Top five: England’s top individual scores

Len Hutton (364 v Australia )

Widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers to have ever put on an England shirt, Len Hutton, in 1938, in just his sixth Test appearance, produced one of the greatest knocks witnessed in Test cricket. Opening the batting, the 22-year-old pulverised the Australians, concentrating for 13 hours and 20 minutes to record the then highest score in Tests. His 364 took 847 deliveries. His record stood for almost 20 years and is still the highest score made by an Englishman in Test cricket.

Wally Hammond (336* v New Zealand)

Wally Hammond, another England all-time great, played 85 Tests in which he amassed 7249 runs at an incredible average of 58.45. His highest score of 336* came against New Zealand in 1933. The incredible bit about this knock was that it was scored in just over five hours and contained 34 fours and 10 sixes. His triple-ton helped England declare on 548/7, with the second-highest score in the innings being 60!

Graham Gooch (333 v India)

Graham Gooch was a run-machine. His highest score of 333 came against India in 1990. Opening the innings, Gooch, who also the captain of the side then, smashed 43 fours and three sixes during his almost 10-hour vigil. He was dropped on 36 by Kiran More, the Indian wicket-keeper, and did not look back. His innings helped England declare on 653/4. He wasn't done, though. Coming back in the second, he smoked a 113-ball 123, aggregating 456 runs in the match.

Andy Sandham (325 v Windies)

The oldest player of this list, Sandham played just 14 Tests for England scoring 879 runs at 38.21. Of those, 325 came in one innings against the Windies in Kingston in 1930. Aged 40 at the time, Sandham's innings was studded with 28 fours and was the first triple-century in Test cricket, as he helped his side amass 849 in their first innings. A prolific scorer on the first-class circuit, Sandham had 41,284 runs with 107 centuries and an average of 44.82.

John Edrich (310* v New Zealand)

An opening batsman any team would love to have, Edrich was the youngest member of a line of cousins to play for England. His highest score of 310* came against New Zealand in 1965. His knock included 52 fours and four sixes as he smashed the New Zealanders to all parts of the ground. By the time he had finished his career, Edrich had 39,790 first-class runs in 564 games at 45.47.