Batting Most Runs Series

Cricket Records for England (Host) in Test matches

Most runs in a series

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
DG Bradman (AUS)	5	7	-	974	334	139.14	1580	61.64	4	-	-	98	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1930
MA Taylor (AUS)	6	11	1	839	219	83.90	1866	44.96	2	5	-	91	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1989
IVA Richards (WI)	4	7	-	829	291	118.42	1188	69.78	3	2	-	112	4
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1976
SPD Smith (AUS)	4	7	-	774	211	110.57	1196	64.71	3	3	-	92	5
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2019
BC Lara (WI)	6	10	1	765	179	85.00	992	77.11	3	3	-	121	1
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1995
DG Bradman (AUS)	5	8	-	758	304	94.75	1037	73.09	2	1	-	84+	4
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1934
DCS Compton (ENG)	5	8	-	753	208	94.12	-	0.00	4	2	-	40+	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
GA Gooch (ENG)	3	6	-	752	333	125.33	1211	62.09	3	2	-	89	7
India in England Test Series, 1990
JE Root (ENG)	5	9	2	737	180*	105.28	1169	63.04	4	1	-	92	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2021-2022
DI Gower (ENG)	6	9	-	732	215	81.33	1196	61.20	3	1	-	89	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
GS Sobers (WI)	5	8	1	722	174	103.14	1205	59.91	3	2	1	95	1
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1966
GC Smith (SA)	5	9	-	714	277	79.33	1014	70.41	2	1	-	96	2
South Africa in England Test Series, 2003
AR Morris (AUS)	5	9	1	696	196	87.00	122+	32.78	3	3	-	35+	2
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1948
GA Gooch (ENG)	6	12	-	673	133	56.08	1453	46.31	2	4	-	99	4
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	4	7	-	631	202	90.14	986	63.99	3	-	-	86	3
Pakistan in England Test Series, 2006
AD Nourse (SA)	5	9	-	621	149	69.00	-	0.00	2	5	-	15+	3
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
MP Vaughan (ENG)	4	7	1	615	197	102.50	901	68.25	3	1	1	81	0
India in England Test Series, 2002
R Dravid (IND)	4	6	-	602	217	100.33	1336	45.05	3	1	-	85	0
India in England Test Series, 2002
B Mitchell (SA)	5	10	1	597	189*	66.33	-	0.00	2	3	-	-	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
AR Border (AUS)	6	11	2	597	196	66.33	1194	50.00	2	1	-	65	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
V Kohli (IND)	5	10	-	593	149	59.30	1025	57.85	2	3	1	67	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2018
CG Greenidge (WI)	5	10	1	592	134	65.77	939	63.04	3	2	1	80	6
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1976
PBH May (ENG)	5	9	1	582	117	72.75	-	0.00	2	3	1	57+	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1955
CG Greenidge (WI)	5	8	1	572	223	81.71	930	61.50	2	-	-	78	2
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1984
WH Ponsford (AUS)	4	7	1	569	266	94.83	1154	49.30	2	1	-	19+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1934
A Melville (SA)	5	10	1	569	189	63.22	-	0.00	3	1	1	31+	1
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
DM Jones (AUS)	6	9	1	566	157	70.75	968	58.47	2	3	1	59	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1989
DCS Compton (ENG)	5	10	1	562	184	62.44	537+	37.80	2	2	1	37+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1948
IR Bell (ENG)	5	10	1	562	113	62.44	1157	48.57	3	2	-	75	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2013
MTG Elliott (AUS)	6	10	-	556	199	55.60	988	56.27	2	2	-	82	3
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1997
DC Boon (AUS)	6	10	2	555	164*	69.37	1334	41.60	3	1	2	71	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
JH Edrich (ENG)	5	9	-	554	164	61.55	1471	37.66	1	4	-	60	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1968
RA Smith (ENG)	5	10	1	553	143	61.44	982	56.31	2	3	1	78	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1989
MA Atherton (ENG)	6	12	-	553	99	46.08	1376	40.18	-	6	-	73	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
