High scores
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
L Hutton 364 797 847 35 0 v Australia The Oval 20 Aug 1938 Test # 266
WR Hammond 336* 318 - 34 10 v New Zealand Auckland 31 Mar 1933 Test # 226
GA Gooch 333 628 485 43 3 v India Lord's 26 Jul 1990 Test # 1148
A Sandham 325 600 640 28 0 v West Indies Kingston 3 Apr 1930 Test # 193
HC Brook 317 418 322 29 3 v Pakistan Multan 7 Oct 2024 Test # 2553
JH Edrich 310* 532 450 52 5 v New Zealand Leeds 8 Jul 1965 Test # 593
AN Cook 294 773 545 33 0 v India Birmingham 10 Aug 2011 Test # 2003
RE Foster 287 419 - 37 0 v Australia Sydney 11 Dec 1903 Test # 78
PBH May 285* 600 - 25 2 v West Indies Birmingham 30 May 1957 Test # 439
DCS Compton 278 287 - 34 1 v Pakistan Nottingham 1 Jul 1954 Test # 388
Z Crawley 267 541 393 34 1 v Pakistan Southampton 21 Aug 2020 Test # 2393
AN Cook 263 836 528 18 0 v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 13 Oct 2015 Test # 2180
DL Amiss 262* 570 563 40 1 v West Indies Kingston 16 Feb 1974 Test # 732
JE Root 262 601 375 17 0 v Pakistan Multan 7 Oct 2024 Test # 2553
TW Graveney 258 471 - 30 0 v West Indies Nottingham 4 Jul 1957 Test # 441
BA Stokes 258 338 198 30 11 v South Africa Cape Town 2 Jan 2016 Test # 2197
KF Barrington 256 683 624 26 0 v Australia Manchester 23 Jul 1964 Test # 564
JE Root 254 614 406 27 0 v Pakistan Manchester 22 Jul 2016 Test # 2208
WR Hammond 251 461 605 30 0 v Australia Sydney 14 Dec 1928 Test # 177
G Boycott 246* 573 555 30 1 v India Leeds 8 Jun 1967 Test # 618
AN Cook 244* 634 409 27 0 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2017 Test # 2289
E Paynter 243 334 - 24 0 v South Africa Durban 20 Jan 1939 Test # 269
AN Cook 243 588 407 33 0 v West Indies Birmingham 17 Aug 2017 Test # 2270
WR Hammond 240 367 394 32 0 v Australia Lord's 24 Jun 1938 Test # 264
AN Cook 235* 625 428 26 0 v Australia Brisbane 25 Nov 2010 Test # 1981
IR Bell 235 497 364 23 2 v India The Oval 18 Aug 2011 Test # 2004
WR Hammond 231* 460 579 27 0 v Australia Sydney 18 Dec 1936 Test # 256
JE Root 228 476 321 18 1 v Sri Lanka Galle 14 Jan 2021 Test # 2403
WR Hammond 227 301 - - 0 v New Zealand Christchurch 24 Mar 1933 Test # 225
KP Pietersen 227 428 308 33 1 v Australia Adelaide 3 Dec 2010 Test # 1983
KP Pietersen 226 432 262 24 2 v West Indies Leeds 25 May 2007 Test # 1834
IJL Trott 226 490 349 20 0 v Bangladesh Lord's 27 May 2010 Test # 1958
JE Root 226 636 441 22 1 v New Zealand Hamilton 29 Nov 2019 Test # 2371
RWT Key 221 426 288 31 0 v West Indies Lord's 22 Jul 2004 Test # 1707
WJ Edrich 219 460 - 25 0 v South Africa Durban 3 Mar 1939 Test # 271
ME Trescothick 219 570 374 32 2 v South Africa The Oval 4 Sep 2003 Test # 1659
JE Root 218 536 377 19 2 v India Chennai 5 Feb 2021 Test # 2409
WR Hammond 217 290 - 30 0 v India The Oval 15 Aug 1936 Test # 254
E Paynter 216* 319 333 26 1 v Australia Nottingham 10 Jun 1938 Test # 263
KWR Fletcher 216 443 413 29 0 v New Zealand Auckland 20 Feb 1975 Test # 757
DI Gower 215 452 314 25 1 v Australia Birmingham 15 Aug 1985 Test # 1021
D Lloyd 214* 448 396 17 0 v India Birmingham 4 Jul 1974 Test # 741
JB Hobbs 211 - - 15 0 v South Africa Lord's 28 Jun 1924 Test # 154
GA Gooch 210 413 317 29 0 v New Zealand Nottingham 2 Jun 1994 Test # 1260
DCS Compton 208 354 - 20 0 v South Africa Lord's 21 Jun 1947 Test # 286
IT Botham 208 276 226 19 4 v India The Oval 8 Jul 1982 Test # 930
MW Gatting 207 504 309 20 3 v India Chennai 13 Jan 1985 Test # 1008
N Hussain 207 437 337 38 0 v Australia Birmingham 5 Jun 1997 Test # 1368
L Hutton 206 300 - 25 0 v New Zealand The Oval 13 Aug 1949 Test # 317
PD Collingwood 206 515 392 16 0 v Australia Adelaide 1 Dec 2006 Test # 1819
By default, the shading indicates records from the past week, or failing that, the most recent entry.
Adjust: most recent | past week | past month | past 6 months | past year | 4 years | 10 years | 25 years | post-war
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v India at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]
England v India at Manchester, 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]
England v India at Lord's, 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]
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