England cricket team
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| Test status granted | 1877 |
| First Test match | v Australia at Melbourne, March 1877 |
| Captain | Tests: Michael Vaughan ODIs: Paul Collingwood |
| Coach | Peter Moores |
| Official ICC Test and ODI ranking | 2nd (Test), 7th (ODI) [4],[5] |
| Test matches - this year |
842 5 |
| Last Test match | 4th Test v West Indies, 15th June - 19th June |
| Wins/losses - this year |
298/248 3/1 |
| As of June 2007 | |
The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and was previously governed by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) since 1903.[1][2]
England along with Australia were the first team to be granted Test status on 15 March 1877 and gained full membership to the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 15 June 1909. They also took part in the first ever One-Day International (ODI) against Australia on 5 January 1971. While their first Twenty20 match occurred on 13 June 2005 with their opponents being Australia.
As of October 2007 the England team have won 301 of its 864 Test matches and are ranked second in the ICC Test Championship holding this position since February 2006. They have finished runners-up in three Cricket World Cups (1979, 1987 and 1992) and are currently ranked seventh in the ICC ODI rankings
Peter Moores was given the job of Head Coach on 1 May 2007 following the resignation of Duncan Fletcher after a poor 2007 Cricket World Cup campaign. He subsequently employed Andy Flower as assistant coach.
History
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For more details on this topic, see History of the England Cricket Team pre 1939 and History of the England Cricket Team 1945 - 2007.
The first evidence of an England team occurred in 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.
The first overseas tour occurred in September 1859 with England going to North America. This team comprised of 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 a more even contest. As a result these matches were not considered first-class matches and were organised purely for commercial reasons.
James Lillywhite led the England team which had 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 and 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. The first Test match in English soil occurred in 1880 with England winning this series 1–0. 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. | ” |
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 won the series 2–1 and 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 series was born. England would dominate many of these early contests with Australia winning the Ashes series 10 times between 1884–98. During this period England played their first Test match against South Africa in 1889 at Port Elizabeth. The 1899 Ashes series was the first tour where the MCC and the counties appointed a selection committee. It comprised 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 England struggle as they lost four of the eight Ashes series between 1900 and 1914. They lost their first series against South Africa in 1908 4–1 as England's batting faltered.
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. Hampered by a very wet summer and player disputes the tournament was considered a failure with The Daily Telegraph stating:
| “ | 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. England would go on one more tour against South Africa before the outbreak of World War I.
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.
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 sub continent. 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 wickets of the time were friendly to batsmen resulting in many matches ending in high scoring draws. 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.
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 for five years and secured famous victories in the 1954–55 and 1956 Ashes series. 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 1960s was a period for English cricket. Despite England's strength on paper, Australia held the Ashes for the entire decade and might not of even been the second best Test team with the West Indies dominating England in the early part of the decade. England would the end 60s on a high however regaining the Wisden Trophy in 1968 and drawing the Ashes series in the same year 1–1.
England carried their good form from the late 60s into the 70s regaining the Ashes in 1970 but 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 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 were felt in Test cricket with Australia and Pakistan losing many of its star players. England replaced captain Tony Greig who had joined the league for Mike Brearley while Geoffrey Boycott returned from his England exile. England would defeat a divided Australian side 3–1 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 a young David Gower, Ian Botham and Bob Willis at their peak with the ball and Boycott and Graham Gooch opening the batting England were a formidable team. Their results were initially promising narrowly losing to the West Indies who were the unofficial champions at the time. England would then fightback to win the 1981 Ashes series, often referred to as "Botham's Ashes" 2–1. The third Test at Headingley saw a revitalised Botham perform well with bat and ball taking 6/65 and then scoring a unbeaten 149. England won by 18 runs after following-on, only the second time in the history of England v Australia Tests that this has been achieved. England suffered their second whitewash series against the West Indies in 1984 but continued to produce good results defeating India 2–1 and regained the Ashes in the 1984–85 season with a comfortable 4–1 victory. Hopes that this victory could see a challenge mounted on the 1985–86 tour of the West Indies were dashed as England were soundly defeated 5–0. A shocked England team never really recovered from this defeat, and although England managed to retain the 1986–87 Ashes they would only win one further Test series in the 80’s against a relatively weak Sri Lankan team and suffered heavy defeats to Australia and the West Indies.
England continued their decline during the 1990s. This was not helped by squabbles between key players and the chairman of selectors, Raymond Illingworth. Other reasons to their poor performances were the demands of county cricket meant that England could rarely lead 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.
