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Analysis of 92 Tests.

 

Date Scores Result
20 Aug 2009 Eng 332 & 373-9d , Aus 160 & 348 England by 197 runs
7 Aug 2008 SAf 194 & 318 , Eng 316 & 198-4 England by 6 wickets
9 Aug 2007 Ind 664 & 180-6d , Eng 345 & 369-6 Drawn
17 Aug 2006 Eng 173 & 298-4 , Pak 504 England by forfeit
8 Sep 2005 Eng 373 & 335 , Aus 367 & 4-0 Drawn
19 Aug 2004 Eng 470 & 4-0 , WI 152 & 318 England by 10 wickets
4 Sep 2003 SAf 484 & 229 , Eng 604-9d & 110-1 England by 9 wickets
5 Sep 2002 Eng 515 & 114-0 , Ind 508 Drawn
23 Aug 2001 Aus 641-4d , Eng 432 & 184 Australia by Inn. & 25 runs
31 Aug 2000 Eng 281 & 217 , WI 125 & 215 England by 158 runs
19 Aug 1999 NZ 236 & 162 , Eng 153 & 162 New Zealand by 83 runs
27 Aug 1998 Eng 445 & 181 , SL 591 & 37-0 Sri Lanka by 10 wickets
21 Aug 1997 Eng 180 & 163 , Aus 220 & 104 England by 19 runs
22 Aug 1996 Eng 326 & 242 , Pak 521-8d & 48-1 Pakistan by 9 wickets
24 Aug 1995 Eng 454 & 223-4 , WI 692-8d Drawn
18 Aug 1994 SAf 332 & 175 , Eng 304 & 205-2 England by 8 wickets
19 Aug 1993 Eng 380 & 313 , Aus 303 & 229 England by 161 runs
6 Aug 1992 Eng 207 & 174 , Pak 380 & 5-0 Pakistan by 10 wickets
8 Aug 1991 Eng 419 & 146-5 , WI 176 & 385 England by 5 wickets
23 Aug 1990 Ind 606-9d , Eng 340 & 477-4d Drawn
24 Aug 1989 Aus 468 & 219-4d , Eng 285 & 143-5 Drawn
4 Aug 1988 Eng 205 & 202 , WI 183 & 226-2 West Indies by 8 wickets
6 Aug 1987 Pak 708 , Eng 232 & 315-4 Drawn
21 Aug 1986 NZ 287 & 7-0 , Eng 388-5d Drawn
29 Aug 1985 Eng 464 , Aus 241 & 129 England by Inn. & 94 runs
9 Aug 1984 WI 190 & 346 , Eng 162 & 202 West Indies by 172 runs
14 Jul 1983 Eng 209 & 446-6d , NZ 196 & 270 England by 189 runs
8 Jul 1982 Eng 594 & 191-3d , Ind 410 & 111-3 Drawn
27 Aug 1981 Aus 352 & 344-9d , Eng 314 & 261-7 Drawn
24 Jul 1980 Eng 370 & 209-9d , WI 265 Drawn
30 Aug 1979 Eng 305 & 334 , Ind 202 & 429-8 Drawn
27 Jul 1978 NZ 234 & 182 , Eng 279 & 138-3 England by 7 wickets
25 Aug 1977 Eng 214 & 57-2 , Aus 385 Drawn
12 Aug 1976 WI 687-8d & 182-0d , Eng 435 & 203 West Indies by 231 runs
28 Aug 1975 Aus 532-9d & 40-2 , Eng 191 & 538 Drawn
22 Aug 1974 Pak 600-7d & 94-4 , Eng 545 Drawn
26 Jul 1973 WI 415 & 255 , Eng 257 & 255 West Indies by 158 runs
10 Aug 1972 Eng 284 & 356 , Aus 399 & 242-5 Australia by 5 wickets
19 Aug 1971 Eng 355 & 101 , Ind 284 & 174-6 India by 4 wickets
21 Aug 1969 NZ 150 & 229 , Eng 242 & 138-2 England by 8 wickets
22 Aug 1968 Eng 494 & 181 , Aus 324 & 125 England by 226 runs
24 Aug 1967 Pak 216 & 255 , Eng 440 & 34-2 England by 8 wickets
18 Aug 1966 WI 268 & 225 , Eng 527 England by Inn. & 34 runs
26 Aug 1965 SAf 208 & 392 , Eng 202 & 308-4 Drawn
