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High scores for England in Tests

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Innings in match	Match Date	Scorecard
DPMD Jayawardene	374	752	572	43	1	65.38	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	2	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
L Hutton	364	797	847	35	-	42.97	England	v Australia	The Oval	1	20 Aug 1938	Test # 266
ST Jayasuriya	340	799	578	36	2	58.82	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2	02 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
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	03 Apr 1930	Test # 193
KC Sangakkara	319	551	482	32	8	66.18	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	1	04 Feb 2014	Test # 2117
HC Brook	317	418	322	29	3	98.44	England	v Pakistan	Multan	2	07 Oct 2024	Test # 2553
JH Edrich	310*	532	450	52	5	68.88	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	1	08 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
KC Sangakkara	287	675	457	35	-	62.80	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	2	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
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	01 Jul 1954	Test # 388
DPMD Jayawardene	275	610	435	27	1	63.21	Sri Lanka	v India	Ahmedabad	2	16 Nov 2009	Test # 1933
KC Sangakkara	270	468	365	36	2	73.97	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
PA de Silva	267	509	380	40	-	70.26	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	2	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
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	07 Oct 2024	Test # 2553
TW Graveney	258	471	-	30	-	-	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	1	04 Jul 1957	Test # 441
BA Stokes	258	338	198	30	11	130.30	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
KF Barrington	256	683	624	26	-	41.02	England	v Australia	Manchester	2	23 Jul 1964	Test # 564
JE Root	254	614	406	27	-	62.56	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	1	22 Jul 2016	Test # 2208
ST Jayasuriya	253	490	348	33	4	72.70	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	3	20 Oct 2004	Test # 1716
WR Hammond	251	461	605	30	-	41.48	England	v Australia	Sydney	2	14 Dec 1928	Test # 177
MS Atapattu	249	516	324	36	1	76.85	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
G Boycott	246*	573	555	30	1	44.32	England	v India	Leeds	1	08 Jun 1967	Test # 618
BKG Mendis	245	-	291	18	11	84.19	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	2	24 Apr 2023	Test # 2503
AN Cook	244*	634	409	27	-	59.65	England	v Australia	Melbourne	2	26 Dec 2017	Test # 2289
FDM Karunaratne	244	698	437	26	-	55.83	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	2	21 Apr 2021	Test # 2418
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
DPMD Jayawardene	242	677	465	30	2	52.04	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	2	24 Feb 1999	Test # 1445
WR Hammond	240	367	394	32	-	60.91	England	v Australia	Lord's	1	24 Jun 1938	Test # 264
DPMD Jayawardene	240	531	424	32	-	56.60	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	1	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
DPMD Jayawardene	237	563	415	25	3	57.10	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Galle	1	04 Aug 2004	Test # 1709
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
KC Sangakkara	232	529	357	31	1	64.98	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	1	11 Aug 2004	Test # 1710
WR Hammond	231*	460	579	27	-	39.89	England	v Australia	Sydney	1	18 Dec 1936	Test # 256
TT Samaraweera	231	454	318	31	-	72.64	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Karachi	1	21 Feb 2009	Test # 1909
KC Sangakkara	230	480	327	33	3	70.33	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	2	06 Mar 2002	Test # 1592
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	03 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	-	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
RS Mahanama	225	753	561	27	-	40.10	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2	02 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
MS Atapattu	223	569	448	29	1	49.77	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	1	07 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
KC Sangakkara	222*	396	277	28	-	80.14	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Kandy	2	11 Jul 2007	Test # 1839
RWT Key	221	426	288	31	-	76.73	England	v West Indies	Lord's	1	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
KC Sangakkara	221	698	425	24	-	52.00	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Galle	2	06 Aug 2014	Test # 2133
WJ Edrich	219	460	-	25	-	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	4	03 Mar 1939	Test # 271
ME Trescothick	219	570	374	32	2	58.55	England	v South Africa	The Oval	2	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
KC Sangakkara	219	399	335	29	-	65.37	Sri Lanka	v India	Colombo (SSC)	1	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
JE Root	218	536	377	19	2	57.82	England	v India	Chennai	1	05 Feb 2021	Test # 2409
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
MS Atapattu	216*	627	437	24	-	49.42	Sri Lanka	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2	18 Nov 1999	Test # 1470
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	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
TT Samaraweera	214	414	338	32	-	63.31	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Lahore	1	01 Mar 2009	Test # 1912
DPMD Jayawardene	213*	610	411	25	-	51.82	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	1	18 Dec 2007	Test # 1854
ST Jayasuriya	213	346	278	33	1	76.61	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	2	27 Aug 1998	Test # 1423
JB Hobbs	211	-	-	15	-	-	England	v South Africa	Lord's	2	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
KC Sangakkara	211	644	431	18	-	48.95	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	3	18 Oct 2011	Test # 2009
GA Gooch	210	413	317	29	-	66.24	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	2	02 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
DCS Compton	208	354	-	20	-	-	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	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
MS Atapattu	207*	649	457	19	1	45.29	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Kandy	1	28 Jun 2000	Test # 1502
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	05 Jun 1997	Test # 1368
LD Chandimal	206*	545	326	16	5	63.19	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Galle	2	08 Jul 2022	Test # 2471
L Hutton	206	300	-	25	-	-	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	2	13 Aug 1949	Test # 317
PA de Silva	206	318	234	28	1	88.03	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	2	21 Jul 2002	Test # 1609
PD Collingwood	206	515	392	16	-	52.55	England	v Australia	Adelaide	1	01 Dec 2006	Test # 1819
EH Hendren	205*	-	-	29	-	-	England	v West Indies	Port of Spain	3	01 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	02 Feb 1962	Test # 522
KNM Fernando	205	-	339	22	1	60.47	Sri Lanka	v Ireland	Galle	2	24 Apr 2023	Test # 2503
OJ Pope	205	282	208	22	3	98.55	England	v Ireland	Lord's	2	01 Jun 2023	Test # 2504
HP Tillakaratne	204*	542	343	23	-	59.47	Sri Lanka	v West Indies	Colombo (SSC)	2	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
DPMD Jayawardene	203*	416	272	16	4	74.63	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	2	27 Jan 2014	Test # 2116
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
KC Sangakkara	203	412	306	18	3	66.33	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Wellington	2	03 Jan 2015	Test # 2155
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
DSBP Kuruppu	201*	777	548	24	-	36.67	Sri Lanka	v New Zealand	Colombo (CCC)	1	16 Apr 1987	Test # 1074
MS Atapattu	201*	684	536	18	-	37.50	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	1	22 Feb 2001	Test # 1530
G Fowler	201	563	409	22	3	49.14	England	v India	Chennai	2	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
MS Atapattu	201	320	259	27	-	77.60	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (SSC)	2	06 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
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
KC Sangakkara	200*	470	325	20	2	61.53	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	Colombo (PSS)	2	03 Jul 2007	Test # 1838

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Pakistan Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs South Africa Under-19s at Durban, Pakistan Under-19s tour of South Africa 3rd Youth Test, Feb 14-17, 1997 [Youth Test # 152]