In the early 90's players such as Botham, Gower and Allan Lamb all came to the end of their international careers and specifically in the case of Botham, England had trouble replacing these players. This lead to a string of disappointing results as England did not win a Test match for two and half years. England’s performance in ODI cricket was still good however 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 win against South Africa in 1998 was England’s first five series since 1986–87 this would be a false dawn as they were eliminated in the first round of the 1999 Cricket World Cup and lost a Test series against New Zealand 2–1 resulting in England being officially ranked as the worst Test nation.[3]
With the recent appointment of Duncan Fletcher as coach and Nasser Hussain as captain England begin to rebuild its team. They won four consecutive Test series which included impressive wins against West Indies (a first in 32 years) and Pakistan. England was still left wanting against Australia however and lost the 2001 Ashes 4–1. Promising results against India and Sri Lanka gave England some positive sentiments towards their chances against Australia, yet a 4–1 defeat showed that they were still falling short. This setback did not stop England’s resurgence however as they defeated the West Indies 3–0 and followed this up by whitewashes over New Zealand and the West Indies at home. A first Test victory against South Africa at Port Elizabeth meant England had won their eighth successive Test, their best sequence of Test match wins for 75 years. England would then defeat Australia 2–1 to regain the Ashes for the first time in 18 years.
Recent form
Since the historic Ashes win, the team has suffered from a serious and ongoing spate of injuries to key players. Andrew Flintoff, Michael Vaughan, Simon Jones and Ashley Giles all suffered serious injuries. Jones and Vaughan have both returned to cricket, although Jones has not been involved in the England set up. Some have also claimed that they seemed to suffer from a lack of focus and 'killer instinct'. This can be seen in their 22 run loss to Pakistan at Multan in November 2005 (a match which they had dominated before the last day), and their failure to wrap up victory against Sri Lanka at Lord's in May 2006 after securing a first-innings lead of 359 and enforcing the follow-on. However, especially in the recent series victory against Pakistan in July-August 2006, several new players have emerged who have performed well and promise much for the future, leading to suggestions that even when the injured players recover, they may struggle to get back into the team. Most notable has been the left-arm orthodox spin bowler Monty Panesar, the first Sikh to play Test cricket for England. He has impressed with the excellence of his bowling (including match figures of 8/93 in the innings victory over Pakistan at Old Trafford in July 2006) and has also become a crowd favourite. He was one of the favourites to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year, but did not receive the award. Other new players of note include left-handed batsman Alastair Cook and fast bowler Sajid Mahmood. The injury crisis has also allowed previously marginal players Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell to consolidate their places. The outstanding recent performances of the team, albeit against a Pakistan side which was also weakened by injuries, mean that the 2006/07 Ashes series was one of the most keenly anticipated of recent years, and was expected to provide a level of competition comparable to the 2005 series. In the event, England lost all five Tests, the first Ashes whitewash in 86 years.
The team's form in ODIs had been consistently poor, they are currently ranked 7th the world and have won only 38% of their matches against major test nations since 1992. They only narrowly avoided the ignominy of having the play in the qualifying rounds of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, and were humiliatingly defeated 5–0 by Sri Lanka in June-July 2006. Steve Harmison now holds the unwanted record of the worst bowling figures for England in ODI history (0/97 in the match at Headingley) and retired from ODIs during the 2006/7 Ashes tour. There was some improvement in the latest one-day series against Pakistan in England, when England won the last two matches to record a 2–2 draw. A similar story unveiled in the one-day triangular in Australia, where England lost Kevin Pietersen to injury, and had won one and lost five of their first six games. Then, England won their next four games, scraping into the finals series before winning both finals and their first ODI tournament overseas since 1997.
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. However, the unimpressive nature of most of their victories in the tournament, combined with their heavy defeats to New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, left many commentators criticising the manner in which the England team approached the one day game[4][5][6]
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| Last match won | 4th Test v West Indies 2007 | 7th ODI v India 2007 | 2nd Twenty20 v West Indies 2007 | 3rd Test v India 2006 | 3rd ODI Sri Lanka 2007 | Group B v Zimbabwe |
| Last match lost | 2nd Test v India 2007 | 6th ODI v India 2007 | 1st Twenty20 v West Indies 2007 | 5th Test v Australia | 1st ODI Sri Lanka 2007 | Super 8s v India |
| Last series won | Wisden Trophy 2007 | NatWest Challenge v India 2007 | - | South Africa 2005 | Sri Lanka 2007 | - |
| Last series lost | npower Test series vs India 2007 | NatWest Challenge v West Indies 2007 | - | Ashes 2006 | ICC Champions Trophy 2006 | 2007 ICC World Twenty20 |
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Upcoming tour fixtures
England tour of Sri Lanka
England will play 5 One-day Internationals and 3 Test matches against Sri Lanka between October and December 2007.
