HEA
ENG
Headingley
CITY
Leeds
COUNTRY
England
EST.
1890
CAPACITY
17000
TEST MAT
83
TEST FIRST
29 Jun 1899
ODI MAT
55
ODI FIRST
05 Sep 1973
T20I MAT
2
T20I FIRST
18 Jul 2021
TEST LAST
19 Aug 2026
T20I LAST
22 May 2024
pitch report

Headingley pitch report: Test, ODI & T20I

Every format side by side. Gold marks the highest value on each line.

Headingley by format
TestODIT20I
Matches83522
Avg 1st innings304232200
Avg 2nd innings296213155
Avg 3rd innings242––
Avg 4th innings174––
Highest total653351200
Lowest all out6193200
Bat first wins29191
Chasing wins3626–
Drawn18––
Wickets to pace69%31% spin80%20% spin71%29% spin
VerdictChaseChaseBat first

Averages are from the 131 of 137 matches with a scorecard. The pace and spin shares are of the 2304 wickets whose bowler has a recorded style; 908 do not.

Who wins, by format
Test
35%22%43%
ODI
42%58%
T20I
100%
Bat firstDrawnChase
who rules here

Team records at Headingley

Win rate in each format, ordered by matches played here.

TeamTestODIT20I
England48%39–25 · 82 M53%21–14 · 40 M50%1–0 · 2 M
Australia33%9–10 · 27 M45%5–5 · 11 Mnot played
Pakistan17%2–7 · 12 M50%5–5 · 10 M0%0–1 · 2 M
West Indies54%7–5 · 13 M38%3–3 · 8 Mnot played
South Africa23%3–6 · 13 M17%1–4 · 6 Mnot played
India25%2–5 · 8 M40%4–6 · 10 Mnot played
New Zealand22%2–6 · 9 M75%3–0 · 4 Mnot played
Sri LankaFORTRESS50%1–1 · 2 M50%4–4 · 8 Mnot played
Afghanistannot played0%0–2 · 2 Mnot played
Bangladeshnot played0%0–1 · 1 Mnot played
Zimbabwenot played0%0–0 · 1 Mnot played
East Africanot played0%0–1 · 1 Mnot played
Irelandnot played0%0–0 · 1 Mnot played
Canadanot played0%0–1 · 1 Mnot played

Recent matches at Headingley

ODIEngland v Sri Lanka2026Sri Lanka won by 16 runs
TestEngland v Pakistan2026England won by an innings and 103 runs
ODIEngland v South Africa2025South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 175 balls remaining)
TestEngland v India2025England won by 5 wickets
ODIEngland v Australia2024Australia won by 68 runs
T20IEngland v Pakistan2024Match abandoned without a ball bowled
ODIEngland v Ireland2023Match abandoned without a ball bowled
TestAustralia v England2023England won by 3 wickets
ODISouth Africa v England2022No result
TestNew Zealand v England2022England won by 7 wickets
TestIndia v England2021England won by an innings and 76 runs
T20IEngland v Pakistan2021England won by 45 runs

Records at Headingley

Every board, by format, across every international played here.

