175 plus runs in an innings by England batsmen on away soil

175 plus runs in an innings by England batsmen on away soil

JE Root’s 182 not out in the second test between England and West Indies at St George’s provide the 50th occasion of an England batsman scoring 175 plus runs on away soil. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 KS Ranjitsinhji 175 1 v Australia Sydney 13 Dec 1897
2 RE Foster 287 2 v Australia Sydney 11 Dec 1903
3 JB Hobbs 187 1 v South Africa Cape Town 11 Mar 1910
4 JB Hobbs 187 2 v Australia Adelaide 12 Jan 1912
5 JB Hobbs 178 2 v Australia Melbourne 09 Feb 1912
6 W Rhodes 179 2 v Australia Melbourne 09 Feb 1912
7 CP Mead 181 1 v South Africa Durban 18 Jan 1923
8 H Sutcliffe 176 2 v Australia Melbourne 01 Jan 1925
9 WR Hammond 251 2 v Australia Sydney 14 Dec 1928
10 WR Hammond 200 2 v Australia Melbourne 29 Dec 1928
11 WR Hammond 177 3 v Australia Adelaide 01 Feb 1929
12 EH Hendren 205* 3 v West Indies Port of Spain 01 Feb 1930
13 GB Legge 196 1 v New Zealand Auckland 21 Feb 1930
14 A Sandham 325 1 v West Indies Kingston 03 Apr 1930
15 H Sutcliffe 194 2 v Australia Sydney 02 Dec 1932
16 WR Hammond 227 1 v New Zealand Christchurch 24 Mar 1933
17 WR Hammond 336* 2 v New Zealand Auckland 31 Mar 1933
18 WR Hammond 231* 1 v Australia Sydney 18 Dec 1936
19 WR Hammond 181 1 v South Africa Cape Town 31 Dec 1938
20 E Paynter 243 1 v South Africa Durban 20 Jan 1939
21 WJ Edrich 219 4 v South Africa Durban 03 Mar 1939
22 C Washbrook 195 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 27 Dec 1948
23 TW Graveney 175 2 v India Mumbai (BS) 14 Dec 1951
24 L Hutton 205 2 v West Indies Kingston 30 Mar 1954
25 ER Dexter 205 2 v Pakistan Karachi 02 Feb 1962
26 RW Barber 185 1 v Australia Sydney 07 Jan 1966
27 DL Amiss 262* 3 v West Indies Kingston 16 Feb 1974
28 MH Denness 188 2 v Australia Melbourne 08 Feb 1975
29 MH Denness 181 1 v New Zealand Auckland 20 Feb 1975
30 KWR Fletcher 216 1 v New Zealand Auckland 20 Feb 1975
31 DL Amiss 179 1 v India Delhi 17 Dec 1976
32 G Fowler 201 2 v India Chennai 13 Jan 1985
33 MW Gatting 207 2 v India Chennai 13 Jan 1985
34 GA Hick 178 1 v India Mumbai 19 Feb 1993
35 RA Smith 175 2 v West Indies St John’s 16 Apr 1994
36 MA Atherton 185* 4 v South Africa Johannesburg 30 Nov 1995
37 GP Thorpe 200* 3 v New Zealand Christchurch 13 Mar 2002
38 MP Vaughan 177 1 v Australia Adelaide 21 Nov 2002
39 MP Vaughan 183 3 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2003
40 ME Trescothick 180 3 v South Africa Johannesburg 13 Jan 2005
41 ME Trescothick 193 2 v Pakistan Multan 12 Nov 2005
42 PD Collingwood 206 1 v Australia Adelaide 01 Dec 2006
43 AJ Strauss 177 3 v New Zealand Napier 22 Mar 2008
44 AN Cook 235* 3 v Australia Brisbane 25 Nov 2010
45 KP Pietersen 227 2 v Australia Adelaide 03 Dec 2010
46 AN Cook 189 2 v Australia Sydney 03 Jan 2011
47 AN Cook 176 3 v India Ahmedabad 15 Nov 2012
48 KP Pietersen 186 2 v India Mumbai 23 Nov 2012
59 AN Cook 190 2 v India Kolkata 05 Dec 2012
50 JE Root 182* 2 v West Indies St George’s 21 Apr 2015

 JE Root’s 182 not out in the second test between England and West Indies at St Georges provide the fifth occasion of an England batsman scoring 175 plus runs against West Indies on away soil. All such occasions are listed below. It is interesting to note that each of the five hundreds have an interval of at least twenty years by calendar year between them.

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date Interval
1 A Sandham 325 1 v West Indies Kingston 03 Apr 1930 ———–
2 L Hutton 205 2 v West Indies Kingston 30 Mar 1954 20 Years
3 DL Amiss 262* 3 v West Indies Kingston 16 Feb 1974 20 Years
4 RA Smith 175 2 v West Indies St John’s 16 Apr 1994 20 Years
5 JE Root 182* 2 v West Indies St George’s 21 Apr 2015 21 Years

 JE Root’s 182 not out in the second test between England and West Indies at St Georges provide the eighth occasion of an England batsman scoring unbeaten 175 plus runs against West Indies on away soil. All such occasions are listed below. JE Root’s 182 not out provides the second such occasion against West Indies – the first being 262 not out by DL Amiss at Kingston in Feb 1974

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 WR Hammond 336* 2 v New Zealand Auckland 31 Mar 1933
2 DL Amiss 262* 3 v West Indies Kingston 16 Feb 1974
3 AN Cook 235* 3 v Australia Brisbane 25 Nov 2010
4 WR Hammond 231* 1 v Australia Sydney 18 Dec 1936
5 EH Hendren 205* 3 v West Indies Port of Spain 01 Feb 1930
6 GP Thorpe 200* 3 v New Zealand Christchurch 13 Mar 2002
7 MA Atherton 185* 4 v South Africa Johannesburg 30 Nov 1995
8 JE Root 182* 2 v West Indies St George’s 21 Apr 2015

 

Comments are closed.