Performances
England has 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 2006 England had played 857 test matches, winning 298 (34.77%), losing 250 (29.17%), and drawing 309 (36.06%) 636 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 is currently ranked second behind Australia in the Test rankings, but 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.
Governing body
The (ECB) is the governing body over the England cricket team. The Board has been operating since 1 January 1997 and represents England with 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.[7]
Prior to 1997 the MCC was the governing body of England and outside of Test matches the touring England team officially played as MCC up to and including the 1976-77 tour of Australia. The last time the England touring team wore the bacon-and-egg colours of the Marylebone Cricket Club was on the 1996-97 tour of New Zealand.
Team colours
When playing Test match cricket, England’s cricket whites contain blue piping across the front and sleeves while the three lion badge is on the left and the sponsor Vodafone on the right. English fielders may wear a navy cap or sun hat with the ECB logo in the middle of the cap/sun hat. Helmets are coloured similarly.
England's ODI team wears a union blue shirt and pants. The shirt sleeves are red with the three lion badge on the left and the kit sponsor admiral on the right. The name and logo of their main sponsor Vodafone is at the centre of the shirt. The one-day cap is also union blue with the ECB logo on the front. In Twenty20 cricket England wear the same colour union blue pants but their shirt is red with blue stripes on the sleeves. This kit is not sponsored by Vodafone with the centre of the shirt simply stating England.
International grounds
Test and ODI
ODI only
Statistics and records
Tournament History
World Cup
- 1975: Semi-Finals
- 1979: Runners up
- 1983: Semi-Finals
- 1987: Runners up
- 1992: Runners up
- 1996: Quarter-Finals
- 1999: First round
- 2003: First round
- 2007: Eliminated at Super-8 stage (5th Place)
ICC Champions Trophy
(known as the "ICC Knockout" in 1998 and 2000)
- 1998: Quarter-Finals
- 2000: Quarter-Finals
- 2002: Second in Group Pool 2
- 2004: Runners up
- 2006: Main Round
ICC World Twenty20
- 2007: Eliminated at Super 8 stage
England Record in Test Matches
| Won | Tied | Lost | Drawn | Total | ||
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| v Australia | home | 43 | - | 46 | 62 | 151 |
| away | 54 | - | 85 | 26 | 165 | |
| total | 97 | - | 131 | 88 | 316 | |
| v Bangladesh | home | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| away | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| total | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| v India | home | 23 | - | 4 | 18 | 45 |
| away | 11 | - | 13 | 25 | 49 | |
| total | 34 | - | 17 | 43 | 94 | |
| v New Zealand | home | 25 | - | 4 | 18 | 47 |
| away | 16 | - | 3 | 22 | 41 | |
| total | 41 | - | 7 | 40 | 88 | |
| v Pakistan | home | 17 | - | 8 | 18 | 43 |
| away | 2 | - | 4 | 18 | 24 | |
| total | 19 | - | 12 | 36 | 67 | |
| v South Africa | home | 26 | - | 9 | 22 | 57 |
| away | 28 | - | 17 | 28 | 73 | |
| total | 54 | - | 26 | 50 | 130 | |
| v Sri Lanka | home | 5 | - | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| away | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| total | 8 | - | 5 | 5 | 18 | |
| v West Indies | home | 25 | - | 29 | 20 | 74 |
| away | 13 | - | 23 | 24 | 60 | |
| total | 38 | - | 52 | 44 | 134 | |
| v Zimbabwe | home | 3 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| away | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| total | 3 | - | - | 3 | 6 | |
| Home | 169 | - | 102 | 162 | 433 | |
| Away | 129 | - | 148 | 147 | 424 | |
| Overall | 298 | - | 250 | 309 | 857 | |
| % Breakdown | 34.77% | 0% | 29.17% | 36.06% | 100% | |
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
Individual records
- Most matches: 133 - Alec Stewart
- Longest Serving Captain: 54 tests - Michael Atherton
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
- First century: - W.G. Grace who scored 152 on his Test debut at The Oval in September 1880 in the first Test to be staged in England.
