Batting Most Runs Innings - England

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches - England

High scores

Player	Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
DI Gower	215	452	314	25	1	68.47	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
IT Botham	208	276	226	19	4	92.03	England	v India	The Oval	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
MW Gatting	207	504	309	20	3	66.99	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
G Fowler	201	563	409	22	3	49.14	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1985	Test # 1008
GA Gooch	196	423	310	27	0	63.22	England	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
MW Gatting	183*	383	294	20	2	62.24	England	v India	Birmingham	03 Jul 1986	Test # 1048
GA Gooch	183	439	369	22	0	49.59	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	24 Jul 1986	Test # 1049
RT Robinson	175	414	272	26	0	64.33	England	v Australia	Leeds	13 Jun 1985	Test # 1017
DI Gower	173*	423	284	16	0	60.91	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	19 Mar 1984	Test # 984
DI Gower	166	381	284	17	0	58.45	England	v Australia	Nottingham	11 Jul 1985	Test # 1019
RT Robinson	166	528	365	16	0	45.47	England	v Pakistan	Manchester	04 Jun 1987	Test # 1075
DW Randall	164	365	269	20	2	60.96	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
BC Broad	162	435	313	25	0	51.75	England	v Australia	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
RT Robinson	160	508	390	17	0	41.02	England	v India	Delhi	12 Dec 1984	Test # 1004
MW Gatting	160	355	266	21	0	60.15	England	v Australia	Manchester	01 Aug 1985	Test # 1020
DI Gower	157	335	216	20	0	72.68	England	v Australia	The Oval	29 Aug 1985	Test # 1022
DI Gower	154*	461	403	16	1	38.21	England	v West Indies	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
GA Gooch	153	314	213	21	2	71.83	England	v West Indies	Kingston	10 Apr 1981	Test # 902
DI Gower	152	426	318	16	0	47.79	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	12 Mar 1984	Test # 981
MW Gatting	150*	346	302	21	0	49.66	England	v Pakistan	The Oval	06 Aug 1987	Test # 1079
IT Botham	149*	219	148	27	1	100.67	England	v Australia	Leeds	16 Jul 1981	Test # 905
CJ Tavare	149	454	303	18	0	49.17	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
RT Robinson	148	393	294	18	0	50.34	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
GA Gooch	146	416	303	15	0	48.18	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	02 Jun 1988	Test # 1098
RA Smith	143	353	285	15	0	50.17	England	v Australia	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
IT Botham	142	337	214	12	2	66.35	England	v India	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982	Test # 920
BC Broad	139	434	361	13	0	38.50	England	v Australia	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
IT Botham	138	236	167	22	2	82.63	England	v New Zealand	Wellington	20 Jan 1984	Test # 975
IT Botham	138	249	174	13	4	79.31	England	v Australia	Brisbane	14 Nov 1986	Test # 1057
AJ Lamb	137*	263	219	22	0	62.55	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
G Boycott	137	441	321	7	0	42.67	England	v Australia	The Oval	27 Aug 1981	Test # 908
MW Gatting	136	310	255	21	0	53.33	England	v India	Wankhede	28 Nov 1984	Test # 1001
DI Gower	136	277	175	16	0	77.71	England	v Australia	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
CJ Richards	133	240	207	16	0	64.25	England	v Australia	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
DI Gower	131	274	202	14	0	64.85	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1986	Test # 1051
G Boycott	128*	316	252	12	0	50.79	England	v Australia	Lord's	28 Aug 1980	Test # 885
RC Russell	128*	352	293	14	0	43.68	England	v Australia	Manchester	27 Jul 1989	Test # 1124
IT Botham	128	199	169	19	2	75.73	England	v India	Manchester	24 Jun 1982	Test # 929
GA Gooch	127	225	181	20	0	70.16	England	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1982	Test # 918
DW Randall	126	353	290	11	1	43.44	England	v India	Lord's	10 Jun 1982	Test # 928
AJ Lamb	125	282	204	24	0	61.27	England	v Australia	Leeds	08 Jun 1989	Test # 1121
MW Gatting	124	399	280	16	0	44.28	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	23 Jul 1987	Test # 1078
GA Gooch	123	211	162	17	1	75.92	England	v West Indies	Lord's	19 Jun 1980	Test # 881
CWJ Athey	123	315	202	14	0	60.89	England	v Pakistan	Lord's	18 Jun 1987	Test # 1076
MW Gatting	121	254	198	13	0	61.11	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	21 Aug 1986	Test # 1051
IT Botham	119*	224	213	15	0	55.86	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980	Test # 872
IT Botham	118	123	102	13	6	115.68	England	v Australia	Manchester	13 Aug 1981	Test # 907
GA Gooch	116	310	210	13	0	55.23	England	v West Indies	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1981	Test # 900
BC Broad	116	307	263	12	1	44.10	England	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