13 Aug 1964 Eng 182 & 381-4 , Aus 379 Drawn
22 Aug 1963 Eng 275 & 223 , WI 246 & 255-2 West Indies by 8 wickets
16 Aug 1962 Eng 480-5d & 27-0 , Pak 183 & 323 England by 10 wickets
17 Aug 1961 Eng 256 & 370-8 , Aus 494 Drawn
18 Aug 1960 Eng 155 & 479-9d , SAf 419 & 97-4 Drawn
20 Aug 1959 Ind 140 & 194 , Eng 361 England by Inn. & 27 runs
21 Aug 1958 NZ 161 & 91-3 , Eng 219-9d Drawn
22 Aug 1957 Eng 412 , WI 89 & 86 England by Inn. & 237 runs
23 Aug 1956 Eng 247 & 182-3d , Aus 202 & 27-5 Drawn
13 Aug 1955 Eng 151 & 204 , SAf 112 & 151 England by 92 runs
12 Aug 1954 Pak 133 & 164 , Eng 130 & 143 Pakistan by 24 runs
15 Aug 1953 Aus 275 & 162 , Eng 306 & 132-2 England by 8 wickets
14 Aug 1952 Eng 326-6d , Ind 98 Drawn
16 Aug 1951 SAf 202 & 154 , Eng 194 & 164-6 England by 4 wickets
12 Aug 1950 WI 503 , Eng 344 & 103 West Indies by Inn. & 56 runs
13 Aug 1949 NZ 345 & 308-9d , Eng 482 Drawn
14 Aug 1948 Eng 52 & 188 , Aus 389 Australia by Inn. & 149 runs
16 Aug 1947 Eng 427 & 325-6d , SAf 302 & 423-7 Drawn
17 Aug 1946 Ind 331 , Eng 95-3 Drawn
19 Aug 1939 WI 498 , Eng 366-3d Drawn
20 Aug 1938 Eng 903-7d , Aus 201 & 123 England by Inn. & 579 runs
14 Aug 1937 NZ 249 & 187 , Eng 254-7d & 31-1 Drawn
15 Aug 1936 Eng 471-8d & 64-1 , Ind 222 & 312 England by 9 wickets
17 Aug 1935 SAf 476 & 287-6 , Eng 534-6d Drawn
18 Aug 1934 Aus 701 & 327 , Eng 321 & 145 Australia by 562 runs
12 Aug 1933 Eng 312 , WI 100 & 195 England by Inn. & 17 runs
29 Jul 1931 Eng 416-4d , NZ 193 & 197 England by Inn. & 26 runs
16 Aug 1930 Eng 405 & 251 , Aus 695 Australia by Inn. & 39 runs
17 Aug 1929 Eng 258 & 264-1 , SAf 492-8d Drawn
11 Aug 1928 WI 238 & 129 , Eng 438 England by Inn. & 71 runs
14 Aug 1926 Eng 280 & 436 , Aus 302 & 125 England by 289 runs
16 Aug 1924 SAf 342 , Eng 421-8 Drawn
13 Aug 1921 Eng 403-8d & 244-2 , Aus 389 Drawn
19 Aug 1912 Eng 245 & 175 , Aus 111 & 65 England by 244 runs
12 Aug 1912 SAf 95 & 93 , Eng 176 & 14-0 England by 10 wickets
9 Aug 1909 Aus 325 & 339-5d , Eng 352 & 104-3 Drawn
19 Aug 1907 Eng 295 & 138 , SAf 178 & 159-5 Drawn
14 Aug 1905 Eng 430 & 261-6d , Aus 363 & 124-4 Drawn
11 Aug 1902 Aus 324 & 121 , Eng 183 & 263-9 England by 1 wickets
14 Aug 1899 Eng 576 , Aus 352 & 254-5 Drawn
10 Aug 1896 Eng 145 & 84 , Aus 119 & 44 England by 66 runs
14 Aug 1893 Eng 483 , Aus 91 & 349 England by Inn. & 43 runs
11 Aug 1890 Aus 92 & 102 , Eng 100 & 95-8 England by 2 wickets
13 Aug 1888 Aus 80 & 100 , Eng 317 England by Inn. & 137 runs
12 Aug 1886 Eng 434 , Aus 68 & 149 England by Inn. & 217 runs
11 Aug 1884 Aus 551 , Eng 346 & 85-2 Drawn
28 Aug 1882 Aus 63 & 122 , Eng 101 & 77 Australia by 7 runs
6 Sep 1880 Eng 420 & 57-5 , Aus 149 & 327 England by 5 wickets