Most runs

Test
  1. 4Joe Root12 mat · avg 46.06829
  2. 5Graham Gooch12 mat · avg 36.95776
  3. 6Alastair Cook11 mat · avg 37.79718
  4. 7Alec Stewart11 mat · avg 43.44695
  5. 8Sir Ian Botham10 mat · avg 41.75668
  6. 9Ken Barrington8 mat · avg 59.55655
  7. 10Peter May8 mat · avg 69.00621
  8. 11Mark Butcher6 mat · avg 62.10621
  9. 12Nasser Hussain8 mat · avg 47.77621
  10. 13Kevin Pietersen4 mat · avg 85.14596
  11. 14Jonny Bairstow8 mat · avg 53.64590
  12. 15David Gower11 mat · avg 31.18530
ODI
  1. 4Andrew Strauss5 mat · avg 83.75335
  2. 5Ben Stokes7 mat · avg 67.75271
  3. 6Sanath Jayasuriya2 mat · avg 132.00264
  4. 7Angelo Mathews3 mat · avg 244.00244
  5. 8Graham Gooch7 mat · avg 31.71222
  6. 9Steve Waugh3 mat · avg 94.00188
  7. 10Sunil Gavaskar4 mat · avg 62.00186
  8. 11Jos Buttler8 mat · avg 30.67184
  9. 12Kusal Mendis3 mat · avg 56.67170
  10. 13Alec Stewart6 mat · avg 56.33169
  11. 14Graham Thorpe3 mat · avg 169.00169
  12. 15Moeen Ali8 mat · avg 56.00168
T20I
  1. 4Shadab Khan1 mat · avg 36.0036
  2. 5Moeen Ali1 mat · avg 36.0036
  3. 6Babar Azam1 mat · avg 22.0022
  4. 7Imad Wasim1 mat · avg 20.0020
  5. 8Sohaib Maqsood1 mat · avg 15.0015
  6. 9Chris Jordan1 mat · avg 14.0014
  7. 10Jonny Bairstow1 mat · avg 13.0013
  8. 11Mohammad Hafeez1 mat · avg 10.0010
  9. 12Jason Roy1 mat · avg 10.0010
  10. 13Tom Curran1 mat · avg 9.009
  11. 14Fakhar Zaman1 mat · avg 8.008
  12. 15Matthew Parkinson1 mat · avg 5.005

Most wickets

Test
  1. 4Bob Willis8 mat · avg 19.2840
  2. 5Sir Ian Botham10 mat · avg 23.4233
  3. 6Darren Gough6 mat · avg 22.6131
  4. 7John Snow8 mat · avg 27.5231
  5. 8Jim Laker6 mat · avg 16.9730
  6. 9Tony Lock7 mat · avg 20.4129
  7. 10Ray Illingworth7 mat · avg 21.0426
  8. 11Derek Underwood9 mat · avg 22.3324
  9. 12Sir Curtly Ambrose4 mat · avg 14.8323
  10. 13Malcolm Marshall4 mat · avg 14.3023
  11. 14Derek Pringle6 mat · avg 27.6422
  12. 15Imran Niazi3 mat · avg 14.3821
ODI
  1. 4Chris Woakes4 mat · avg 17.5010
  2. 5Lasith Malinga4 mat · avg 21.0010
  3. 6Andrew Flintoff6 mat · avg 16.339
  4. 7Darren Gough9 mat · avg 36.679
  5. 8Shaheen Afridi2 mat · avg 16.138
  6. 9Bob Willis5 mat · avg 17.758
  7. 10Dennis Lillee4 mat · avg 19.008
  8. 11Moeen Ali8 mat · avg 39.138
  9. 12James Anderson7 mat · avg 33.437
  10. 13David Willey5 mat · avg 26.577
  11. 14Steve Harmison4 mat · avg 30.007
  12. 15Waqar Younis1 mat · avg 5.147
T20I
  1. 4Moeen Ali1 mat · avg 16.002
  2. 5Imad Wasim1 mat · avg 18.502
  3. 6Haris Rauf1 mat · avg 24.002
  4. 7Tom Curran1 mat · avg 22.001
  5. 8Matthew Parkinson1 mat · avg 25.001
  6. 9Shaheen Afridi1 mat · avg 28.001
  7. 10Shadab Khan1 mat · avg 33.001

