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			{{short description|National cricket team}}
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			| nickname =Three Lions
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	| label1 = ] status granted
			| test_captain = ]
	| data1 = 1877
			| od_captain = ]
	| label2 = First Test match
			| t20i_captain = Jos Buttler
	| data2 = <small>v ] at ], ], 15–19 March 1877</small>
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	| label3 = Captain of Test
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	| label4 = Captain of ODI
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	| label7 = Official ICC ] and ] ranking
	| data7 = 1st (Test), 4th (ODI)
	| label8 = Test matches <br /> – This year
	| data8 = 915 <br /> 8
	| label9 = Last Test match
	| data9 = <small>v ]
	| label10 = Wins/losses <br /> – This year
	| data10 = 326/261 <br /> 6/0
	| below = <small>As of 23 August 2011</small>
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			| test_status_year = 1877
	The '''England and Wales cricket team''' ({{lang-cy|Tîm criced Lloegr}}) is a ] team which represents ]. Until 1992 it also represented ]. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the ] (ECB), having been previously governed by ] (MCC) from 1903 until the end of 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/ecb/about/ | title=About ECB|publisher=]|date=|accessdate=2007-10-07 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071006140121/http://www.ecb.co.uk/ecb/about/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-10-06 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lords.org/history/mcc-history/ | title=MCC History|publisher=]|date=|accessdate=2007-10-07}}</ref>
			| icc_status = Full Membership
	England and ] were the first teams to be granted ] on 15 March 1877 and they gained full membership to the ] (ICC) on 15 June 1909. England and Australia also took part in the first ] (ODI) on 5 January 1971 and England's first international ] match was played on 13 June 2005 against Australia.
			| icc_member_year = 1909
			| icc_region = ]
			| test_rank = 4th
	As of 23 August 2011, England has won 326 of the 915 Test matches played (drawing in 328) England's One Day International record includes finishing as runners-up in three ]s (1979, 1987 and 1992), and again as runners up in the ] in 2004.
			| odi_rank = 7th
			| t20i_rank = 3rd
			| test_rank_best = 1st <small>(1 June 1955)</small><!-- Date when team reached its all time best ranking for the first time -->
			| odi_rank_best = 1st <small>(1 January 1981)</small><!-- Date when team reached its all time best ranking for the first time -->
			| t20i_rank_best = 1st <small>(24 October 2011)</small><!-- Date when team reached its all time best ranking for the first time -->
			| first_test = v. {{cr|AUS}} at the ], ]; 15–19 March 1877
	The England team are the current ] champions having won the ] and are the current holders of ], which is the Test match series contest between England and Australia and which has been played since the 1882–83 Australian season. The team is currently in fourth place in the ] and, as of August 2011, are the top ranked Test side in the world.
			| most_recent_test = v. {{cr|NZ}} at ], ]; 14–17 December 2024
			| num_tests = 1,083
			| num_tests_this_year = 0
			| test_record = 400/328<br />(355 draws)
			| test_record_this_year = 0/0<br />(0 draws)
			| wtc_apps = 3
	==History==
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	{{Details3|] and ]}}
			| wtc_best = Fourth place (], ])
	]
	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 ], played against "the Unconquerable County" of Kent and lost by a "very few notches".<ref name="W22">Waghorn, pp.22–23.</ref> Such matches were repeated on numerous occasions for the best part of a century.
			| first_odi = v. {{cr|AUS}} at the ], ]; 5 January 1971
	In 1846 ] formed the ]. This team would eventually compete against a ] 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.
			| most_recent_odi = v. {{cr|WIN}} at ], ]; 6 November 2024
			| num_odis = 805
			| num_odis_this_year = 0
			| odi_record = 403/362<br />(9 ties, 31 no results)
			| odi_record_this_year = 0/0<br />(0 ties, 0 no results)
			| wc_apps = 13
	===Early tours===
			| wc_first = ]
	The first overseas tour occurred in September 1859 with ]. This team had six players from the All-England Eleven, six from the United All-England Eleven and was captained by ].
			| wc_best = Champions (])
			| first_t20i = v. {{cr|AUS}} at the ], ]; 13 June 2005
	With the outbreak of the American Civil War, attention turned elsewhere with the ]. English tourists visited Australia and New Zealand in 1861–62 with this first tour organised as a commercial venture by Mssrs Spiers and Pond, restaurateurs of ]. Most tours prior to 1877 were played "against odds", with the opposing team fielding more than 11 players in order to make for a more even contest.<ref name="content-uk.cricinfo.com">{{Cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/259952.html | title= England v Australia 1861 – 1888|publisher=Cricinfo|date=|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref> This first Australian tour were mostly against odds of at least 18 to 11.
			| most_recent_t20i = v. {{cr|WIN}} at ], ]; 17 November 2024
			| num_t20is = 199
			| num_t20is_this_year = 0
			| t20i_record = 104/85<br />(2 ties, 8 no results)
			| t20i_record_this_year = 0/0<br />(0 ties, 0 no results)
			| wt20_apps = 8
	The tour was so successful that George Parr led a ].
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	] led a subsequent 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 ] came to be regarded as the inaugural Test match. The combined Australian XI won this Test match by 45 runs with ] of Australia scoring the first Test century. At the time, the match was promoted as ''James Lillywhite's XI v Combined Victoria and New South Wales''.<ref name="content-uk.cricinfo.com"/> The teams played a return match on the same ground at Easter, 1877, when Lillywhite's team avenged their loss with a victory by four wickets. The first Test match on English soil occurred in 1880 with England victorious; this was the first time England fielded a fully representative side with ] included in the team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154315.html | title= Australia in England 1880|publisher=]|date=|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref>
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	England would lose their first home series 1–0 in 1882 with '']'' famously printing an obituary on English cricket:
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	{{cquote|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23070-471469,00.html | title= The Ashes in The Times|publisher=]|date=6 November 2002|accessdate=2008-02-05 | location=London | first=Marcus | last=Williams}}</ref>}}
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	As a result of this loss the tour of 1882–83 was dubbed by England captain ] as "the quest to regain the ashes". England with a mixture of amateurs and professionals won the series 2–1.<ref name="http">{{Cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154318.html | title= England in Australia, 1882–83|publisher=]|date=|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref> Bligh was presented with an urn that contained some ashes, which have variously been said to be of a ], ] or even a woman's veil and so ] 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.<ref name="http"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/62408.html | title= Australia v England|publisher=]|date=|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref> England would dominate many of these early contests with England winning the Ashes series 10 times between 1884–98.<ref>{{Cite web |url=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 | title= Test matches|publisher=Cricinfo|date=|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref> During this period England also played their first Test match against ] in 1889 at ].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/62426.html | title= South Africa v England|publisher=]|date=|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref>
			}}
			The '''England men's cricket team''' represents ] and ] in ]. Since 1997, it has been governed by the ] (ECB), having been previously governed by ] (the MCC) since 1903.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/about-us/about-the-ecb |title=About the ECB |publisher=] |access-date=29 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525164144/https://www.ecb.co.uk/about-us/about-the-ecb |archive-date=25 May 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lords.org/history/mcc-history/|title=MCC History|publisher=]|access-date=7 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218202927/http://www.lords.org/history/mcc-history|archive-date=18 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> ], as a founding nation, is a Full Member of the ] (ICC) with ], ] (ODI) and ] (T20I) status. Until the 1990s, ] and ] players also played for England as those countries were not yet ICC members in their own right.
			] and ] were the first teams to play a Test match (15–19 March 1877), and along with ], these nations formed the Imperial Cricket Conference (the predecessor to today's International Cricket Council) on 15 June 1909. England and Australia also played the first ODI on 5 January 1971. England's first T20I was played on 13 June 2005, once more against Australia.
	The 1899 Ashes series was the first tour where the MCC and the counties appointed a selection committee. There were three active players: ], W.G. Grace and ] 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.
			{{As of|2024|12|17}}, England have played 1,082 Test matches, winning 400 and losing 328 (with 355 draws).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Team records {{!}} Results summary {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283877.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Cricinfo}}</ref> In the Test series against Australia, England play for ], one of the most famous trophies in all of sport, and they have won the urn on 32 occasions. England have also played 805 ODIs, winning 403.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283878.html |title=Records / One-Day Internationals / Result summary |publisher=] |access-date=17 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224020144/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283878.html |archive-date=24 February 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> They have appeared in the ] of the ] four times (], ], ]), and winning their first in ]; they have also finished as runners-up in two ] (] and ]). England have played 199 T20Is, winning 104.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283307.html |title=Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary |publisher=] |access-date=16 February 2020 }}</ref> They won the ] in ] and ], and were runners-up in ].
	The turn of the century saw mixed results for England as they lost four of the eight Ashes series between 1900 and 1914.<ref>{{Cite web |url=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 | title= Test matches |publisher=Cricinfo|date=|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref> During this period England would lose their first series against South Africa in the 1905/06 season 4–1 as their batting faltered.<ref>{{Cite web |url=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 | title= Test matches|publisher=Cricinfo|date=|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref> 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:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/260677.html | title= England v Australia 1890 – 1914|publisher=Cricinfo|date=|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref>
			{{As of|2024|12}}, England are ranked fourth in Tests, seventh in ODIs and third in T20Is by the ICC.<ref name="ICC Rankings"/>
	{{cquote|Nine Tests provide a surfeit of cricket, and contests between Australia and South Africa are not a great attraction to the British public.}}
			==History==
	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 ], the first time a reigning monarch had watched Test cricket.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/237048.html | title= Australia v South Africa|publisher=]|date=|accessdate=2008-02-05}}</ref> England would go on one more tour against South Africa before the outbreak of World War I.
			{{Main|History of the England cricket team to 1939|History of the England cricket team from 1945}}
			]
			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 11 gentlemen from any part of England exclusive of ], played against "the Unconquerable County" of Kent and lost by a margin of "very few notches".<ref>Waghorn, pp.22–23.</ref> Such matches were repeated on numerous occasions for the best part of a century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/50373/50373-h/50373-h.htm|title=TOSSING FOR INNINGS. CRICKET EDITED BY HORACE G. HUTCHINSON}}</ref>
	===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.
			In 1846 ] formed the ]. This team eventually competed against a ] with annual matches occurring between 1847 and 1856.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/team/all-england-eleven-787|title=All England Eleven Cricket Team}}</ref> These matches were arguably the most important contest of the English season if judged by the quality of the players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/sports/cricket-sport|title=cricket ''Britannica.com''}}</ref>
	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 ] 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 ] 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 ] chose to develop the already existing ] 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.
			===Early tours===
	]. England won the match by a record margin of 675 runs.]]
			]
	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 ], which during the tour sent the following cable to the MCC in London:
			The first overseas tour occurred in September 1859 with ]. This team had six players from the All-England Eleven, six from the United All-England Eleven and was captained by ].
	{{cquote|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.}}
			With the outbreak of the ], attention turned elsewhere. ] with this first tour organised as a commercial venture by Messrs Spiers and Pond, restaurateurs of ]. Most matches played during tours prior to 1877 were "against odds", with the opposing team fielding more than 11 players to make for a more even contest.<ref name="content-uk.cricinfo.com">{{cite web |date=19 September 2006 |title=England v Australia 1864&nbsp;– 1888 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-v-australia-1861-1888-259952 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106154837/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/259952.html |archive-date=6 January 2009 |access-date=5 February 2008 |publisher=]}}</ref> This first Australian tour was mostly against odds of at least 18/11.
	Later, Jardine was removed from the captaincy and the ] 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 ] and ] bowling so many bouncers that the Indian batsman wore solar topees instead of caps to protect themselves.
			The tour was so successful that Parr led a ]. ] led a subsequent England team which sailed on the P&O steamship ''Poonah'' on 21 September 1876. They played a combined Australian XI, for once on even terms of 11-a-side. The match, starting on 15 March 1877 at the ] came to be regarded as the inaugural Test match. The combined Australian XI won this Test match by 45 runs with ] of Australia scoring the first Test century. At the time, the match was promoted as ''James Lillywhite's XI v Combined Victoria and New South Wales''.<ref name="content-uk.cricinfo.com"/> The teams played a return match on the same ground at Easter, 1877, when Lillywhite's team avenged their loss with a victory by four wickets. The first Test match on English soil occurred in 1880 with England victorious; this was the first time England fielded a fully representative side with ] included in the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154315.html|title=Australia in England 1880|publisher=]|access-date=5 February 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708035234/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154315.html|archive-date=8 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
	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.
			===1880s===
	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 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 lost their first home series 1–0 in 1882, with '']'' printing an obituary on English cricket:
	===Post-war period===
	After World War II, England fell under difficult times suffering a heavy defeat 3–0 to Australia. This was 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.
			{{blockquote|<div class{{=}}"center">In Affectionate Remembrance<br/>
	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 ] thanks to ] 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 ] who took 46 wickets at 9.62 which included bowling figures of 19/90 at ]. 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 ]'s revitalised Australians were too strong.
			OF<br/>
			<big>''ENGLISH CRICKET'',</big><br/>
			WHICH DIED AT THE OVAL<br/>
			<small>ON</small><br/>
			<big>29th AUGUST, 1882,</big><br/>
			Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing<br/>friends and acquaintances.<br/>
			<big>R. I. P.</big><br/>
			''N.B.—The body will be cremated and the''<br/>''ashes taken to Australia.''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23070-471469,00.html |title=The Ashes in The Times |work=The Times |date=6 November 2002 |access-date=5 February 2008 |location=London |first=Marcus |last=Williams |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210145936/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23070-471469,00.html |archive-date=10 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref></div>}}
			As a result of this loss, the tour of ] was dubbed by England captain ] as "the quest to regain the ashes". England, with a mixture of amateurs and professionals, won the series 2–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketcrowd.com/displayvideo.html?ccvideo=2583&ccdesc=The+Ashes+story%3A+How+it+all+began|title=The Ashes Story: How it all began}}</ref><ref name="Wisden">{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154318.html|title=England in Australia, 1882–83|publisher=]|access-date=5 February 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119192012/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154318.html|archive-date=19 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Bligh was presented with an urn that contained some ashes, which have variously been said to be of a ], ] or even a woman's veil, and so ] was born. A fourth match was then played which Australia won by four wickets. However, the match was not considered part of the Ashes series.<ref name="Wisden"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/62408.html|title=Australia v England|publisher=]|access-date=5 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107004403/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/62408.html|archive-date=7 January 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> England dominated many of these early contests, with England winning the Ashes series 10 times between 1884 and 1898.<ref>{{cite web|url=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|title=Test matches|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=5 February 2008}}</ref> During this period England also played their first Test match against ] in 1889 at ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/62426.html|title=South Africa v England|publisher=]|access-date=5 February 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710090015/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/62426.html|archive-date=10 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
	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 ] 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 in the Second Test of the ] and ended in 1971 when ] won the Third Test at 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 in 1966. During this period they beat New Zealand, India, the West Indies, Pakistan and, under ]'s determined leadership, regained the ] from Australia in 1970–71.
	===1971 to 2000===		===1890s===
			England won the 1890 Ashes series 2–0, with the third match of the series being the first Test match to be abandoned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1890-60274|title=The Ashes 1890}}</ref> England lost 2–1 in the 1891–92 series, although England regained the urn the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1891-92-60275|title=The Ashes 1891/92}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1893-60277|title=The Ashes 1893}}</ref> England again won the 1894–95 series, winning 3–2 under the leadership of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/stuart-wark-england-s-1894-scg-miracle-909033|title=England's 1894 SCG miracle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1894-95-60278|title=The Ashes 1894/95}}</ref> In 1895–96, England played South Africa, winning all Tests in the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-south-africa-1895-96-61685|title=England tour of South Africa 1895/96}}</ref> The 1899 Ashes series was the first tour where the MCC and the counties appointed a selection committee. There were three active players: Grace, ] and ] captain ]. Prior to this, England teams for home Tests had been chosen by the club on whose ground the match was to be played. England lost the 1899 Ashes series 1–0, with Grace making his final Test appearance in the first match of the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1899-60283|title=The Ashes 1899}}</ref>
			===1900s===
	The 1970s, for the England team, can be largely split into three parts. The early 70s saw Ray Illingworth's side dominate world cricket winning the Ashes away in 1971 and then retaining them at home in 1972. The same side beat Pakistan at home in 1971 and played by far the better cricket against India that season. However, England were largely helped by the rain to sneak the Pakistan series 1–0 but the same rain saved India twice and one England collapse saw them lose to India. This was, however, one of (if not the) strongest England team ever with Boycott, Edrich, D'Oliveira, Amiss, Illingworth, Knott, Snow, Underwood amongst its core.