WJ Edrich (ENG)	4	6	1	552	191	110.40	-	0.00	2	2	-	34+	4
South Africa in England Test Series, 1947
ME Waugh (AUS)	6	10	1	550	137	61.11	860	63.95	1	5	-	61	3
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993
SM Gavaskar (IND)	4	7	-	542	221	77.42	1199	45.20	1	4	-	55	0
India in England Test Series, 1979
FMM Worrell (WI)	4	6	-	539	261	89.83	-	0.00	2	1	-	58+	2
West Indies in England Test Series, 1950
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	3	6	1	538	190	107.60	1067	50.42	3	2	-	60	8
New Zealand in England Test Series, 2022
KP Pietersen (ENG)	4	6	1	533	202*	106.60	812	65.64	2	2	-	68	2
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011
AR Border (AUS)	6	12	3	533	123*	59.22	1451	36.73	2	3	1	62	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1981
KF Barrington (ENG)	5	8	1	531	256	75.85	1204	44.10	1	2	-	55	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1964
MW Gatting (ENG)	6	9	3	527	160	87.83	1011	52.12	2	3	-	74	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
JE Root (ENG)	5	7	2	518	154*	103.60	883	58.66	2	3	-	56	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2014
RC Fredericks (WI)	5	10	1	517	138	57.44	901	57.38	2	3	2	59	1
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1976
EAB Rowan (SA)	5	10	1	515	236	57.22	-	0.00	1	3	1	5+	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1951
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	5	9	1	513	114	64.12	-	0.00	4	-	-	-	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1929
WA Brown (AUS)	4	8	1	512	206*	73.14	1221	41.93	2	1	-	50	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1938
JE Root (ENG)	4	8	1	512	254	73.14	771	66.40	1	2	-	63	0
Pakistan in England Test Series, 2016
DG Bradman (AUS)	5	9	2	508	173*	72.57	1102	46.09	2	1	2	17+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1948
SPD Smith (AUS)	5	9	-	508	215	56.44	808	62.87	2	1	-	66	3
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2015
SR Waugh (AUS)	6	8	4	506	177*	126.50	807	62.70	2	1	1	57	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1989
GP Thorpe (ENG)	6	12	-	506	94	42.16	1050	48.19	-	5	2	66	0
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1995
IR Bell (ENG)	4	6	-	504	235	84.00	775	65.03	2	-	1	63	2
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011
GS Ballance (ENG)	5	7	-	503	156	71.85	969	51.90	2	2	-	74	1
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2014
SM Nurse (WI)	5	8	-	501	137	62.62	922	54.33	1	4	1	57	3
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1966
RB Kanhai (WI)	5	9	-	497	92	55.22	310+	51.61	-	4	-	28+	2
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1963
UT Khawaja (AUS)	5	10	-	496	141	49.60	1263	39.27	1	3	-	57	3
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2023
RB Richardson (WI)	5	10	1	495	121	55.00	1096	45.16	2	3	1	61	2
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1991
MA Atherton (ENG)	5	10	1	493	103	54.77	1436	34.33	1	3	1	69	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1998
Hon.FS Jackson (ENG)	5	9	2	492	144*	70.28	-	0.00	2	2	2	20+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1905
DCS Compton (ENG)	5	9	-	492	158	54.66	-	0.00	1	3	-	40+	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1955
RT Robinson (ENG)	6	9	1	490	175	61.25	933	52.51	2	1	-	60	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
PBH May (ENG)	5	6	1	489	285*	97.80	-	0.00	2	1	1	51	2
West Indies in England Test Series, 1957
Saleem Malik (PAK)	5	8	2	488	165	81.33	917	53.21	1	3	-	63	1
Pakistan in England Test Series, 1992
B Mitchell (SA)	5	10	3	488	164*	69.71	-	0.00	2	1	-	-	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1935
MA Atherton (ENG)	6	12	-	488	113	40.66	1201	40.63	1	2	1	61	0
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1995
GA Gooch (ENG)	6	9	-	487	196	54.11	856	56.89	1	2	-	65	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
