English Test Records - Bat & Ball

Current Batting Records (after 1st Test at Lords)

12099 - Alastair Cook
8900 - Graham Gooch
8463 - Alec Stewart
8231 - David Gower
8181 - Kevin Pietersen
8114 - Geoffrey Boycott
7728 - Michael Atherton
7727 - Ian Bell
7624 - Colin Cowdrey
7249 - Wally Hammond

Alastair Cook is 6th in the all-time list, and needs 302 to pass Kumar Sangakkara

Joe Root 65th in the all-time list with 5,915 runs. He needs 35 to pass Richie Richardson

 

Current Bowling Records (after 1st test at Lords)

535 - Jimmy Anderson
411 - Stuart Broad
389 - Sir Ian Botham
325 - Bob Willis
307 - Fred Truman
297 - Derek Underwood
255 - Graeme Swann
252 - Brian Statham
248 - Matthew Hoggard
236 - Sir Alec Bedser

Jimmy Anderson is 5th in the all-time list. He is 28 behind Glenn McGrath who is the highest placed non-spinner.

Stuart Broad is now 14th (3 behind Wasim Akram).

 

Current Batting Records (after 2nd Test at Leeds)

12145 - Alastair Cook
8900 - Graham Gooch
8463 - Alec Stewart
8231 - David Gower
8181 - Kevin Pietersen
8114 - Geoffrey Boycott
7728 - Michael Atherton
7727 - Ian Bell
7624 - Colin Cowdrey
7249 - Wally Hammond

Alastair Cook is 6th in the all-time list, and needs 256 to pass Kumar Sangakkara

Joe Root 64th in the all-time list with 5,960 runs. He needs 121 to pass Gundappa Viswanath

 

Current Bowling Records (after 2nd Test at Leeds)

540 - Jimmy Anderson
417 - Stuart Broad
389 - Sir Ian Botham
325 - Bob Willis
307 - Fred Truman
297 - Derek Underwood
255 - Graeme Swann
252 - Brian Statham
248 - Matthew Hoggard
236 - Sir Alec Bedser

Jimmy Anderson is 5th in the all-time list. He is 23 behind Glenn McGrath who is the highest placed non-spinner.

Stuart Broad is now joint11th with Harbhajan Singh (2 behind Dale Steyn). Herath (416) should re-pass him later today.

 

In the Leeds Test Alastair Cook went past Alan Borders record of consecutive test matches played:

Alastair Cook - 154
Alan Border - 153
Mark Waugh - 107
Sunil Gavaskar - 106
Brendan McCullum - 101
AB DeVilliers - 98
Adam Gilchrist - 96

Incredible to play so many without being dropped or injured

Next highest Englishmen were Alan Knott/Ian Botham in 23rd on 65

 

Current Batting Records (after 1st Test at Edgbaston)

12158 - Alastair Cook
8900 - Graham Gooch
8463 - Alec Stewart
8231 - David Gower
8181 - Kevin Pietersen
8114 - Geoffrey Boycott
7728 - Michael Atherton
7727 - Ian Bell
7624 - Colin Cowdrey
7249 - Wally Hammond

Alastair Cook is 6th in the all-time list, and needs 243 to pass Kumar Sangakkara

Joe Root 64th in the all-time list with 6,054 runs. He needs 27 to pass Gundappa Viswanath

 

Current Bowling Records (after 1st Test at Edgbaston)

544 - Jimmy Anderson
419 - Stuart Broad
389 - Sir Ian Botham
325 - Bob Willis
307 - Fred Truman
297 - Derek Underwood
255 - Graeme Swann
252 - Brian Statham
248 - Matthew Hoggard
236 - Sir Alec Bedser

Jimmy Anderson is 5th in the all-time list. He is 21 behind Glenn McGrath who is the highest placed non-spinner.

Stuart Broad is 12th (2 behind Dale Steyn and Shaun Pollock).

 

Current Batting Records (after 2nd Test at Lords)

12179 - Alastair Cook
8900 - Graham Gooch
8463 - Alec Stewart
8231 - David Gower
8181 - Kevin Pietersen
8114 - Geoffrey Boycott
7728 - Michael Atherton
7727 - Ian Bell
7624 - Colin Cowdrey
7249 - Wally Hammond

Alastair Cook is 6th in the all-time list, and needs 222 to pass Kumar Sangakkara

Joe Root 64th in the all-time list with 6,073 runs. He needs 8 to pass Gundappa Viswanath

 

Current Bowling Records (after 2nd Test at Lords)

553 - Jimmy Anderson
424 - Stuart Broad
389 - Sir Ian Botham
325 - Bob Willis
307 - Fred Truman
297 - Derek Underwood
255 - Graeme Swann
252 - Brian Statham
248 - Matthew Hoggard
236 - Sir Alec Bedser

Jimmy Anderson is 5th in the all-time list. He is 10 behind Glenn McGrath who is the highest placed non-spinner.

Stuart Broad is 10th - 6 behind the still playing Rangana Herath and 7 behind Sir Richard Hadlee.

 

Current Batting Records (after 4th Test at Southampton)

12254 - Alastair Cook
8900 - Graham Gooch
8463 - Alec Stewart
8231 - David Gower
8181 - Kevin Pietersen
8114 - Geoffrey Boycott
7728 - Michael Atherton
7727 - Ian Bell
7624 - Colin Cowdrey
7249 - Wally Hammond

Alastair Cook is 6th in the all-time list, and needs a unlikely 147 to pass Kumar Sangakkara in his final test

Joe Root 62nd in the all-time list with 6,154 runs. He needs 14 to pass Hershal Gibbs. However Virat Kohli is now only 56 runs behind Root.