			]
			The start of the 20th century saw mixed results for England as they lost four of the eight Ashes series between 1900 and 1914.<ref>{{cite web |url=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 |title=Test matches |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=5 February 2008 }}</ref> During this period, England lost their first series against South Africa in the 1905–06 season 4–1 as their batting faltered.<ref>{{cite web|url=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|title=Test matches|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=5 February 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-south-africa-1905-06-61692|title=England tour of South Africa}}</ref>
			England lost their first series of the new century to Australia in 1901–02 Ashes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1901-02-60284|title=The Ashes 1901/02}}</ref>Australia also won the 1902 series, which was memorable for exciting cricket, including ] scoring a Test century in just 70 minutes. England regained the Ashes in 1904 under the captaincy of ]. ] scored 287 on his debut and ] took 15 wickets in a match. In 1905–06, England lost 4–1 against South Africa. England avenged the defeat in 1907, when they won the series 1–0 under the captaincy of Foster. However, they lost the 1909 Ashes series against Australia, using 25 players in the process.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1909-60292|title=The Ashes 1909}}</ref> England also lost to South Africa, with ] scoring his first of 15 centuries on the tour.
	The mid 1970s were more turbulent. Illingworth and several others had refused to tour India in 1972–73 which led to a clammer for Illingworth's job by the end of that summer – England had just been thrashed 2–0 by a flamboyant West Indies side – with several England players well over 35. Mike Denness was the surprising choice but only lasted 18 months; his results against poor opposition were good but England were badly exposed as aging and lacking in good fast bowling against the 1974–75 Australians, losing that series 4–1 to lose the Ashes.
			===1910s===
	Denness was replaced in 1975 by Tony Greig. While he managed to avoid losing to Australia, his side were largely thrashed the following year by the young and very much upcoming West Indies for whom Greig's infamous "grovel" remark acted as motivation. Greig's finest hour was probably the 1976–77 win over India in India. When Greig was discovered as being instrumental in World Series Cricket, he was sacked, and replaced by Mike Brearley.
			England toured Australia in 1911–12 and beat their opponents 4–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1911-12-60295|title=The Ashes 1911/12}}</ref> The team included the likes of Rhodes, Hobbs, ] and ]. England lost the first match of the series but bounced back and won the next four Tests. This proved to be the last Ashes series before the war.
			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:<ref>{{cite web |date=27 September 2006 |title=England v Australia 1890&nbsp;– 1914 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-v-australia-1890-1914-260677 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008035811/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/260677.html |archive-date=8 October 2008 |access-date=5 February 2008 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
	Brearley's side showed again the hyperbole that is often spoken when one side dominates in cricket. While his side of 1977–80 contained some young players who went on to become England greats, most notably Botham, Gower and Gooch, their opponents were often very much weakened by the absence of their World Series players, especially in 1978, when England beat New Zealand 3–0 and Pakistan 2–0 before thrashing what was probably Australia's 3rd XI 5–1 in 1978–79.
			{{blockquote|Nine Tests provide a surfeit of cricket, and contests between Australia and South Africa are not a great attraction to the British public.}}
	The England team, with Brearley's exit in 1980, was never truly settled throughout the 1980s, which will probably be remembered as a low point for the team. While some of the great players like Botham, Gooch and Gower had fine careers, the team seldom succeeded in beating good opposition throughout the decade and did not score a home test victory (except against minnows Sri Lanka) between September 1985 and July 1990. In this time, undoubted highlights were the Ashes victories of 1981 "Botham's Ashes", 1985 and 1986–87. The 1985 and 1986–87 victories, while sweet for the team, exposed more Australia's weakness than England's strength.
			With Australia sending a weakened team and the South African bowlers being ineffective England dominated the tournament winning four of their six matches. The match between Australia and South Africa at ] was visited by ], the first time a reigning monarch had watched Test cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/237048.html|title=Australia v South Africa|publisher=]|access-date=5 February 2008|date=14 February 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709172943/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/237048.html|archive-date=9 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> England went on one more tour before the outbreak of the ], beating South Africa 4–0, with Barnes taking 49 wickets in the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-south-africa-1913-14-61684|title=England tour of South Africa 1913/14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rob-steen-on-sydney-barnes-697977|title=Fiery Syd}}</ref>
	If the 1980s were a low point for English test cricket then the 1990s were only a slight improvement. The arrival of Graham Gooch as captain in 1990 forced a move toward more professionalism and especially fitness, though it took some time for old habits to die. Even today{{When|date=September 2011}}, one or two successful county players have been shown up as physically unfit for international cricket. Creditable performances against India and New Zealand in 1990 were followed by a hard fought draw against the 1991 West Indies but landmark losses against Australia in 1990–91 and especially Pakistan in 1992 showed England up badly in terms of bowling. So bad was England's bowling in 1993 that Rodney Marsh described England's pace attack at one point as "pie throwers". Having lost 3 of the 4 tests played in England in 1993 Graham Gooch resigned to be replaced by Michael Atherton.
			===1920s===
	More selectorial problems abounded during Atherton's reign as new chairman of selectors / coach Ray Illingworth (then into his 60s) assumed almost sole responsibility for the team off the field. The youth policy which had seen England emerge from the West Indies tour of 1993–94 with some credit (though losing to a seasoned WIndies team) was abandoned and players such as Gatting and Gooch were persisted with when well into their 30s and 40s. England duly continued to do well at home against weaker opponents such as India, New Zealand and a West Indies side beginning to fade but struggled badly against improving sides like Pakistan and South Africa. Atherton had offered his resignation after losing the 1997 Ashes series 3–2 having been 1–0 up after 2 matches – eventually to resign one series later in early 1998. England, looking for talent, went through a whole raft of new players during this period, such as Ronnie Irani, Adam Hollioake, Craig White, Graeme Hick, Mark Ramprakash. The key problem was the lack of a genuine all-rounder to bat at 6, Ian Botham having left a huge gap in the batting order when he had retired from tests in 1992. The key problem was that Alec Stewart, a sound wicket keeper and an excellent player of quick bowling, could not open and keep wicket, hence his batting down the order, where he was often exposed to spin which he didn't play as well.
			] in 1928. England won by a record margin of 675 runs.]]
			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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1920-21-60301|title=1920-21 Ashes}}</ref> 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 1924–25 Ashes 4–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1921-60302|title=The Ashes 1921}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1924-25-60306|title=The Ashes 1924/25}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1926-60307|title=The Ashes 1926}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1928-29-60310|title=The Ashes 1928-29}}</ref>
	Alec Stewart took the reins as captain in 1998 but another losing Ashes series and early World Cup exit cost him Test and ODI captaincy in 1999. This should not detract from the 1998 home test series where England showed great fortitude to beat a powerful South African side 2–1.
			In the same year the ] became the fourth nation to be granted ] 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 ] did ] 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-to-1930-when-england-played-two-tests-in-a-day-714423|title=Playing two Tests in a day}}</ref> Despite sending two separate teams England won against New Zealand 1–0 and drawn with the West Indies 1–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149452.html |title=Quick, quick Snow |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="CATI">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/2/Marylebone_Cricket_Club_in_West_Indies_1929-30.html |publisher=CricketArchive |title=England in the West Indies 1929–30 |access-date=20 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_3116506.html| title = England to New Zealand 1929-30| publisher = Test Cricket Tours| access-date = 31 August 2017| archive-date = 27 August 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170827210919/http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_3116506.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>
	Another reason for their poor performances were the demands of ] 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. 1992 also saw Scotland sever ties with the England and Wales team, and begin to compete independently as the ].
			===1930s===
	By 1999, with coach David Lloyd resigning after the World Cup exit and new captain Nasser Hussain just appointed, England hit rock bottom (literally ranked as lowest rated test nation) after losing in shambolic fashion to New Zealand 2–1. Hussain was booed on the Oval balcony as the crowd geered "We've got the worst team in the world" to the tune of "whole world in our hands".
			] evades a ] ball during the ]. Note the number of leg-side fielders.]]
			The 1930 Ashes series saw a young ] dominate the tour, scoring 974 runs in his seven Test innings. He scored 254 at Lord's, 334 at ] and 232 at ]. Australia regained the Ashes winning the series 2–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1930-60314|title=The Ashes 1930}}</ref> As a result of Bradman's prolific run-scoring the England captain ] chose to develop the already existing ] into fast leg theory, or ], 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/bodyline-cricket-series-1932-33#:~:text=Bodyline%20was%20an%20aggressive%20fast,way%20as%20fast%20as%20possible.|title=Bodyline cricket series, 1932-33|date=29 October 2015 }}</ref>
	=== Since 2000===
			Using Jardine's 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 ], which during the tour sent the following cable to the MCC in London:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/07/1075854114533.html |title=It just wasn't cricket |work=] |access-date=4 December 2006 |date=8 February 2004}}</ref>
	One year later, with central contracts now installed reducing players workloads and the arrival of shrewd Zimbabwean coach Duncan Fletcher, England had thrashed the fallen West Indies 3–1 and the Champagne flowed. Surprisingly, England's results in Asia improved markedly that winter with series wins against both Pakistan and Sri Lanka though one-day success still eluded them.
			{{blockquote|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-21013615|title=Bodyline: 80 years of cricket's greatest controversy|work=BBC News |date=14 January 2013 }}</ref>}}
	England's fortunes have improved since 2000 – not without the occasional "blip" particularly against Australia but home test wins have become commonplace. Hussain's side had a far harder edge to it, even managing to avoid the anticipated "Greenwash" in 2001 against the all-powerful Australian team. The nucleus of a side of fighters was slowly coming together as players such as Hussain himself, Thorpe, Gough and Giles began to be regularly selected. By 2003 though, having endured another Ashes drubbing, Hussain felt he could not continue and resigned after one test against South Africa.
			Later, Jardine was removed from the captaincy and the ] 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 was banned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/why-the-1932-33-bodyline-series-became-crickets-darkest-chapter/articleshow/113434312.cms#:~:text=Despite%20winning%20the%20series%204,infamous%20episodes%20in%20cricket%20history.|title=Why the 1932-33 'Bodyline' series became cricket's darkest chapter|work=The Times of India |date=17 September 2024 }}</ref>
	Michael Vaughan took over and, while keeping the emphasis as Hussain on fitness and control, encouraged players to express themselves. This especially brought the best out of Andrew Flintoff who, in a career blighted by serious injury managed a real purple patch of 18 months from 2004 to 2005 in which England won home and away including the epic 2005 Ashes series.
			England's following tour of India in the 1933–34 season was the first Test match to be staged in the subcontinent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/when-test-cricket-came-to-india-245528|title=When Test cricket came to India}}</ref> The series was also notable for ] and ] bowling so many bouncers that the Indian batsman wore ] instead of caps to protect themselves.<ref name=RG194>{{cite book |last=Guha |first=Ramachandra |author-link=Ramachandra Guha |title=A Corner of a Foreign Field – The Indian History of a British Sport |page=194 |year=2002 |publisher=Picador |location=London |isbn=0-330-49117-2}}</ref>
	In 2005, England under ]'s captaincy defeated Australia 2–1 to regain the Ashes for the first time in 16 years having lost them in 1989. Following the 2005 Ashes win, the team suffered from a spate of serious injuries to key players such as Vaughan, Flintoff, ] and ]. As a result, the team underwent an enforced period of transition during which Flintoff himself accepted the job.
			Australia won the 1934 Ashes series 2–1 and kept the urn for the following 19 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1934-60325|title=The Ashes 1934}}</ref> 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.
	In the home Test series victory against ] in July and August 2006, several promising new players emerged. Most notable were the left-arm orthodox spin bowler ], the first ] to play Test cricket for England; and left-handed opening batsman ]. Meanwhile England's injury problems allowed previously marginal Test players such as ] and ] to consolidate their places in the team.
			England drew the 1938 Ashes, meaning Australia retained the urn.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1938-60332|title=The Ashes 1938}}</ref> England went into the final match of the series at The Oval 1–0 down, but won the final game by an innings and 579 runs. ] made the highest ever Test score by an Englishman, making 364 in England first innings to help them reach 903, their highest ever score against Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-the-oval-grind-of-1938-901415|title=The Oval grind of 1938}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/nostalgia/when-len-hutton-eclipsed-don-bradman-with-record-knock-at-the-oval-3066570|title=When Len Hutton eclipsed Don Bradman with record knock at The Oval|date=14 December 2020 }}</ref>
	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.
			The 1938–39 tour of South Africa saw another experiment with the deciding Test being a ] that was played to a finish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-south-africa-1938-39-61688/south-africa-vs-england-5th-test-62657/full-scorecard|title=5th test durban, March 1939, England tour of South Africa}}</ref> 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 1,981 runs were scored, and the concept of timeless Tests was abandoned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/dec/22/the-spin-cricket-the-timeless-test-1939|title=The Test match that went on and on and on. Without a winner but with meaning}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/calling-time-on-eternity-395117|title=Calling time on eternity}}</ref> England went on one final tour of the West Indies in 1939 before the ], although a team for an MCC tour of India was selected more in hope than expectation of the matches being played.
	England's form in ]s had been consistently poor. They only narrowly avoided the ignominy of having to play in the qualifying rounds of the ]. Despite this, in the ] in Australia, England recorded its first ODI tournament win overseas since 1997. But, in the ], England lost to most of the Test playing nations they faced, beating only the ] and ], 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 ].
			===1940s===
	Afterwards, England's Test record was indifferent and the team 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 ODI series.
			Test cricket resumed after the war in 1946, and England won their first match back against India. However, they struggled in the 1946–47 Ashes series, losing 3–0 in Australia under ]'s captaincy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1946-47-60337|title=The Ashes 1946/47}}</ref> England beat South Africa 3–0 in 1947 with ] scoring 1,187 runs in the series.
			The 1947–48 series against the West Indies was another disappointment for England, with the side losing 2–0 following injuries to several key players.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-in-west-indies-test-series-1947-48-60341|title=England tour of West Indies 1947-48}}</ref> England suffered further humiliation against Bradman's invincible side in the 1948 Ashes series. Hutton was controversially dropped for the third Test, and England were bowled out for just 52 at The Oval.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-england-1948-61329/england-vs-australia-5th-test-62689/full-scorecard|title=5th test, The Oval 1948 Australia tour of England}}</ref> The series proved to be Bradman's final Ashes series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricmash.com/flashes-to-remember/ashes-1948-the-dons-final-innings|title=Ashes 1948: The Don's final innings}}</ref>
	In 2007–08, 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 2008 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.
			In 1948–49, England beat South Africa 2–0 under the captaincy of George Mann. The series included a record breaking stand of 359 between Hutton and ].<ref>. Stats.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2018-07-08.</ref><ref>. Stats.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2018-07-08.</ref> The decade ended with England drawing the Test series against New Zealand, with every match ending in a draw.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-tour-of-england-1949-62068|title=New Zealand tour of England 1949}}</ref>
	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 ] under the captaincy of Andrew Strauss and, in a disappointing performance, lost the Test series 1–0. Almost immediately, they played West Indies in a home series which they won 2–0.
			===1950s===
	The second ] 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.
			] batting during the 5th Test Match of the ] played at the ]. ] is bowling]]
			Their fortunes changed on the 1953 Ashes tour as they won the series 1–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1953-60359|title=The Ashes 1953}}</ref> England did not lose a series between their 1950–51 and 1958–59 tours of Australia and secured famous victory in ] under the captaincy of ], thanks to ] 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 ] who took 46 wickets at an average of 9.62, including figures of 19/90 at ]. After drawing to South Africa, England defeated the West Indies and New Zealand comfortably.
			The England team then left 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 ]'s revitalised Australians were too strong, with England struggling with the bat throughout the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1958-59-60380|title=The Ashes 1958/59}}</ref>
	This was followed by the 2009 Ashes series which featured the first Test match played in Wales, at ], Cardiff. England drew that match thanks to a last wicket stand by bowlers ] and ]. They won the second Test at Lord's 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 ], where England had to win to recover the Ashes. Thanks to fine bowling by ] and ] and a debut century by ], England won by 177 runs – Australia having capitulated inexplicably in their first innings.
