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Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Avg	HS	SR	50s	100s	0s	Gold 0s	4s	6s	ct
Herbert Sutcliffe	54	84	9	4555	60.73	194	87.59	23	16	0	2	247	6	23
Eddie Paynter	20	31	5	1540	59.23	243	63.29	7	4	0	3	127	4	7
Ken Barrington	82	131	15	6806	58.67	256	62.19	35	20	0	5	614	27	58
Wally Hammond	85	140	16	7249	58.45	336	74.27	24	22	0	4	503	27	110
Jack Hobbs	61	102	7	5410	56.94	211	18.97	28	15	0	4	316	8	17
Len Hutton	79	138	15	6971	56.67	364	114.63	33	19	0	5	468	7	57
Ernest Tyldesley	14	20	2	990	55.00	122	21.27	6	3	0	2	37	2	2
Joe Root	27	49	7	2273	54.11	200	50.05	11	6	2	0	240	9	25
Gary Ballance	13	23	2	1096	52.19	156	48.11	5	4	1	1	139	8	12
Denis Compton	78	131	15	5807	50.06	278	117.50	28	17	0	10	440	3	49
Phil Mead	17	26	2	1185	49.37	182	37.41	3	4	0	3	38	0	4
Stanley Jackson	20	33	4	1415	48.79	144	18.97	6	5	0	3	118	0	10
Douglas Jardine	22	33	6	1296	48.00	127	61.42	10	1	1	1	53	0	26
Ted Dexter	62	102	8	4502	47.89	205	129.11	27	9	0	6	496	16	29
Geoff Boycott	108	193	23	8114	47.72	246	77.64	42	22	0	10	771	8	33
Patsy Hendren	51	83	9	3525	47.63	205	21.29	21	7	0	4	271	9	33
Kevin Pietersen	104	181	8	8181	47.28	227	61.71	35	23	5	5	986	81	62
Alastair Cook	114	204	12	9000	46.87	294	46.39	42	27	6	1	1034	10	111
Raman Subba Row	13	22	1	984	46.85	137	129.11	4	3	0	0	58	1	5
Peter May	66	106	9	4537	46.77	285	276.63	22	13	0	8	406	12	42
Joe Hardstaff	23	38	3	1636	46.74	205	59.37	10	4	0	4	119	3	9
Jack Robertson	11	21	2	881	46.36	133	233.33	6	2	0	0	26	1	6
Dennis Amiss	50	88	10	3612	46.30	262	77.64	11	11	0	10	427	3	24
Philip Sharpe	12	21	4	786	46.23	111	84.69	4	1	0	1	85	0	17
Maurice Leyland	41	65	5	2764	46.06	187	64.79	10	9	1	5	204	7	13
Ranji	15	26	4	989	44.95	175	18.97	6	2	0	2	79	0	13
Graham Thorpe	100	179	28	6744	44.66	200	45.89	39	16	10	2	778	9	105
Tom Graveney	79	123	13	4882	44.38	258	276.63	20	11	0	8	425	7	80
David Gower	117	204	18	8231	44.25	215	50.59	39	18	7	0	979	10	74
Jonathan Trott	52	93	6	3835	44.08	226	47.18	19	9	7	1	453	0	29
Colin Cowdrey	114	188	15	7624	44.06	182	62.19	38	22	0	9	752	13	120
Geoff Pullar	28	49	4	1974	43.86	175	130.64	12	4	0	3	131	2	2
Marcus Trescothick	76	143	10	5825	43.79	219	54.51	29	14	10	2	831	42	95
Ian Bell	110	190	22	7354	43.77	235	49.89	42	22	9	4	872	38	90
Robin Smith	62	112	15	4236	43.67	175	45.65	28	9	6	2	558	11	39
John Edrich	77	127	9	5138	43.54	310	44.51	24	12	4	2	549	11	43
Cyril Washbrook	37	66	6	2569	42.81	195	117.50	12	6	0	2	154	8	12
Graham Gooch	118	215	6	8900	42.58	333	49.19	46	20	11	2	1079	25	103
Michael Vaughan	82	147	9	5719	41.44	197	51.13	18	18	8	1	742	22	44
Peter Parfitt	37	52	6	1882	40.91	131	78.86	6	7	0	5	200	2	42
Andrew Strauss	100	178	6	7037	40.91	177	48.94	27	21	14	1	867	10	122
Les Ames	47	72	12	2434	40.56	149	202.64	7	8	0	5	172	6	74
Paul Collingwood	68	115	10	4259	40.56	206	46.44	20	10	6	0	471	24	98
Allan Watkins	15	24	4	810	40.50	137	5,062.50	4	2	1	1	16	0	17
Tony Greig	58	93	4	3599	40.43	148	49.63	20	8	5	0	437	19	87
Matt Prior	79	123	21	4099	40.18	131	61.66	28	7	8	5	493	16	245
Basil D'Oliveira	44	70	8	2484	40.06	158	77.64	15	5	0	4	298	14	29
George Gunn	15	29	1	1120	40.00	122	18.97	7	2	0	3	85	2	15
Bill Edrich	39	63	2	2440	40.00	219	117.50	13	6	0	3	244	9	39
Keith Fletcher	59	96	14	3272	39.90	216	31.89	19	7	0	6	355	6	54
Mike Denness	28	45	3	1667	39.69	188	43.01	7	4	0	2	192	2	28