| Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LO Fleetwood-Smith | 87.0 | 11 | 298 | 1 | 3.42 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 | Test # 266 | |
| BS Bedi | 64.2 | 8 | 226 | 6 | 3.51 | India | v England | Lord's | 20 Jun 1974 | Test # 740 | |
| IT Botham | 52.0 | 7 | 217 | 3 | 4.17 | England | v Pakistan | The Oval | 6 Aug 1987 | Test # 1079 | |
| Yasir Shah | 54.0 | 6 | 213 | 1 | 3.94 | Pakistan | v England | Manchester | 22 Jul 2016 | Test # 2208 | |
| IAR Peebles | 71.0 | 8 | 204 | 6 | 2.87 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 16 Aug 1930 | Test # 198 | |
| MH Mankad | 73.0 | 24 | 196 | 5 | 2.68 | India | v England | Lord's | 19 Jun 1952 | Test # 352 | |
| Fazal Mahmood | 49.0 | 9 | 192 | 2 | 3.91 | Pakistan | v England | The Oval | 16 Aug 1962 | Test # 534 | |
| WJ O'Reilly | 59.0 | 9 | 189 | 7 | 3.20 | Australia | v England | Manchester | 6 Jul 1934 | Test # 235 | |
| CL Vincent | 42.0 | 5 | 188 | 2 | 4.47 | South Africa | v England | The Oval | 17 Aug 1935 | Test # 246 | |
| EAS Prasanna | 59.0 | 8 | 187 | 0 | 3.16 | India | v England | Leeds | 8 Jun 1967 | Test # 618 | |
| M Prabhakar | 43.0 | 6 | 187 | 1 | 4.34 | India | v England | Lord's | 26 Jul 1990 | Test # 1148 | |
| JSE Price | 45.0 | 4 | 183 | 3 | 4.06 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 23 Jul 1964 | Test # 564 | |
| JM Anderson | 40.0 | 5 | 182 | 4 | 4.55 | England | v India | The Oval | 9 Aug 2007 | Test # 1842 | |
| AW Greig | 33.0 | 2 | 180 | 3 | 5.45 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 23 Aug 1973 | Test # 727 | |
| S Ramadhin | 98.0 | 35 | 179 | 2 | 1.82 | West Indies | v England | Birmingham | 30 May 1957 | Test # 439 | |
| WJ O'Reilly | 85.0 | 26 | 178 | 3 | 2.09 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 | Test # 266 | |
| MJ Hilton | 61.3 | 18 | 176 | 3 | 2.86 | England | v South Africa | Leeds | 26 Jul 1951 | Test # 337 | |
| DR Doshi | 46.0 | 6 | 175 | 4 | 3.80 | India | v England | The Oval | 8 Jul 1982 | Test # 930 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | 45.0 | 3 | 175 | 3 | 3.88 | India | v England | Nottingham | 8 Aug 2002 | Test # 1612 | |
| AMB Rowan | 65.0 | 11 | 174 | 1 | 2.67 | South Africa | v England | Lord's | 21 Jun 1947 | Test # 286 | |
| RO Jenkins | 59.0 | 13 | 174 | 4 | 2.94 | England | v West Indies | Lord's | 24 Jun 1950 | Test # 324 | |
| AMB Rowan | 68.0 | 17 | 174 | 5 | 2.55 | South Africa | v England | Leeds | 26 Jul 1951 | Test # 337 | |
| ND Hirwani | 62.0 | 10 | 174 | 4 | 2.80 | India | v England | Manchester | 9 Aug 1990 | Test # 1149 | |
| PCR Tufnell | 39.0 | 2 | 174 | 1 | 4.46 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 23 Aug 2001 | Test # 1558 | |
| RWV Robins | 42.0 | 1 | 172 | 1 | 4.09 | England | v Australia | Lord's | 27 Jun 1930 | Test # 195 | |
| Yasir Shah | 43.0 | 4 | 172 | 2 | 4.00 | Pakistan | v England | Birmingham | 3 Aug 2016 | Test # 2212 | |
| GOB Allen | 34.0 | 5 | 170 | 4 | 5.00 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 18 Aug 1934 | Test # 237 | |
