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England

Test status granted
1877
First Test match
v Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 15–19 March 1877
Captain of Test and ODI teams
Andrew Strauss
Captain of Twenty20
Paul Collingwood
Coach
Andy Flower
Official ICC Test and ODI ranking
5th (Test), 5th (ODI)
Test matches– This year
89112
Last Test match
v Australia (The Ashes)
Wins/losses– This year
310/2584/2
As of 23 August 2009
The England cricket team (Welsh: Tîm criced Lloegr) is the cricket team which represents England and Wales. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) from 1903 until the end of 1996.[1][2]
England and Australia were the first teams to be granted Test status on 15 March 1877 and they gained full membership to the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 15 June 1909. England and Australia also took part in the first One Day International (ODI) on 5 January 1971. England played their first Twenty20 match on 13 June 2005, facing Australia once again.
As of 23 August 2009, England have won 310 of the 891 Test matches they have played and are ranked fifth in the ICC Test Championship.[3][4] They have finished runners-up in 3 Cricket World Cups (1979, 1987 and 1992), and have also been runners up once in the ICC Champions Trophy in 2004. England were also the 1998 ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Winners, the only tournament that they have won. They are currently ranked fifth in the ICC ODI Championship.[4]
England are the current holders of the Ashes, which is a contest between England and Australia and which has been played since the late 19th century.
Contents[hide]
1 History
1.1 Early tours
1.2 The Ashes
1.3 Inter-war period
1.4 Post-war period
1.5 1971 to 2000
1.6 21st century
2 Upcoming fixtures
3 Performances
4 Governing body
5 Team colours
6 International grounds
6.1 Test and ODI
6.2 ODI only
7 Statistics and records
7.1 Tournament History
7.1.1 World Cup
7.1.2 ICC Champions Trophy
7.1.3 ICC World Twenty20
7.2 England record in Test Matches
7.2.1 Team records
7.2.2 Individual records
7.2.3 Batting
7.2.4 Bowling
7.2.5 Fielding
7.3 England record in One Day Internationals
7.3.1 Team records
7.3.2 Individual records
7.3.3 Batting
7.3.4 Bowling
7.3.5 Wicketkeeping
7.4 Most England Test Caps
8 Current squad
8.1 Coaching staff
9 Eligibility of players
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
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[edit] History
For more details on this topic, see History of the England Cricket Team pre 1939 and History of the England Cricket Team since 1945.

The first England team to tour Australia.
The first recorded incidence of a team with a claim to represent England comes from 9 July 1739 when an "All-England" team which consisted of eleven gentlemen from any part of England, exclusive of Kent. This team played against 'the Unconquerable County' of Kent and lost by a 'very few notches'. Such matches were repeated on numerous occasions for the best part of the century.
In 1846 William Clarke formed the All-England Eleven. This team would eventually compete against a United All-England Eleven with annual matches occurring between 1857 to 1866. These matches were arguably the most important contest of the English season, if judged by the quality of the players.
[edit] Early tours
The first overseas tour occurred in September 1859 with England going to North America. This team had six players from the All-England Eleven and six from the United All-England Eleven, and was captained by George Parr. With the outbreak of the American Civil War, attention turned to Australia and New Zealand with the inaugural tour of Australia taking place in 1861–2. England would visit New Zealand in 1863–64 with the tour being the first to be organised by the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC). Most tours prior to 1877 were played "against odds", meaning the opposing team was permitted to have more than 11 players (usually 22) in order to make for a more even contest.[5] As a result these matches were not considered first-class matches and were organised purely for commercial reasons.[5]
James Lillywhite led the England team which sailed on the P&O steamship Poonah on 21 September 1876. They would play a combined Australian XI, for once on even terms of 11 a side. The match, starting on 15 March 1877 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground came to be regarded as the first Test match. The combined Australian XI won this Test match by 45 runs with Charles Bannerman of Australia scoring the first Test century. At the time this match carried little significance and was classed as another tour match and was labelled as the James Lillywhite's XI v South Australia and New South Wales.[5] The first Test match on English soil occurred in 1880 with England winning this series 1–0. The series was also the first for England to field a fully representative side with W.G. Grace being present in the team.[6]
[edit] The Ashes
England would lose their first home series 1–0 in 1882 with The Sporting Times famously printing an obituary on English cricket:

In Affectionate Remembrance of ENGLISH CRICKET, which died at the Oval on 29th AUGUST, 1882, Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances R.I.P. N.B. - The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.[7]

As a result of this loss the tour of 1882–83 was dubbed by England captain Ivo Bligh as "the quest to regain the ashes". England with a mixture of amateurs and professionals won the series 2–1.[8] Bligh was presented with an urn that contained some ashes, which have variously been said to be of a bail, ball or even a woman's veil and so The Ashes was born. A fourth match was then played which Australia won by 4 wickets but the match was not considered part of the Ashes series.[8][9] England would dominate many of these early contests with England winning the Ashes series 10 times between 1884–98.[10] During this period England also played their first Test match against South Africa in 1889 at Port Elizabeth.[11]
The 1899 Ashes series was the first tour where the MCC and the counties appointed a selection committee. There were three active players: Lord Hawke, W.G. Grace and HW Bainbridge who was the captain of Warwickshire. Prior to this, England teams for home Tests had been chosen by the club on whose ground the match was to be played.
