Highest Individual Score in Test for England: From L Hutton to ME Trescothick

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L Hutton holds the record for the highest individual score in TEST cricket for England, with an extraordinary 364 runs against Australia at The Oval in 1938. Wally Hammond follows with an unbeaten 336 against New Zealand in Auckland in 1933. Graham Gooch 333 against India at Lord's in 1990 is another standout performance, highlighting England's rich history of monumental TEST innings. Here is the list of England players with the highest individual score in TEST history.

#	Player	Runs	Minutes	Balls Faced	4s	6s	Against	Venue	Date
1	L Hutton	364	797	847	35	-	Australia	The Oval	20-Aug-1938
2	Wally Hammond	336	318	-	34	10	New Zealand	Auckland	31-Mar-1933
3	Graham Gooch	333	628	485	43	3	India	Lord's	26-Jul-1990
4	Andrew Sandham	325	600	640	28	-	West Indies	Kingston	03-Apr-1930
5	Harry Brook	317	418	322	29	3	Pakistan	Multan	07-Oct-2024
6	John Edrich	310	532	450	52	5	New Zealand	Leeds	08-Jul-1965
7	Alastair Cook	294	773	545	33	-	India	Birmingham	10-Aug-2011
8	Reginald Foster	287	419	-	37	-	Australia	Sydney	11-Dec-1903
9	Peter May	285	600	-	25	2	West Indies	Birmingham	30-May-1957
10	Denis Compton	278	287	-	34	1	Pakistan	Nottingham	01-Jul-1954
11	Zak Crawley	267	541	393	34	1	Pakistan	Southampton	21-Aug-2020
12	Alastair Cook	263	836	528	18	-	Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	13-Oct-2015
13	Dennis Amiss	262	570	563	40	1	West Indies	Kingston	16-Feb-1974
14	Joe Root	262	601	375	17	-	Pakistan	Multan	07-Oct-2024
15	Tom Graveney	258	471	-	30	-	West Indies	Nottingham	04-Jul-1957
16	Ben Stokes	258	338	198	30	11	South Africa	Cape Town	02-Jan-2016
17	Ken Barrington	256	683	624	26	-	Australia	Manchester	23-Jul-1964
18	Joe Root	254	614	406	27	-	Pakistan	Manchester	22-Jul-2016
19	Wally Hammond	251	461	605	30	-	Australia	Sydney	14-Dec-1928
20	Geoff Boycott	246	573	555	30	1	India	Leeds	08-Jun-1967
21	Alastair Cook	244	634	409	27	-	Australia	Melbourne	26-Dec-2017
22	Edward Paynter	243	334	-	24	-	South Africa	Durban	20-Jan-1939
23	Alastair Cook	243	588	407	33	-	West Indies	Birmingham	17-Aug-2017
24	Wally Hammond	240	367	394	32	-	Australia	Lord's	24-Jun-1938
25	Alastair Cook	235	625	428	26	-	Australia	Brisbane	25-Nov-2010
26	IR Bell	235	497	364	23	2	India	The Oval	18-Aug-2011
27	Wally Hammond	231	460	579	27	-	Australia	Sydney	18-Dec-1936
28	Joe Root	228	476	321	18	1	Sri Lanka	Galle	14-Jan-2021
29	Wally Hammond	227	301	-	-	-	New Zealand	Christchurch	24-Mar-1933
30	Kevin Pietersen	227	428	308	33	1	Australia	Adelaide	03-Dec-2010
31	Kevin Pietersen	226	432	262	24	2	West Indies	Leeds	25-May-2007
32	IJL Trott	226	490	349	20	-	Bangladesh	Lord's	27-May-2010
