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
PWA Mulder	367*	410	334	49	4	109.88	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1	6 Jul 2025	Test # 2593
L Hutton	364	797	847	35	-	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	-	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
HM Amla	311*	790	529	35	-	58.79	South Africa	v England	The Oval	2	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
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	-	53.94	England	v India	Birmingham	2	10 Aug 2011	Test # 2003
RE Foster	287	419	-	37	-	-	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
AB de Villiers	278*	601	418	23	6	66.50	South Africa	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	1	20 Nov 2010	Test # 1979
DCS Compton	278	287	-	34	1	-	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	2	1 Jul 1954	Test # 388
GC Smith	277	541	373	35	-	74.26	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	1	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
DJ Cullinan	275*	658	490	27	2	56.12	South Africa	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	27 Feb 1999	Test # 1446
G Kirsten	275	878	642	26	-	42.83	South Africa	v England	Durban	3	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
RG Pollock	274	417	401	43	-	68.32	South Africa	v Australia	Durban	1	5 Feb 1970	Test # 671
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	-	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	-	69.86	England	v Pakistan	Multan	2	7 Oct 2024	Test # 2553
GC Smith	259	574	370	34	-	70.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	2	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
RD Rickelton	259	607	343	29	3	75.51	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	1	3 Jan 2025	Test # 2576
TW Graveney	258	471	-	30	-	-	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	-	41.02	England	v Australia	Manchester	2	23 Jul 1964	Test # 564
DJ McGlew	255*	534	-	19	-	-	South Africa	v New Zealand	Wellington	1	6 Mar 1953	Test # 368
JE Root	254	614	406	27	-	62.56	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	1	22 Jul 2016	Test # 2208
HM Amla	253*	675	473	22	-	53.48	South Africa	v India	Nagpur	1	6 Feb 2010	Test # 1951
WR Hammond	251	461	605	30	-	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	-	59.65	England	v Australia	Melbourne	2	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2289
E Paynter	243	334	-	24	-	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	1	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
AN Cook	243	588	407	33	-	59.70	England	v West Indies	Birmingham	1	17 Aug 2017	Test # 2270
WR Hammond	240	367	394	32	-	60.91	England	v Australia	Lord's	1	24 Jun 1938	Test # 264
EAB Rowan	236	550	-	28	-	-	South Africa	v England	Leeds	1	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
AN Cook	235*	625	428	26	-	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
GC Smith	234	627	388	16	-	60.30	South Africa	v Pakistan	Dubai (DICS)	2	23 Oct 2013	Test # 2100
GC Smith	232	406	277	33	1	83.75	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	1	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
WR Hammond	231*	460	579	27	-	39.89	England	v Australia	Sydney	1	18 Dec 1936	Test # 256
AD Nourse	231	289	-	36	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Johannesburg	3	24 Dec 1935	Test # 248
HH Gibbs	228	383	240	29	6	95.00	South Africa	v Pakistan	Cape Town	1	2 Jan 2003	Test # 1637
JE Root	228	476	321	18	1	71.02	England	v Sri Lanka	Galle	2	14 Jan 2021	Test # 2403
WR Hammond	227	301	-	-	-	-	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
ND McKenzie	226	518	388	28	3	58.24	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	1	29 Feb 2008	Test # 1865
IJL Trott	226	490	349	20	-	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
JH Kallis	224	434	325	31	1	68.92	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	1	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2028
JA Rudolph	222*	521	383	29	2	57.96	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	2	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
RWT Key	221	426	288	31	-	76.73	England	v West Indies	Lord's	1	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
G Kirsten	220	442	286	33	1	76.92	South Africa	v Zimbabwe	Harare	1	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
WJ Edrich	219	460	-	25	-	-	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
AB de Villiers	217*	480	333	17	2	65.16	South Africa	v India	Ahmedabad	2	3 Apr 2008	Test # 1871
WR Hammond	217	290	-	30	-	-	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	-	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	-	54.04	England	v India	Birmingham	2	4 Jul 1974	Test # 741
HH Gibbs	211*	659	468	23	3	45.08	South Africa	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2	11 Mar 1999	Test # 1449
JB Hobbs	211	-	-	15	-	-	England	v South Africa	Lord's	2	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
GA Gooch	210	413	317	29	-	66.24	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	2	2 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
G Kirsten	210	650	525	24	1	40.00	South Africa	v England	Manchester	1	2 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
RG Pollock	209	350	-	30	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Cape Town	2	31 Dec 1966	Test # 613
DCS Compton	208	354	-	20	-	-	England	v South Africa	Lord's	1	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
AD Nourse	208	555	-	25	-	-	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	1	7 Jun 1951	Test # 334
IT Botham	208	276	226	19	4	92.03	England	v India	The Oval	1	8 Jul 1982	Test # 930
HM Amla	208	475	371	22	-	56.06	South Africa	v West Indies	Centurion	1	17 Dec 2014	Test # 2150
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	-	61.42	England	v Australia	Birmingham	2	5 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
L Hutton	206	300	-	25	-	-	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	2	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
PD Collingwood	206	515	392	16	-	52.55	England	v Australia	Adelaide	1	1 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
EH Hendren	205*	-	-	29	-	-	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3	1 Feb 1930	Test # 189
J Hardstaff	205*	315	-	16	-	-	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	-	-	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
GA Faulkner	204	315	320	26	-	63.75	South Africa	v Australia	Melbourne	2	31 Dec 1910	Test # 112
DL Amiss	203	443	320	28	-	63.43	England	v West Indies	The Oval	2	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
IJL Trott	203	517	409	17	-	49.63	England	v Sri Lanka	Cardiff	2	26 May 2011	Test # 1994
L Hutton	202*	470	-	22	-	-	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
JH Kallis	201*	389	270	15	5	74.44	South Africa	v India	Centurion	2	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
EJ Barlow	201	392	-	27	-	-	South Africa	v Australia	Adelaide	2	24 Jan 1964	Test # 553
G Fowler	201	563	409	22	3	49.14	England	v India	Chennai	2	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
HM Amla	201	707	477	27	-	42.13	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	2	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
DI Gower	200*	365	279	24	-	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	-	67.11	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	1	12 Jun 2014	Test # 2124
WR Hammond	200	398	472	17	-	42.37	England	v Australia	Melbourne	2	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
GC Smith	200	338	287	25	-	69.68	South Africa	v Bangladesh	East London	1	18 Oct 2002	Test # 1619
IR Bell	199	496	336	20	1	59.22	England	v South Africa	Lord's	1	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
D Elgar	199	553	388	15	3	51.28	South Africa	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	1	28 Sep 2017	Test # 2276
F du Plessis	199	412	276	24	-	72.10	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	2	26 Dec 2020	Test # 2399
MP Vaughan	197	354	258	23	-	76.35	England	v India	Nottingham	2	8 Aug 2002	Test # 1612
GB Legge	196	280	-	23	-	-	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	21 Feb 1930	Test # 191

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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]