High scores
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
L Hutton 364 797 847 35 0 England v Australia The Oval 20 Aug 1938 Test # 266
DG Bradman 334 383 448 46 0 Australia v England Leeds 11 Jul 1930 Test # 196
GA Gooch 333 628 485 43 3 England v India Lord's 26 Jul 1990 Test # 1148
HM Amla 311* 790 529 35 0 South Africa v England The Oval 19 Jul 2012 Test # 2049
RB Simpson 311 762 743 23 1 Australia v England Manchester 23 Jul 1964 Test # 564
JH Edrich 310* 532 450 52 5 England v New Zealand Leeds 8 Jul 1965 Test # 593
DG Bradman 304 430 473 43 2 Australia v England Leeds 20 Jul 1934 Test # 236
AN Cook 294 773 545 33 0 England v India Birmingham 10 Aug 2011 Test # 2003
IVA Richards 291 472 386 38 0 West Indies v England The Oval 12 Aug 1976 Test # 781
PBH May 285* 600 - 25 2 England v West Indies Birmingham 30 May 1957 Test # 439
DCS Compton 278 287 - 34 1 England v Pakistan Nottingham 1 Jul 1954 Test # 388
GC Smith 277 541 373 35 0 South Africa v England Birmingham 24 Jul 2003 Test # 1651
Zaheer Abbas 274 544 467 38 0 Pakistan v England Birmingham 3 Jun 1971 Test # 687
WH Ponsford 266 460 422 27 0 Australia v England The Oval 18 Aug 1934 Test # 237
FMM Worrell 261 335 - 35 2 West Indies v England Nottingham 20 Jul 1950 Test # 325
Javed Miandad 260 617 521 28 1 Pakistan v England The Oval 6 Aug 1987 Test # 1079
GC Smith 259 574 370 34 0 South Africa v England Lord's 31 Jul 2003 Test # 1653
TW Graveney 258 471 - 30 0 England v West Indies Nottingham 4 Jul 1957 Test # 441
KF Barrington 256 683 624 26 0 England v Australia Manchester 23 Jul 1964 Test # 564
DG Bradman 254 341 376 25 0 Australia v England Lord's 27 Jun 1930 Test # 195
JE Root 254 614 406 27 0 England v Pakistan Manchester 22 Jul 2016 Test # 2208
G Boycott 246* 573 555 30 1 England v India Leeds 8 Jun 1967 Test # 618
DG Bradman 244 316 271 32 1 Australia v England The Oval 18 Aug 1934 Test # 237
AN Cook 243 588 407 33 0 England v West Indies Birmingham 17 Aug 2017 Test # 2270
WR Hammond 240 367 394 32 0 England v Australia Lord's 24 Jun 1938 Test # 264
Zaheer Abbas 240 545 410 22 0 Pakistan v England The Oval 22 Aug 1974 Test # 744
EAB Rowan 236 550 - 28 0 South Africa v England Leeds 26 Jul 1951 Test # 337
IR Bell 235 497 364 23 2 England v India The Oval 18 Aug 2011 Test # 2004
DG Bradman 232 438 417 16 0 Australia v England The Oval 16 Aug 1930 Test # 198
SJ McCabe 232 235 277 34 1 Australia v England Nottingham 10 Jun 1938 Test # 263
IVA Richards 232 438 313 31 4 West Indies v England Nottingham 3 Jun 1976 Test # 777
KP Pietersen 226 432 262 24 2 England v West Indies Leeds 25 May 2007 Test # 1834
IJL Trott 226 490 349 20 0 England v Bangladesh Lord's 27 May 2010 Test # 1958
CG Greenidge 223 585 425 30 0 West Indies v England Manchester 26 Jul 1984 Test # 992
SM Gavaskar 221 490 443 21 0 India v England The Oval 30 Aug 1979 Test # 854
RWT Key 221 426 288 31 0 England v West Indies Lord's 22 Jul 2004 Test # 1707
MA Taylor 219 554 461 23 0 Australia v England Nottingham 10 Aug 1989 Test # 1125
ME Trescothick 219 570 374 32 2 England v South Africa The Oval 4 Sep 2003 Test # 1659
Younis Khan 218 451 308 31 4 Pakistan v England The Oval 11 Aug 2016 Test # 2216
WR Hammond 217 290 - 30 0 England v India The Oval 15 Aug 1936 Test # 254
R Dravid 217 629 468 28 0 India v England The Oval 5 Sep 2002 Test # 1614
E Paynter 216* 319 333 26 1 England v Australia Nottingham 10 Jun 1938 Test # 263
DI Gower 215 452 314 25 1 England v Australia Birmingham 15 Aug 1985 Test # 1021
SPD Smith 215 503 346 25 1 Australia v England Lord's 16 Jul 2015 Test # 2171
D Lloyd 214* 448 396 17 0 England v India Birmingham 4 Jul 1974 Test # 741
CG Greenidge 214* 302 242 29 2 West Indies v England Lord's 28 Jun 1984 Test # 990
ST Jayasuriya 213 346 278 33 1 Sri Lanka v England The Oval 27 Aug 1998 Test # 1423
WL Murdoch 211 490 525 24 0 Australia v England The Oval 11 Aug 1884 Test # 16
JB Hobbs 211 - - 15 0 England v South Africa Lord's 28 Jun 1924 Test # 154
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 Pakistan at Leeds, 2nd Test, Jun 1-3, 2018 [Test # 2305]
England v Pakistan at Lord's, 1st Test, May 24-27, 2018 [Test # 2304]
England v West Indies at Lord's, 3rd Test, Sep 7-9, 2017 [Test # 2274]
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