			On 24 August 1959, England inflicted its only 5–0 whitewash over ]. All out for 194 at The Oval, India lost the last test by an innings. England's batsman ] and ] both had an excellent series with the bat, with Barrington scoring 357 runs across the series and Cowdrey scoring 344.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportstats.com.au/zArchive/1950s/1959EI/1959EIcov.pdf|title=India in England 1959. England won 5-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-england-1959-62279/england-vs-india-5th-test-62864/full-scorecard|title=England vs India, 5th Test at London, , Aug 20 1959 - Full Scorecard}}</ref>
	After a drawn Test series in ], England won their first ever ICC tournament, the ]. The following winter, ]; their first series win in Australia for 24 years, which included three innings victories. This victory left England in third place in the ICC rankings, whilst back-to-back Ashes defeats contributed to Australia falling from first to fifth.
			===1960s===
	England struggled to match their Test form in the ]. Despite beating South Africa and tying with eventual winners India, England suffered shock losses to Ireland and Bangladesh. They scrapped through to the quarter-finals before losing to Sri Lanka by 10 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka vs England, 4th Quarter-Final ICC World Cup 2011|url=http://iccworld-cup2011.blogspot.com/2011/03/4th-quarter-final-sri-lanka-vs-england.html|Cricket Archives}}</ref> However, the team's excellent form in the Test match arena continued, beating Sri Lanka 1–0 in a rain affected series, before comfortably whitewashing the Indians 4–0 to become the World No.1 side.
			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. May stood down as captain in 1961 following the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1961-60390|title=The Ashes 1961}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/657117/benaud-s-manchester-miracle|title=Benaud's Manchester miracle}}</ref>
			] succeeded him as captain but England continued to suffer indifferent results. In 1961–62, they beat Pakistan, but also lost to India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-pakistan-1961-62-61762|title=England tour of Pakistan 1961/62}}</ref> The following year saw England and Australia tie the 1962–63 Ashes series 1–1, meaning Australia retained the urn.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1962-63-60396|title=The Ashes 1962/63}}</ref> Despite beating New Zealand 3–0, England went on to lose to the West Indies, and again failed in the 1964 Ashes, losing the home series 1–0, which marked the end of Dexter's captaincy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1964-60402|title=The 1964 Ashes}}</ref>
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			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 Lord's in the Second Test of the ] and ended in 1971 when ] won the Third Test at The Oval by four 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, and Pakistan, and under ]'s leadership, regained ] from Australia in 1970–71.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1970-71-60433|title=1970/71 Ashes}}</ref>
	==Upcoming fixtures==
			===1970s===
	*England host ]. The teams will contest 5 ODI matches and a Twenty20 match.
			] batting against ] during a test match in February 1978 at ]]]
	*England will visit ] in August 2011. The teams will play a single ODI.<ref></ref>
			The 1970s, for the England team, can be largely split into three parts. Early in the decade, Illingworth's side dominated world cricket, winning the Ashes away in 1971 and then retaining them at home in 1972. The same side beat Pakistan at home in 1971 and played by far the better cricket against India that season. However, England were largely helped by the rain to sneak the Pakistan series 1–0 but the same rain saved India twice and one England collapse saw them lose to India. This was, however, one of (if not the) strongest England team ever with the likes of Illingworth, ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] at its core.
	*England will visit India in October 2011. The teams will contest 5x ODIs and 1 T20.
	*England will visit Dubai & Abu Dhabi, in January and February 2012, where they will play against Pakistan. The teams will contest 3x Test matches, 4x ODIs and 2 T20s.
	*England will visit Sri Lanka in March – April 2012. The teams will contest 2x Test matches.
			The mid-1970s were more turbulent. Illingworth and several others had refused to tour India in 1972–73 which led to a clamour for Illingworth's job by the end of that summer&nbsp;– England had just been beaten 2–0 by a flamboyant West Indies side&nbsp;– with several England players well over 35. ] was the surprising choice but only lasted 18 months; his results against poor opposition were good, but England were badly exposed as ageing and lacking in good fast bowling against the 1974–75 Australians, losing that series 4–1 to lose the Ashes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1974-75-60453|title=The Ashes 1974/75}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1008601/call-in-colin|title=Call in Colin}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-when-jeff-thomson-and-dennis-lillee-blew-england-away-788525|title=Shell-shocked and bloodied}}</ref>
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			Denness was replaced in 1975 by ]. While he managed to avoid losing to Australia, his side were largely thrashed the following year by the young and very much upcoming West Indies for whom Greig's infamous "grovel" remark acted as motivation. Greig's finest hour was probably the 1976–77 win over India in India. When Greig was discovered as being instrumental in World Series Cricket, he was sacked, and replaced by ].
	'''2012'''
	*England play West Indies in 3 Test Matches. They will be played at Edgbaston, Lord's and Trent Bridge.
	*England play South Africa in 3 Test Matches. They will played at Headingley, Lord's and The Oval.
			Brearley's side showed again the hyperbole that is often spoken when one side dominates in cricket. While his side of 1977–80 contained some young players who went on to become England greats, most notably future captains ], ] and ], their opponents were often very much weakened by the absence of their World Series players, especially in 1978, when England beat New Zealand 3–0 and Pakistan 2–0 before thrashing what was effectively Australia's 2nd XI 5–1 in 1978–79.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1978-79-60476|title=The Ashes 1978/79}}</ref>
	'''2013'''
	*England play New Zealand in 2 Test Matches. They will be played at Headingley and Lord's.
	*England will play Australia in the 2013 Ashes Series. Three of the five matches will be at Chester-le-Street, Lord's and The Oval and the other 2 Test Matches are yet to be allocated.
			===1980s===
	'''2014'''
			]
	*England play Sri Lanka in 2 Test Matches. They will be played at Cardiff and Headingley.
			The England team, with Brearley's exit in 1980, was never truly settled throughout the 1980s, which will probably be remembered as a low point for the team. While some of the great players like Botham, Gooch and Gower had fine careers, the team seldom succeeded in beating good opposition throughout the decade and did not score a home Test victory (except against minnows Sri Lanka) between September 1985 and July 1990.
	*England play India in 5 Test Matches. They will be played at Lord's, Old Trafford, The Oval and the Rose Bowl with the last Test Match to be allocated.
			Botham took over the captaincy in 1980 and they put up a good fight against the West Indies, losing a five match Test series 1–0, although England were humbled in the return series. After scoring a pair in the first Test against Australia, Botham lost the captaincy due to his poor form, and was replaced by Brearley. Botham returned to form and played exceptionally in the remainder of the series, being named man of the match in the third, fourth and fifth Tests. The series became known as Botham's Ashes as England recorded a 3–1 victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2011/jul/02/ian-botham-ashes-1981-mike-brearley|title='Ian Botham's Ashes': The myths, the legends and me}}</ref>
	'''2015'''
	*England play New Zealand in 2 Test Matches. They will be played at Headingley and Lord's.
	*England play Australia in the 2015 Ashes Series. Two of the matches will be at Lord's and the Oval with the other three yet to be decided.
			] took over as captain in 1981, but England lost his first series in charge against India. ] took over as captain in 1982 and enjoyed victories over India and Pakistan, but lost the Ashes after Australia clinched the series 2–1. England hosted the World Cup in 1983 and reached the semi-finals, but their Test form remained poor, as they suffered defeats against New Zealand, Pakistan and the West Indies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/prudential-world-cup-1983-60832/england-vs-india-1st-semi-final-65088/live-cricket-score|title=England vs India, 1st Semi-Final at Manchester, , Jun 22 1983 - Match Result}}</ref>
	'''2016'''
	*England play Sri Lanka in 3 Test Matches. They will be played at Chester-le-Street, Headingley and Lord's.
	*England play Pakistan in 4 Test Matches. They will be played at Lords, Old Trafford and The Oval with the last game yet to be allocated.
			Gower took over as skipper in 1984 and led the team to a 2–1 victory over India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/that-1980s-sports-blog/2016/nov/07/england-india-1984-disarray-triumph-cricket|title=England went to India in 1984 in disarray but came home with a famous victory}}</ref> They went on to win the 1985 Ashes 3–1, although after this came a poor run of form. Defeat to the West Indies dented the team's confidence,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/aug/13/scariest-test-england-ever-played-terror-west-indies-cricket-1986-patrick-patterson|title=The scariest Test England ever played: terror at the hands of West Indies}}</ref> and they went on to lose to India 2–0. In 1986, ] was appointed the first full-time England coach. England beat New Zealand, but there was little hope of them retaining the Ashes in 1986–87. However, despite being described as a team that 'can't bat, can't bowl and can't field', they went on to win the series 2–1.
	==Performances==
			After losing consecutive series against Pakistan, England drew a three match Test series against New Zealand 0–0. They reached the final of the 1987 World Cup, but lost by seven runs against Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/38710046|title=Australia receive medals for 1987 Cricket World Cup win over England}}</ref> After losing 4–0 to the West Indies, England lost the Ashes to a resurgent Australia led by Allan Border.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-1989-60559|title=The Ashes 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rob-smyth-the-ghosts-of-the-1989-ashes-645253|title=The ghosts of '89}}</ref> With the likes of Gooch banned following a rebel tour to South Africa, a new look England side suffered defeat again against the West Indies, although this time by a margin of 2–1.
	England have traditionally been one of the stronger teams in international cricket, fielding a competitive side for most of ]. Up to the end of August 2011 England had played 915 Test matches, winning 326 (35.63%), losing 261 (28.52%), and drawing 328 (38.85%).<ref> Retrieved on 26 August 2011</ref> As on 24 August 2011 in test cricket, 650 players had been capped for their country.<ref> Retrieved on 24 August 2011</ref><ref> Retrieved on 28 August 2011</ref> Up to the Super 8 World Cup match against Australia on 8 April 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. 222 players had played for England in One Day International matches up to 28 August 2011.
	<ref> Retrieved on 28 August 2011</ref>
	After Australia won ] 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 ] team.
			===1990s===
	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 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 ] Test cricket ratings. From 2000, English cricket had a resurgence and England reached the final of the ] 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, meant England were 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.
			If the 1980s were a low point for English Test cricket, then the 1990s were only a slight improvement. The arrival of Gooch as captain in 1990 forced a move toward more professionalism and especially fitness though it took some time for old habits to die. Creditable performances against India and New Zealand in 1990 were followed by a hard-fought draw against the 1991 West Indies and a strong performance in the ] in which the England team finished as runners-up for the second consecutive World Cup, but landmark losses against Australia in 1990–91 and especially Pakistan in 1992 showed England up badly in terms of bowling. So bad was England's bowling in 1993 that ] described England's pace attack at one point as "pie throwers".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/cricket/2002/oct/04news.htm|title=News Roll ''reddif.com''}}</ref> Having lost three of the first four Tests played in England in 1993, Gooch resigned to be replaced by ].
			More selectorial problems abounded during Atherton's reign as new chairman of selectors and coach Ray Illingworth (then into his 60s) assumed almost sole responsibility for the team off the field. The youth policy which had seen England emerge from the West Indies tour of 1993–94 with some credit (though losing to a seasoned Windies team) was abandoned and players such as Gatting and Gooch were persisted with when well into their 30s and 40s. England continued to do well at home against weaker opponents such as India, New Zealand and a West Indies side beginning to fade but struggled badly against improving sides like Pakistan and South Africa. Atherton had offered his resignation after losing the 1997 Ashes series 3–2 having been 1–0 up after two matches&nbsp;– eventually to resign one series later in early 1998. England, looking for talent, went through a whole raft of new players during this period, such as ], ], ], ] and ].
	In the 2006/07 tour of Australia, The Ashes were lost in a ] but England did succeed in clinching victory in the ] against ] and ]. The loss of The Ashes prompted the announcement by the ] 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 ] in the West Indies after defeats against New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
			] took the reins as captain in 1998, but another losing Ashes series and early World Cup exit cost him Test and ODI captaincy in 1999. This should not detract from the 1998 home Test series where England showed great fortitude to beat a powerful South African side 2–1.
	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). ] was named nPower Man of the Series and all-rounder ] retired from international Test cricket at the end of the 5th Test.
			Another reason for their poor performances were the demands of ] teams on their players, meaning that England could rarely field a full-strength team on their tours. This eventually led to the ] taking over from the MCC as the governing body of England and the implementation of central contracts. 1992 also saw Scotland sever ties with the England and Wales team, and begin to compete as the ].
	==Governing body==
	{{Main| 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 ]. 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/ecb-annual-report-accounts-2006-group-financial-statements-1846.pdf |format=PDF| title= ECB Annual Report and Accounts 2006 |publisher=] |date=|accessdate=2007-10-07}}</ref>
			By 1999, with coach David Lloyd resigning after the World Cup exit and new captain ] just appointed, England hit rock bottom (literally ranked as the lowest-rated Test nation) after losing 2–1 to New Zealand in shambolic fashion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-tour-of-england-1999-62074|title=New Zealand tour of England 1999}}</ref>Hussain was booed on the Oval balcony as the crowd jeered "We've got the worst team in the world" to the tune of "]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-tour-of-england-1999-62074|title=New Zealand tour of England 1999}}</ref>
	Prior to 1997 the ] (TCCB) was the governing body for the English team. Apart from in Test matches, when touring abroad the England team officially played as ] 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.
	==Team colours==		===2000s===
			] in 2004]]
			Central contracts were installed – reducing players workloads – and following the arrival of Zimbabwean coach ], England thrashed the fallen West Indies ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/west-indies-tour-of-england-and-scotland-2000-61879|title=West Indies tour of England and Scotland 2000}}</ref> England's results in Asia improved that winter with series wins against both ] and ]. Hussain's side had a far harder edge to it, avoiding the anticipated "Greenwash" in the ] against the all-powerful Australian team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/australia-maintain-icc-test-championship-lead-with-ashes-victory-97250|title=Australia maintain ICC Test Championship lead with Ashes victory}}</ref> The nucleus the side was slowly coming together as players such as Hussain himself, ], ] and ] began to be regularly selected. By 2003 though, having endured ] as well as another first-round exit from the ], Hussain resigned as captain after one Test against ].
			] took over, with players encouraged to express themselves. England won five consecutive Test series prior to facing Australia in the ], ] in the ] table. During this period England defeated the West Indies ] and ], ], and ] at home, and ] in South Africa. In June 2005, England played its first ever ], ]. Later that year, England defeated Australia 2–1 in a thrilling series to regain the Ashes for the first time in 16 years, having lost them in 1989. Following the 2005 Ashes win, the team suffered from a spate of serious injuries to key players such as Vaughan, Giles, ] and ]. As a result, the team underwent an enforced period of transition. A ] was followed by two drawn away series with ] and ].
	England's kit is manufactured by ], who replaced previous manufacturer ] on 1 April 2008.<ref>, ], 18 April 2007. Retrieved on 12 August 2008.</ref>
			In the ] in July and August 2006, several promising new players emerged.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pakistan-in-england-test-series-2006-224903|title=Pakistan in England Test Series 2006}}</ref> Most notable were the left-arm orthodox spin bowler ], the first ] to play Test cricket for England, and left-handed opening batsman ]. The ] was keenly anticipated and was expected to provide a level of competition comparable to the 2005 series. In the event, England, captained by Flintoff who was deputising for the injured Vaughan, lost all five Tests to concede the first Ashes whitewash in 86 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/jan/05/ashes2006.cricket2|title=Abject England roll over|work=The Guardian |date=5 January 2007 |last1=Selvey |first1=Mike }}</ref>
	When playing Test cricket, England's ] 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 ] is on the right. The Adidas logo features on the right sleeve. English fielders may wear a ] cap or sun hat with the ECB logo in the middle. Helmets are coloured similarly.
			In the ], England lost to most of the Test playing nations they faced, beating only the ] and ], 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 ] coach ].
	In ], England's ODI and Twenty20 shirts feature the ] logo across the centre, with the three lions badge on the left of the shirt and the Adidas logo on the right. England wear a navy shirt with red trim and navy trousers. They have also used an all red kit in some Twenty20's and in the 2009 ODI series against Australia.