The turn of the century saw mixed results for England as they lost four of the eight Ashes series between 1900 and 1914.[12] During this period England would lose their first series against South Africa in the 1905/06 season 4–1 as their batting faltered.[13] The 1912 season saw England take part in a unique experiment. A nine Test triangular tournament involving England, South Africa and Australia was set-up. The series was hampered by a very wet summer and player disputes however and the tournament was considered a failure with the Daily Telegraph stating:[14]

Nine Tests provide a surfeit of cricket, and contests between Australia and South Africa are not a great attraction to the British public.

With Australia sending a weakened team and the South African bowlers being ineffective England dominated the tournament winning four of their six matches. The Australia v South Africa match, at Lord's, was notable for a visit by King George V, the first time a reigning monarch had watched Test cricket.[15] England would go on one more tour against South Africa before the outbreak of World War I.
[edit] Inter-war period
England's first match after the war was in the 1920–21 season against Australia. Still feeling the effects of the war England went down to a series of crushing defeats, and suffered their first whitewash losing the series 5–0. Six Australians scored hundreds while Mailey spun out 36 English batsmen. Things were no better in the next few Ashes series losing the 1921 Ashes series 3–0 and the 1924–5 Ashes 4–1. England's fortunes were to change in 1926 as they regained the Ashes and were a formidable team during this period dispatching Australia 4–1 in the 1928–29 Ashes tour.
On the same year the West Indies became the fourth nation to be granted Test status and played their first game against England. England won each of these three Tests by an innings, and a view was expressed in the press that their elevation had proved a mistake although Learie Constantine did the double on the tour. In the 1929–30 season England went on two concurrent tours with one team going to New Zealand (who were granted Test status earlier that year) and the other to the West Indies. Despite sending two separate teams England won both tours beating New Zealand 1–0 and the West Indies 2–1.

Bill Woodfull evades a Bodyline ball. Note the number of leg-side fielders.
The 1930 Ashes series saw a young Don Bradman dominate the tour, scoring 974 runs in his seven Test innings. He scored 254 at Lord's, 334 at Headingley and 232 at the Oval. Australia regained the Ashes winning the series 3–1. As a result of Bradman's prolific run-scoring the England captain Douglas Jardine chose to develop the already existing leg theory into fast leg theory, or bodyline, as a tactic to stop Bradman. Fast leg theory involved bowling fast balls directly at the batsman's body. The batsman would need to defend himself, and if he touched the ball with the bat, he risked being caught by one of a large number of fielders placed on the leg side.
Using his fast leg theory England won the next Ashes series 4–1. But complaints about the Bodyline tactic caused crowd disruption on the tour, and threats of diplomatic action from the Australian Cricket Board, which during the tour sent the following cable to the MCC in London:

Bodyline bowling assumed such proportions as to menace best interests of game, making protection of body by batsmen the main consideration. Causing intensely bitter feeling between players as well as injury. In our opinion is unsportsmanlike. Unless stopped at once likely to upset friendly relations existing between Australia and England.

Later, Jardine was removed from the captaincy and the laws of cricket changed so that no more than one fast ball aimed at the body was permitted per over, and having more than two fielders behind square leg were banned.
England's following tour of India in the 1933–34 season was the first Test match to be staged in the subcontinent. The series was also notable for Morris Nichols and Nobby Clark bowling so many bouncers that the Indian batsman wore solar topees instead of caps to protect themselves.
Australia won the 1934 Ashes series 2–1 and would keep the urn for the following 19 years. Many of the wickets of the time were friendly to batsmen resulting in a large proportion of matches ending in high scoring draws and many batting records being set.
The 1938–39 tour of South Africa saw another experiment with the deciding Test being a timeless Test that was played to a finish. England lead 1–0 going into the final timeless match at Durban. Despite the final Test being ‘timeless’ the game ended in a draw, after 10 days as England had to catch the train to catch the boat home. A record 1981 runs were scored, and the concept of timeless Tests was abandoned. England would go in one final tour of the West Indies in 1939 before the World War II, although a team for an MCC tour of India was selected more in hope than expectation of the matches being played.
[edit] Post-war period
After World War II, England fell under difficult times suffering a heavy defeat 3–0 to Australia. This followed by a 4–0 loss to Bradman's 'invincibles' and a stunning 2–0 loss to the West Indies. These loses were tempered by victories against India and South Africa.
