<page_title> List of Test cricket records </page_title> <section_title> Career runs </section_title> <table> <cell> 7,249 <col_header> 239 </col_header> <col_header> 676 </col_header> <col_header> 860 </col_header> <col_header> 1,277 </col_header> <col_header> 1,293 </col_header> <col_header> 1,366 </col_header> <col_header> 1,531 </col_header> <col_header> 3,412 </col_header> <col_header> 5,410 </col_header> </cell> <cell> England Wally Hammond <row_header> 7,249 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 27 November 1970 <row_header> 7,249 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 7,459 <col_header> 239 </col_header> <col_header> 676 </col_header> <col_header> 860 </col_header> <col_header> 1,277 </col_header> <col_header> 1,293 </col_header> <col_header> 1,366 </col_header> <col_header> 1,531 </col_header> <col_header> 3,412 </col_header> <col_header> 5,410 </col_header> <col_header> 7,249 </col_header> </cell> <cell> England Colin Cowdrey <row_header> 7,459 </row_header> </cell> </table>
Wally Hammond's career aggregate of runs, was the highest in Test cricket until surpassed by, Colin Cowdrey in 1970.