			] bowling out ]'s during the 2nd 2009 Ashes Test at Lord's]]
			In 2007–08, England toured ] and ], losing the first series 1–0 and winning the second 2–1. These series were followed up at home in May 2008 with a ], with the results easing pressure on Moores – who was not at ease with his team, particularly star batsman ]. Pietersen succeeded Vaughan as captain in June 2008, after England had been well beaten by ]. The poor relationship between the two came to a head on the ]. England lost the series 1–0 and both men resigned their positions, although Pietersen remained a member of the England team. Moores was replaced as coach by Zimbabwean ]. Against this background, England toured the ] under the captaincy of ] and, in a disappointing performance, lost the Test series 1–0.
			The ] featured the first Test match played in Wales, at ], Cardiff.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cardiff to host Ashes Test match |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/4921718.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=20 April 2006 |access-date=23 August 2009 }}</ref> England drew the match thanks to a last-wicket stand by bowlers ] and Panesar.<ref name="T1_D5">{{cite news |first=Oliver |last=Brett |title=Defiant England cling on for draw |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/8146497.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=12 July 2009 |access-date=23 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713012906/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/8146497.stm |archive-date=13 July 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> A victory for each team followed before the series was decided at The Oval. Thanks to fine bowling by ] and ] and a debut century by ], England regained the Ashes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/aug/23/england-win-ashes-oval-test-australia|title=
	Until January 2010, ] were the official shirt sponsor across all formats in a long-lasting deal.
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			===2010s===
	==International grounds==
			After a drawn ], England won their first ever ICC event, the ], with a seven-wicket win over Australia in Barbados.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/may/16/england-australia-world-twenty20-final|title=Craig Kieswetter helps England thrash Australia to win World Twenty20|newspaper=The Guardian |date=16 May 2010 |last1=Selvey |first1=Mike }}</ref> The following winter in the ], they beat Australia 3–1 to retain the urn and record their first series win in Australia for 24 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-australia-2010-11-428730/australia-vs-england-4th-test-428752/match-report|title=England retain the Ashes with innings win}}</ref> Furthermore, all three of their wins were by an innings – the first time a touring side had ever recorded three innings victories in a single Test series, ] earning ] with 766 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-ashes-winning-down-under-england-s-post-war-ashes-series-victories-in-australia-1292018|title=Winning Down Under: England's post-war Ashes series victories in Australia}}</ref>
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			] takes the winning wicket in the ] at the ].]]
	===Test and ODI===
			England struggled to match their Test form in the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/9421100.stm|title=Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh rally on to shock England|date=11 March 2011 }}</ref> Despite beating South Africa and tying with eventual winners India, England suffered shock losses to Ireland and Bangladesh before losing in the quarter-finals to Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Lanka vs England, 4th quarter-final ICC World Cup 2011|url=http://iccworld-cup2011.blogspot.com/2011/03/4th-quarter-final-sri-lanka-vs-england.html|date=26 March 2011|access-date=26 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818070122/http://iccworld-cup2011.blogspot.com/2011/03/4th-quarter-final-sri-lanka-vs-england.html|archive-date=18 August 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> However the team's excellent form in the Test match arena continued and on 13 August 2011, they became the world's top-ranked Test team after ], their sixth consecutive series victory and eighth in the past nine series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/aug/22/england-india-seal-whitewash|title=England end India's resistance to seal win and whitewash|work=The Guardian |date=22 August 2011 |last1=Marks |first1=Vic }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/14614779|title=England complete India series whitewash at The Oval|work=BBC Sport |date=22 August 2011 }}</ref> However, this status only lasted a year – having ] over the winter, England were ], who replaced them at the top of the rankings. It was their first home series loss since 2008, against the same opposition. This loss saw the resignation of Strauss as captain and his retirement from cricket.
	''Listed in order of date first used for Test match''
			Cook, who was already in charge of the ODI side, replaced Strauss and led England to a ] – their first in the country since 1984–85.<ref>{{cite news |first=Marc |last=Higginson |title=India v England: Jonathan Trott & Ian Bell lead England to series win |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/20752998 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=17 December 2012 |access-date=17 December 2012 }}</ref> In doing so, he became the first captain to score centuries in his first five Tests as captain and became England's leading century-maker with 23 centuries to his name. After finishing as runners-up in the ], England faced Australia in back-to-back Ashes series. A ] secured England the urn for the fourth time in five series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/the-ashes-2013-566894|title=The Ashes 2013}}</ref> However, in ], they found themselves utterly demolished in a 5–0 defeat, their second Ashes whitewash in under a decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/25610300|title=Ashes 2013-14: Australia crush England to seal 5-0 whitewash|work=BBC Sport |date=5 January 2014 }}</ref> Their misery was compounded by batsman Jonathan Trott leaving the tour early due to a stress-related illness and the mid-series retirement of spinner Graeme Swann. Following the tour, head coach Flower resigned his post while Pietersen was dropped indefinitely from the England team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26040475 |title=Kevin Pietersen: Batsman's England career over |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 February 2014 |access-date=4 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606010906/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26040475 |archive-date=6 June 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Flower was replaced by his predecessor, Moores, but he was sacked for a second time after a string of disappointing results including failing to advance from the group stage at the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/moores-leaves-role-england-head-coach |title=Moores leaves role as England Head Coach |publisher=England and Wales Cricket Board |date=9 May 2015 |access-date=4 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105175138/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/moores-leaves-role-england-head-coach |archive-date=5 November 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/31792930|title=Cricket World Cup 2015: England knocked out by Bangladesh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/mar/10/england-exit-cricket-world-cup|title=Early England exit from Cricket World Cup is new low}}</ref>
	*], London (])
	*], Greater Manchester (])
	*], London (])
	*], Nottingham (])
	*], Leeds (])
	*], Birmingham (])
	*], Durham (])
	*], Cardiff (])
	*], Southampton (])
			].]]Moores was replaced by Australian ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/ecb-names-trevor-bayliss-englands-new-head-coach |title=Bayliss named England's new Head Coach |publisher=England and Wales Cricket Board |date=26 May 2015 |access-date=4 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129101453/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/ecb-names-trevor-bayliss-englands-new-head-coach |archive-date=29 January 2016 }}</ref> who oversaw an upturn of form in the ODI side, including series victories against ] and ]. In the Test arena, England reclaimed the Ashes ] in the summer of 2015 before regaining the ] in the ]. However, the upturn in fortune of the ODI and T20I sides coincided with steadily declining form of the Test side, especially with the bat, despite the emergence of key players ] and ]. After recording their ] in a Test, a ] on the same tour resulted in the resignation of Cook as captain in early 2017, being replaced by Root, who was unable to reverse the decline in the fortunes of the team: in his first year as captain, the team suffered another away Ashes drubbing followed by a loss to New Zealand, embarrassingly dismissed for just 58 in the first test, although the team did recover ] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/846959 |title=England move up to fourth position after 4-1 series win |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=11 September 2018}}</ref>
	===ODI only===
	*] (])
			] success at ] with ]]]
	==Statistics and records==
			England entered the ] as favourites, having been ranked the number one ODI side by the ICC for over a year prior to the tournament.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48125031|title=Why England are favourites for the Cricket World Cup – and who might stop them|date=28 May 2019|access-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619203809/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48125031|archive-date=19 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> However, shock defeats to Pakistan and Sri Lanka during the ] left them on the brink of elimination and needing to win their final two games against India and New Zealand to guarantee progression to the semi-finals.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48765744|title=England lose against Australia in Cricket World Cup as old habits return at the worst of times|date=25 June 2019|access-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626091817/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48765744|archive-date=26 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> This was achieved, putting their campaign back on track, and an eight-wicket victory over Australia in the semi-final at Edgbaston meant England were in their first World Cup final since 1992.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48870770|title=England reach Cricket World Cup final with thrashing of Australia|date=11 July 2019|access-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715043052/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48870770|archive-date=15 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The ] against New Zealand at Lord's has been described as one of the greatest and most dramatic matches in the history of cricket, with some calling it the "greatest ODI in history",<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12249489|title=2019 Cricket World Cup final: England beat Black Caps in greatest ODI in history|last=Anderson|first=Niall|journal=The New Zealand Herald|date=14 July 2019|access-date=16 July 2019|issn=1170-0777|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715173614/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12249489|archive-date=15 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> as both the match and subsequent ] were tied, after England went into the final over of their innings 14 runs behind New Zealand's total. England won by virtue of having scored more boundaries throughout the match, securing their maiden World Cup title in their fourth final appearance.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48983890|title=England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic victory over New Zealand|date=14 July 2019|access-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715181544/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48983890|archive-date=15 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/report/1144530/england-vs-new-zealand-final-icc-cricket-world-cup-2019|title=Epic final tied, Super Over tied, England win World Cup on boundary count|website=ESPNcricinfo|date=14 July 2019 |access-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715190820/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/report/1144530/england-vs-new-zealand-final-icc-cricket-world-cup-2019|archive-date=15 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
	===Tournament history===
	====World Cup====
			That summer's ] was the last series with Bayliss as coach and the series was full of moments including the emergence of ] and ], but it was Stokes's virtuosic effort in the ] which entered cricketing folklore: with only one wicket remaining and 76 more runs still to win, Stokes hit an unbeaten 135 to keep the series alive.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smyth |first1=Rob |last2=Lemon |first2=Geoff |last3=Howcroft |first3=Jonathan |title=Ashes 2019: Ben Stokes steers England to one-wicket victory over Australia - as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/aug/25/ashes-2019-england-v-australia-third-test-day-four-live |website=The Guardian |date=25 August 2019 |access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref> England eventually drew the series 2–2.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/the-ashes/ashes-2019-australia-has-the-urn-but-no-series-win-so-where-does-the-result-stack-up/news-story/e7899239cbb32ab43ac84dd7056a0f7d |title=Ashes 2019: Australia has the urn but no series win — so where does the result stack up? |work=Fox Sports Australia |date=16 September 2019 |access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref>
	*]: Semi-Final
	*]: Runners up
	*]: Semi-Final
	*]: Runners up
	*]: Runners up
	*]: Quarter-Final
	*]: Group Stage
	*]: Group Stage
	*]: Super Eights
	*]: Quarter-Final
	====ICC Champions Trophy====		===2020s===
			] trophy]]
	(known as the "ICC Knockout" in 1998 and 2000)
			Under new coach ], England began the new decade well when they beat South Africa ] in early 2020, the first time that the England cricket team had won three Tests on a tour to South Africa ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/51270668 |title=England in South Africa: Joe Root's side win series 3-1 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref> The impact of the ] was immediately felt when England were withdrawn from their tour of Sri Lanka whilst being on the field,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28896266/england-tour-sri-lanka-cancelled-amid-covid-19-spread |title=England tour of Sri Lanka cancelled amid COVID-19 spread |work=ESPN Cricinfo |date=13 March 2020 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> England were able to fulfil all of their fixture obligations during this time, but the summer of 2021 would be marred by COVID interruptions: England were forced to select a second-choice XI for the ] due to a COVID-19 outbreak,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2184648 |title=Ben Stokes to captain England against Pakistan after seven members in bio-bubble test positive for COVID-19 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref> and the deciding test of the ] was postponed for 12 months due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the Indian camp.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/banner/england-india_fifth_test_old_trafford_cancelled_covid-19_fears_in_tourists_camp.html |title=England-India fifth Test at Old Trafford cancelled over Covid-19 fears in tourists' camp |work=The Cricketer |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
			After being beaten in the semi finals of the ], the ] could not have started worse for England when ] was bowled by ] on the first ball of the series. Four heavy defeats led to Silverwood's resignation as coach and ]'s resignation as director of cricket. England then ] and dropped several senior players, including Burns and ] but also their leading fast bowlers, ] and ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60302401 |title=James Anderson & Stuart Broad left out of England squad for West Indies tour |work=BBC Sport |access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref> That decision backfired when England could not bowl out the West Indies in the first two tests and following a loss in the deciding test, Root resigned as captain after winning just one test in his last 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/joe-root-to-remain-england-test-captain-as-graham-thorpe-becomes-latest-ashes-casualty-1299860 |title=Joe Root to remain England Test captain as Graham Thorpe becomes latest Ashes casualty |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>
	*]: Quarter-Final
	*]: Quarter-Final
	*]: Group Stage
	*]: Runners up
	*]: Group Stage
	*]: Semi-Final
			2022 saw a period of transition in both Test and white-ball sides; under a new management structure of ] as director of cricket, England hired ] as captain and ] as coach of the Test side and their attacking play became known as ], winning 11 of their first 13 tests, beating New Zealand, India, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ireland. The white-ball side hired ] as coach and set the ] in ] when they scored 498–4 against The Netherlands in June.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/61839784 |title=England break ODI record with total of 498-4 in Netherlands |work=BBC Sport |access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12173/12635647/england-smash-world-record-498-4-against-netherlands-jos-buttler-one-of-three-players-to-hit-hundreds |title=England smash world-record 498-4 against Netherlands; Jos Buttler one of three players to hit hundreds |work=Sky Sports |access-date=17 June 2022}}</ref> ] succeeded ] as white-ball captain and won the ], becoming the first team to hold both the 50-over and 20-over trophies concurrently.<ref>{{Cite web |title=England script history, become first team to hold both men's ODI and T20 World Cup titles |url=https://www.wionews.com/sports/england-script-history-become-first-team-to-hold-both-mens-odi-and-t20-world-cup-titles-533759 |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=WION |date=13 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The following year saw England draw the ] and crash out of the ] in the group stage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/67319330#:~:text=England's%20World%20Cup%20defence%20is,hope%20of%20a%20freak%20turnaround.|title=Cricket World Cup 2023: England's defence ended by Australia defeat|work=BBC Sport |date=4 November 2023 }}</ref>
	====ICC World Twenty20====
	*]: Super Eights
	*]: Super Eights
	*]: Champions
			===Recent results===
	===England record in Test matches===
			{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
	{{Main|List of England Test cricket records}}
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	!		!
			! ] <!--Home-->
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			! ] <!--Home-->
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	! rowspan="3" | v ]
			| ] v ] 2024
	! home
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	| 45
			| ] v ] 2024
	| 47
			| ] v ] 2024
	| 64
			| ] v ] 2024
	| 156
			| ] v ] 2024
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			! Last match lost
	! away
			| ] v ] 2024
	| 57
			| ] v ] 2024
	| 86
			| ] v ] 2024
	| 27
			| ] v ] 2024
	| 170
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			| ] v ] 2024
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			! Last series won
	! total
			| ]
	| 102
			| ]
	| 133
			| ]
	| 91
			| ]
	| 326
			| ]
			| ]
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			! Last series lost
	! rowspan="3" | v ]
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	! home
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	| 4
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	! away
			|<!--tests, home--><small>''Source: ''. Last updated: 11 September 2024.</small>
	| 4
			|<!--odi, home--><small>''Source: ''. Last updated: 29 September 2024.</small>
	| 0
			|<!--t20, home--><small>''Source: ''. Last updated: 15 September 2024.</small>
	| 0
			|<!--tests, away--><small>''Source: ''. Last updated: 9 December 2024.</small>
	| 4
			|<!--odi, away--><small>''Source: ''. Last updated: 11 November 2024.</small>
			|<!--t20, away--><small>''Source: ''. Last updated: 18 November 2024.</small>
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			==Forthcoming fixtures==
			As set out by the ]'s Future Tours Programme, below is England's international fixture list until the Summer of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pulse-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/ICC/document/2018/06/20/c100c4a8-78ff-48a3-a687-7f424d5450e6/ICC_Tours.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327195950/https://pulse-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/ICC/document/2018/06/20/c100c4a8-78ff-48a3-a687-7f424d5450e6/ICC_Tours.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Men's FTP 2023–2027 |url=https://i.imgci.com/db/DOWNLOAD/0000/0045/men-s_ftp_2023_2027.pdf}}</ref>
			'''Winter 2024–25'''<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/england/england_face_stacked_schedule_future_tours_programme_confirmed_2023-2027.html | title=England face stacked schedule as Future Tours Programme confirmed for 2023-2027 &#124; the Cricketer }}</ref>
			* November–December 2024: ]
			* January–February 2025: ]
			* February–March 2025: ] (Pakistan, ODIs)
			'''Summer 2025'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/england/england_face_stacked_schedule_future_tours_programme_confirmed_2023-2027.html | title=England face stacked schedule as Future Tours Programme confirmed for 2023-2027 &#124; the Cricketer }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/3626247 | title=England Men to play home Zimbabwe Test in 2025 &#124; ECB }}</ref>
			* May 2025: Zimbabwe (home, 1 Test)
			* June 2025: West Indies (home, 3 ODIs)
			* June–August 2025: India (home, 5 Tests)
			* June 2025: Ireland (away, 3 ODIs)
			* September 2025: South Africa (home, 3 ODIs, 3 T20s)
			* September 2025: West Indies (home, 3 T20Is)
			==Governing body==
			{{Main|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 ]. 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&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/ecb-annual-report-accounts-2006-group-financial-statements-1846.pdf |title=ECB Annual Report and Accounts 2006 |publisher=] |access-date=7 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927221616/http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/ecb-annual-report-accounts-2006-group-financial-statements-1846.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}</ref>
			Prior to 1997, the ] (TCCB) was the governing body for the English team. Apart from in Test matches, when touring abroad, the England team officially played as ] 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.