Highest score

Test
  1. 4Eric Rowan2 mat · avg 121.00236
  2. 5Kevin Pietersen4 mat · avg 85.14226
  3. 6Allan Border4 mat · avg 74.80200
  4. 7Matthew Elliott1 mat · avg 199.00199
  5. 8Sachin Tendulkar1 mat · avg 193.00193
  6. 9Mohammad Yousuf1 mat · avg 100.00192
  7. 10Arthur Morris2 mat · avg 59.00182
  8. 11Alviro Petersen1 mat · avg 198.00182
  9. 12Bill Ponsford1 mat · avg 181.00181
  10. 13Steve Waugh3 mat · avg 338.00177
  11. 14Tim Robinson2 mat · avg 49.50175
  12. 15Sir Garry Sobers4 mat · avg 53.43174
ODI
  1. 4Andrew Strauss5 mat · avg 83.75126
  2. 5Kusal Mendis3 mat · avg 56.67121
  3. 6Marcus Trescothick7 mat · avg 68.00121
  4. 7Steve Waugh3 mat · avg 94.00120
  5. 8Joe Root9 mat · avg 64.29113
  6. 9Angelo Mathews3 mat · avg 244.00113
  7. 10KL Rahul1 mat · avg 111.00111
  8. 11Upul Tharanga1 mat · avg 109.00109
  9. 12Graeme Wood2 mat · avg 55.00108
  10. 13Eoin Morgan9 mat · avg 59.63107
  11. 14Rohit Sharma2 mat · avg 52.50103
  12. 15Mark Greatbatch1 mat · avg 102.00102
T20I
  1. 4Shadab Khan1 mat · avg 36.0036
  2. 5Moeen Ali1 mat · avg 36.0036
  3. 6Babar Azam1 mat · avg 22.0022
  4. 7Imad Wasim1 mat · avg 20.0020
  5. 8Sohaib Maqsood1 mat · avg 15.0015
  6. 9Chris Jordan1 mat · avg 14.0014
  7. 10Jonny Bairstow1 mat · avg 13.0013
  8. 11Mohammad Hafeez1 mat · avg 10.0010
  9. 12Jason Roy1 mat · avg 10.0010
  10. 13Tom Curran1 mat · avg 9.009
  11. 14Fakhar Zaman1 mat · avg 8.008
  12. 15Matthew Parkinson1 mat · avg 5.005

Most hundreds

Test
  1. 4Sir Leonard Hutton6 mat · avg 51.603
  2. 5Kevin Pietersen4 mat · avg 85.143
  3. 6Steve Waugh3 mat · avg 338.002
  4. 7Shai Hope1 mat · avg 265.002
  5. 8Sir Garry Sobers4 mat · avg 53.432
  6. 9Rishabh Pant2 mat · avg 63.752
  7. 10Ricky Ponting4 mat · avg 82.172
  8. 11Allan Lamb8 mat · avg 33.672
  9. 12Cyril Washbrook4 mat · avg 101.802
  10. 13Ben Stokes7 mat · avg 46.552
  11. 14Charles Macartney3 mat · avg 63.602
  12. 15Nasser Hussain8 mat · avg 47.772
ODI
  1. 4Eoin Morgan9 mat · avg 59.631
  2. 5Upul Tharanga1 mat · avg 109.001
  3. 6Graeme Wood2 mat · avg 55.001
  4. 7KL Rahul1 mat · avg 111.001
  5. 8Imran Niazi4 mat · avg 132.001
  6. 9Robin Smith2 mat · avg 67.001
  7. 10Mahela Jayawardene3 mat · avg 80.001
  8. 11Rohit Sharma2 mat · avg 52.501
  9. 12Kusal Mendis3 mat · avg 56.671
  10. 13Steve Waugh3 mat · avg 94.001
  11. 14Angelo Mathews3 mat · avg 244.001
  12. 15Andrew Strauss5 mat · avg 83.751
T20I
Not recorded

Most fifties

Test
  1. 4Graham Gooch12 mat · avg 36.954
  2. 5Alec Stewart11 mat · avg 43.444
  3. 6Neil Harvey4 mat · avg 61.004
  4. 7Wally Hammond5 mat · avg 55.114
  5. 8Saleem Malik3 mat · avg 108.674
  6. 9Frank Woolley5 mat · avg 40.383
  7. 10Graham Thorpe7 mat · avg 33.183
  8. 11Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 47.563
  9. 12Tom Graveney9 mat · avg 33.073
  10. 13Basil D'Oliveira5 mat · avg 59.133
  11. 14Ricky Ponting4 mat · avg 82.173
  12. 15Denis Compton8 mat · avg 39.233
ODI
  1. 4Ben Stokes7 mat · avg 67.752
  2. 5Asif Iqbal3 mat · avg 52.002
  3. 6Sunil Gavaskar4 mat · avg 62.002
  4. 7Graham Thorpe3 mat · avg 169.002
  5. 8Chris Tavaré3 mat · avg 83.502
  6. 9Abdul Razzaq2 mat · avg 67.502
  7. 10Sidath Wettimuny2 mat · avg 36.001
  8. 11Yuvraj Singh1 mat · avg 72.001
  9. 12Alex Hales4 mat · avg 18.251
  10. 13Majid Khan3 mat · avg 24.331
  11. 14Tom Banton1 mat · avg 73.001
  12. 15Hashim Amla1 mat · avg 73.001
T20I
  1. 1Jos Buttler1 mat · avg 59.001

