2. Len Hutton (364)
Not many is today’s era are familiar with the name of former England opener Len Hutton. The Englishmen is widely considered as arguably the greatest opening batsman of all time. Hutton was a technician and scored runs with his flawless Textbook technique.
In 1938 at The Oval in London Hutton threw a party as he destroyed the bowling attack of Australia. Hutton played 13 hours long marathon innings and smashed 364 runs that included 35 boundaries. Even after 80 years have gone by Hutton still holds the record for the highest individual score in an Ashes Test.
