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
BC Lara	400*	778	582	43	4	68.72	West Indies	v England	St John's	1	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
BC Lara	375	766	538	45	-	69.70	West Indies	v England	St John's	1	16 Apr 1994	Test # 1259
GS Sobers	365*	614	-	38	-	-	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	2	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
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
CH Gayle	333	653	437	34	9	76.20	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Galle	1	15 Nov 2010	Test # 1977
A Sandham	325	600	640	28	-	50.78	England	v West Indies	Kingston	1	3 Apr 1930	Test # 193
CH Gayle	317	630	483	37	3	65.63	West Indies	v South Africa	St John's	2	29 Apr 2005	Test # 1750
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
LG Rowe	302	612	430	36	1	70.23	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	2	6 Mar 1974	Test # 734
AN Cook	294	773	545	33	-	53.94	England	v India	Birmingham	2	10 Aug 2011	Test # 2003
IVA Richards	291	472	386	38	-	75.38	West Indies	v England	The Oval	1	12 Aug 1976	Test # 781
RR Sarwan	291	698	452	30	2	64.38	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	2	26 Feb 2009	Test # 1911
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
DCS Compton	278	287	-	34	1	-	England	v Pakistan	Nottingham	2	1 Jul 1954	Test # 388
BC Lara	277	474	372	38	-	74.46	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	2	2 Jan 1993	Test # 1208
GA Headley	270*	495	-	30	-	-	West Indies	v England	Kingston	1	14 Mar 1935	Test # 241
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
RR Sarwan	261*	573	402	32	-	64.92	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingston	2	4 Jun 2004	Test # 1703
FMM Worrell	261	335	-	35	2	-	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	2	20 Jul 1950	Test # 325
CC Hunte	260	-	-	28	1	-	West Indies	v Pakistan	Kingston	2	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
MN Samuels	260	618	455	31	3	57.14	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Khulna	2	21 Nov 2012	Test # 2060
TW Graveney	258	471	-	30	-	-	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	1	4 Jul 1957	Test # 441
SM Nurse	258	476	-	34	1	-	West Indies	v New Zealand	Christchurch	1	13 Mar 1969	Test # 652
BA Stokes	258	338	198	30	11	130.30	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	1	2 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
RB Kanhai	256	400	-	42	-	-	West Indies	v India	Eden Gardens	1	31 Dec 1958	Test # 463
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
WR Hammond	251	461	605	30	-	41.48	England	v Australia	Sydney	2	14 Dec 1928	Test # 177
SFAF Bacchus	250	510	-	33	-	-	West Indies	v India	Kanpur	2	2 Feb 1979	Test # 845
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
CH Lloyd	242*	429	-	19	4	-	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	1	23 Jan 1975	Test # 753
WR Hammond	240	367	394	32	-	60.91	England	v Australia	Lord's	1	24 Jun 1938	Test # 264
FMM Worrell	237	570	-	35	-	-	West Indies	v India	Kingston	2	28 Mar 1953	Test # 371
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
CL Hooper	233	630	402	29	3	57.96	West Indies	v India	Georgetown	1	11 Apr 2002	Test # 1598
IVA Richards	232	438	313	31	4	74.12	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	1	3 Jun 1976	Test # 777
WR Hammond	231*	460	579	27	-	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	-	-	-	-	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
GS Sobers	226	647	-	24	-	-	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	2	6 Jan 1960	Test # 485
CG Greenidge	226	677	480	32	-	47.08	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	3	19 Apr 1991	Test # 1169
BC Lara	226	405	298	22	-	75.83	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	1	25 Nov 2005	Test # 1773
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
GA Headley	223	390	385	28	-	57.92	West Indies	v England	Kingston	4	3 Apr 1930	Test # 193
CG Greenidge	223	585	425	30	-	52.47	West Indies	v England	Manchester	1	26 Jul 1984	Test # 992
BC Lara	221	436	354	23	2	62.42	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	1	29 Nov 2001	Test # 1572
RWT Key	221	426	288	31	-	76.73	England	v West Indies	Lord's	1	22 Jul 2004	Test # 1707
CL Walcott	220	390	-	28	1	-	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	1	6 Feb 1954	Test # 383
WJ Edrich	219	460	-	25	-	-	England	v South Africa	Durban	4	3 Mar 1939	Test # 271
DS Atkinson	219	351	-	29	1	-	West Indies	v Australia	Bridgetown	2	14 May 1955	Test # 406
ME Trescothick	219	570	374	32	2	58.55	England	v South Africa	The Oval	2	4 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
DM Bravo	218	572	416	31	-	52.40	West Indies	v New Zealand	Dunedin	3	3 Dec 2013	Test # 2104
JE Root	218	536	377	19	2	57.82	England	v India	Chennai	1	5 Feb 2021	Test # 2409
WR Hammond	217	290	-	30	-	-	England	v India	The Oval	1	15 Aug 1936	Test # 254
RB Kanhai	217	420	-	32	-	-	West Indies	v Pakistan	Lahore	1	26 Mar 1959	Test # 473
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
BC Lara	216	422	262	22	7	82.44	West Indies	v Pakistan	Multan	2	19 Nov 2006	Test # 1816
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
CG Greenidge	214*	302	242	29	2	88.42	West Indies	v England	Lord's	4	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
LG Rowe	214	427	-	19	1	-	West Indies	v New Zealand	Kingston	1	16 Feb 1972	Test # 693
CG Greenidge	213	534	384	20	7	55.46	West Indies	v New Zealand	Auckland	1	27 Feb 1987	Test # 1070
BC Lara	213	468	344	29	3	61.91	West Indies	v Australia	Kingston	2	13 Mar 1999	Test # 1451
WW Hinds	213	455	297	34	2	71.71	West Indies	v South Africa	Georgetown	1	31 Mar 2005	Test # 1745
KC Brathwaite	212	554	447	14	-	47.42	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Kingstown	1	5 Sep 2014	Test # 2138
JB Hobbs	211	-	-	15	-	-	England	v South Africa	Lord's	2	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
KR Mayers	210*	415	310	20	7	67.74	West Indies	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	4	3 Feb 2021	Test # 2407
GA Gooch	210	413	317	29	-	66.24	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	2	2 Jun 1994	Test # 1260
BF Butcher	209*	461	416	22	-	50.24	West Indies	v England	Nottingham	3	30 Jun 1966	Test # 607
CA Roach	209	295	-	22	3	-	West Indies	v England	Georgetown	1	21 Feb 1930	Test # 192
BC Lara	209	452	360	24	1	58.05	West Indies	v Sri Lanka	Gros Islet	2	20 Jun 2003	Test # 1648
JC Adams	208*	435	333	31	1	62.46	West Indies	v New Zealand	St John's	1	27 Apr 1996	Test # 1326
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	8 Jul 1982	Test # 930
IVA Richards	208	374	245	22	3	84.89	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	1	22 Dec 1984	Test # 1005
SL Campbell	208	675	470	30	-	44.25	West Indies	v New Zealand	Bridgetown	2	19 Apr 1996	Test # 1325
T Chanderpaul	207*	596	467	16	3	44.32	West Indies	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	1	4 Feb 2023	Test # 2489
ED Weekes	207	445	-	20	-	-	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	2	21 Jan 1953	Test # 363
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
ED Weekes	206	360	-	-	-	-	West Indies	v England	Port of Spain	1	17 Mar 1954	Test # 385
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

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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]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]