List of England Test cricket records

Listing criteria

In general the top ten are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the ten, when all the tied record holders are noted).

Listing notation

Team Notation

• (300-3) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no playing time remained.
• (300-3d) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets, and declared its innings closed.
• (300) indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all out, either by losing all ten wickets or by having one or more batsmen unable to bat and losing the remaining wickets.

Batting Notation

• (100) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out.
• (100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out.

Bowling Notation

• (5-100) indicates that a bowler has captured 5 wickets while giving away 100 runs.

Currently playing

• Record holders who are currently playing Test cricket (i.e. their record details listed could change) are shown in bold.

Team records

Team wins, losses, ties, and draws

Matches played

Team	1st Test	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	% Won
England	March, 1877	915	326	261	328	0	35.63
Source: [1]. Last updated: 27 August, 2011.

Results summary

Opposition	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	% Won
Australia	1877–2011	326	102	133	91	0	31.28
Bangladesh	2003–2010	8	8	0	0	0	100.00
India	1932–2011	103	38	19	46	0	36.89
New Zealand	1930–2008	94	45	8	41	0	47.87
Pakistan	1954–2012	74	22	16	36	0	29.72
South Africa	1889–2010	138	56	29	53	0	40.57
Sri Lanka	1982–2012	26	10	7	9	0	38.46
West Indies	1928–2012	147	44	53	49	0	29.93
Zimbabwe	1996–2003	6	3	0	3	0	50.00
Source: [2]. Last updated: 26 May, 2012.

Highest scores

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	903-7d	v Australia	The Oval	1938
2	849	v West Indies	Sabina Park	1929/30
3	710-7d	v India	Birmingham	2011
4	658-8d	v Australia	Trent Bridge	1938
5	654-5	v South Africa	Kingsmead	1938/39
6	653-4d	v India	Lord's	1990
7	652-7d	v India	Chepauk	1984/85
8	644	v Australia	Sydney	2010/11
9	636	v Australia	Sydney	1928/29
10	633-5d	v India	Birmingham	1979
Source: [3]. Last updated: 12 August 2011.

Lowest scores

Rank	Score	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	45	v Australia	Sydney	1886/87
2	46	v West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	1993/94
3	51	v West Indies	Sabina Park	2009
4	52	v Australia	The Oval	1948
5	53	v Australia	Lord's	1888
6	61	v Australia	Melbourne	1903/04
6	61	v Australia	Melbourne	1901/02
8	62	v Australia	Lord's	1888
9	64	v New Zealand	The Basin	1977/78
10	65	v Australia	Sydney	1894/95
Source: [4]. Last updated: 7 February 2009.

Greatest win margins (by innings)

Rank	Margin	Teams	Venue	Season
1	Innings and 579 runs	England (903-7d) beat Australia (201 & 123)	The Oval	1938
2	Innings and 285 runs	England (629) beat India (302 & 42)	Lord's	1974
3	Innings and 283 runs	England (570-7d) beat West Indies (146 & 141)	Leeds	2007
4	Innings and 261 runs	England (528-3d) beat Bangladesh (108 & 159)	Lord's	2005
5	Innings and 242 runs	England (710-7d) beat India (224 & 244)	Birmingham	2011
6	Innings and 237 runs	England (412) beat West Indies (89 & 86)	The Oval	1957
7	Innings and 230 runs	England (499) beat Australia (100 & 169)	Adelaide	1891/92
8	Innings and 225 runs	England (589) beat Australia (191 & 173)	Melbourne	1911/12
9	Innings and 225 runs	England (446) beat Pakistan (74 & 147)	Lords	2010
10	Innings and 217 runs	England (434) beat Australia (68 & 149)	The Oval	1886
Source: [5]. Last updated: 28 August 2011.

Greatest win margins (by runs)

Rank	Margin	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	675 runs	Australia	Brisbane	1928
2	354 runs	Pakistan	Nottingham	2010
3	338 runs	Australia	Adelaide	1933
4	329 runs	Bangladesh	Chittagong	2003
5	322 runs	Australia	Brisbane	1936
6	319 runs	India	Nottingham	2011
7	312 runs	South Africa	Cape Town	1957
8	299 runs	Australia	Sydney	1971
9	289 runs	Australia	The Oval	1926
10	288 runs	South Africa	Port Elizabeth	1896
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 1 August 2010.