Most sixes

Test
  1. 4Ricky Ponting4 mat · avg 82.176
  2. 5Kevin Pietersen4 mat · avg 85.146
  3. 6Jonny Bairstow8 mat · avg 53.646
  4. 7Sam Loxton1 mat · avg 93.005
  5. 8John Edrich9 mat · avg 53.065
  6. 9Michael Holding3 mat · avg 25.005
  7. 10Basil D'Oliveira5 mat · avg 59.135
  8. 11Keith Miller3 mat · avg 28.405
  9. 12Tim Southee3 mat · avg 22.174
  10. 13Colin Cowdrey8 mat · avg 43.564
  11. 14Andrew Flintoff5 mat · avg 28.224
  12. 15Carl Hooper3 mat · avg 24.254
ODI
  1. 4Moeen Ali8 mat · avg 56.009
  2. 5Jos Buttler8 mat · avg 30.679
  3. 6Joe Root9 mat · avg 64.294
  4. 7Marcus Trescothick7 mat · avg 68.004
  5. 8Jason Holder1 mat · avg 45.004
  6. 9Paul Collingwood7 mat · avg 52.004
  7. 10Mitchell Marsh2 mat · avg 38.503
  8. 11Kevin Pietersen5 mat · avg 42.003
  9. 12Asghar Stanikzai2 mat · avg 41.003
  10. 13Matthew Wade1 mat · avg 50.003
  11. 14Kapil Dev3 mat · avg 42.503
  12. 15Mark Greatbatch1 mat · avg 102.003

Most fours

Test
  1. 4Joe Root12 mat · avg 46.06105
  2. 5Graham Gooch12 mat · avg 36.95105
  3. 6Alec Stewart11 mat · avg 43.4499
  4. 7Sir Ian Botham10 mat · avg 41.7592
  5. 8Nasser Hussain8 mat · avg 47.7789
  6. 9Alastair Cook11 mat · avg 37.7987
  7. 10Allan Lamb8 mat · avg 33.6782
  8. 11Kevin Pietersen4 mat · avg 85.1482
  9. 12Mark Butcher6 mat · avg 62.1081
  10. 13Jonny Bairstow8 mat · avg 53.6475
  11. 14Ken Barrington8 mat · avg 59.5573
  12. 15David Gower11 mat · avg 31.1866
ODI
  1. 4Andrew Strauss5 mat · avg 83.7529
  2. 5Sanath Jayasuriya2 mat · avg 132.0029
  3. 6Graham Gooch7 mat · avg 31.7128
  4. 7Ben Stokes7 mat · avg 67.7523
  5. 8Angelo Mathews3 mat · avg 244.0022
  6. 9Sunil Gavaskar4 mat · avg 62.0021
  7. 10Jonny Bairstow6 mat · avg 30.8020
  8. 11Graham Thorpe3 mat · avg 169.0019
  9. 12Andrew Flintoff6 mat · avg 36.7517
  10. 13Robin Smith2 mat · avg 67.0017
  11. 14Alec Stewart6 mat · avg 56.3317
  12. 15Jos Buttler8 mat · avg 30.6716
T20I
  1. 4Babar Azam1 mat · avg 22.003
  2. 5Liam Livingstone1 mat · avg 38.002
  3. 6Shadab Khan1 mat · avg 36.002
  4. 7Jonny Bairstow1 mat · avg 13.002
  5. 8Imad Wasim1 mat · avg 20.001
  6. 9Sohaib Maqsood1 mat · avg 15.001
  7. 10Chris Jordan1 mat · avg 14.001
  8. 11Jason Roy1 mat · avg 10.001
  9. 12Tom Curran1 mat · avg 9.001
  10. 13Fakhar Zaman1 mat · avg 8.001
  11. 14Matthew Parkinson1 mat · avg 5.001