			===Status of Wales===
			{{See also|Cricket in Wales|Proposed Wales national cricket team}}
			Historically, the England team represented the whole of ] in international cricket, with Scottish or ]s playing sporadically and players from both countries occasionally representing England. ] became an independent member of the ICC in 1994, having severed links with the TCCB two years earlier.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 September 2005 |title=ICC Cricket World Cup countdown - Scotland |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-cricket-world-cup-countdown-scotland-219330 |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cricket Scotland |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/europe/associate/69 |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=www.icc-cricket.com |archive-date=4 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231104225411/https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/europe/associate/69 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Lewis-2022">{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Thomas |date=2022-01-18 |title=Some fans think Wales should declare independence from England - at cricket |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/fans-think-its-time-wales-22786253 |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=North Wales Live |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Ruscoe-2004" />
			Criticism has been made of the England and Wales Cricket Board using only the England name while utilising Welsh players<ref name="Ruscoe-2004">{{cite web |last1=Ruscoe |first1=Sybil |title=England's Welshmen call for name change |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/2386685/Englands-Welshmen-call-for-name-change.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/2386685/Englands-Welshmen-call-for-name-change.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=Daily Telegraph |date=13 September 2004}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Lewis-2022" /> such as Simon and ]. With Welsh players pursuing international careers exclusively with an England team, there have been a number of calls for ], or for the ECB to provide more fixtures for a Welsh national team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/should-wales-international-cricket-team-6233035|title=Should Wales have its own international cricket team, ask Assembly Members|date=23 October 2013|website=Wales Online|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093255/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/should-wales-international-cricket-team-6233035|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=13 January 2014}}</ref> However, both ] and ] have continually supported the ECB, with Glamorgan arguing for the financial benefits of the Welsh county within the English structure, and Cricket Wales stating they are "committed to continuing to play a major role within the ECB"<ref>{{cite web|title=Clearing the Boundaries|url=http://www.cricketwales.org.uk/uploads/news/Clearing%20the%20Boundaries_FINAL_spreads.pdf|website=Cricket Wales|access-date=30 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103223746/http://www.cricketwales.org.uk/uploads/news/Clearing%20the%20Boundaries_FINAL_spreads.pdf|archive-date=3 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Glamorgan chief executive says Wales cricket team makes 'no sense' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/44487411 |agency=BBC |date=14 June 2018 |access-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131130523/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/44487411 |archive-date=31 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Glamorgan oppose petition to form a Wales cricket team |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/16136233 |agency=BBC |date=12 December 2011 |access-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114204611/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/16136233 |archive-date=14 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
			The absence of a Welsh cricket team has seen a number of debates within the ]. In 2013 a debate saw both ] and ] members lend their support to the establishment of an independent Welsh team.<ref>{{cite news |title=Establishment of a Welsh Cricket Team |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/wales-24613204 |newspaper=BBC Democracy Live |date=23 October 2013 |access-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114204700/http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/wales-24613204 |archive-date=14 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
			In 2015, a report produced by the ] petitions committee, reflected the passionate debate around the issue. ], ]'s spokesperson on heritage, culture, sport and broadcasting, and a member of the petitions committee, argued that Wales should have its own international team and withdraw from the ECB. Jenkins noted that Ireland (with a population of 6.4&nbsp;million) was an ICC member with 6,000 club players whereas Wales (with 3&nbsp;million) had 7,500. Jenkins said: "Cricket Wales and Glamorgan CCC say the idea of a Welsh national cricket team is 'an emotive subject', of course having a national team is emotive, you only have to look at the stands during any national game to see that. To suggest this as anything other than natural is a bit of a misleading argument."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/ams-query-possibility-welsh-national-5698082|title=A Welsh national cricket team? AMs will have their say on the possibility this autumn|last=Shipton|first=Martin|website=walesonline|access-date=21 March 2016|date=12 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208071637/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/ams-query-possibility-welsh-national-5698082|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/fresh-debate-whether-its-time-8837007|title=Welsh national cricket team should be set up says Rhun ap Iorwerth|last=Wyn-Williams|first=Gareth|website=northwales|access-date=21 March 2016|date=14 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208141322/http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/fresh-debate-whether-its-time-8837007|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jonathanedwards.org.uk/towards-a-national-future-for-welsh-cricket|title=Jonathan EdwardsTowards a National Future for Welsh Cricket|access-date=21 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045747/http://www.jonathanedwards.org.uk/towards-a-national-future-for-welsh-cricket|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/should-wales-international-cricket-team-6233035 |title=Should Wales have its own international cricket team, ask Assembly Members |last=Shipton |first=Martin |website=Wales Online |access-date=21 March 2016 |date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093255/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/should-wales-international-cricket-team-6233035 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/britain/21656717-campaign-national-cricket-team-bat-and-daffodil|title=The bat and the daffodil|newspaper=The Economist|issn=0013-0613|access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/call-wales-cricket-team-2151211|title=Call for Wales to have its own cricket team|last=Williamson|first=David|website=Wales Online|access-date=21 March 2016|date=7 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203838/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/call-wales-cricket-team-2151211|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
			In 2017, the ], ] called for the reintroduction of the Welsh one-day team stating: " is odd that we see Ireland and Scotland playing in international tournaments and not Wales."<ref>{{cite news |title=Wales cricket team should play one-day games, Carwyn Jones says |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-40497534 |agency=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=4 July 2017 |access-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129024732/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-40497534 |archive-date=29 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Williamson |first1=David |title=Carwyn Jones says Wales should have a one-day international Welsh cricket team |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/carwyn-jones-says-wales-should-13283819 |publisher=Wales Online |date=5 July 2017 |access-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106171557/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/carwyn-jones-says-wales-should-13283819 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
			==International grounds==
			{{Main|List of international men's cricket grounds in England and Wales}}
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			''Listed chronologically in order of first match and include neutral fixtures such as World Cup and Champions Trophy games''
			{|class="wikitable sortable"
	|-		|-
			! Venue !! City !! County team !! Capacity !! Years used !! Test !! ODI !! T20I
	! total
	| 8
	| 0
	| 0
	| 8
	|-		|-
			!colspan="8"| Current venues
	! rowspan="3" | v ]
	! home
	| 27
	| 5
	| 20
	| 52
	|-		|-
			| ] || London || ] || 26,000 || 1880– || 102 || 74 || 16
	! away
	| 11
	| 14
	| 26
	| 51
	|-		|-
			| ] || Manchester || ] || 26,000 || 1884– || 82 || 55 || 10
	! total
	| 38
	| 19
	| 46
	| 103
	|-		|-
			| ] || London || ] || 28,000 || 1884– || 140 || 67 || 10
	! rowspan="3" | v ]
	! home
	| 27
	| 4
	| 19
	| 50
	|-		|-
			| ] || Nottingham || ] || 17,500 || 1899– || 63 || 49 || 12
	! away
	| 18
	| 4
	| 22
	| 44
	|-		|-
			| ] || Leeds || ] || 17,500 || 1899– || 78 || 45 || 1
	! total
	| 45
	| 8
	| 41
	| 94
	|-		|-
			| ] || Birmingham || ] || 25,000 || 1902– || 53 || 64 || 5
	! rowspan="3" | v ]
	! home
	| 20
	| 9
	| 18
	| 47
	|-		|-
			| ] || Chester-le-Street || ] || 19,000 || 1999– || 6 || 20 || 3
	! away
	| 2
	| 4
	| 18
	| 24
	|-		|-
			| ] || Cardiff || ] || 15,500 || 1999– || 3 || 29 || 8
	! total
	| 22
	| 13
	| 36
	| 71
	|-		|-
			| ] || Southampton || ] || 25,000 || 2003– || 7 || 31 || 9
	! rowspan="3" | v ]
	! home
	| 27
	| 11
	| 23
	| 61
	|-		|-
			| ] || Taunton || ] || 12,500 || 1983– || – || 6 || 1
	! away
	| 29
	| 18
	| 30
	| 77
	|-		|-
			| ] || Bristol || ] || 17,500 || 1983– || – || 19 || 3
	! total
	| 56
	| 29
	| 53
	| 138
	|-		|-
			!colspan="8"| Former venues
	! rowspan="3" | v ]
	! home
	| 6
	| 2
	| 5
	| 13
	|-		|-
			| ] || Sheffield || ] || 32,000 || 1902 || 1 || – || —
	! away
	| 3
	| 4
	| 4
	| 11
	|-		|-
			| ] || Swansea || ] || 4,500 || 1973–1983 || – || 2 || —
	! total
	| 9
	| 6
	| 9
	| 24
	|-		|-
			| ] || Scarborough || ] || 11,500 || 1976–1978 || – || 2 || —
	! rowspan="3" | v ]
	! home
	| 30
	| 29
	| 21
	| 80
	|-		|-
			| ] || Leicester || ] || 12,000 || 1983–1999 || – || 3 || —
	! away
	| 13
	| 24
	| 28
	| 65
	|-		|-
			| ] || Worcester || ] || 5,500 || 1983–1999 || – || 3 || —
	! total
	| 43
	| 53
	| 49
	| 145
	|-		|-
			| ] || Southampton || ] || 7,000 || 1983–1999 || – || 3 || —
	! rowspan="3" | v ]
	! home
	| 3
	| 0
	| 1
	| 4
	|-		|-
			| ] || Derby || ] || 9,500 || 1983–1999 || – || 2 || —
	! away
	| 0
	| 0
	| 2
	| 2
	|-		|-
			| ] || Tunbridge Wells || ] || 6,000 || 1983 || – || 1 || —
	! total
	| 3
	| 0
	| 3
	| 6
	|-		|-
			| ] || Chelmsford || ] || 6,500 || 1983–1999 || – || 3 || —
	!
	!
	|
	|
	|
	|
	|
	|-		|-
			| ] || Canterbury || ] || 15,000 || 1999–2005 || – || 4 || —
	! Home
	!
	| 189
	| 107
	| 171
	| 467
	|-		|-
			| ] || Northampton || ] || 6,500 || 1999|| – || 2 || —
	! Away
	!
	| 137
	| 154
	| 157
	| 448
	|-		|-
			|colspan="8"| As of 18 July 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Grounds/GroundList.asp|title=List of cricket grounds in England and Wales|access-date=19 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175225/http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Grounds/GroundList.asp|archive-date=24 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
	! Overall
	!
	| 326
	| 261
	| 328
	| 915
	|-
	! % Breakdown
	!
	| 35.63%
	| 28.52%
	| 35.85%
	| 100%
	|}		|}
			==Current squad==
	Table correct 23 August 2011
			This lists all the active players who are contracted to or have played for England in the past year (since 1 January 2024) and the forms in which they have played, and any players (in italics) outside this criterion who have been selected in the team's most recent Test, ODI or T20I squad.
			The ECB offers a number of contracts in October each year to England players which covers both red-ball and white-ball players, considers the likelihood of players featuring in England teams across formats over the next period while recognising performances in the preceding year.<ref name="23cc">{{Cite web |title=England Men's Central Contracts announced |url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/4160213/england-mens-central-contracts-announced |access-date=31 October 2024 |website=ECB}}</ref> Multi-year contracts have been awarded since 2023.
	====Team records====
	*Highest team total: '''903–7 dec''' ] at ] in 1938
	*Lowest team total: '''45''' ] at ] in 1886/87
			*] appeared in T20Is during this period however has retired from international cricket.
	====Individual records====
			*] appeared in Tests during this period however has retired from international cricket.
	*Most matches: '''133 Tests''' – ]<ref>{{citation |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/england/engine/records/individual/most_matches_career.html?class=1;id=1;type=team |title=Alec Stewart: most Test matches playing for England |publisher=stats.espncricinfo.com}} Retrieved on 3&nbsp;September, 2011</ref>
	*Longest Serving Captain: '''54 Tests''' – ]
			'''Key'''
	====Batting====
			*No = Shirt number
	*Most runs: '''8,900''' – ]<ref>{{citation |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;team=1;template=results;type=batting|title=Most Runs for England|publisher=stats.espncricinfo.com}} Retrieved on 4&nbsp;September, 2011.</ref>
			*Con<ref name=23cc /> = Contract type (Central / Development)
	*Best average: '''60.73''' – ]<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Tests/Batting/Highest_Career_Batting_Average.html|title=Highest Career Batting Average|publisher=CricketArchive.com}} Retrieved on 24&nbsp;August 2011.</ref>
	*Highest individual score: '''364''' – ] ] at ] in 1938
	*Record partnership: '''411''' – ] and ] ] at ] in 1957
	*Most centuries: '''22''' – ], ] and ]
	* England's most prolific opening partnership was ] and ]. 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''' – ]
			{| class="wikitable"
	====Bowling====
	*Most wickets: '''383''' – ]
	*Best average: '''10.75''' – ]
	*Best innings bowling: '''10/53''' – ] ] at ] in 1956
	*Best match bowling: ''' 19/90''' – ] ] at ] in 1956
	*Best ]: '''34.1''' – ]
	*Best economy rate: '''1.31''' – ]
	* 5 England bowlers have taken 4 wickets in an over, 3 of these at ]. ] v New Zealand at Christchurch in 1929–30, ] v South Africa at Headingley in 1947, ] v New Zealand at Headingley in 1965, ] v Pakistan at Edgbaston in 1978 and ] v West Indies at Headingley in 2000.
	====Fielding====
	*Most catches by an outfielder: '''120''' – ] and ]
	*Most dismissals as wicketkeeper: '''277''' – ]
	*Most dismissals in an innings: '''7''' – ] ] at ] in 1979/80
	*Most dismissals in a match: '''11''' – ] ] at ] in 1995/96
	===England record in One Day Internationals===
	{{Main|List of England One-Day International cricket records}}
	{| class="wikitable" width="60%" style="text-align:center"
	!
	!
	! Won
	! Tied
	! Lost
	! No Result
	! Total
	|-		|-
			! style="text-align:center; background:#012169; color:white; | Name
	! v ]
			! style="text-align:center; background:#012169; color:white; | Age
	! home
			! style="text-align:center; background:#012169; color:white; | Batting style
	| 20
			! style="text-align:center; background:#012169; color:white; | Bowling style
	| 2
			! style="text-align:center; background:#012169; color:white; | Domestic team
	| 25
			! style="text-align:center; background:#012169; color:white; | Con
	| 1
			! style="text-align:center; background:#012169; color:white; | Forms<!--NOTE: This refers to the forms they've played for England in the past year, not over their whole England career-->
	| 48
			! style="text-align:center; background:#012169; color:white; | S/N
			! style="text-align:center; background:#012169; color:white; | Captaincy
			! style="text-align:center; background:#012169; color:white; | Last Test
			! style="text-align:center; background:#012169; color:white; | Last ODI
			! style="text-align:center; background:#012169; color:white; | Last T20I
	|-		|-
			!colspan="12"| Batters
	!
	! away
	| 20
	| –
	| 36
	| 1
	| 57
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1989|9|26}} || Right-handed || – || ] ||align="center"| C || Test, T20I ||align="center"| 51 || || {{cricon|IND}} 2024 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2023 || {{cricon|IND}} 2024
	!
	! neutral
	| 2
	| –
	| 6
	| –
	| 8
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1999|2|22}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| C || Test, ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 88 || ODI (VC) || {{cricon|NZ}} 2024 || {{cricon|AUS}} 2024 || {{cricon|IND}} 2024
	!