Their fortunes would change in the 1953 Ashes tour as they won the series 1–0. England would not lose a series between their 1950–51 and 1958–59 tours of Australia and secured famous victory in 1954–55 thanks to Typhoon Tyson whose 6–85 at Sydney and 7–27 at Melbourne are remembered as the fastest bowling ever seen in Australia. The 1956 series was remembered for the bowling of Jim Laker who took 46 wickets at 9.62 which included bowling figures of 19/90 at Old Trafford. After drawing to South Africa, England defeated the West Indies and New Zealand comfortably. The England team would then leave for Australia in the 1958–59 season with a team that had been hailed as the strongest ever to leave on an Ashes tour but lost the series 4–0 as Richie Benaud's revitalised Australians were too strong.
The early and middle 1960s were poor periods for English cricket. Despite England's strength on paper, Australia held the Ashes and the West Indies dominated England in the early part of the decade. However, from 1968 to 1971 they played 27 consecutive Test matches without defeat, winning 9 and drawing 18 (including the abandoned Test at Melbourne in 1970–71). The sequence began when they drew with Australia at Lords in the Second Test of the 1968 Ashes series and ended in 1971 when India won the Third Test at the Oval by 4 wickets. They played 13 Tests with only one defeat immediately beforehand and so played a total of 40 consecutive Tests with only one defeat, dating from their innings victory over the West Indies at The Oval in 1966. During this period they beat New Zealand, India, the West Indies, Pakistan and, under Ray Illingworth's determined leadership, regained the The Ashes from Australia in 1970–71.
[edit] 1971 to 2000
They then suffered a loss of form losing to India and a rising West Indian side. This culminated in a 4–1 defeat in the 1974–75 Ashes series. The inaugural 1975 Cricket World Cup saw England reach the semi-finals and was to be the turning point in England's fortunes. The results of the Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket (WCS) were felt in Test cricket with Australia and Pakistan losing many of its star players. England replaced captain Tony Greig, who had joined WCS, with Mike Brearley while Geoffrey Boycott returned from his Test exile. England would defeat a divided Australian side 3–0 in the centenary Ashes series. This was followed by a comfortable 4–0 win against Pakistan and a World Cup final appearance against the West Indies.
With Ian Botham and Bob Willis at their peak with the ball, Boycott and Graham Gooch opening the batting, and a young David Gower in the middle order, England had a promising team whose early results were encouraging. However, the team's lack of real quality was evidenced by a string of defeats, some heavy, against West Indies, the outstanding Test team at the time. England won the 1981 Ashes series 3–1, coming from behind after Brearley, who had retired, was reinstated as captain. The third Test at Headingley saw England win by 18 runs after following-on, only the second time in the history of England v Australia Tests that this has been achieved. After losing the Ashes in 1982–83, England recovered them in 1985 when they comfortably beat a poor Australian team. But England suffered two series "whitewashes" against the West Indies in 1984 and on the 1985–86 tour.
A shocked England team never truly recovered from this defeat and, although they managed to retain the Ashes in 1986–87, they would only win one further Test series in the 1980s against newcomers Sri Lanka. Australia meanwhile staged a recovery and easily defeated England in 1989 to begin a long period of domination.
England continued to decline through the 1990s, a situation not helped by squabbles between players and selectors. Another reason for their poor performances were the demands of County Cricket teams on their players, meaning that England could rarely field a full strength team on their tours. This would eventually lead to the ECB taking over the MCC as the governing body of England and the implementation of central contracts.
There was a string of disappointing results as England did not win a Test match for two and half years. However, England's performance in ODI cricket was still good, as they defeated Australia, the West Indies and South Africa to reach the final of the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Shortly after the World Cup Mike Atherton replaced Gooch as England captain but his captaincy was regarded as a failure with England winning only one Test series under his captaincy. A surprise win against South Africa in 1998 was England's first five Test series win since 1986–87, but this would be a false dawn as they were eliminated in the first round of the 1999 Cricket World Cup (which they hosted) and lost a home Test series against New Zealand 2–1, resulting in England being officially ranked as the worst Test nation at the end of the 20th century.[16]
[edit] 21st century
With the appointment of Duncan Fletcher as coach and Nasser Hussain as captain, England began to rebuild the team. They won four consecutive Test series which included impressive wins against West Indies (a first in 32 years) and Pakistan. England were still no match for Steve Waugh's Australia and lost the 2001 Ashes 4–1. Good results against India and Sri Lanka gave England some hope for the 2002–03 Ashes series but a 4–1 defeat showed that they were still inferior to Australia. But that setback did not stop England's resurgence as they defeated the West Indies 3–0 and followed up with whitewashes against New Zealand and the West Indies at home. A victory in the first Test against South Africa at Port Elizabeth meant England had won their eighth successive Test, their best sequence of Test match wins for 75 years.
In 2005, England under Michael Vaughan's captaincy and aided by Kevin Pietersen's batting in his maiden series (most notably 158 at the Oval), and Andrew Flintoff's superb all-round performances, defeated Australia 2–1 to regain the Ashes for the first time in 18 years.