33	Joe Root	226	636	441	22	1	New Zealand	Hamilton	29-Nov-2019
34	RWT Key	221	426	288	31	-	West Indies	Lord's	22-Jul-2004
35	William Edrich	219	460	-	25	-	South Africa	Durban	03-Mar-1939
36	ME Trescothick	219	570	374	32	2	South Africa	The Oval	04-Sep-2003
37	Joe Root	218	536	377	19	2	India	Chennai	05-Feb-2021
38	Wally Hammond	217	290	-	30	-	India	The Oval	15-Aug-1936
39	Edward Paynter	216	319	333	26	1	Australia	Nottingham	10-Jun-1938
40	Keith Fletcher	216	443	413	29	-	New Zealand	Auckland	20-Feb-1975
41	David Gower	215	452	314	25	1	Australia	Birmingham	15-Aug-1985
42	David Lloyd	214	448	396	17	-	India	Birmingham	04-Jul-1974
43	JB Hobbs	211	-	-	15	-	South Africa	Lord's	28-Jun-1924
44	Graham Gooch	210	413	317	29	-	New Zealand	Nottingham	02-Jun-1994
45	Denis Compton	208	354	-	20	-	South Africa	Lord's	21-Jun-1947
46	IT Botham	208	276	226	19	4	India	The Oval	08-Jul-1982
47	Mike Gatting	207	504	309	20	3	India	Chennai	13-Jan-1985
48	Nasser Hussain	207	437	337	38	-	Australia	Birmingham	05-Jun-1997
49	L Hutton	206	300	-	25	-	New Zealand	The Oval	13-Aug-1949
50	Paul Collingwood	206	515	392	16	-	Australia	Adelaide	01-Dec-2006
51	EH Hendren	205	-	-	29	-	West Indies	Port of Spain	01-Feb-1930
52	Joseph Hardstaff	205	315	-	16	-	India	Lord's	22-Jun-1946
53	L Hutton	205	532	-	24	1	West Indies	Kingston	30-Mar-1954
54	ER Dexter	205	495	-	22	-	Pakistan	Karachi	02-Feb-1962
55	Ollie Pope	205	282	208	22	3	Ireland	Lord's	01-Jun-2023
56	Dennis Amiss	203	443	320	28	-	West Indies	The Oval	12-Aug-1976
57	IJL Trott	203	517	409	17	-	Sri Lanka	Cardiff	26-May-2011
58	L Hutton	202	470	-	22	-	West Indies	The Oval	12-Aug-1950
59	Kevin Pietersen	202	494	326	21	1	India	Lord's	21-Jul-2011
60	Graeme Fowler	201	563	409	22	3	India	Chennai	13-Jan-1985
61	David Gower	200	365	279	24	-	India	Birmingham	12-Jul-1979
62	Graham Thorpe	200	330	231	28	4	New Zealand	Christchurch	13-Mar-2002
63	Joe Root	200	500	298	16	-	Sri Lanka	Lord's	12-Jun-2014
64	Wally Hammond	200	398	472	17	-	Australia	Melbourne	29-Dec-1928
65	IR Bell	199	496	336	20	1	South Africa	Lord's	10-Jul-2008
66	MP Vaughan	197	354	258	23	-	India	Nottingham	08-Aug-2002
67	GB Legge	196	280	-	23	-	New Zealand	Auckland	21-Feb-1930
68	L Hutton	196	335	-	21	-	West Indies	Lord's	24-Jun-1939
69	Graham Gooch	196	423	310	27	-	Australia	The Oval	29-Aug-1985
70	Ollie Pope	196	373	278	21	-	India	Hyderabad	25-Jan-2024
71	Cyril Washbrook	195	295	-	18	-	South Africa	Johannesburg	27-Dec-1948
72	MP Vaughan	195	379	279	29	-	India	The Oval	05-Sep-2002
73	Herbert Sutcliffe	194	436	496	13	-	Australia	Sydney	02-Dec-1932
74	ME Trescothick	194	367	259	23	-	Bangladesh	Lord's	26-May-2005
75	ME Trescothick	193	467	305	20	2	Pakistan	Multan	12-Nov-2005

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