BC Broad	116	420	339	13	0	34.21	England	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	07 Dec 1987	Test # 1083
DW Randall	115	266	215	13	0	53.48	England	v Australia	Perth	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
IT Botham	114	206	144	17	0	79.16	England	v India	Wankhede	15 Feb 1980	Test # 874
DI Gower	114	370	259	16	0	44.01	England	v Australia	Adelaide	10 Dec 1982	Test # 940
GA Gooch	114	355	280	12	1	40.71	England	v India	Lord's	05 Jun 1986	Test # 1046
BC Broad	114	341	244	11	0	46.72	England	v New Zealand	Christchurch	12 Feb 1988	Test # 1091
AJ Lamb	113	338	212	15	0	53.30	England	v West Indies	Lord's	16 Jun 1988	Test # 1099
DI Gower	112*	266	196	14	0	57.14	England	v New Zealand	Leeds	28 Jul 1983	Test # 958
BC Broad	112	329	255	9	0	43.92	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1986	Test # 1062
AJ Lamb	110	362	260	13	0	42.30	England	v West Indies	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
CJ Tavare	109	306	259	11	0	42.08	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
DI Gower	108	222	200	16	0	54.00	England	v New Zealand	Lord's	11 Aug 1983	Test # 959
AJ Lamb	107	260	202	8	1	52.97	England	v India	The Oval	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
AJ Lamb	107	266	195	10	1	54.87	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	23 Aug 1984	Test # 994
G Fowler	106	369	259	13	0	40.92	England	v West Indies	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
DI Gower	106	269	198	16	0	53.53	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
G Boycott	105	440	285	7	0	36.84	England	v India	Delhi	23 Dec 1981	Test # 914
DW Randall	105	249	156	11	0	67.30	England	v Pakistan	Birmingham	29 Jul 1982	Test # 931
G Fowler	105	318	299	8	0	35.11	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
G Boycott	104*	350	257	8	0	40.46	England	v West Indies	St John's	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
DW Randall	104	347	338	12	0	30.76	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
IT Botham	103	157	103	14	3	100.00	England	v New Zealand	Nottingham	25 Aug 1983	Test # 960
P Willey	102*	226	158	15	1	64.55	England	v West Indies	St John's	27 Mar 1981	Test # 901
AJ Lamb	102*	348	293	10	0	34.81	England	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983	Test # 957
RA Smith	101	207	150	16	0	67.33	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989	Test # 1125
P Willey	100*	236	203	16	0	49.26	England	v West Indies	The Oval	24 Jul 1980	Test # 883
AJ Lamb	100*	252	185	15	0	54.05	England	v West Indies	Manchester	26 Jul 1984	Test # 992
MW Gatting	100*	214	127	12	0	78.74	England	v Australia	Birmingham	15 Aug 1985	Test # 1021
AJ Lamb	100	227	186	15	0	53.76	England	v West Indies	Leeds	12 Jul 1984	Test # 991
MW Gatting	100	180	141	15	0	70.92	England	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986	Test # 1060
GA Gooch	99	238	193	10	0	51.29	England	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1980	Test # 872
MD Moxon	99	349	269	10	0	36.80	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	25 Feb 1988	Test # 1093
DI Gower	98*	184	141	13	0	69.50	England	v Australia	Sydney	04 Jan 1980	Test # 868
G Miller	98	324	244	13	0	40.16	England	v India	Manchester	24 Jun 1982	Test # 929
DJ Capel	98	373	264	7	0	37.12	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
RT Robinson	96	363	279	13	0	34.40	England	v India	Kanpur	31 Jan 1985	Test # 1011
CWJ Athey	96	286	250	11	0	38.40	England	v Australia	Perth	28 Nov 1986	Test # 1059
MW Gatting	96	210	161	10	1	59.62	England	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1987	Test # 1065
RA Smith	96	271	206	16	0	46.60	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1989	Test # 1122
DW Randall	95	247	212	5	0	44.81	England	v India	The Oval	08 Jul 1982	Test # 930
EE Hemmings	95	223	195	6	0	48.71	England	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1983	Test # 944
RC Russell	94	276	202	11	0	46.53	England	v Sri Lanka	Lord's	25 Aug 1988	Test # 1103
GA Gooch	93	372	279	8	0	33.33	England	v Pakistan	Karachi	16 Dec 1987	Test # 1086
CL Smith	91	459	396	9	0	22.97	England	v New Zealand	Auckland	10 Feb 1984	Test # 977
DI Gower	90	251	104	10	1	86.53	England	v West Indies	St John's	11 Apr 1986	Test # 1045
DI Gower	89	245	207	11	1	42.99	England	v Australia	Lord's	02 Jul 1981	Test # 904
DI Gower	89	256	198	12	1	44.94	England	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	17 Feb 1982	Test # 921
CJ Tavare	89	466	337	9	0	26.40	England	v Australia	Perth	12 Nov 1982	Test # 938
CJ Tavare	89	247	165	15	0	53.93	England	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1982	Test # 943
DI Gower	88*	235	164	10	0	53.65	England	v West Indies	Nottingham	02 Jun 1988	Test # 1098
G Boycott	86	325	273	8	0	31.50	England	v West Indies	Manchester	10 Jul 1980	Test # 882

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]