| A Mishra | 38.0 | 3 | 170 | 0 | 4.47 | India | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 2011 | Test # 2004 | |
| AP Freeman | 49.0 | 9 | 169 | 0 | 3.44 | England | v South Africa | The Oval | 17 Aug 1929 | Test # 185 | |
| T Richardson | 68.0x5 | 23 | 168 | 7 | 2.96 | England | v Australia | Manchester | 16 Jul 1896 | Test # 51 | |
| GF Cresswell | 41.2 | 6 | 168 | 6 | 4.06 | New Zealand | v England | The Oval | 13 Aug 1949 | Test # 317 | |
| CV Grimmett | 53.0 | 13 | 167 | 6 | 3.15 | Australia | v England | Lord's | 27 Jun 1930 | Test # 195 | |
| EAS Prasanna | 51.0 | 6 | 166 | 2 | 3.25 | India | v England | Lord's | 20 Jun 1974 | Test # 740 | |
| JR Thomson | 34.0 | 3 | 166 | 2 | 4.88 | Australia | v England | Leeds | 13 Jun 1985 | Test # 1017 | |
| DE Malcolm | 44.0 | 2 | 166 | 1 | 3.77 | England | v Australia | Nottingham | 10 Aug 1989 | Test # 1125 | |
| DL Underwood | 60.5 | 15 | 165 | 3 | 2.71 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 12 Aug 1976 | Test # 781 | |
| SK Warne | 44.2 | 7 | 165 | 7 | 3.72 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 23 Aug 2001 | Test # 1558 | |
| E Jones | 53.0x5 | 12 | 164 | 4 | 3.71 | Australia | v England | The Oval | 14 Aug 1899 | Test # 64 | |
| WE Bowes | 38.0 | 2 | 164 | 4 | 4.31 | England | v Australia | The Oval | 18 Aug 1934 | Test # 237 | |
| WJ O'Reilly | 56.0 | 11 | 164 | 3 | 2.92 | Australia | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1938 | Test # 263 | |
| AR Caddick | 36.0 | 0 | 163 | 1 | 4.52 | England | v Australia | Birmingham | 5 Jul 2001 | Test # 1550 | |
| RMS Eranga | 30.0 | 3 | 163 | 3 | 5.43 | Sri Lanka | v England | Lord's | 12 Jun 2014 | Test # 2124 | |
| TB Burtt | 45.0 | 11 | 162 | 6 | 3.60 | New Zealand | v England | Manchester | 23 Jul 1949 | Test # 316 | |
| TG Southee | 34.0 | 4 | 162 | 2 | 4.76 | New Zealand | v England | Lord's | 21 May 2015 | Test # 2162 | |
| MS Nichols | 34.0x8 | 4 | 161 | 2 | 3.55 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 19 Aug 1939 | Test # 274 | |
| A D'Souza | 46.0 | 9 | 161 | 1 | 3.50 | Pakistan | v England | Birmingham | 31 May 1962 | Test # 530 | |
| MC Ilott | 51.0 | 11 | 161 | 3 | 3.15 | England | v Australia | Leeds | 22 Jul 1993 | Test # 1227 | |
| DE Malcolm | 39.0 | 7 | 160 | 3 | 4.10 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 24 Aug 1995 | Test # 1303 | |
| MJ Hoggard | 39.0 | 4 | 160 | 2 | 4.10 | England | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | 16 May 2002 | Test # 1603 |
| 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: |
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England v West Indies at Birmingham, 1st Test, Aug 17-19, 2017
[Test # 2270] |
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England v South Africa at Manchester, 4th Test, Aug 4-7, 2017
[Test # 2268] |
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England v South Africa at The Oval, 3rd Test, Jul 27-31, 2017
[Test # 2266] |