England’s Test double century list is lead their former captain Wally Hammond with 7 200+ scores for his country. Hammond converted his first ever 100+ score into a Test double century. He completed his career with 22 100s including 7 200s to his name.
Here, we present a comprehensive breakdown, listing every English batter who has achieved this monumental milestone, along with details of their remarkable innings
England Batters with Test Double Centuries
| Player | Inns | 200s | HS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Hammond | – | 7 | 336* |
| Joe Root | – | 6 | 262 |
| Alastair Cook | – | 5 | 294 |
| Len Hutton | – | 4 | 364 |
| Kevin Pietersen | – | 3 | 227 |
| Dennis Amiss | – | 2 | 262* |
| Denis Compton | – | 2 | 278 |
| Graham Gooch | – | 2 | 333 |
| David Gower | – | 2 | 215 |
| Eddie Paynter | – | 2 | 243 |
| Jonathan Trott | – | 2 | 226 |
| Ken Barrington | – | 1 | 256 |
| Ian Bell | – | 1 | 235 |
| Ian Botham | – | 1 | 208 |
| Geoff Boycott | – | 1 | 246* |
| Harry Brook | – | 1 | 317 |
| PD Collingwood | – | 1 | 206 |
| Zak Crawley | – | 1 | 267 |
| Ted Dexter | – | 1 | 205 |
| John Edrich | – | 1 | 310* |
| Bill Edrich | – | 1 | 219 |
| Keith Fletcher | – | 1 | 216 |
| Tip Foster | – | 1 | 287 |
| Graeme Fowler | – | 1 | 201 |
| Mike Gatting | – | 1 | 207 |
| Tom Graveney | – | 1 | 258 |
| Joe Hardstaff Jr | – | 1 | 205* |
| Patsy Hendren | – | 1 | 205* |
| Jack Hobbs | – | 1 | 211 |
| Nasser Hussain | – | 1 | 207 |
| Robert Key | – | 1 | 221 |
| David Lloyd | – | 1 | 214* |
| Peter May | – | 1 | 285* |
| Ollie Pope | – | 1 | 205 |
| Andrew Sandham | – | 1 | 325 |
| Ben Stokes | – | 1 | 258 |
| Graham Thorpe | – | 1 | 200* |
| Marcus Trescothick | – | 1 | 219 |
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Beyond the Numbers: Trends in England’s Test 200s
Alastair Cook, with an incredible looking stat, has contributed five 200s on his name.
Joe Root, the one of the top two leading run-scorers and century-makers for England in Tests, also has 6 double centuries.
Len Hutton, one of the greatest batsmen to play the game from England, had scored four double tons, including England’s highest individual Test score innings of 364*.
England stands second in the list of most individual 200s by teams.
Apart from Joe Root, Ollie Pope, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, and Zak Crawley are the only others among the current English batters with a Test 200. Stokes, especially, scored some remarkable double century knocks, specifically the innings of 258 in South Africa against the home team, which comes under one of our epics Ben Stokes innings.
Harry Brook, recently became the sixth English batter to score a triple century.
