Batting records (Men's First-class)

Colin Cowdrey has played the most matches in men's first-class cricket v Australia: 43.

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Overall Innings by innings Match by match Format summary Team summary Opposition summary Ground summary Series summary Year summary

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Colin CowdreyENG	1954-1975	43	75	4	2433	113	34.27	4372	37.72	5	11	5	249	0
David GowerENG	1978-1991	42	77	4	3269	215	44.78	5986	54.61	9	12	3	389	2
Graham GoochENG	1975-1995	42	79	0	2632	196	33.32	5660	46.50	4	16	5	330	6
Jack HobbsENG	1908-1930	41	71	4	3636	187	54.27	5449	46.54	12	15	3	273	4
Wilfred RhodesENG	1899-1926	41	69	14	1706	179	31.02	1717	40.83	1	9	2	108	1
Stuart BroadENG	2009-2023	40	66	12	1019	65	18.87	1577	64.62	0	4	8	122	18
Sachin TendulkarIND	1991-2013	39	74	8	3630	241*	55.00	6110	59.41	11	16	4	434	25
Joe RootENG	2013-2026	39	75	6	2828	180	40.99	5511	51.32	6	18	7	311	13
James AndersonENG	2006-2023	39	63	27	277	29	7.69	754	36.74	0	0	8	39	0
Geoff BoycottENG	1964-1981	38	71	9	2945	191	47.50	8568	34.37	7	14	3	244	0
Courtney WalshWI	1984-2001	38	60	23	278	30*	7.51	687	40.47	0	0	13	13	4
Ian BothamENG	1977-1989	36	59	2	1673	149*	29.35	2686	62.29	4	6	10	211	21
Alastair CookENG	2006-2018	35	64	2	2493	244*	40.21	5288	47.14	5	11	3	283	1
Archie MacLarenENG	1894-1909	35	61	4	1931	140	33.88	2	0.00	5	8	4	148	0
Bob WillisENG	1971-1983	35	58	21	383	26	10.35	1066	35.93	0	0	5	38	1
Viv RichardsWI	1975-1991	34	54	3	2266	208	44.43	3206	68.75	5	14	5	297	18
Alan KnottENG	1968-1981	34	57	6	1682	135	32.98	3706	45.39	2	11	2	190	1
Wally HammondENG	1928-1947	33	58	3	2852	251	51.85	7491	38.07	9	7	2	291	8
Desmond HaynesWI	1978-1993	33	59	6	2233	145	42.13	4279	47.67	5	14	1	265	6
Rahul DravidIND/IWX	1996-2012	33	62	6	2166	233	38.68	5506	39.34	2	13	4	269	4
Ian BellENG	2005-2015	33	60	4	1983	115	35.41	4120	48.13	4	18	5	243	12
Mike AthertonENG	1989-2001	33	66	2	1900	105	29.69	5032	37.76	1	15	7	225	1
Alec StewartENG	1990-2003	33	65	6	1810	107	30.68	3315	54.60	1	13	6	232	3
John EdrichENG	1964-1975	32	57	3	2644	175	48.96	7333	36.06	7	13	0	262	4
Frank WoolleyENG	1909-1934	32	51	1	1664	133*	33.28	1488	60.62	2	11	7	171	6
Dick LilleyENG	1896-1909	32	47	7	801	84	20.02	1	0.00	0	4	9	35	0
Brian LaraWI/IWX	1992-2005	31	58	2	2856	277	51.00	4675	61.09	9	11	5	381	21
Johnny BriggsENG	1884-1899	31	48	5	809	121	18.81	64	34.38	1	2	9	68	0
Godfrey EvansENG	1946-1959	31	53	9	783	50	17.80	531	37.10	0	1	6	64	3
Virat KohliIND	2011-2025	30	53	2	2232	186	43.76	4292	52.00	9	5	3	242	7
VVS LaxmanIND	1998-2012	29	54	5	2434	281	49.67	4480	54.33	6	12	3	338	0
Clive LloydWI	1968-1984	29	48	4	2211	178	50.25	2844	60.72	6	12	2	262	18
Richie RichardsonWI	1984-1995	29	48	4	2175	182	49.43	4486	48.48	9	7	3	284	12
Jacques KallisSA/IWX	1997-2012	29	55	5	2061	147	41.22	4535	45.45	5	10	2	251	12
Gordon GreenidgeWI	1975-1991	29	52	7	1819	226	40.42	3484	48.16	4	8	5	222	11
Tom HaywardENG	1896-1909	29	51	2	1747	137	35.65	6	0.00	2	12	6	143	0
Ben StokesENG	2013-2026	29	55	2	1746	155	32.94	3321	52.57	4	10	4	192	39
Derek UnderwoodENG	1968-1980	29	43	14	371	45*	12.79	886	41.87	0	0	8	39	0
Denis ComptonENG	1938-1956	28	51	8	1842	184	42.84	2397	40.22	5	9	7	155	1
Patsy HendrenENG	1920-1934	28	48	4	1740	169	39.55	3302	45.94	3	10	3	157	4
Herbert SutcliffeENG	1924-1934	27	46	5	2741	194	66.85	6557	34.60	8	16	1	221	3
Leonard HuttonENG	1938-1955	27	49	6	2428	364	56.47	2727	38.91	5	14	2	194	1
Kevin PietersenENG	2005-2014	27	50	2	2158	227	44.96	3852	56.02	4	13	2	240	24
Mike GattingENG	1980-1995	27	48	4	1661	160	37.75	3644	45.58	4	12	6	212	2
Curtly AmbroseWI	1988-1999	27	42	6	385	53	10.69	827	46.55	0	1	8	50	0
Jonny BairstowENG	2013-2023	26	47	2	1406	119	31.24	2629	53.48	2	6	1	168	14
Johnny TyldesleyENG	1899-1909	26	46	1	1389	138	30.87	-	-	3	8	4	116	3
Cheteshwar PujaraIND	2010-2023	25	45	3	2074	204	49.38	4903	42.30	5	11	4	228	4
Javed MiandadPAK	1976-1990	25	40	2	1797	211	47.29	4075	44.10	6	7	1	186	9
Carl HooperWI	1988-1999	25	43	1	1095	102	26.07	2465	44.42	1	6	5	122	7

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