 

Overall Summary

  P W L D Tie
Australia 35 6 16 13 ****
England 92 38 18 36 8
India 10 1 2 7 ****
New Zealand 9 1 4 4 ****
Pakistan 8 3 3 2 ****
South Africa 13 0 6 7 ****
Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 0
West Indies 16 6 7 3 ****

 

Highest Team Score
England v Aus 903/7d 1938
Pakistan v Eng 708 1987
Australia v Eng 701 1934
Australia v Eng 695 1930
West Indies v Eng 692/8d 1995
West Indies v Eng 687/8d 1976
India v Eng 664 2007
Australia v Eng 641/4d 2001
India v Eng 606/9d 1990
England v SAf 604/9d 2003
Pakistan v Eng 600/7d 1974
England v Ind 594 1982
Sri Lanka v Eng 591 1998
England v Aus 576 1899
Australia v Eng 551 1884
England v Pak 545 1974
England v Aus 538 1975
England v SAf 534/6d 1935
Australia v Eng 532/9d 1975
England v WI 527 1966
Lowest Completed Team Score
Australia v Eng 44 1896
England v Aus 52 1948
Australia v Eng 63 1882
Australia v Eng 65 1912
Australia v Eng 68 1886
England v Aus 77 1882
Australia v Eng 80 1888
England v Aus 84 1896
West Indies v Eng 86 1957
West Indies v Eng 89 1957
Australia v Eng 91 1893
Australia v Eng 92 1890
South Africa v Eng 93 1912
South Africa v Eng 95 1912
India v Eng 98 1952
West Indies v Eng 100 1933
Australia v Eng 100 1888
England v Aus 100 1890
England v Aus 101 1882
England v Ind 101 1971
Greatest Winning Margin (Runs)
England v Aus Inn & 579 runs 1938
England v WI Inn & 237 runs 1957
England v Aus Inn & 217 runs 1886
Australia v Eng Inn & 149 runs 1948
England v Aus Inn & 137 runs 1888
England v Aus Inn & 94 runs 1985
England v WI Inn & 71 runs 1928
West Indies v Eng Inn & 56 runs 1950
England v Aus Inn & 43 runs 1893
Australia v Eng Inn & 39 runs 1930
England v WI Inn & 34 runs 1966
England v Ind Inn & 27 runs 1959
England v NZ Inn & 26 runs 1931
Australia v Eng Inn & 25 runs 2001
England v WI Inn & 17 runs 1933
Highest Individual Score
L Hutton (Eng) 364 1938 v Aus
IVA Richards (WI) 291 1976 v Eng
WH Ponsford (Aus) 266 1934 v Eng
Javed Miandad (Pak) 260 1987 v Eng
DG Bradman (Aus) 244 1934 v Eng
Zaheer Abbas (Pak) 240 1974 v Eng
DG Bradman (Aus) 232 1930 v Eng
SM Gavaskar (Ind) 221 1979 v Eng
ME Trescothick (Eng) 219 2003 v SAf
WR Hammond (Eng) 217 1936 v Ind
R Dravid (Ind) 217 2002 v Eng
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 213 1998 v Eng
WL Murdoch (Aus) 211 1884 v Eng
IT Botham (Eng) 208 1982 v Ind
L Hutton (Eng) 206 1949 v NZ
DL Amiss (Eng) 203 1976 v WI
L Hutton (Eng) 202* 1950 v WI
AR Morris (Aus) 196 1948 v Eng
GA Gooch (Eng) 196 1985 v Aus
MP Vaughan (Eng) 195 2002 v Ind
IM Chappell (Aus) 192 1975 v Eng
B Mitchell (SAf) 189* 1947 v Eng
RJ Shastri (Ind) 187 1990 v Eng
M Leyland (Eng) 187 1938 v Aus
DL Amiss (Eng) 183 1974 v Pak
HH Gibbs (SAf) 183 2003 v Eng
CP Mead (Eng) 182* 1921 v Aus
MC Cowdrey (Eng) 182 1962 v Pak
PJP Burge (Aus) 181 1961 v Eng
BC Lara (WI) 179 1995 v Eng
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 176 1996 v Eng
G Pullar (Eng) 175 1960 v SAf
ER Dexter (Eng) 172 1962 v Pak
WG Grace (Eng) 170 1886 v Aus
J Hardstaff jnr (Eng) 169* 1938 v Aus
L Hutton (Eng) 165* 1939 v WI
TW Graveney (Eng) 165 1966 v WI