- Four England players scored centuries against India at Old Trafford in 1990. Graham Gooch (116), Mike Atherton (131) and Robin Smith (121*) in the first innings and Alan Lamb (109) in the second.
- Five England players scored centuries against the West Indies at Lord's in May 2007 Alastair Cook(105 from 196 balls), Paul Collingwood (111 from 208) Ian Bell (109 from 190 balls) and Matthew Prior (126 from 128 balls) in the first innings and in the second Kevin Pietersen scored 109 from 138 balls.
- 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.
Bowling
- Most wickets: 383 - Sir 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.
Fielding
- Most dismissals: 277 - Alec Stewart
- 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
England Record in One Day Internationals
| Won | Tied | Lost | No Result | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v Australia | home | 16 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 36 |
| away | 19 | - | 30 | 1 | 50 | |
| neutral | 2 | - | 5 | - | 7 | |
| total | 37 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 93 | |
| 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 | 11 | - | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| away | 13 | - | 16 | - | 29 | |
| neutral | 2 | - | 6 | - | 8 | |
| total | 26 | - | 30 | 2 | 58 | |
| v Ireland | away | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| neutral | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| total | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| v Kenya | home | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| neutral | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| total | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| v Namibia | neutral | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| v Netherlands | neutral | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| v New Zealand | home | 9 | - | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| away | 12 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 29 | |
| neutral | 6 | - | 9 | - | 15 | |
| total | 27 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 59 | |
| 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 | 6 | - | 5 | - | 11 |
| away | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 18 | |
| neutral | 2 | - | 3 | - | 5 | |
| total | 11 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 34 | |
| v Sri Lanka | home | 8 | - | 7 | - | 15 |
| away | 1 | - | 7 | - | 8 | |
| neutral | 10 | - | 5 | - | 15 | |
| total | 19 | - | 19 | - | 38 | |
| v United Arab Emirates | neutral | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| v West Indies | home | 13 | - | 13 | 1 | 27 |
| away | 6 | - | 18 | 3 | 27 | |
| neutral | 11 | - | 6 | - | 17 | |
| total | 30 | - | 37 | 4 | 71 | |
| v Zimbabwe | home | 6 | - | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| away | 12 | - | 3 | - | 15 | |
| neutral | 3 | - | 3 | - | 6 | |
| total | 21 | - | 8 | 1 | 30 | |
| Home | 94 | 2 | 68 | 7 | 171 | |
| Away | 79 | 2 | 111 | 7 | 199 | |
| Neutral | 52 | - | 42 | 1 | 95 | |
| Overall | 225 | 4 | 221 | 15 | 465 | |
Team records
- Highest team total: 391-4 (50 overs) v Bangladesh at Nottingham in 2005
- Lowest team total: 86-10 (32.4 overs) v Australia at Manchester in 2001
Individual records
- Most matches: 170 - Alec Stewart
- 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: 56 matches - Nasser Hussain
Batting
- Most runs: 4677 - Alec Stewart
- Best average: 59.05 - Kevin Pietersen (as of 12 June 2007)
- 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
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
Fielding
- Most dismissals: 184 - Alec Stewart
- Most dismissals in a match: 6 - Alec Stewart v Zimbabwe at Manchester in 2000
Most England Test Caps
- 133 Alec Stewart
- 118 Graham Gooch
- 117 David Gower
- 115 Mike Atherton
- 114 Colin Cowdrey
- 108 Geoff Boycott
- 102 Ian Botham
- 100 Graham Thorpe
- 95 Alan Knott
- 90 Bob Willis
- 79 Mike Gatting
- 79 Allan Lamb
- 79 Tom Graveney
- 79 Len Hutton
- 77 John Edrich
Current Squad
This lists all the active players who have played for England in the past year.
Coaching Staff
- Team Manager: Phil Neale
- England Teams Director: Peter Moores
- Batting/Assistant Coach: Andy Flower
- Fast Bowling Coaches: Kevin Shine (senior coach), Ottis Gibson & Stuart Barnes
- Spin Bowling Coaches: David Parsons (senior coach) & Jeremy Snape
- Fielding Coach: (to be appointed as per Schofield Report recommendation)
- Computer Analyst: Mark Garaway
- Chief Medical Officer: Dr. Mark Peirce
- Team Physiotherapist: Kirk Russell
- Team Physiologist: Nigel Stockhill
- Team Psychologists: Dr. Steve Bull & Jeremy Snape
- Masseur: Mark Saxby
Eligibility of players
The England cricket team represents England and Wales. However,