In last 2 years( 25 Test matches), England’s Avg 1st Inn score is 397, & a score of 350 or more have been achieved regularly(17 times) by them, and so far they haven’t lost a single game with that score.
List of 1st Innings score for England
| Date | Vs | Result | Venue | Runs | Wkts | Ovrs | Opening Stand |
| July 2009 | Aus | D | Cardiff | 435 | 10 | 106.5 | 21 |
| July 2009 | Aus | W | Lord’s | 425 | 10 | 101.4 | 196 |
| July 2009 | Aus | D | Edgbaston | 376 | 10 | 93.3 | 2 |
| Aug 2009 | Aus | L | Leeds | 102 | 10 | 33.5 | 11 |
| Aug 2009 | Aus | W | Oval | 332 | 10 | 90.5 | 12 |
| Dec 2009 | SA | D | Centurion | 356 | 10 | 104 | 25 |
| Dec 2009 | SA | W | Durban | 574 | 9 | 170 | 71 |
| Jan 2010 | SA | D | Cape Town | 273 | 10 | 88 | 2 |
| Jan 2010 | SA | L | Wanderers | 180 | 10 | 47.5 | 0 |
| March 2010 | Bangladesh | W | Chittangong | 599 | 6 | 138.3 | 72 |
| March 2010 | Bangladesh | W | Dhaka | 496 | 10 | 173.3 | 29 |
| May 2010 | Bangladesh | W | Lord’s | 505 | 10 | 125 | 7 |
| June 2010 | Bangladesh | W | Old Trafford | 419 | 10 | 121.3 | 44 |
| July 2010 | Pak | W | Trent Bride | 354 | 10 | 104.1 | 42 |
| Aug 2010 | Pak | W | edgbaston | 251 | 10 | 83.1 | 44 |
| Aug 2010 | Pak | L | Oval | 233 | 10 | 62.3 | 9 |
| Aug 2010 | Pak | W | Lord’s | 446 | 10 | 139.2 | 31 |
| Nov 2010 | Aus | D | Gabba | 260 | 10 | 76.5 | 0 |
| Dec 2010 | Aus | W | Adelaide | 620 | 5 | 152 | 3 |
| Dec 2010 | Aus | L | WACA | 187 | 10 | 62.3 | 78 |
| Dec 2010 | Aus | W | MCG | 513 | 10 | 159.1 | 159 |
| Jan 2011 | Aus | W | SCG | 644 | 10 | 177.5 | 98 |
| May 2011 | Sri Lanka | W | Cardiff | 496 | 6 | 155 | 46 |
| June 2011 | Sri Lanka | D | Lord’s | 486 | 10 | 112.5 | 5 |
| June 2011 | Sri Lanka | D | Southampton | 377 | 8 | 92.4 | 4 |
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