JH Edrich (Eng) 164 1968 v Aus
TW Graveney (Eng) 164 1957 v WI
H Sutcliffe (Eng) 161 1926 v Aus
Best Innings Analysis
DE Malcolm (Eng) 9-57 1994 v SAf
M Muralitharan (SL) 9-65 1998 v Eng
SF Barnes (Eng) 8-29 1912 v SAf
H Trumble (Aus) 8-65 1902 v Eng
MA Holding (WI) 8-92 1976 v Eng
GR Hazlitt (Aus) 7-25 1912 v Eng
GA Lohmann (Eng) 7-36 1886 v Aus
MS Kasprowicz (Aus) 7-36 1997 v Eng
FR Spofforth (Aus) 7-44 1882 v Eng
FR Spofforth (Aus) 7-46 1882 v Eng
DL Underwood (Eng) 7-50 1968 v Aus
JH Wardle (Eng) 7-56 1954 v Pak
PCR Tufnell (Eng) 7-66 1997 v Aus
WH Lockwood (Eng) 7-71 1899 v Aus
GD McGrath (Aus) 7-76 1997 v Eng
GOB Allen (Eng) 7-80 1936 v Ind
GA Faulkner (SAf) 7-84 1912 v Eng
DK Lillee (Aus) 7-89 1981 v Eng
PM Hornibrook (Aus) 7-92 1930 v Eng
Abdul Qadir (Pak) 7-96 1987 v Eng
G Giffen (Aus) 7-128 1893 v Eng
A Cotter (Aus) 7-148 1905 v Eng
M Muralitharan (SL) 7-155 1998 v Eng
SK Warne (Aus) 7-165 2001 v Eng
GAR Lock (Eng) 6-20 1957 v WI
RR Lindwall (Aus) 6-20 1948 v Eng
R Peel (Eng) 6-23 1896 v Aus
PCR Tufnell (Eng) 6-25 1991 v WI
H Trumble (Aus) 6-30 1896 v Eng
BS Chandrasekhar (Ind) 6-38 1971 v Eng
AL Valentine (WI) 6-39 1950 v Eng
JT Hearne (Eng) 6-41 1896 v Aus
DL Underwood (Eng) 6-41 1969 v NZ
SJ Harmison (Eng) 6-46 2004 v WI
Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 6-46 1954 v Eng
NJN Hawke (Aus) 6-47 1964 v Eng
F Martin (Eng) 6-50 1890 v Aus
F Martin (Eng) 6-52 1890 v Aus
Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 6-53 1954 v Eng
RJ Hadlee (NZ) 6-53 1983 v Eng
Best Match Analysis
M Muralitharan (SL) 16-220 1998 v Eng
FR Spofforth (Aus) 14-90 1882 v Eng
MA Holding (WI) 14-149 1976 v Eng
SF Barnes (Eng) 13-57 1912 v SAf
H Trumble (Aus) 12-89 1896 v Eng
Fazal Mahmood (Pak) 12-99 1954 v Eng
DL Underwood (Eng) 12-101 1969 v NZ
F Martin (Eng) 12-102 1890 v Aus
GA Lohmann (Eng) 12-104 1886 v Aus
H Trumble (Aus) 12-173 1902 v Eng
SK Warne (Aus) 12-246 2005 v Eng
GAR Lock (Eng) 11-48 1957 v WI
PCR Tufnell (Eng) 11-93 1997 v Aus
CS Marriott (Eng) 11-96 1933 v WI
KD Boyce (WI) 11-147 1973 v Eng
DK Lillee (Aus) 11-159 1981 v Eng
SK Warne (Aus) 11-229 2001 v Eng
FE Woolley (Eng) 10-49 1912 v Aus
JT Hearne (Eng) 10-60 1896 v Aus
JC Laker (Eng) 10-119 1951 v SAf
DE Malcolm (Eng) 10-138 1994 v SAf
J Briggs (Eng) 10-148 1893 v Aus
AL Valentine (WI) 10-160 1950 v Eng
DK Lillee (Aus) 10-181 1972 v Eng
Abdul Qadir (Pak) 10-211 1987 v Eng
Most Runs
L Hutton (Eng) 1521 @ 89.47
GA Gooch (Eng) 1097 @ 52.24
WR Hammond (Eng) 930 @ 71.54
H Sutcliffe (Eng) 916 @ 91.60
DI Gower (Eng) 905 @ 47.63
MA Atherton (Eng) 859 @ 35.79
DCS Compton (Eng) 798 @ 44.33
G Boycott (Eng) 747 @ 53.36
MC Cowdrey (Eng) 717 @ 44.81
ME Trescothick (Eng) 687 @ 62.45
APE Knott (Eng) 673 @ 37.39
AJ Stewart (Eng) 624 @ 31.20
Most Wickets
IT Botham (Eng) 52 @ 26.52
DL Underwood (Eng) 45 @ 27.80
JC Laker (Eng) 40 @ 15.95
GAR Lock (Eng) 34 @ 15.82
RGD Willis (Eng) 33 @ 28.12
SK Warne (Aus) 32 @ 22.25
JB Statham (Eng) 31 @ 24.55
FS Trueman (Eng) 30 @ 18.10
MA Holding (WI) 27 @ 14.56
H Trumble (Aus) 27 @ 17.67
DE Malcolm (Eng) 27 @ 26.81
DK Lillee (Aus) 27 @ 17.59