Batting Most Runs Innings

Cricket Records for England vs South Africa in Test matches

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
HM Amla	311*	790	529	35	-	58.79	South Africa	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
GC Smith	277	541	373	35	-	74.26	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
G Kirsten	275	878	642	26	-	42.83	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
GC Smith	259	574	370	34	-	70.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
BA Stokes	258	338	198	30	11	130.30	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
E Paynter	243	334	-	24	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Durban	20 Jan 1939	Test # 269
EAB Rowan	236	550	-	28	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
WJ Edrich	219	460	-	25	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Durban	03 Mar 1939	Test # 271
ME Trescothick	219	570	374	32	2	58.55	England	v South Africa	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
JB Hobbs	211	-	-	15	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Lord's	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
G Kirsten	210	650	525	24	1	40.00	South Africa	v England	Manchester	02 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
DCS Compton	208	354	-	20	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
AD Nourse	208	555	-	25	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
HM Amla	201	707	477	27	-	42.13	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
IR Bell	199	496	336	20	1	59.22	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
C Washbrook	195	295	-	18	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
WJ Edrich	191	317	-	22	3	0.00	England	v South Africa	Manchester	05 Jul 1947	Test # 287
JE Root	190	375	234	27	1	81.19	England	v South Africa	Lord's	06 Jul 2017	Test # 2262
B Mitchell	189*	420	-	-	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1947	Test # 289
A Melville	189	364	-	16	1	0.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947	Test # 285
WJ Edrich	189	361	-	26	1	0.00	England	v South Africa	Lord's	21 Jun 1947	Test # 286
JB Hobbs	187	-	-	-	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910	Test # 110
MA Atherton	185*	643	492	29	-	37.60	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	30 Nov 1995	Test # 1315
HH Gibbs	183	324	258	35	1	70.93	South Africa	v England	The Oval	04 Sep 2003	Test # 1659
GC Smith	183	391	273	25	-	67.03	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010	Test # 1946
JH Kallis	182*	434	326	23	1	55.82	South Africa	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
AN Petersen	182	533	365	23	-	49.86	South Africa	v England	Leeds	02 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
CP Mead	181	454	-	-	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Durban	18 Jan 1923	Test # 150
WR Hammond	181	336	-	16	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1938	Test # 268
ME Trescothick	180	367	248	24	4	72.58	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
HH Gibbs	179	305	236	29	1	75.84	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
HW Taylor	176	310	-	25	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1922	Test # 148
G Pullar	175	365	-	15	1	0.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1960	Test # 496
L Klusener	174	333	221	25	2	78.73	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	09 Dec 1999	Test # 1475
AB de Villiers	174	517	381	19	-	45.66	South Africa	v England	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
ER Dexter	172	339	-	28	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1964	Test # 572
B Mitchell	164*	330	-	-	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	29 Jun 1935	Test # 243
AJ Stewart	164	418	317	24	-	51.73	England	v South Africa	Manchester	02 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
DCS Compton	163	290	-	19	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947	Test # 285
JH Kallis	162	364	264	21	1	61.36	South Africa	v England	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
M Leyland	161	250	-	17	1	0.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	17 Aug 1935	Test # 246
HH Gibbs	161	484	307	25	-	52.44	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
L Hutton	158	290	-	16	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
DCS Compton	158	336	-	22	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Manchester	07 Jul 1955	Test # 410
EAB Rowan	156*	370	-	-	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948	Test # 307
MP Vaughan	156	415	286	24	1	54.54	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003	Test # 1651
MC Cowdrey	155	287	-	22	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1960	Test # 496
GC Smith	154*	341	246	17	-	62.60	South Africa	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
FE Woolley	154	-	-	-	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Manchester	27 Jul 1929	Test # 184
AJ Pithey	154	440	-	12	1	0.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1965	Test # 573