	! total
	| 42
	| 2
	| 67
	| 2
	| 113
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|2000|10|21}} || Right-handed || – || ] || align="center"| – || ODI, T20I || align="center"| 93 || || – || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024 || {{cricon|AUS}} 2024
	! v ]
	! home
	| 5
	| –
	| 1
	| –
	| 6
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1998|2|3}} || Right-handed || – || ] ||align="center"| C || Test ||align="center"| 6 || || {{cricon|NZ}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2023 || –
	!
	! away
	| 6
	| –
	| 1
	| –
	| 7
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1994|10|17}} || Left-handed || – || ] ||align="center"| C || Test, ODI, ''T20I'' ||align="center"| 17 || || {{cricon|NZ}} 2024 || {{cricon|AUS}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2023
	!
	! neutral
	| 2
	| –
	| –
	| –
	| 2
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1997-07-12}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| – || Test ||align="center"| 68 || || {{cricon|SRI}} 2024 || – || –
	!
	! total
	| 13
	| –
	| 2
	| –
	| 15
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1998|1|2}} || Right-handed || – || ] ||align="center"| C || Test ||align="center"| 80 || Test (VC) || {{cricon|NZ}} 2024 || – || –
	! v ]
			|-
	! home
			| ] || {{age|1990|12|30}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ]/] || ] ||align="center"| C || Test, ''ODI'' ||align="center"| 66 || || {{cricon|NZ}} 2024 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2023 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2019
	| 1
	| –
	| –
	| –
	| 1
	|-		|-
			!colspan="12"| All-rounders
	!
	! neutral
	| 1
	| –
	| –
	| –
	| 1
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|2004|8|13}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| C || Test, T20I ||align="center"| 53 || || {{cricon|IND}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2023 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	!
	! total
	| 2
	| –
	| –
	| –
	| 2
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|2003|10|23}} || Left-handed || ] || ] || align="center"| C || Test, ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 82 || || {{cricon|NZ}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	! v ]
	! home
	| 1
	| –
	| –
	| –
	| 1
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1995|7|31}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| C || Test, ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 92 || || {{cricon|NZ}} 2024 || {{cricon|AUS}} 2024 || {{cricon|AUS}} 2024
	! v ]
	! home
	| 15
	| –
	| 11
	| 2
	| 28
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1998|6|3}} || Left-handed || Left-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| C || ODI, T20I || align="center"| 58 || || {{cricon|IND}} 2021 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	!
	! away
	| 13
	| –
	| 21
	| –
	| 34
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1998|11|21}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] || align="center"| C || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 85 || || {{cricon|PAK}} 2022 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	!
	! neutral
	| 2
	| 1
	| 6
	| –
	| 9
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1993|8|4}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ]/] || ] ||align="center"| C || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 23 || || {{cricon|PAK}} 2022 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	!
	! total
	| 30
	| 1
	| 38
	| 2
	| 71
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|2001|7|8}} || Left-handed || Right-arm ] || ] || align="center"| – || ODI, T20I || align="center"| 96 || || – || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	! v ]
	! away
	| 2
	| –
	| –
	| –
	| –
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1994|4|10}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] || align="center"| – || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 75 || || {{cricon|NZ}} 2022 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	!
	! neutral
	| 1
	| –
	| 1
	| –
	| 2
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1991|6|4}} || Left-handed || Right-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| C || Test ||align="center"| 55 || Test (C) || {{cricon|NZ}} 2024 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2023 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2022
	!
	! total
	| 3
	| –
	| 1
	| –
	| 4
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1989|3|2}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| C || Test ||align="center"| 19 || || {{cricon|NZ}} 2024 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2023 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2023
	! v ]
	! home
	| 1
	| –
	| –
	| –
	| 1
	|-		|-
			!colspan="12"| Wicket-keepers
	!
	! neutral
	| 1
	| –
	| –
	| –
	| 1
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1990|9|8}} || Right-handed || – || ] ||align="center"| C || ''ODI'', T20I ||align="center"| 63 || ODI, T20I (C) || {{cricon|AUS}} 2022 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2023 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	!
	! total
	| 2
	| –
	| –
	| –
	| 2
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1993|2|15}} || Right-handed || – || ] ||align="center"| – || Test ||align="center"| 50 || || {{cricon|IND}} 2024 || {{cricon|IRE}} 2019 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2019
	! v ]
	! neutral
	| 1
	| –
	| –
	| –
	| 1
	|-		|-
			| '']'' || {{age|1998|12|1}} || Right-handed || – || ] || align="center"| – || ''Test'' ||align="center"| 45 || || – || – || –
	! v ]
	! neutral
	| 3
	| –
	| –
	| –
	| 3
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1996|8|28}} || Right-handed || – || ] || align="center"| C || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 61 || T20I (VC) || – || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	! v ]
	! home
	| 9
	| –
	| 5
	| 1
	| 15
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|2000|7|12}} || Right-handed || – || ] || align="center"| C || Test, ODI, ''T20I'' ||align="center"| 39 || || {{cricon|PAK}} 2024 || {{cricon|AUS}} 2024 || –
	!
	! away
	| 13
	| 2
	| 16
	| 2
	| 33
	|-		|-
			!colspan="12"| Pace bowlers
	!
	! neutral
	| 6
	| –
	| 10
	| –
	| 16
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1995|4|1}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ]|| ] ||align="center"| C || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 22 || || {{cricon|IND}} 2021 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	!
	! total
	| 28
	| 2
	| 31
	| 3
	| 64
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1998|1|19}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| C || Test, ''ODI'', ''T20I'' ||align="center"| 37 || || {{cricon|NZ}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2023 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2023
	! v ]
	! home
	| 22
	| –
	| 13
	| 1
	| 36
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|2004|8|20}} || Left-handed || Left-arm ] || ] || align="center"| D || Test ||align="center"| 47 || || {{cricon|SRI}} 2024 || – || –
	!
	! away
	| 9
	| –
	| 10
	| –
	| 19
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1988|10|4}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] || align="center"| – || T20I ||align="center"| 34 || || {{cricon|West Indies}} 2015 || {{cricon|AUS}} 2022 || {{cricon|IND}} 2024
	!
	! neutral
	| 7
	| –
	| 5
	| 1
	| 13
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1997|2|25}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| – || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 25 || || {{cricon|WIN}} 2022 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	!
	! total
	| 38
	| –
	| 28
	| 2
	| 68
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1998|10|29}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| C || Test, ODI ||align="center"| 35 || || {{cricon|NZ}} 2024 || {{cricon|AUS}} 2024 || –
	! v ]
	! home
	| 10
	| –
	| 5
	| 1
	| 16
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1993|12|1}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] || align=center| – || Test || align=center| 57 || || {{cricon|IND}} 2024 || – || –
	!
	! away
	| 7
	| 1
	| 15
	| 2
	| 25
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1993|10|9}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] || align="center"| C || Test, ODI ||align="center"| 26 || || {{cricon|SRI}} 2024 || {{cricon|AUS}} 2024 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2022
	!
	! neutral
	| 3
	| –
	| 4
	| –
	| 7
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1997|11|15}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| C || – ||align="center"| 56 || || {{cricon|AUS}} 2023 || – || –
	!
	! total
	| 20
	| 1
	| 24
	| 3
	| 48
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1994|2|21}} || Right-handed || Left-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| C || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 38 || || – || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	! v ]
	! home
	| 11
	| –
	| 9
	| –
	| 20
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|2001|4|10}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| D || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 41 || || – || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	!
	! away
	| 4
	| –
	| 9
	| –
	| 13
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1990|1|11}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| C || Test, ''ODI'', T20I ||align="center"| 33 || || {{cricon|SRI}} 2024 || {{cricon|AUS}} 2023 || {{cricon|SA}} 2024
	!
	! neutral
	| 11
	| –
	| 6
	| –
	| 17
	|-		|-
			!colspan="12"| Spin bowlers
	!
	! total
	| 26
	| –
	| 24
	| –
	| 50
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|2003|10|13}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] || align="center"| C || Test || align="center"| 67 || || {{cricon|NZ}} 2024 || – || –
	! v ]
	! neutral
	| 1
	| –
	| –
	| –
	| 1
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1999|5|3}} || Left-handed || ] || ] || align="center"| – || Test || align="center"| 79 || || {{cricon|IND}} 2024 || {{cricon|IRE}} 2023 || –
	! v ]
	! home
	| 16
	| –
	| 15
	| 2
	| 33
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1991|6|22}} || Left-handed || ] || ] ||align="center"| C || Test ||align="center"| 77 || || {{cricon|PAK}} 2024 || – || –
	!
	! away
	| 13
	| –
	| 22
	| 3
	| 38
	|-		|-
			| ] || {{age|1988|2|17}} || Right-handed || Right-arm ] || ] ||align="center"| C || ODI, T20I ||align="center"| 95 || || {{cricon|WIN}} 2019 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2024
	!
			|}
	! neutral
	| 11
			==Coaching staff==
	| –
			{| class="wikitable"
	| 6
	| –
	| 17
	|-		|-
			!Position
	!
			!Name
	! total
	| 40
	| –
	| 43
	| 5
	| 88
	|-		|-
			| Head coach
	! v ]
			| {{flagicon|NZ}} ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/brendon-mccullum-named-as-england-s-new-test-coach-1314672?platform=amp|title=Brendon McCullum named as England's new Test coach|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=12 May 2022|archive-date=12 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512131434/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/brendon-mccullum-named-as-england-s-new-test-coach-1314672?platform=amp|url-status=live}}</ref>
	! home
	| 6
	| –
	| 2
	| 1
	| 9
	|-		|-
			| Assistant coach
	!
			| {{flagicon|ENG}} ]<ref name="BBC interim">{{cite web |title=Collingwood named interim England coach |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60288338 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 February 2022 |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref>
	! away
	| 12
	| –
	| 3
	| –
	| 15
	|-		|-
			| Batting coach
	!
			| {{flagicon|ENG}} ]
	! neutral
	| 3
	| –
	| 3
	| –
	| 6
	|-		|-
			| Fast-bowling consultant
	!
			| {{flagicon|ENG}} ]
	! total
	| 21		|-
			| Spin bowling coach
	| –
			| {{flagicon|NZ}} ]
	| 8
	| 1
	| 30
	|-		|-
			| Lions coach
	!
			| {{flagicon|ENG}} ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrew Flintoff appointed as England Lions men's head coach |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/andrew-flintoff-appointed-as-england-lions-men-s-head-coach-1450173 |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>
	!
	|		|-
			| Pace-bowling coach
	|
			| {{flagicon|ENG}} ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neil Killeen appointed men's Elite Pace Bowling Coach |url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/3014774 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=English Cricket Board |language=en}}</ref>
	|
	|		|}
			==Team colours==
			When playing Test cricket, England's ] feature the three lions badge on the left of the shirt and the name of the sponsor Cinch on the centre. English fielders may wear a navy blue cap or white sun hat with the ECB logo in the middle. Helmets are also coloured navy blue. Before 1997 the uniform sported the TCCB lion and stumps logo on the uniforms, while the helmets, jumpers and hats had the three lions emblem.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/qa-the-sinister-aspect-of-golf-1590548.html |title=QA: The sinister aspect of golf |work=The Independent |access-date=30 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214072002/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/qa-the-sinister-aspect-of-golf-1590548.html |archive-date=14 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Before 1996, the caps used in test touring squads featured a crest deptcting ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-06 |title=Lions in sheep's clothing |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/1135753.html |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref> In April 2017, the ECB brought back the traditional cable-knit sweater for test matches.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 April 2017|title=All hail the return of cricket's traditional cable-knit sweater|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2017/04/04/hail-return-crickets-traditional-cable-knit-sweater/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2017/04/04/hail-return-crickets-traditional-cable-knit-sweater/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=17 August 2021|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
			In One day internationals the kit is a blue shirt with navy trousers, whilst the Twenty20 kit is a flame-red shirt and navy trousers. In ] limited-overs tournaments 'ENGLAND' is printed across the front. Over the years, England's ODI kit has cycled between various shades of blue (such as a pale blue used until the mid-1990s, when it was replaced in favour of a bright blue)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/news/2015/features-and-specials/85251/classic-world-cup-kits-1996.html |title=Classic World Cup Kits 1996 |access-date=5 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703222200/http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/news/2015/features-and-specials/85251/classic-world-cup-kits-1996.html |archive-date=3 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/news/2015/features-and-specials/85289/classic-world-cup-kits-1999.html |title=Classic World Cup Kits 1999 |access-date=5 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619193705/http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/news/2015/features-and-specials/85289/classic-world-cup-kits-1999.html |archive-date=19 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with the occasional all-red kit.<ref>{{cite news|title=England's ODI kits down the years|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2017/05/03/englands-odi-kits-years-ranked-rated/|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007121216/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2017/05/03/englands-odi-kits-years-ranked-rated/|archive-date=7 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
			{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-left:1em; float:right"
			|-
			!Period
			!Kit manufacturer
			!Shirt sponsor
			|-
			|1994–1996
	|		|
			|rowspan=2|]
	|-		|-
			|1996–1998
	! Home
			|rowspan=2|]
	!
	| 116
	| 2
	| 86
	| 9
	| 213
	|-		|-
			|1998–2000
	! Away
			|rowspan=3|]
	!
	| 99
	| 3
	| 132
	| 8
	| 242
	|-		|-
			|2000–2008
	! Neutral
			|]
	!
	| 55		|-
			|2008–2010
	| 1
			|rowspan="3"|]
	| 47
	| 1		|-
			|2010–2014
	| 104
			|]
			|-
			|2014–2017
			|]
			|-
			|2017–2021
			|rowspan=2|]
			|]
			|-
			|2021–2022
			|rowspan=2|]
			|-
			|2022–present
			|]
	|-		|-
	! Overall
	!
