OJ Pope	196	373	278	21	0	70.50	England	v India	Hyderabad	3	25 Jan 2024	Test # 2525
C Washbrook	195	295	-	18	0	-	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
MP Vaughan	195	379	279	29	0	69.89	England	v India	The Oval	1	5 Sep 2002	Test # 1614
H Sutcliffe	194	436	496	13	0	39.11	England	v Australia	Sydney	2	2 Dec 1932	Test # 220
ME Trescothick	194	367	259	23	0	74.90	England	v Bangladesh	Lord's	2	26 May 2005	Test # 1751
ME Trescothick	193	467	305	20	2	63.27	England	v Pakistan	Multan	2	12 Nov 2005	Test # 1770
WJ Edrich	191	317	-	22	3	-	England	v South Africa	Manchester	2	5 Jul 1947	Test # 287
G Boycott	191	629	471	23	0	40.55	England	v Australia	Leeds	1	11 Aug 1977	Test # 807
AJ Stewart	190	351	261	31	0	72.79	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	2	4 Jun 1992	Test # 1189
AN Cook	190	492	377	23	2	50.39	England	v India	Eden Gardens	2	5 Dec 2012	Test # 2065
JE Root	190	375	234	27	1	81.19	England	v South Africa	Lord's	1	6 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
WJ Edrich	189	361	-	26	1	-	England	v South Africa	Lord's	1	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
AN Cook	189	488	342	16	0	55.26	England	v Australia	Sydney	2	3 Jan 2011	Test # 1989
Z Crawley	189	272	182	21	3	103.84	England	v Australia	Manchester	2	19 Jul 2023	Test # 2512
DL Amiss	188	370	303	29	0	62.04	England	v India	Lord's	1	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
MH Denness	188	492	448	17	0	41.96	England	v Australia	Melbourne	2	8 Feb 1975	Test # 755
JB Hobbs	187	-	-	-	0	-	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
JB Hobbs	187	334	351	15	0	53.27	England	v Australia	Adelaide	2	12 Jan 1912	Test # 118
M Leyland	187	381	438	17	0	42.69	England	v Australia	The Oval	1	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
PD Collingwood	186	440	327	23	0	56.88	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	1	13 Jul 2006	Test # 1809
KP Pietersen	186	316	233	20	4	79.82	England	v India	Wankhede	2	23 Nov 2012	Test # 2062
JE Root	186	495	309	18	0	60.19	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2	22 Jan 2021	Test # 2405
HC Brook	186	270	176	24	5	105.68	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	1	24 Feb 2023	Test # 2494
MA Atherton	185*	643	492	29	0	37.60	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	4	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
RW Barber	185	296	255	19	0	72.54	England	v Australia	Sydney	1	7 Jan 1966	Test # 599
JL Smith	184*	295	207	21	4	88.88	England	v India	Birmingham	2	2 Jul 2025	Test # 2591
DCS Compton	184	413	478	19	0	38.49	England	v Australia	Nottingham	3	10 Jun 1948	Test # 299
IJL Trott	184	554	383	19	0	48.04	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	1	26 Aug 2010	Test # 1971
MW Gatting	183*	383	294	20	2	62.24	England	v India	Birmingham	1	3 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
DL Amiss	183	422	372	19	0	49.19	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	2	22 Aug 1974	Test # 744
GA Gooch	183	439	369	22	0	49.59	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	3	24 Jul 1986	Test # 1049

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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]