 

Current Batting Records (after 5th Test at the Oval)

12472 - Alastair Cook
8900 - Graham Gooch
8463 - Alec Stewart
8231 - David Gower
8181 - Kevin Pietersen
8114 - Geoffrey Boycott
7728 - Michael Atherton
7727 - Ian Bell
7624 - Colin Cowdrey
7249 - Wally Hammond

So much for an unlikely 147!!. Alastair Cook moved into 5th in the all-time list, passing Kumar Sangakkara in his final test

Joe Root is now 58th in the all-time list with 6,279 runs, having passed Hershal Gibbs, Steve Smith, Mohammed Azurhaddin, Rohan Kanhai and Mike Hussey. He needs 3 to catch Ross Taylor.

Root needs 970 to catch Wally Hammond to be in the top 10 England batsmen. He is currently 15th, with Thorpe, Barrington, Hutton and Strauss still ahead of him.

For the Sri Lanka series I will extend the list to England's top 15

 

Current Bowling Records (after 5th test at the Oval)

564 - Jimmy Anderson
433 - Stuart Broad
389 - Sir Ian Botham
325 - Bob Willis
307 - Fred Truman
297 - Derek Underwood
255 - Graeme Swann
252 - Brian Statham
248 - Matthew Hoggard
236 - Sir Alec Bedser

Jimmy Anderson is 4th in the all-time list and is the highest placed non-spinner having passed Glenn McGrath.

Stuart Broad is 9th having passed Sir Richard Hadlee. He is 1 behind Kapil Dev.
However Hearath is only 3 behind him so that's likely to change when we play Sri Lanka!!

 

Alastair Cook ended up with 175 test match catches which put him 6th in the all time list

The Top 5 are R Dravid (210), M Jayawardene (205), J Kallis (200), R Ponting (191) and M Waugh (181)

 

Current Batting Records (after 1st Test at Galle)

12472 - Alastair Cook
8900 - Graham Gooch
8463 - Alec Stewart
8231 - David Gower
8181 - Kevin Pietersen
8114 - Geoffrey Boycott
7728 - Michael Atherton
7727 - Ian Bell
7624 - Colin Cowdrey
7249 - Wally Hammond

7037 - Andrew Strauss
6971 - Len Hutton
6806 - Ken Barrington
6744 - Graham Thorpe
6317 - Joe Root
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Joe Root is now 57th in the all-time list with 6,317 runs, having passed Ross Taylor.

Root needs 932 to catch Wally Hammond to be in the top 10 England batsmen.

 

Current Batting Records (after 2nd Test in Sri Lanks)

12472 - Alastair Cook
8900 - Graham Gooch
8463 - Alec Stewart
8231 - David Gower
8181 - Kevin Pietersen
8114 - Geoffrey Boycott
7728 - Michael Atherton
7727 - Ian Bell
7624 - Colin Cowdrey
7249 - Wally Hammond
7037 - Andrew Strauss
6971 - Len Hutton
6806 - Ken Barrington
6744 - Graham Thorpe
6455 - Joe Root
Joe Root is now 52nd in the all-time list.

 

Current Batting Records (after 3rd Test in Columbo)

12472 - Alastair Cook
8900 - Graham Gooch
8463 - Alec Stewart
8231 - David Gower
8181 - Kevin Pietersen
8114 - Geoffrey Boycott
7728 - Michael Atherton
7727 - Ian Bell
7624 - Colin Cowdrey
7249 - Wally Hammond
7037 - Andrew Strauss
6971 - Len Hutton
6806 - Ken Barrington
6744 - Graham Thorpe
6508 - Joe Root

Joe Root is 52nd in the all-time list.

Other totals for current England players are - Johnny Bairstow 3,696, Ben Stokes 2,966 and Moeen Ali 2,692

 

Current Bowling Records (after the Sri Lanka series)

565 - Jimmy Anderson
433 - Stuart Broad
389 - Sir Ian Botham
325 - Bob Willis
307 - Fred Truman
297 - Derek Underwood
255 - Graeme Swann
252 - Brian Statham
248 - Matthew Hoggard
236 - Sir Alec Bedser
234 - Andrew Caddick
229 - Darren Gough
226 - Steve Harmison
226 - Andrew Flintoff
202 - John Snow

Not much movement here with 1 wicket between them in the series!

Moeen Ali has 173 wickets, Ben Stokes 117 and Chris Woakes 72

 

Current players most aggregate runs in tests:

Joe Root - 6508
Ross Taylor - 6406
Virat Kohli - 6368
David Warner - 6363
Steve Smith - 6199
Kane Williamson - 5724
Azhar Ali - 5610
Angelo Matthews - 5296
Cheteshwar Pujara - 5099

 

After a raft of tests in December/Early Jan - updated current players most aggregate runs in tests:

Virat Kohli - 6613
Ross Taylor - 6523
Joe Root - 6508
David Warner - 6363
Steve Smith - 6199
Kane Williamson - 5865
Azhar Ali - 5654
Angelo Matthews - 5554
Cheteshwar Pujara - 5426

Joe Root drops 2 places!!

 

Current Batting Records (after 1st Test in Barbados)

12472 - Alastair Cook
8900 - Graham Gooch
8463 - Alec Stewart
8231 - David Gower
8181 - Kevin Pietersen
8114 - Geoffrey Boycott
7728 - Michael Atherton
7727 - Ian Bell
7624 - Colin Cowdrey
7249 - Wally Hammond
7037 - Andrew Strauss
6971 - Len Hutton
6806 - Ken Barrington
6744 - Graham Thorpe
6534 - Joe Root

Joe Root is 53rd in the all-time list (Kohli had overtaken him since the last test in Sri Lanka)