	| 270
	| 6
	| 267
	| 18
	| 561
	|}		|}
			In ], England's ODI and Twenty20 shirts feature the Cinch logo across the centre: in ] limited-overs tournaments a modified kit design is used with the sponsor's logo is on the sleeve. The three lions badge on the left of the shirt and the ] logo on the right. Cinch, an online used car marketplace, replaced ] as England's principal partner, in February 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=ECB unveils Cinch as new Principal Partner|url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/2024471|work=England and Wales Cricket Board|access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref> ] replaced ] as kit manufacturer in April 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/2248054|title=Castore confirmed as Official kit supplier to England Cricket |date=13 September 2021 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
	Table correct 13 July 2011
	====Team records====		==Fan following==
			{{Main|Barmy Army}}
	*Highest team total: '''391–4''' (50 overs) v ] at ] in 2005<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4111184.stm|title=Records tumble in England victory |accessdate=2009-05-31 | work=BBC News | date=21 June 2005}}</ref>
			]
	*Lowest team total: '''86–10''' (32.4 overs) v ] at ] in 2001
			The Barmy Army is a travel agency that provides tickets and arranges touring parties for some of its members to follow the ] in the UK and overseas. The Barmy Army was at first an informal group but was later turned into a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgci.com/db/NATIONAL/ENG/CLUBS/barmy-army/history.html|title=History of the Barmy Army}}</ref>
			The name is also applied to followers of the team who join in with match day activities in the crowd, but do not necessarily travel as part of an organised tour. ] defines the word barmy as "slightly crazy or very foolish". Known for their famous song that goes “barmy army shout it out come on england”
	====Individual records====
	*Most matches: '''197''' – ]
	*Longest Serving Captain: '''60 matches''' – ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/most_matches_as_captain.html?class=2;id=1;type=team|title=Records / England / One-Day Internationals / Most matches as captain|publisher=Cricinfo|accessdate=2009-10-04}}</ref>
			The group, then less organised, was given its name by the Australian media during the ] ] series in ], reportedly for the fans' hopeless audacity in travelling all the way to Australia in the near-certain knowledge that their team would lose, and the fact that they kept on chanting encouragement to the England team even when England were losing quite badly.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/dec/01/ashes2006.cricket7 |title=Crass and corporate - why the Barmy Army are no laughing matter |date=2006-11-30 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/dominic-lawson/dominic-lawson-fight-back-against-the-barmy-army-427134.html |title=Dominic Lawson: Fight back against the Barmy Army |date=2006-12-05 |work=]}}</ref> It was co-founded by ].<ref name=tm>{{cite web|url=http://www.trademarkify.com.au/trademark/1114806?i=BARMY_ARMY-BACSC_Ltd_and_Peacock_David_John#.UT3AC9pFDIU |title=BARMY ARMY by BACSC Ltd and Peacock, David John - Australian Trademark No.1114806 |publisher=Trade Marks Australia |access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>
	====Batting====
	*Most runs: '''5,092''' – ]
	*Best average: '''52.44''' – ]
	*Highest individual score: '''167*''' – ] ] at ] in 1993
	*Record partnership: '''250''' – ] and ] ] at ] in 2010
	*Most centuries: '''12''' – ]
			==Tournament history==
	====Bowling====
	*Most wickets: '''234''' – ]
	*Best average: '''19.45''' – ]
	*Best bowling: '''6/31''' – ] ] at ] in 2005
	*Best strike rate: '''30.80''' – ]
	*Best economy rate: '''3.27''' – ]
			{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
	====Wicketkeeping====
			|+'''Key'''
	*Most dismissals: '''163''' – ]
			|style="background:gold" width="20"|
	*Most dismissals in a match: '''6''' – ] ] at ] in 2000; ] ] at ] in 2008
			|align="left"| '''Champions'''
			|-
			|style="background:silver" width="20"|
			|align="left"| '''Runners-up'''
			|-
			|style="background:#cc9966" width="20"|
			|align="left"| '''Third place'''
			|-
			|style="background:lemonchiffon" width="20"|
			|align="left"| '''Fourth place'''
			|}
			{{legend2||''Indicates tournaments played within England''|border=2px solid red}}
	''Figures correct as on 13 July 2011. Qualification of 20 innings minimum where appropriate''
	===Most England Test caps===		===ICC World Test Championship===
			{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
	{{Main|List of English Test cricketers}}
			|-
	*'''133''' ]
			| colspan="19" | ]
	*'''118''' ]
			|-
	*'''117''' ]
			! width="245" rowspan="3" | Year
	*'''115''' ]
			! colspan="10" | League stage
	*'''114''' ]
			! width="250" ! rowspan="3" | Final host
	*'''108''' ]
			! width="450" rowspan="3" | Final
	*'''102''' ]
			! width="75" rowspan="3" | Final position
	*'''100''' ]
			|-
	*'''96''' ]
			! width="20" rowspan="2" | {{abbr|Pos|Position}} !! colspan="5" | Matches !! width="20" rowspan="2" | {{abbr|Ded|Deductions}} !! width="20" rowspan="2" | {{abbr|PC|Points Contested}} !! width="20" rowspan="2" | {{abbr|Pts|Points}} !! width="20" rowspan="2" | {{abbr|PCT|Fraction of Points Won out of Points Contested}}
	*'''95''' ]
			|-
	*'''91''' ]
			! width="20" | {{abbr|P|Played}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|W|Won}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|L|Lost}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|D|Drawn}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|T|Tied}}
	*'''90''' ]
			|- style="background:LemonChiffon"
	*'''89''' ]
			| ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-test-championship-2021-2023-1268315/points-table-standings|title=ICC World Test Championship 2021–2023 Table|access-date=11 June 2023|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> || 4/9 || 21 || 11 || 7 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 720 || 442 || '''61.4''' || style="border:2px solid red"|], England || DNQ || League Stage
	*'''86''' ]
			|- style="background:LemonChiffon"
	*'''85''' ]
			| ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-test-championship-2021-2023-1195334/points-table-standings|title=ICC World Test Championship 2019–2021 Table|access-date=29 August 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> || 4/9 || 22 || 10 || 8 || 4 || 0 || 12 || 264 || 124 || '''47'''|| style="border:2px solid red" |], England || DNQ || League Stage
	*'''82''' ]
			|}
	*'''82''' ]
	*'''79''' ]
	*'''79''' ]
	*'''79''' ]
			===ICC Cricket World Cup===
	==Current squad==
			{{main|England at the Cricket World Cup}}
	This lists all the players who have played for England in the past year, and the forms in which they have played. In addition, ] ] was a non-playing member of England's ] squad, whilst fast-bowler ] and ] ] have been included in England's 27-man Performance Squad for 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/england/eps,313594,EN.html |title=England Performance Squad unveiled
	|publisher=]|date=|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref>
			{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
	'''Key'''
			|-
	*S/N = Shirt number
			!colspan=9|] record
			|-
			! width=200 |Year
			! width=150 |Round
			! width=50 |Position
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|W|Matches won}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|T|Matches tied}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|NR|No result}}
			! width=50 |Win %
			|- style="background:#cc9966"
			|style="border:2px solid red"|{{flagicon|ENG}} ]||Semi-final||3/8||4||3||1||0||0||75.00
			|- style="background:silver"
			|style="border:2px solid red"|{{flagicon|ENG}} ]||Runners-up||2/8||5||4||1||0||0||80.00
			|- style="background:#cc9966"
			|style="border:2px solid red"|{{flagicon|ENG}} {{flagicon|WAL}} ]||Semi-final||3/8||7||5||2||0||0||71.43
			|- style="background:silver"
			|{{flagicon|IND}} {{flagicon|PAK}} ]||rowspan=2|Runners-up||2/8||8||5||3||0||0||62.50
			|- style="background:silver"
			|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{flagicon|NZL}} ]||2/9||10||6||3||0||1||66.67
			|-
			|{{flagicon|IND}} {{flagicon|PAK}} {{flagicon|SRI}} ]||Quarter-final||rowspan=2|8/12||6||2||4||0||0||33.33
			|-
			|style="border:2px solid red"| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{flagicon|WAL}} {{flagicon|SCO}} {{flagicon|IRL}} {{flagicon|NED}} ]||Group Stage||5||3||2||0||0||60.00
			|-
			|{{flagicon|RSA}} {{flagicon|ZIM}} {{flagicon|KEN}} ]||Group Stage||9/14||6||3||3||0||0||50.00
			|-
			|{{flagicon|WIN}} ]||Super 8||5/16||9||5||4||0||0||55.55
			|-
			|{{flagicon|IND}} {{flagicon|SRI}} {{flagicon|BAN}} ]||Quarter-final||7/14||7||3||3||1||0||50.00
			|-
			|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{flagicon|NZL}} ]||Group Stage||10/14||6||2||4||0||0||33.33
			|- style="background:gold"
			|style="border:2px solid red"|{{flagicon|ENG}} {{flagicon|WAL}} ]||'''Champions'''||1/10||11||8||3||0||0||68.18
			|-
			|{{flagicon|IND}} ]||Group Stage||7/10||9||3||6||0||0||33.33
			|-
			|{{flagicon|RSA}} {{flagicon|ZIM}} {{flagicon|NAM}} ] || colspan="9" rowspan="2"| ''TBD''
			|-
			|{{flagicon|IND}} {{flagicon|BAN}} ]
			|-
			!Total||1 title||13/13||93||52||39||1||1||56.45
			|}
			:''*The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.''
			===ICC T20 World Cup===
			{{main|England at the T20 World Cup}}
	{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"		{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
	|-		|-
			!colspan=9|] record
	! Name
	! Age
	! Batting style
	! Bowling style
	! Domestic team
	! Forms<!--NOTE: This refers to the forms they've played for England in the past year, not over their whole England career-->
	! S/N
	|-		|-
			! width=200 |Year
	! colspan="7" | Test captain; opening batsman
			! width=150 |Round
			! width=50 |Position
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|W|Matches won}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|T|Matches tied}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|NR|No result}}
			! width=50 |Win %
			|-
			|{{flagicon|RSA}} ]||rowspan=2|Super 8||7/12||5||1||4||0||0||20.00
			|-
			|style="border:2px solid red"|{{flagicon|ENG}} {{flagicon|WAL}} ]||6/12||5||2||3||0||0||40.00
			|- style="background:Gold"
			|{{flagicon|WIN}} ]||'''Champions'''||1/12||7||5||1||0||1||83.33
			|-
			|{{flagicon|SRI}} ]||Super 8||6/12||5||2||3||0||0||40.00
			|-
			|{{flagicon|BAN}} ]||Super 10||7/16||4||1||3||0||0||25.00
			|- style="background:silver"
			|{{flagicon|IND}} ]||Runners-up||2/16||6||4||2||0||0||66.67
			|- style="background:LemonChiffon
			|{{flagicon|UAE}} {{flagicon|Oman}} ]||Semi-final||4/16||6||4||2||0||0||66.67
			|- style="background:Gold"
			|{{flagicon|AUS}} ]||'''Champions'''||1/16 ||7||5||1||0||1||83.33
			|- style="background:LemonChiffon
			|{{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|West Indies}} ]||Semi-final||4/20||8||4||3||0||1||57.14
	|-		|-
			|{{flagicon|IND}} {{flagicon|SRI}} ] || colspan="9"| ''Qualified''
	| ]<sup>1</sup> || {{age|1977|03|02}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI || 14
	|-		|-
			| {{flagicon|AUS}} {{flagicon|NZL}} ] || colspan="9"|
	! colspan="7" | Test vice-captain and ODI captain; opening batsman
			''TBD''
	|-		|-
			| style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|ENG}} {{flagicon|WAL}} {{flagicon|IRE}} {{flagicon|SCO}} ]|| colspan='9'| ''Qualified as co-hosts''
	| ] || {{age|1984|12|25}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI || 26
	|-		|-
			! |Total||2 titles||9/9||56||30||23||0||3||53.57
	! colspan="7" | Twenty20 captain and ODI vice-captain; All-rounder
			|}
			:''*The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.''
			===ICC Champions Trophy===
			{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
	|-		|-
			!colspan=9|] record
	| ] || {{age|1986|06|24}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI, Twenty20 || 8
	|-		|-
			! width=200 |Year
	! colspan="7" | Opening batsmen
			! width=150 |Round
			! width=50 |Position
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|W|Matches won}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|T|Matches tied}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|NR|No result}}
			! width=50 |Win %
			|-
			|{{flagicon|BAN}} ]||rowspan=2|Quarter-final||5/9||1||0||1||0||0||0.00
			|-
			|{{flagicon|KEN}} ]||7/11||1||0||1||0||0||0.00
	|-		|-
			|{{flagicon|SRI}} ]||Pool stage||6/12||2||1||1||0||0||50.00
	| ] || {{age|1989|01|03}} || ] || ] || ] || Twenty20 || 35
			|- style="background:silver"
			|style="border:2px solid red"|{{flagicon|ENG}} {{flagicon|WAL}} ]||Runners-up||2/12||4||3||1||0||0||75.00
	|-		|-
			|{{flagicon|IND}} ]||Pool stage||7/10||3||1||2||0||0||33.33
	| ] || {{age|1980|02|12}} || ] || ] || ] || Twenty20 || 45
			|- style="background:LemonChiffon"
			|{{flagicon|RSA}} ]||Semi-final||4/8||4||2||2||0||0||50.00
			|- style="background:silver"
			|style="border:2px solid red"|{{flagicon|ENG}} {{flagicon|WAL}} ]||Runners-up||2/8||5||3||2||0||0||60.00
			|- style="background:#cc9966"
			|style="border:2px solid red"|{{flagicon|ENG}} {{flagicon|WAL}} ]||Semi-final||3/8||4||3||1||0||0||75.00
	|-		|-
			|{{Flagicon|PAK}} {{flagicon|UAE}} ] ||colspan='9'|Qualified
	! colspan="7" | Middle-order batsmen
	|-		|-
			!Total||0 titles||8/8||24||13||11||0||0||54.17
	| ] || {{age|1982|04|11}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI, Twenty20 || 7
			|}
			:''*The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.''
			===Other tournaments===
			====Summer Olympics====
			{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
	|-		|-
			!colspan=9|] record
	| ] || {{age|1986|09|10}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI, Twenty20 || 16
	|-		|-
			! width=200 |Year
	| ] || {{age|1980|06|27}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI, Twenty20 || 24
			! width=150 |Round
			! width=50 |Position
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|W|Matches won}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|T|Matches tied}}
			! width=50 |{{Tooltip|NR|No result}}
			! width=50 |Win %
			|- style="background:Gold"
			|{{flagicon|FRA}} ]||'''Champions'''||1/2||1||1||0||0||0||100.00
	|-		|-
			! |Total||1 title||1/1||1||1||0||0||0||100.00
	| ] || {{age|1990|01|06}} || ] || ] || ] || ODI || 38
			|}
			: ''*The Summer Olympics Gold medal was won by the Devon and Somerset Wanderers representing Great Britain.''
			:''*The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.''
			==Honours==
			===ICC===
			*''']''':
			** '''Champions (1)''': ]
			** '''Runners-up (3)''': ], ], ]
			*''']''':
			** '''Champions (2)''': ], ]
			**'''Runners-up (1)''': ]
			*''']''':
			** '''Runners-up (2)''': ], ]
			==Records==
			{{main|England cricket team record by opponent}}
			===Test matches===
			{{Main|List of England Test cricket records}}
			====Test record versus other nations====
			{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:600px"
	|-		|-
			! Opponent !! M !! W !! L !! T !! D !! % Win !! First win
	| ] || {{age|1981|04|22}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI || 4
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|AUS}} || 361 || 112 || 152 || 0 || 97 || 31.02 || 4 April 1877
	! colspan="7" | Wicket-keepers
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|RSA}} || 156 || 66 || 35 || 0 || 55 || 42.31 || 13 March 1889
	| ] || {{age|1989|09|26}} || ] || &mdash; || ] || ODI, Twenty20 || 51
	|-		|-
	| ] || {{age|1990|09|08}} || ] || — || ] || Twenty20 || 63		|align="left"| {{cr|WIN}} || 164 || 52 || 59 || 0 || 53 || 31.70 || 26 June 1928
	|-		|-
	| ] || {{age|1986|06|17}} || ] || — || ] || ODI, Twenty20 || 43		|align="left"| {{cr|NZL}} || 115 || 54 || 14 || 0 || 46 || 46.95 || 13 January 1930
	|-		|-
	| ] || {{age|1987|11|28}} || ] || — || ] || ODI, Twenty20 || 22		|align="left"| {{cr|IND}} || 136 || 51 || 35 || 0 || 50 || 37.50 || 28 June 1932
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|PAK}} || 92 || 30 || 23 || 0 || 39 || 32.60 || 5 July 1954
	| ] || {{age|1982|02|26}} || ] || — || ] || Test, ODI || 23
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|SRI}} || 39 || 19 || 9 || 0 || 11 || 48.71 || 21 February 1982
	! colspan="7" | All-rounders
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|ZIM}} || 6 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 50.00 || 21 May 2000
	| ]<sup>2</sup> || {{age|1976|05|26}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI, Twenty20 || 5
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|IRE}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00 || 26 July 2019
	| ] || {{age|1985|05|04}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI, Twenty20 || 42
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|BAN}} || 10 || 9 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 90.00 || 25 October 2003
	| ] || {{age|1985|02|28}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI, Twenty20 || 20
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|AFG}}
	| ] || {{age|1984|11|30}} || ] || ] || ] || ODI, Twenty20 || 29
			|colspan="7"|Yet to play
			|- class="sortbottom"
			|colspan="8"| ''Records complete to Test #2569. Last updated: 18 December 2024.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=1;id=1;type=team|title=Records / England / Test matches / Result summary|publisher=]|access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>
			|}
			====Test team records====
			*Highest team total: '''903–7 dec.''' v. ] at ] in 1938
			*Lowest team total: '''45''' v. Australia at ] in 1886/87
			*England are the only team in the history of Test cricket to have secured 100 victories by an innings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seervi |first=Bharath |date=2015-08-11 |title=Analysis of England's 100 Test wins by an innings |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/analysis-of-englands-100-test-wins-by-an-innings-316339 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Cricket Country |language=en-US}}</ref>
			====Test individual records====
			*Most matches: '''188 Tests'''&nbsp;– ]<ref>{{citation |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/england/engine/records/individual/most_matches_career.html?class=1;id=1;type=team |title=Most Test matches playing for England |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222090717/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/england/engine/records/individual/most_matches_career.html?class=1%3Bid%3D1%3Btype%3Dteam |archive-date=22 December 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
			*Longest-serving captain: '''64 Tests'''&nbsp;– ]
			====Test batting records====
			]
			*Most runs: '''12,972'''&nbsp;– ]<ref>{{citation|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;team=1;template=results;type=batting|title=Most Runs for England|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222090016/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1%3Bteam%3D1%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting|archive-date=22 December 2011|url-status=live}} Retrieved on 9 December 2024.</ref>
			*Best average: '''60.73'''&nbsp;– ]<ref>{{citation|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/highest_career_batting_average.html?class=1;id=1;type=team|title=Highest Batting Averages|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date= 9 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116193617/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/highest_career_batting_average.html?class=1;id=1;type=team|archive-date=16 November 2017|url-status=live}} Retrieved on 11 October 2024.</ref>
			*Highest individual score: '''364'''&nbsp;– ] v. Australia at ] in 1938<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/team/batting-most-runs-innings/england-1/test-matches-1|title=High scores for England in Tests}}</ref>
			*Record partnership: '''454'''&nbsp;– Joe Root and ] v. ] at ] in 2024
			*Most centuries: '''35'''&nbsp;– Joe Root
			*Most double centuries: '''7'''&nbsp;– ]
			*England's most prolific opening partnership was ] 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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/jack-hobbs-and-herbert-sutcliffe-the-greatest-opening-pair-in-test-history-3197/|title=Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe – the greatest opening pair in Test history}}</ref>
			*Most ducks: '''39'''&nbsp;– ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/england/engine/records/batting/most_ducks_career.html?class=1;id=1;type=team |title=Most ducks for England |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref>
			====Test bowling records====
			]
			*Most wickets: '''704'''&nbsp;– James Anderson
			*Best average: '''10.75'''&nbsp;– ]
			*Best innings bowling: '''10/53'''&nbsp;– ] v. Australia at Old Trafford in 1956
			*Best match bowling: '''19/90'''&nbsp;– Jim Laker v. Australia at Old Trafford in 1956
			*Best ]: '''34.1'''&nbsp;– George Lohmann
			*Best economy rate: '''1.31'''&nbsp;– ]
			*Five England bowlers have taken four wickets in an over, three of these at Headingley. They were ] v. New Zealand at Christchurch in 1929–30, ] v. South Africa at Headingley in 1947, ] v. New Zealand at Headingley in 1965, ] v. Pakistan at Edgbaston in 1978 and ] v. West Indies at Headingley in 2000.