W Rhodes	152	-	-	-	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1913	Test # 131
KP Pietersen	152	281	181	20	1	83.97	England	v South Africa	Lord's	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
JM Bairstow	150*	281	191	18	2	78.53	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016	Test # 2197
RES Wyatt	149	295	-	17	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	15 Jun 1935	Test # 242
AD Nourse	149	244	-	15	1	0.00	South Africa	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947	Test # 285
JH Kallis	149	493	334	11	-	44.61	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	02 Jan 2005	Test # 1732
AG Prince	149	401	284	17	2	52.46	South Africa	v England	Leeds	18 Jul 2008	Test # 1881
KP Pietersen	149	321	214	22	1	69.62	England	v South Africa	Leeds	02 Aug 2012	Test # 2051
LEG Ames	148*	210	-	14	2	0.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	17 Aug 1935	Test # 246
KF Barrington	148*	432	-	9	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Durban	04 Dec 1964	Test # 571
GC White	147	-	-	19	2	0.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
AJ Strauss	147	353	250	23	1	58.80	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005	Test # 1734
N Hussain	146*	635	463	17	-	31.53	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1999	Test # 1480
KC Bland	144*	248	-	17	2	0.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1964	Test # 572
FL Fane	143	-	-	17	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Mar 1906	Test # 90
EH Hendren	142	180	-	14	2	0.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	16 Aug 1924	Test # 157
RA McLean	142	213	-	21	1	0.00	South Africa	v England	Lord's	23 Jun 1955	Test # 409
A Flintoff	142	205	146	18	5	97.26	England	v South Africa	Lord's	31 Jul 2003	Test # 1653
IJ Siedle	141	300	-	13	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1931	Test # 202
GA Hick	141	403	277	25	-	50.90	England	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Nov 1995	Test # 1312
CAG Russell	140	-	-	11	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Feb 1923	Test # 152
WR Hammond	140	349	-	7	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Durban	03 Mar 1939	Test # 271
IR Bell	140	313	227	10	1	61.67	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2009	Test # 1944
WR Hammond	138*	-	-	-	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929	Test # 181
PBH May	138	380	-	-	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1951	Test # 337
EJ Barlow	138	344	-	16	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1965	Test # 573
ND McKenzie	138	553	447	16	-	30.87	South Africa	v England	Lord's	10 Jul 2008	Test # 1880
RT Simpson	137	270	-	21	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Nottingham	07 Jun 1951	Test # 334
RG Pollock	137	272	236	18	-	58.05	South Africa	v England	Gqeberha	12 Feb 1965	Test # 578
WR Hammond	136*	-	-	-	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Durban	16 Jan 1931	Test # 204
FG Mann	136*	230	-	12	1	0.00	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1949	Test # 313
JH Kallis	136*	277	217	16	1	62.67	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
AJ Strauss	136	383	285	16	-	47.71	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
D Elgar	136	332	228	20	-	59.64	South Africa	v England	The Oval	27 Jul 2017	Test # 2266
OJ Pope	135*	382	226	18	1	59.73	England	v South Africa	Gqeberha	16 Jan 2020	Test # 2380
PD Collingwood	135	296	195	19	1	69.23	England	v South Africa	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008	Test # 1883
H Wood	134*	-	-	-	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892	Test # 37
FE Woolley	134*	-	-	-	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Lord's	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
DP Sibley	133*	497	311	19	1	42.76	England	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020	Test # 2379
DJ McGlew	133	400	-	13	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Jul 1955	Test # 411
PF Warner	132*	-	-	-	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899	Test # 58
EH Hendren	132	-	-	20	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	Leeds	12 Jul 1924	Test # 155
JH Kallis	132	353	266	16	-	49.62	South Africa	v England	Manchester	02 Jul 1998	Test # 1420
ME Trescothick	132	344	261	20	2	50.57	England	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004	Test # 1730
GC Smith	131	367	273	20	-	47.98	South Africa	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
G Kirsten	130	458	323	17	-	40.24	South Africa	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003	Test # 1656
AD Nourse	129*	-	-	-	-	0.00	South Africa	v England	Johannesburg	12 Feb 1949	Test # 312
Q de Kock	129*	250	128	17	2	100.78	South Africa	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016	Test # 2200
CB Fry	129	285	-	7	-	0.00	England	v South Africa	The Oval	19 Aug 1907	Test # 95
HGO Owen-Smith	129	-	-	-	2	0.00	South Africa	v England	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]