Following the 2005 Ashes win, the team suffered from a serious spate of injuries to key players such as Vaughan, Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Steve Harmison and Simon Jones. As a result, the team underwent an enforced period of transition.
In the home Test series victory against Pakistan in July and August 2006, several promising new players emerged. Most notable were the left-arm orthodox spin bowler Monty Panesar, the first Sikh to play Test cricket for England; and left-handed opening batsman Alastair Cook. Meanwhile England's injury problems allowed previously marginal Test players such as Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell to consolidate their places in the team.
The 2006–07 Ashes series was keenly anticipated and was expected to provide a level of competition comparable to the 2005 series. In the event, England, captained by Flintoff, lost all 5 Tests to concede the first Ashes whitewash in 86 years.
England's form in ODIs had been consistently poor. They only narrowly avoided the ignominy of having to play in the qualifying rounds of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy. Despite this, in the ODI triangular in Australia, England recorded its first ODI tournament win overseas since 1997. But, in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, England lost to most of the Test playing nations they faced, beating only the West Indies and Bangladesh, although they also avoided defeat by any of the non-Test playing nations. Even so, the unimpressive nature of most of their victories in the tournament, combined with heavy defeats by New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, left many commentators criticising the manner in which the England team approached the one-day game. Coach Duncan Fletcher resigned after eight years in the job as a result and was succeeded by former Sussex coach Peter Moores.
Since then, England's Test record has been indifferent and the team has slumped to fifth in the ICC rankings. There was a convincing 3–0 Test series win over West Indies in 2007 but it was followed in the second half of the summer by a 1–0 loss to India, although England did defeat India 4–3 in the LOI series.
In 2007, England toured Sri Lanka and New Zealand, losing the first series 1–0 and winning the second 2–1. They followed up at home in May 2007 with a 2–0 win against New Zealand, these results easing the pressure on Moores, who was not at ease with his team, particularly Pietersen, who succeeded Vaughan as captain in 2008, after England had been well beaten by South Africa at home.
The poor relationship between Moores and Pietersen came to a head in India on the 2008–09 tour. England lost the series 1–0 and both men resigned their positions, although Pietersen remained a member of the England team. Against this background, England toured the West Indies and, in a disappointing performance, lost the Test series 1–0. Almost immediately, they played West Indies in a home series which they won 1–0.
The second Twenty20 World Cup was held in England in 2009 but England suffered an opening day defeat to the Netherlands. They recovered to defeat both eventual champions Pakistan and reigning champions India but were then knocked out by West Indies.
This was followed by the 2009 Ashes series which featured the first Test match played in Wales, at SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff. England drew that match thanks to a last wicket stand by bowlers James Anderson and Monty Panesar. They won the Second Test at Lords while the rain-affected Third Test at Edgbaston was drawn. In the Fourth Test at Headingley, England suffered one of their worst results for some years and were heavily beaten by an innings. The series was decided at The Oval, where England had to win to recover the Ashes. Thanks to fine bowling by Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann and a debut century by Jonathan Trott, England won by 177 runs.
This victory has left England in fifth place in the ICC rankings but it had the effect of demoting Australia from first to fourth. England's next series is away to South Africa, who have taken over the top ranking.
HOME
AWAY
Test
One Day International
Twenty20
Test
One Day International
Twenty20
Last match won
5th Test v Australia 2009
7th ODI v Australia 2009
ICC World T20 v India 2009
3rd Test v New Zealand 2008
4th ODI v South Africa 2009
1st Twenty20 v South Africa 2009
Last match lost
4th Test v Australia 2009
6th ODI v Australia 2009
ICC World T20 v West Indies 2009
1st Test v West Indies 2009
3rd ODI v South Africa 2009
2nd Twenty20 v South Africa 2009
Last series won
Australia 2009
West Indies 2009
New Zealand 2008
New Zealand 2008
South Africa 2009
New Zealand 2008
Last series lost
South Africa 2008
Australia 2009
West Indies 2009
India 2008
West Indies 2009
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[edit] Upcoming fixtures
England will tour South Africa between November 2009 and January 2010.
England will tour and host Bangladesh in 2010
England will host Pakistan in August to September 2010.
England will tour Australia between November 2010 and February 2011.
England will host India in 2011. The teams will contest 4 Test matches, 5 ODI matches and a Twenty20 match.
England will host Sri Lanka in 2011.
[edit] Performances
England have traditionally been one of the stronger teams in international cricket, fielding a competitive side for most of cricket's history. Up to the end of 2007 England had played 867 Test matches, winning 301 (34.72%), losing 252 (29.06%), and drawing 314 (36.22%) 639 players had been capped for their country. Up to the Super 8 World Cup match against Australia on April 8, 2007, England had played 464 ODIs, winning 224 (48.28%), losing 221 (47.63%), tying 4 (0.86%) and having 15 (3.23%) with no result. 203 players had played for England in ODIs up to that date.