ME Trescothick (ENG)	5	10	2	487	219	60.87	868	56.10	1	3	1	79	2
South Africa in England Test Series, 2003
JB Hobbs (ENG)	5	7	1	486	119	81.00	-	0.00	2	2	-	21+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1926
KR Stackpole (AUS)	5	10	1	485	114	53.88	949	51.10	1	5	-	53	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1972
SJ McCabe (AUS)	5	9	1	483	137	60.37	876	55.13	1	3	-	22+	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1934
HM Amla (SA)	3	5	1	482	311*	120.50	819	58.85	2	-	-	54	0
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2012
L Hutton (ENG)	3	6	1	480	196	96.00	-	0.00	2	1	-	-	0
West Indies in England Test Series, 1939
GA Gooch (ENG)	5	9	1	480	154*	60.00	992	48.38	1	2	-	53	0
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1991
CJL Rogers (AUS)	5	9	1	480	173	60.00	826	58.11	1	3	1	74	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2015
Z Crawley (ENG)	5	9	-	480	189	53.33	541	88.72	1	2	-	53	3
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2023
M Leyland (ENG)	5	8	1	478	153	68.28	1157	41.31	3	-	-	33+	2
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1934
HH Gibbs (SA)	5	9	-	478	183	53.11	737	64.85	2	-	1	80	2
South Africa in England Test Series, 2003
DJ McGlew (SA)	5	10	1	476	133	52.88	3+	0.00	2	2	2	26+	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1955
AJ Strauss (ENG)	5	9	-	474	161	52.66	951	49.84	1	3	-	65	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2009
L Hutton (ENG)	3	4	-	473	364	118.25	1093	43.27	2	-	-	50	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1938
CG Macartney (AUS)	5	6	1	473	151	94.60	0+	0.00	3	-	-	35+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1926
KP Pietersen (ENG)	5	10	1	473	158	52.55	662	71.45	1	3	1	51	14
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2005
TW Graveney (ENG)	4	5	1	472	258	118.00	-	0.00	2	-	1	53	0
West Indies in England Test Series, 1957
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	5	7	1	472	161	78.66	-	0.00	1	3	-	34+	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1926
RH Catterall (SA)	5	8	1	471	120	67.28	-	0.00	2	2	1	15+	3
South Africa in England Test Series, 1924
CC Hunte (WI)	5	10	2	471	182	58.87	566+	36.39	2	1	-	54+	1
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1963
L Hutton (ENG)	4	6	-	469	206	78.16	-	0.00	2	2	1	45+	1
New Zealand in England Test Series, 1949
R Subba Row (ENG)	5	10	-	468	137	46.80	-	0.00	2	1	-	24+	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1961
KP Pietersen (ENG)	4	7	-	466	226	66.57	609	76.51	2	1	1	50	2
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2007
AJ Stewart (ENG)	5	10	1	465	164	51.66	903	51.49	1	1	-	69	0
South Africa in England Test Series, 1998
MP Donnelly (NZ)	4	6	-	462	206	77.00	-	0.00	1	3	-	44+	0
New Zealand in England Test Series, 1949
G Kirsten (SA)	4	7	-	462	130	66.00	1034	44.68	2	2	-	63	1
South Africa in England Test Series, 2003
R Dravid (IND)	4	8	2	461	146*	76.83	965	47.77	3	-	-	64	0
Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011
JE Root (ENG)	4	8	-	461	190	57.62	700	65.85	1	3	-	62	1
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2017
JE Root (ENG)	5	9	1	460	134	57.50	686	67.05	2	2	-	64	3
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2015
TW Graveney (ENG)	4	7	1	459	165	76.50	1116	41.12	2	1	-	49	1
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1966
GA Gooch (ENG)	5	10	-	459	146	45.90	1048	43.79	1	3	-	52	1
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1988
RB Simpson (AUS)	5	8	2	458	311	76.33	1142	40.10	1	1	1	39	1
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1964

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, Jul 27-31, 2023 [Test # 2515]

England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test, Jul 19-23, 2023 [Test # 2512]

England v Australia at Leeds, 3rd Test, Jul 6-9, 2023 [Test # 2509]