Most not outs

Test
  1. 4Neil Foster3 mat · avg 14.003
  2. 5Phil Edmonds5 mat · avg 9.603
  3. 6David Gower11 mat · avg 31.183
  4. 7John Snow8 mat · avg 13.383
  5. 8Derek Underwood9 mat · avg 10.603
  6. 9Norman Gifford2 mat · avg 7.003
  7. 10Sandy Bell2 mat · avg 31.003
  8. 11Fred Trueman9 mat · avg 9.713
  9. 12Alec Stewart11 mat · avg 43.443
  10. 13Matt Prior5 mat · avg 48.173
  11. 14Stuart Broad12 mat · avg 19.533
  12. 15Graham Dilley6 mat · avg 11.892
ODI
  1. 4Mujeeb Ur Rahman2 mat · avg 14.002
  2. 5David Willey5 mat · avg 30.002
  3. 6Michael Vaughan4 mat · avg 55.002
  4. 7Darren Gough9 mat · avg 43.002
  5. 8Imad Wasim3 mat · avg 131.002
  6. 9Imran Niazi4 mat · avg 132.002
  7. 10Phil DeFreitas4 mat · avg 27.002
  8. 11Bob Willis5 mat · avg 31.002
  9. 12Paul Collingwood7 mat · avg 52.002
  10. 13Kumar Sangakkara3 mat · avg 93.002
  11. 14Graham Thorpe3 mat · avg 169.002
  12. 15Angelo Mathews3 mat · avg 244.002
T20I
  1. 1Shadab Khan1 mat · avg 36.001
  2. 2Saqib Mahmood1 mat · avg 3.001

Most balls faced

Test
  1. 4Alastair Cook11 mat · avg 37.791,618
  2. 5Donald Bradman4 mat · avg 192.601,484
  3. 6Nasser Hussain8 mat · avg 47.771,483
  4. 7Joe Root12 mat · avg 46.061,462
  5. 8Mike Atherton10 mat · avg 29.391,365
  6. 9Alec Stewart11 mat · avg 43.441,319
  7. 10Mark Butcher6 mat · avg 62.101,182
  8. 11David Gower11 mat · avg 31.181,135
  9. 12Alan Knott9 mat · avg 26.93970
  10. 13Basil D'Oliveira5 mat · avg 59.13963
  11. 14Allan Lamb8 mat · avg 33.67926
  12. 15Sir Ian Botham10 mat · avg 41.75823
ODI
  1. 4Marcus Trescothick7 mat · avg 68.00407
  2. 5Andrew Strauss5 mat · avg 83.75391
  3. 6Sunil Gavaskar4 mat · avg 62.00326
  4. 7Chris Tavaré3 mat · avg 83.50297
  5. 8Ben Stokes7 mat · avg 67.75295
  6. 9Angelo Mathews3 mat · avg 244.00273
  7. 10Graham Thorpe3 mat · avg 169.00239
  8. 11David Gower8 mat · avg 23.33238
  9. 12Imran Niazi4 mat · avg 132.00234
  10. 13Alec Stewart6 mat · avg 56.33229
  11. 14John Wright3 mat · avg 40.33226
  12. 15Steve Waugh3 mat · avg 94.00217
T20I
  1. 4Shadab Khan1 mat · avg 36.0022
  2. 5Moeen Ali1 mat · avg 36.0016
  3. 6Babar Azam1 mat · avg 22.0016
  4. 7Imad Wasim1 mat · avg 20.0013
  5. 8Mohammad Hafeez1 mat · avg 10.0012
  6. 9Sohaib Maqsood1 mat · avg 15.0010
  7. 10Chris Jordan1 mat · avg 14.008
  8. 11Fakhar Zaman1 mat · avg 8.008
  9. 12Tom Curran1 mat · avg 9.007
  10. 13Jonny Bairstow1 mat · avg 13.007
  11. 14Dawid Malan1 mat · avg 1.005
  12. 15Azam Khan1 mat · avg 1.004