After Australia won The Ashes for the first time in 1881–82 England had to fight with them for primacy and one of the fiercest rivalries in sport dominated the cricket world for seventy years. In 1963 this duopoly of cricket dominance began to fall away with the emergence of a strong West Indies team.
England failed to win a series against the West Indies between 1969 and 2000. England similarly failed to compete with Australia for a long period and the The Ashes stayed in Australian hands between 1989 and 2005. England struggled against other nations over this period as well and after a series loss to New Zealand in 1999 they were ranked at the bottom of the ICC Test cricket ratings. From 2000, English cricket had a resurgence and England reached the final of the ICC Champions Trophy in 2004 and regained The Ashes in 2005. The team was second behind Australia in the Test rankings following victory in the 2005 Ashes series, although the 2006–07 whitewash, coupled with a 2008 series defeat to South Africa, and the 2008–09 series loss to the West Indies means England are ranked 5th in the ICC Test rankings as of May 2009. ODI performances have been very poor with England falling to 7th place in the ICC rankings.
In the 2006/07 tour of Australia The Ashes were lost in a 0–5 "whitewash" (see 2006-07 Ashes series) but England did succeed in clinching victory in the Commonwealth bank ODI Tri-series against Australia and New Zealand. The loss of The Ashes prompted the announcement by the England and Wales Cricket Board of an official review of English cricket amid much criticism from the media, former players and fans. England failed to reach the semi finals of the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies after defeats against New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
In the summer of 2009 England regained The Ashes in a 2–1 series win with a 197 run victory against Australia at the Brit Oval, Kennington, London (20-23 August). Andrew Strauss was named nPower Man of the Series and all-rounder Andrew Flintoff retired from international Test cricket at the end of the 5th Test.
[edit] Governing body
Main article: England and Wales Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the governing body of English cricket and the England cricket team. The Board has been operating since 1 January 1997 and represents England on the International Cricket Council. The ECB is also responsible for the generation of income from the sale of tickets, sponsorship and broadcasting rights, primarily in relation to the England team. The ECB's income in the 2006 calendar year was £77.0 million.[17]
Prior to 1997 the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) was the governing body for the English team. Apart from in Test matches, when touring abroad the England team officially played as MCC up to and including the 1976–77 tour of Australia, reflecting the time when MCC had been responsible for selecting the touring party. The last time the England touring team wore the bacon-and-egg colours of the MCC was on the 1996–97 tour of New Zealand.
[edit] Team colours
England's kit is manufactured by Adidas, who replaced previous manufacturer Admiral on 1 April 2008.[18]
When playing Test cricket, England's cricket whites feature red piping across the chest and trouser legs. The three lions badge is on the left of the shirt and the name and logo of the sponsor Vodafone is on the right. The Adidas logo features on the right sleeve. English fielders may wear a navy blue cap or sun hat with the ECB logo in the middle. Helmets are coloured similarly.
In limited overs cricket, England's ODI and Twenty20 shirts feature the Vodafone name and logo across the centre, with the three lions badge on the left of the shirt and the Adidas logo on the right. In one-day cricket, England wear a navy shirt and navy trousers. In Twenty20 cricket, England wear navy trousers and a red shirt.
[edit] International grounds
Main article: List of cricket grounds in England and Wales
[edit] Test and ODI
Listed in order of date first used for Test match
The Oval, London (Surrey)
Old Trafford, Manchester (Lancashire)
Lord's, London (Middlesex)
Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)
Headingley, Leeds (Yorkshire)
Edgbaston, Birmingham (Warwickshire)
Bramall Lane, Sheffield (Yorkshire)
Riverside, Durham (County Durham)
SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff (Glamorgan)
[edit] ODI only
Bristol (Gloucestershire)
Rose Bowl, Southampton. Test and ODI status from summer 2011. (Hampshire)
[edit] Statistics and records
[edit] Tournament History
[edit] World Cup
1975: Semi-Final
1979: Runners up
1983: Semi-Final
1987: Runners up
1992: Runners up
1996: Quarter-Final
1999: Group Stage
2003: Group Stage
2007: Super Eight Stage
2011:
[edit] ICC Champions Trophy
(known as the "ICC Knockout" in 1998 and 2000)
1998: Quarter-Final
2000: Quarter-Final