Greatest win margins (by 10 wickets)

Rank	Opponent	No. wins	Most recent venue	Season
1	South Africa	6	Lord's	1951
2	West Indies	4	Lord's	2009
3=	India	3	Mumbai	1980
	Australia	3	Sydney	1932
5	Pakistan	2	Trent Bridge	1967
6	Sri Lanka	1	Old Trafford	2002
7=	Zimbabwe	0
	Bangladesh	0
Note: England has won a Test match by 10 wickets on 19 occasions. Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 29 August 2009.

Individual records

Individual records (appearances)

Most career matches

Rank	Appearances	Player	Span
1	133	Alec Stewart	1990–2003
2	118	Graham Gooch	1975–1995
3	117	David Gower	1978-1992
4	115	Michael Atherton	1989-2001
5	114	Colin Cowdrey	1954-1975
6	108	Geoffrey Boycott	1964-1982
7	102	Ian Botham	1977-1992
=8	100	Graham Thorpe	1993-2005
=8	100	Andrew Strauss	2004-present
10	96	Nasser Hussain	1990-2004
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 3 August 2012.

Individual records (batting)

Highest individual score

Rank	Runs	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	364	Len Hutton	England v Australia	The Oval	1938
2	336*	Wally Hammond	New Zealand v England	Auckland	1932/33
3	333	Graham Gooch	England v India	Lord's	1990
4	325	Andrew Sandham	West Indies v England	Kingston	1929/30
5	310*	John Edrich	England v New Zealand	Leeds	1965
6	294	Alastair Cook	England v India	Birmingham	2011
7	287	Tip Foster	Australia v England	Sydney	1903/04
8	285*	Peter May	England v West Indies	Birmingham	1957
9	278	Denis Compton	England v Pakistan	Nottingham	1954
10	262*	Dennis Amiss	West Indies v England	Kingston	1973/74
Source: [6]. Last updated: 12 August 2011.

Most career runs

Rank	Runs	Player	Matches	Innings	Average
1	8,900	Graham Gooch	118	215	42.58
2	8,463	Alec Stewart	133	235	39.55
3	8,231	David Gower	117	204	44.25
4	8,114	Geoffrey Boycott	108	193	47.72
5	7,728	Michael Atherton	115	212	37.70
6	7,624	Colin Cowdrey	114	188	44.07
7	7,249	Wally Hammond	85	140	58.46
8	7,076	Kevin Pietersen	88	151	49.48
9	7,037	Andrew Strauss	100	178	40.91
10	6,971	Len Hutton	79	138	56.97
Source: [7]. Last updated: 15 August 2012.

Most career hundreds

Rank	Hundreds	Player	Matches	Innings	Average
1=	22	Geoffrey Boycott	108	193	47.72
	22	Colin Cowdrey	114	188	44.07
	22	Wally Hammond	85	140	58.46
4=	21	Andrew Strauss	100	178	40.91
	21	Kevin Pietersen	88	151	49.48
6=	20	Ken Barrington	82	131	58.67
	20	Graham Gooch	118	215	42.58
	20	Alastair Cook	83	144	48.48
9=	19	Len Hutton	79	138	56.67
10=	18	David Gower	117	204	44.25
	18	Michael Vaughan	82	147	41.44
Source: [8]. Last updated: 15 August 2012.

Individual records (bowling)

Most career wickets

Rank	Wickets	Player	Matches	Average
1	383 wickets	Ian Botham	102	28.40
2	325 wickets	Bob Willis	90	25.20
3	307 wickets	Fred Trueman	67	21.57
4	297 wickets	Derek Underwood	86	25.83
5	276 wickets	James Anderson	73	30.40
6	252 wickets	Brian Statham	70	24.84
7	248 wickets	Matthew Hoggard	67	30.50
8	236 wickets	Alec Bedser	51	24.89
9	234 wickets	Andy Caddick	62	29.91
10	229 wickets	Darren Gough	58	28.39
Source: [9]. Last updated: 19 August 2012.