Best bowling figures

Test
  1. 4Jason Gillespie2 mat · avg 24.737/37
  2. 5Imran Niazi3 mat · avg 14.387/40
  3. 6Tony Lock7 mat · avg 20.417/51
  4. 7Malcolm Marshall4 mat · avg 14.307/53
  5. 8Charles Macartney3 mat · avg 11.467/58
  6. 9Frank Worrell2 mat · avg 10.007/70
  7. 10Lance Cairns1 mat · avg 14.407/74
  8. 11Glenn McGrath2 mat · avg 23.677/76
  9. 12Tich Freeman1 mat · avg 20.707/115
  10. 13Aubrey Faulkner2 mat · avg 11.676/17
  11. 14Fred Trueman9 mat · avg 18.076/30
  12. 15Shane Watson2 mat · avg 8.506/33
ODI
  1. 4Dennis Lillee4 mat · avg 19.005/34
  2. 5Ashantha de Mel2 mat · avg 12.005/39
  3. 6Abdul Qadir1 mat · avg 8.805/44
  4. 7Chris Woakes4 mat · avg 17.505/54
  5. 8Mike Hendrick3 mat · avg 12.174/15
  6. 9Keshav Maharaj2 mat · avg 5.504/22
  7. 10Andrew Flintoff6 mat · avg 16.334/29
  8. 11Rodney Hogg2 mat · avg 15.604/29
  9. 12Paul Collingwood7 mat · avg 31.334/34
  10. 13Wasim Akram1 mat · avg 10.004/40
  11. 14Lasith Malinga4 mat · avg 21.004/43
  12. 15Shaheen Afridi2 mat · avg 16.134/47
T20I
  1. 4Moeen Ali1 mat · avg 16.002/32
  2. 5Imad Wasim1 mat · avg 18.502/37
  3. 6Haris Rauf1 mat · avg 24.002/48
  4. 7Tom Curran1 mat · avg 22.001/22
  5. 8Matthew Parkinson1 mat · avg 25.001/25
  6. 9Shaheen Afridi1 mat · avg 28.001/28
  7. 10Shadab Khan1 mat · avg 33.001/33

Five-wicket hauls

Test
  1. 4Sir Ian Botham10 mat · avg 23.423
  2. 5Darren Gough6 mat · avg 22.613
  3. 6Jim Laker6 mat · avg 16.973
  4. 7Terry Alderman2 mat · avg 18.163
  5. 8Paul Reiffel2 mat · avg 17.292
  6. 9Bill O'Reilly2 mat · avg 17.072
  7. 10Ollie Robinson3 mat · avg 13.272
  8. 11Sydney Barnes2 mat · avg 12.652
  9. 12Sir Garry Sobers4 mat · avg 19.682
  10. 13Colin Blythe2 mat · avg 9.262
  11. 14Clarrie Grimmett3 mat · avg 22.202
  12. 15Jack Leach2 mat · avg 19.272
T20I
Not recorded

Four-wicket hauls

Test
  1. 4Courtney Walsh4 mat · avg 25.622
  2. 5Mike Hendrick3 mat · avg 17.002
  3. 6Chris Old6 mat · avg 25.672
  4. 7Sir Curtly Ambrose4 mat · avg 14.832
  5. 8Ray Illingworth7 mat · avg 21.042
  6. 9Fred Titmus5 mat · avg 17.502
  7. 10Ryan Sidebottom1 mat · avg 10.752
  8. 11Cyril Vincent2 mat · avg 22.462
  9. 12Fred Trueman9 mat · avg 18.072
  10. 13Tony Lock7 mat · avg 20.412
  11. 14John Lever1 mat · avg 27.671
  12. 15Shannon Gabriel1 mat · avg 29.331
ODI
  1. 4Chris Woakes4 mat · avg 17.501
  2. 5Andrew Flintoff6 mat · avg 16.331
  3. 6Mike Hendrick3 mat · avg 12.171
  4. 7Paul Collingwood7 mat · avg 31.331
  5. 8Stuart Broad4 mat · avg 49.331
  6. 9Rodney Hogg2 mat · avg 15.601
  7. 10Keshav Maharaj2 mat · avg 5.501
  8. 11Wasim Akram1 mat · avg 10.001
  9. 12Pat Cummins1 mat · avg 12.251
  10. 13Carlos Brathwaite1 mat · avg 15.751
T20I
Not recorded