2002: Group Stage
2004: Runners up
2006: Group Stage
2009: Semi-Final
[edit] ICC World Twenty20
2007: Super Eight Stage
2009: Super Eight Stage
2010:
[edit] England record in Test Matches
Table correct 23 August 2009
Won
Tied
Lost
Drawn
Total
v Australia
home
45
-
47
64
156
away
54
-
85
26
165
total
99
-
132
90
321
v Bangladesh
home
2
-
-
-
2
away
2
-
-
-
2
total
4
-
-
-
4
v India
home
23
-
5
20
48
away
11
-
14
26
51
total
34
-
19
46
99
v New Zealand
home
27
-
4
19
50
away
18
-
4
22
44
total
45
-
8
41
94
v Pakistan
home
17
-
8
18
43
away
2
-
4
18
24
total
19
-
12
36
67
v South Africa
home
27
-
11
23
61
away
28
-
17
28
73
total
55
-
28
51
134
v Sri Lanka
home
5
-
2
3
10
away
3
-
4
4
11
total
8
-
6
7
21
v West Indies
home
30
-
29
21
80
away
13
-
24
28
65
total
43
-
53
49
145
v Zimbabwe
home
3
-
-
1
4
away
-
-
-
2
2
total
3
-
-
3
6
Home
179
-
106
169
454
Away
131
-
152
154
437
Overall
310
-
258
323
891
% Breakdown
34.79%
0%
28.96%
36.25%
100%
Main article: List of England Test cricket records
[edit] Team records
Highest team total: 903–7 dec v Australia at The Oval in 1938
Lowest team total: 45 v Australia at Sydney in 1886/87
[edit] Individual records
Most matches: 133 Tests – Alec Stewart
Longest Serving Captain: 54 Tests – Michael Atherton
[edit] Batting
Most runs: 8900 – Graham Gooch
Best average: 60.73 – Herbert Sutcliffe
Highest individual score: 364 – Len Hutton v Australia at The Oval in 1938
Record partnership: 411 – Colin Cowdrey and Peter May v West Indies at Birmingham in 1957
Most centuries: 22 – Wally Hammond, Colin Cowdrey and Geoffrey Boycott
England's most prolific opening partnership was Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe. In 38 innings they averaged 87.81 for the first wicket, with 15 century partnerships and 10 others of 50 or more.
Most ducks: 21 – Steve Harmison
[edit] Bowling
Most wickets: 383 – Ian Botham
Best average: 10.75 – George Lohmann
Best innings bowling: 10/53 – Jim Laker v Australia at Manchester in 1956
Best match bowling: 19/90 – Jim Laker v Australia at Manchester in 1956
Best strike rate: 34.1 – George Lohmann
Best economy rate: 1.31 – William Attewell
5 England bowlers have taken 4 wickets in an over, 3 of these at Headingley. Maurice Allom for England v New Zealand at Christchurch in 1929–30, Kenneth Cranston for England v South Africa at Headingley in 1947, Fred Titmus for England v New Zealand at Headingley in 1965, Chris Old for England v Pakistan at Edgbaston in 1978 and Andy Caddick for England v West Indies at Headingley in 2000.
[edit] Fielding
Most catches by an outfielder: 120 – Ian Botham and Colin Cowdrey
Most dismissals as wicketkeeper: 269 – Alan Knott
Most dismissals in an innings: 7 – Bob Taylor v India at Bombay in 1979/80
Most dismissals in a match: 11 – Jack Russell v South Africa at Johannesburg in 1995/96
[edit] England record in One Day Internationals
Correct up to 29 November 2009
Won
Tied
Lost
No Result
Total
v Australia
home
17
2
23
1
43
away
19
-
30
1
50
neutral
2
-
6
-
8
total
38
2
59
2
101
v Bangladesh
home
3
-
-
-
3
away
3
-
-
-
3
neutral
2
-
-
-
2
total
8
-
-
-
8
v Canada
home
1
-
-
-
1
neutral
1
-
-
-
1
total
2
-
-
-
2
v East Africa
home
1
-
-
-
1
v India
home
15
-
11
2
28
away
13
-
21
-
34
neutral
2
-
6
-
8
total
30
-
38
2
70
v Ireland
away
2
-
-
-
2
neutral
1
-
-
-
1
total
3
-
-
-
3
v Kenya
home
1
-
-
-
1
neutral
1
-
-
-
1
total
2
-
-
-
2
v Namibia
neutral
1
-
-
-
1
v Netherlands
home
-
-
1
-
1
neutral
2
-
-
-
2
v New Zealand
home
9
-
5
1
15
away
13
2
16
2
32
neutral
6
-
10
-
16
total
28
1
31
3
63
v Pakistan
home
19
-
11
1
31
away
9
-
10
-
19
neutral
7
-
5
1
13
total
35
-
26
2
63
v South Africa
home
10
-
5
1
16
away
5
1
14
2
22
neutral
3
-
4
-
7
total
18
1
23
3
45
v Sri Lanka
home
8
-
7
-
15
away
4
-
9
-
13
neutral
11
-
5
-
16
total
23
-
21
-
44
v United Arab Emirates
neutral
1
-
-
-
1
v West Indies
home
16
-
15
2
33
away
13
-
22
3
38
neutral
11
-
6
-
17
total
37
-
41
5
83
v Zimbabwe
home
6
-
2
1
9
away
12
-
3
-
15
neutral
3
-
3
-
6
total
21
-
8
1
30
Home
105
2
81
9
197
Away
83
3
125
8
219
Neutral
54
-
45
1
100
Overall
242
5
251
18
516
Main article: List of England One-Day International cricket records
[edit] Team records
Highest team total: 391–4 (50 overs) v Bangladesh at Nottingham in 2005[19]
Lowest team total: 86–10 (32.4 overs) v Australia at Manchester in 2001
[edit] Individual records
Most matches: 171 – Paul Collingwood
England is one of only two Test-playing nations (the other being Bangladesh) to have no players over the 200-cap milestone in ODIs
Longest Serving Captain: 60 matches – Michael Vaughan[20]
[edit] Batting
Most runs: 4677 – Alec Stewart
Best average: 45.41 – Kevin Pietersen (as of 29 Nov 2009)
Highest individual score: 167* – Robin Smith v Australia at Birmingham in 1993
Record partnership: 226 – Andrew Flintoff and Andrew Strauss v West Indies at Lord's in 2004
Most centuries: 12 – Marcus Trescothick
[edit] Bowling