Best Bowling In An Innings

Rank	Figures	Player	Opposition	Venue	Season
1st	10/53	Jim Laker	v Australia	Manchester	1956
2nd	9/28	George Lohmann	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1895/96
3rd	9/37	Jim Laker	v Australia	Manchester	1956
4th	9/57	Devon Malcolm	v South Africa	The Oval	1994
5th	9/103	Sydney Barnes	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1913/14
6th	8/7	George Lohmann	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	1895/96
7th	8/11	Johnny Briggs	v South Africa	Cape Town	1888/89
8th	8/29	Sydney Barnes	v South Africa	The Oval	1912
9th	8/31	Fred Trueman	v India	Manchester	1952
10th	8/34	Ian Botham	v Pakistan	Lord's	1978
Source: [10]. Last updated: 12 October 2008.

Most career 5-wickets-in-an-innings

Rank	5s	Player	Matches	Wickets	BBI	Average
1	27	Ian Botham	102	383	8/34	28.40
2	24	Sydney Barnes	27	189	9/103	16.43
3	17	Fred Trueman	67	307	8/31	21.57
	17	Derek Underwood	86	297	8/51	25.83
5	16	Bob Willis	90	325	8/43	25.20
6	15	Alec Bedser	51	236	7/44	24.89
7	13	Andrew Caddick	62	234	7/46	29.91
	13	Angus Fraser	46	177	8/53	27.32
	13	Graeme Swann	43	187	6/65	28.14
10	12	James Anderson	70	267	7/43	30.05
11	11	Tom Richardson	14	88	8/94	25.22
BBI - Best Bowling in an Innings. Source: [11]. Last updated: 27 May 2012.

Partnership records

Highest wicket partnerships (by wicket)

Partnership	Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
1st wicket	359	Len Hutton & Cyril Washbrook	v South Africa	Johannesburg	1948/49
2nd wicket	382	Maurice Leyland & Len Hutton	v Australia	The Oval	1938
3rd wicket	370	Bill Edrich & Denis Compton	v South Africa	Lord's	1947
4th wicket	411	Colin Cowdrey & Peter May	v West Indies	Birmingham	1957
5th wicket	254	Keith Fletcher & Tony Greig	v India	Mumbai	1972/73
6th wicket	281	Andrew Flintoff & Graham Thorpe	v New Zealand	Christchurch	2001/02
7th wicket	197	Mike Smith & Jim Parks	v West Indies	Port of Spain	1959/60
8th wicket	332	Jonathan Trott & Stuart Broad	v Pakistan	Lord's	2010
9th wicket	163*	Colin Cowdrey & Alan Smith	v New Zealand	Wellington	1962/63
10th wicket	130	RE Foster & Wilfred Rhodes	v Australia	Sydney	1903/04
Source: [12]. Last updated: 26 August 2010.

Highest wicket partnerships (by runs)

Rank	Partnership	Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	4th wicket	411	Peter May & Colin Cowdrey	West Indies	Birmingham	1957
2	2nd wicket	382	Len Hutton & Maurice Leyland	Australia	The Oval	1938
3	3rd wicket	370	Bill Edrich & Denis Compton	South Africa	Lord's	1947
4	2nd wicket	369	John Edrich & Ken Barrington	New Zealand	Leeds	1965
5	1st wicket	359	Len Hutton & Cyril Washbrook	South Africa	Johannesburg	1948/49
6	2nd wicket	351	Graham Gooch & David Gower	Australia	The Oval	1985
7	3rd wicket	350	Ian Bell & Kevin Pietersen	India	The Oval	2011
8	8th wicket	332	Jonathan Trott & Stuart Broad	Pakistan	Lord's	2010
9	2nd wicket	331	Tim Robinson & David Gower	Australia	Birmingham	1985
10	2nd wicket	329*	Alastair Cook & Jonathan Trott	Australia	Brisbane	2010/11
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 22 August 2011.

See also

• Portal:Cricket
• Cricket statistics
• Test cricket hat-tricks
• List of Test cricket triple centuries
• List of One-day International records