Most wickets: 234 – Darren Gough
Best average: 19.45 – Mike Hendrick
Best bowling: 6/31 – Paul Collingwood v Bangladesh at Nottingham in 2005
Best strike rate: 32.2 – James Anderson
Best economy rate: 3.27 – Mike Hendrick
[edit] Wicketkeeping
Most dismissals: 184 – Alec Stewart
Most dismissals in a match: 6 – Alec Stewart v Zimbabwe at Manchester in 2000; Matt Prior v South Africa at Nottingham in 2008
[edit] Most England Test Caps
Main article: List of English Test cricketers
133 Alec Stewart
118 Graham Gooch
117 David Gower
115 Mike Atherton
114 Colin Cowdrey
108 Geoff Boycott
102 Ian Botham
100 Graham Thorpe
96 Nasser Hussain
95 Alan Knott
91 Godfrey Evans
90 Bob Willis
86 Derek Underwood
85 Wally Hammond
82 Ken Barrington
82 Michael Vaughan
79 Mike Gatting
79 Allan Lamb
79 Tom Graveney
79 Len Hutton
[edit] Current squad
This lists all the players who have played for England in the past year, and the forms in which they have played.
Key
S/N = Shirt number
Name
Age
Batting Style
Bowling Style
Domestic team
Forms
S/N
Test and ODI Captain and Opening Batsman
Andrew Strauss
32
Left-Handed Bat
Left-Arm Medium
Middlesex
Test, ODI
14
Twenty20 Captain and Middle Order Batsman
Paul Collingwood
33
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Medium
Durham
Test, ODI, Twenty20
5
Opening Batsmen
Alastair Cook
24
Left-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Off-Break
Essex
Test, Twenty20
26
Joe Denly
23
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Leg-Break
Kent
ODI, Twenty20
55
Middle-Order Batsmen
Ian Bell
27
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Medium
Warwickshire
Test
7
Eoin Morgan
23
Left-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Medium
Middlesex
ODI, Twenty20
39
Kevin Pietersen
29
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Off-Break
Hampshire
Test, ODI, Twenty20
24
Robert Key
30
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Off-Break
Kent
Twenty20
35
Owais Shah
31
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Off-Break
Middlesex
Test, ODI, Twenty20
3
Jonathan Trott
28
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Medium-Fast
Warwickshire
Test, ODI, Twenty20
4
Wicket-keepers
Tim Ambrose
27
Right-Handed Bat
-
Warwickshire
Test
12
Steven Davies
23
Left-Handed Bat
-
Surrey
ODI, Twenty20
43
James Foster
29
Right-Handed Bat
-
Essex
Twenty20
15
Matt Prior
27
Right-Handed Bat
-
Sussex
Test, ODI, Twenty20
13
All rounders
Ravi Bopara
24
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Medium
Essex
Test, ODI, Twenty20
42
Tim Bresnan
24
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Medium-Fast
Yorkshire
Test, ODI
31
Andrew Flintoff
32
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Fast
Lancashire
Test,[21] ODI, Twenty20
11
Dimitri Mascarenhas
32
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Medium-Fast
Hampshire
ODI, Twenty20
32
Adil Rashid
21
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Leg-Break
Yorkshire
ODI, Twenty20
95
Luke Wright
24
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Medium-Fast
Sussex
ODI, Twenty20
45
Pace Bowlers
James Anderson
27
Left-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Fast-Medium
Lancashire
Test, ODI, Twenty20
9
Stuart Broad
23
Left-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Fast-Medium
Nottinghamshire
Test, ODI, Twenty20
8
Steve Harmison
31
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Fast
Durham
Test, ODI
10
Sajid Mahmood
27
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Fast-Medium
Lancashire
ODI, Twenty20
Graham Onions
27
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Medium-Fast
Durham
Test, ODI
90
Ryan Sidebottom
31
Left-Handed Bat
Left-Arm Fast-Medium
Nottinghamshire
Test, ODI, Twenty20
78
Amjad Khan
29
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Fast-Medium
Kent
Test, Twenty20
30
Spin Bowlers
Gareth Batty
32
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Off-Break
Surrey
ODI, Twenty20
41
Monty Panesar
27
Left-Handed Bat
Slow Left-Arm Orthodox
Sussex
Test
77
Graeme Swann
30
Right-Handed Bat
Right-Arm Off-Break
Nottinghamshire
Test, ODI, Twenty20
66
[edit] Coaching staff
Managing Director England Cricket: Hugh Morris
Managing Director Cricket Partnerships: Mike Gatting
Team Manager: Phil Neale
England Teams Director: Andy Flower
Fast Bowling Coaches: Kevin Shine (senior coach), Ottis Gibson & Stuart Barnes
Spin Bowling Coaches: Mushtaq Ahmed
Fielding Coach: Richard Halsall
Chief Medical Officer: Dr. Nick Peirce
Team Physiotherapist: Kirk Russell
Team Physiologist: Nigel Stockill
Team Psychologist: Dr. Steve Bull
Masseur: Nathan Atlay
Kit Man: Tom Smith
[edit] Eligibility of players
The England cricket team represents England and Wales. However, under ICC regulations[1], players can qualify to play for a country by nationality, place of birth or residence, so (as with any national sports team) some people are eligible to play for more than one team.
ECB regulations[2] state that to play for England, a player must be a British or Irish citizen, and have either been born in England or Wales, or have lived in England or Wales for the last four years. This has led to players of many other nationalities becoming eligible to play for England. England have been captained by a Scot, Mike Denness, and four South Africans, Tony Greig, Allan Lamb, Andrew Strauss and Kevin Pietersen. South African Cape Coloured player Basil D'Oliveira, famously played for England during the Apartheid era.
In recent times Graeme Hick (Zimbabwe); Andrew Caddick (New Zealand); Geraint Jones (Papua New Guinea/Australia); and Kevin Pietersen (South Africa) have all played for England. Some players have played for another (non Test-playing) country as well as England, such as Gavin Hamilton, who played for Scotland in the 1999 World Cup and later played one Test match for England, while Ed Joyce played for Ireland in the ICC Trophy before making his England ODI debut in June 2006 against his former team. Eoin Morgan, who previously represented Ireland, including the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, went on to represent England during the ICC World T20 Championships in 2009.
[edit] See also
Cricket portal
ECB National Academy
English women's cricket team
English national cricket captains
England Cap Numbers
[edit] References
^ "About ECB". ECB. http://www.ecb.co.uk/ecb/about/. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
^ "MCC History". MCC. http://www.lords.org/history/mcc-history/. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
^ Summary of all Test match results, Cricinfo, retrieved 19 December 2008
^ a b ICC Test and ODI rankings, International Cricket Council, retrieved 19 December 2008
^ a b c "England v Australia 1861 - 1888". Cricinfo. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/259952.html. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^ "Australia in England 1880". Wisden. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154315.html. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^ "The Ashes in The Times". The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23070-471469,00.html. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^ a b "England in Australia, 1882-83". Wisden. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154318.html. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^ "Australia v England". Wisden. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/62408.html. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^ "Test matches". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;opposition=2;spanmax1=31+Dec+1899;spanmax2=31+Dec+1898;spanmin1=1+Jan+1884;spanmin2=1+Jan+1884;spanval1=span;spanval2=span;team=1;template=results;type=team;view=series. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^ "South Africa v England". Wisden. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/62426.html. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^ "Test matches". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;opposition=2;orderby=start;spanmax1=31+Dec+1914;spanmin1=1+Jan+1900;spanval1=span;team=1;template=results;type=team;view=series. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^ "Test matches". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;opposition=3;orderby=start;spanmax1=24+Jan+1911;spanval1=span;team=1;template=results;type=team;view=series. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^ "England v Australia 1890 - 1914". Cricinfo. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/260677.html. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^ "Australia v South Africa". Wisden. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/237048.html. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^ "England now ranked fourth". BBC Sport. March 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2000/england_on_tour/1226564.stm. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
^ "ECB Annual Report and Accounts 2006" (PDF). ECB. http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/ecb-annual-report-accounts-2006-group-financial-statements-1846.pdf. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
^ "adidas provide England kit", ECB, 2007-04-18. Retrieved on 2008-08-12.
^ "Records tumble in England victory". http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4111184.stm. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
^ "Records / England / One-Day Internationals / Most matches as captain". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/most_matches_as_captain.html?class=2;id=1;type=team. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
^ Andre Flintoff has played Test cricket for Australia in the last year, but has since retired from the format. Flintoff to retire from Test cricket
[edit] External links
Official ECB Broadband Console
England and Wales Cricket Board
LG ICC Test and ODI player ratings
All Test Matches played by England
Career Batting and Fielding statistics for all England Test Players
Career Bowling statistics for all England Test Players