			====Test fielding records====
			*Most catches by an outfielder: '''207'''&nbsp;– Joe Root
			*Most dismissals as wicketkeeper: '''269'''&nbsp;– ]
			*Most dismissals in an innings: '''7'''&nbsp;– ] v. ] at ] in 1979/80
			*Most dismissals in a match: '''11'''&nbsp;– ] v. ] at ] in 1995/96
			===One Day Internationals===
			{{Main|List of England One Day International cricket records}}
			====ODI record versus other nations====
			{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:600px"
	|-		|-
			! Opponent !! M !! W !! L !! T !! NR !! % Win !! First win
	| ] || {{age|1991|06|04}} || ] || ] || ] || ODI, Twenty20 || 59
	|-		|-
			|colspan="16" style="text-align:center"| '''v. Test nations'''
	| ] || {{age|1985|03|07}} || ] || ] || ] || ODI, Twenty20 || 6
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|AFG|2013}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 66.67 || 13 March 2015
	| ] || {{age|1980|11|27|df=y}} || ]|| ] || ] || ODI, Twenty20 || 40
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|AUS}} || 157 || 63 || 89 || 2 || 3 || 40.13 || 24 August 1972
	| ] || {{age|1989|03|02}} || ] || ] || ] || ODI, Twenty20 || 31
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|BAN}} || 25 || 20 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 80.00 || 5 October 2000
	! colspan="7" | Pace bowlers
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|IND}} || 107 || 44 || 58 || 2 || 3 || 41.12 || 13 July 1974
	| ] || {{age|1982|07|30}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI || 9
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|IRE}} || 15 || 11 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 73.33 || 13 June 2006
	| ] || {{age|1986|04|03}} || ] || ] || ] || ODI, Twenty20 || 46
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|NZL}} || 96 || 44 || 45 || 3 || 4 || 45.83 || 18 July 1973
	| ] || {{age|1989|04|04}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI || 25
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|PAK}} || 92 || 57 || 32 || 0 || 3 || 61.96 || 23 December 1977
	| ] || {{age|1985|04|06}} || ] || ] || ] || ODI || 17
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|RSA}} || 70 || 30 || 34 || 1 || 5 || 42.86 || 12 March 1992
	| ] || {{age|1985|07|27}} || ] || ] || ] || ODI, Twenty20 || 13
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|SRI}} || 79 || 38 || 37 || 1 || 3 || 48.10 || 13 February 1982
	| ] || {{age|1981|09|02}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI || 33
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|WIN}} || 108 || 54 || 48 || 0 || 6 || 50.00 || 5 September 1973
	! colspan="7" | Spin bowlers
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|ZIM}} || 30 || 21 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 72.41 || 7 January 1995
	| ] || {{age|1990|04|19}} || ] || ] || ] || ODI || 37
	|-		|-
			|colspan="16" style="text-align:center"| '''v. Associate Members'''
	| ] || {{age|1979|03|24}} || ] || ] || ] || Test, ODI, Twenty20 || 66
	|-		|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|CAN}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00 || 13 June 1979
	| ] || {{age|1982|02|27}} || ] || ] || ] || ODI || 53
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|East Africa}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00 || 14 June 1975
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|KEN}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00 || 18 May 1999
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|NAM}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00 || 19 February 2003
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|NED}} || 7 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00 || 22 February 1996
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|SCO}} || 5 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 75.00 || 19 June 2010
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|UAE}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00 || 18 February 1996
			|-
			|colspan="8"| Last updated 6 November 2024. Win percentages exclude no-results and count ties as half a win.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/england/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=2;id=1;type=team|title=Records / England / ODI matches / Result summary|publisher=]|access-date=18 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827022251/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/england/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=2;id=1;type=team|archive-date=27 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
	|}		|}
	<sup>1</sup>Andrew Strauss retired from One Day Internationals in May 2011<br />
	<sup>2</sup>Paul Collingwood retired from Test cricket in January 2011.<br />
	===Coaching staff===		====ODI team records====
			*Highest team total: '''498/4''' (50 overs) v. ] at ] in 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/17/jos-buttler-unleashes-mayhem-against-dutch-as-england-smash-odi-record|title=Jos Buttler unleashes mayhem against Dutch as England smash ODI record}}</ref>
	*Managing director, England Cricket: ]
			*Lowest team total: '''86''' (32.4 overs) v. ] at Old Trafford in 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/natwest-series-2001-61088/england-vs-australia-5th-match-66278/full-scorecard|title=5th match ENG v AUS, Manchester,June 14, 2001}}</ref>
	*Managing director, Cricket Partnerships: ]
	*Team manager: ]
			====ODI individual records====
	*England teams director: ]
			*Most matches: '''225'''&nbsp;– ]
	*Fast bowling coaches: ]
			*Longest-serving captain: '''126 matches'''&nbsp;– Eoin Morgan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/most_matches_as_captain.html?class=2;id=1;type=team|title=Records / England / One-Day Internationals / Most matches as captain|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
	*Spin bowling coaches: ]
	*Batting coach: ]
			====ODI batting records====
	*Fielding coach: ]
			]
	*Sports analyst (Tests): Nathan Leamon
			*Most runs: '''6,957'''&nbsp;– Eoin Morgan
	*Sports analyst (ODIs): Gemma Broad
			*Best average: '''55.76'''&nbsp;– ]
	*Chief medical officer: Dr. Nick Peirce
			*Best strike rate: '''117.11'''&nbsp;– ]
	*Team physiotherapist: Kirk Russell
			*Highest individual score: '''182'''&nbsp;– ] v. New Zealand at ], ] in 2023
	*Strength and conditioning coach: Huw Bevan
			*Record partnership: '''256*'''&nbsp;– ] and Jason Roy v. ] at ] in 2016
	*Team psychologist: Mark Bawden
			*Most centuries: '''16'''&nbsp;– Joe Root
	*Masseur: Nathan Atlay
			*Most ducks: '''15'''&nbsp;– Eoin Morgan
	*Media manager: James Avery
	*Kit man: Tom Smitherin
			====ODI bowling records====
			*Most wickets: '''269'''&nbsp;– ]
			*Best average: '''26.61'''&nbsp;– ]
			*Best bowling: '''6/31'''&nbsp;– ] v. ] at Trent Bridge in 2005
			*Best strike rate: '''30.6'''&nbsp;– ]
			*Best economy rate: '''3.28'''&nbsp;– ]
			====ODI fielding records====
			*Most catches by an outfielder: '''108'''&nbsp;– Paul Collingwood
			*Most dismissals as wicketkeeper: '''258'''&nbsp;– Jos Buttler
			*Most dismissals in a match: '''6'''&nbsp;– Alec Stewart v. ] at Old Trafford in 2000; ] v. ] at Trent Bridge in 2008; Jos Buttler v. South Africa at The Oval in 2013
			===T20 Internationals===
			{{Main|List of England Twenty20 International cricket records}}
			Figures include games up to 17 November 2024.
			====T20I record versus other nations====
			{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:700px"
			|-
			! Opponent !! Span !! M !! W !! L !! T+W !! T+L !! NR !! % Win !! First win
			|-
			|colspan="16" style="text-align:center"| '''v. Test nations'''
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|AFG}} ||2012-2022|| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00 || 21 September 2012
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|AUS}} ||2005-2024|| 26 || 12 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 46.15 || 13 June 2005
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|BAN}} ||2021-2023|| 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 25.00 || 27 October 2021
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|IND}} ||2007-2024|| 24 || 11 || 13 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 45.83 || 14 June 2009
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|IRE}} ||2010-2022|| 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00 || –
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|NZL}} ||2007-2023|| 27 || 15 || 10 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 57.41 || 5 February 2008
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|PAK}} ||2006-2024|| 31 || 20 || 9 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 64.51 || 7 June 2009
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|RSA}} ||2007-2024|| 26 || 12 || 13 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 46.15 || 13 November 2009
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|SRI}} ||2006-2022|| 14 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 71.43 || 13 May 2010
			|-
			|align="left"| {{cr|WIN}} ||2007-2024|| 35 || 16 || 18 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 45.71 || 29 June 2007
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			|align="left"| {{cr|ZIM}} ||2007-2007|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00 || 13 September 2007
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			|colspan="16" style="text-align:center"| '''v. Associate Members'''
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			|align="left"| {{cr|NAM}} ||2024-2024|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00 || 15 June 2024
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			|align="left"| {{cr|NED}} ||2009-2014|| 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 || –
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			|align="left"| {{cr|OMA}} ||2024-2024|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00 || 13 June 2024
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			|align="left"| {{cr|SCO}} ||2024-2024|| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00 || –
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			|align="left"| {{cr|USA}} ||2024-2024|| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00 || 23 June 2024
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			|colspan="10"| ''Records complete to T20I #2958, 17 November 2024. T+W and T+L indicate matches tied and then won or lost in a tiebreaker (such as a Super Over). Win percentages exclude no-results and count ties (irrespective of tiebreakers) as half a win.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=England Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=3&id=1&type=team|access-date=10 November 2022|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
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			====T20I team records====
			*Highest team total: '''241/3''' v. ] at ] in 2019
			*Lowest team total: '''80''' v. ] at ] in 2012
			====T20I individual records====
			*Most matches: '''129'''&nbsp;– ]
			*Longest-serving captain: '''72 matches'''&nbsp;– ]
			====T20I batting records==== <!--These records use same criteria as in main article-->
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			*Most runs: '''3,389'''&nbsp;– ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/team/batting-most-runs-career/england-1/twenty20-internationals-3|title=Most runs for England in T20Is}}</ref>
			*Best average: '''37.93'''&nbsp;– ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/team/batting-highest-career-batting-average/england-1/twenty20-internationals-3|title=Highest averages for England in T20Is}}</ref>
			*Best strike rate: '''165.3'''&nbsp;– ]
			*Highest individual score: '''119'''&nbsp;– Phil Salt v. ] at ] in 2023
			*Record partnership: '''182'''&nbsp;– ] and Eoin Morgan v. ] at ] in 2019
			*Most centuries: '''3'''&nbsp;– Phil Salt
			*Most ducks: '''9'''&nbsp;– ] and ]
			====T20I bowling records====
			*Most wickets: '''126'''&nbsp;– ]
			*Best average: '''16.84'''&nbsp;– ]
			*Best bowling: '''5/10'''&nbsp;– ] v. ] at ] in 2022
			*Best strike rate: '''13.98'''&nbsp;– ]
			*Best economy rate: '''6.36'''&nbsp;– Graeme Swann
			====T20I fielding records====
			*Most catches by an outfielder: '''46'''&nbsp;– Eoin Morgan
			*Most dismissals as wicket-keeper: '''81'''&nbsp;– Jos Buttler {{efn|Some sources list Butler with 80 dismissals as keeper}}
			*Most dismissals in an innings: '''4'''&nbsp;– ] v. South Africa at ] in 2007
			===Most England appearances===
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			These lists show the five players (or those tied for fifth) with the most appearances for England in each form of the game. The lists are correct up to match starting on 14 December 2024.
			* '''†''' = players who are available for selection and have represented England in the format during the past 12 months.
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			!colspan="2"| Most Test caps<ref>{{Cite web |title=England Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} Most Test matches |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/team/individual-most-matches-career/england-1/test-matches-1 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
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			| '''188''' || ]
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			| '''167''' || ]
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			| '''161''' || ]
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			| '''152''' || ] †
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			| '''133''' || ]
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			!colspan="2"| Most ODI caps<ref>{{Cite web |title=England Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} Most One-Day International matches |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/most_matches_career.html?class=2;id=1;type=team |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref>
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			| '''225''' || ]
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			| '''197''' || ]
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			| '''194''' || ]
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			| '''181''' || ] †
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			| '''171''' || ]
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			!colspan="2"| Most T20I caps<ref>{{Cite web |title=England Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} Most Twenty20 International matches |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/most_matches_career.html?class=3;id=1;type=team |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref>
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			| '''129''' || ] †
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			| '''119''' || ] †
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			| '''115''' || ]
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			| '''95''' || ] †
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			| '''92''' || ]
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			==England Men's Cricketer of the Year==
			At the start of each season the ECB presents the England Men's Cricketer of the Year award to "recognise outstanding performances in all formats of international cricket over the past year",<ref name="ecb2014award">{{cite web|title=England Cricketer of Year Awards 2013–2014 |url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/england-cricketer-year-awards-2013-2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308185429/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/england-cricketer-year-awards-2013-2014 |archive-date=8 March 2016 }}</ref> voted on by members of the cricket media.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Root and Charlotte Edwards named England cricketers of the year|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/may/18/joe-root-charlotte-edwards-england-cricketer-of-year|work=The Guardian|access-date=14 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006210407/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/may/18/joe-root-charlotte-edwards-england-cricketer-of-year|archive-date=6 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
			The previous winners of this award are:
			*2006/07: ]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/4752515.stm|title=Flintoff & Brunt win annual award|date=8 May 2006|access-date=8 September 2018|via=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908202538/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/4752515.stm|archive-date=8 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
			*2007/08: ]
			*2008/09: ]
			*2009/10: ]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/8700841.stm|title=Swann named cricketer of the year|date=24 May 2010|access-date=8 September 2018|via=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908202557/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/8700841.stm|archive-date=8 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
			*2010/11: ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12173/6961402/ecb-award-for-trott|title=ECB award for Trott|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908203832/http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12173/6961402/ecb-award-for-trott|archive-date=8 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
			*2011/12: ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womenscricket.net/2ecb-12.htm|title=ECB announces winners of England Cricketer of Year Awards for 2011–12|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009235257/http://www.womenscricket.net/2ecb-12.htm|archive-date=9 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
			*2012/13: ]<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108015649/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/ecb-announces-cricketers-year |date=8 January 2016 }}</ref>
			*2013/14: ]<ref name="ecb2014award"/>
			*2014/15: ]<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128052953/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/root-and-edwards-scoop-england-awards |date=28 January 2016 }}</ref>
			*2015/16: ]<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517123941/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/root-shrubsole-flynn-and-lawrence-honoured-leeds |date=17 May 2016 }}</ref>
	==Eligibility of players==		==Eligibility of players==
	The England cricket team represents England and Wales. However, under ] regulations<sup></sup>, 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. ] regulations<sup></sup> state that to play for England, a player must be a ] or ] 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.		The England cricket team represents England and Wales. However, under ] regulations,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icc-live.s3.amazonaws.com/cms/media/about_docs/523af0cd4a1db-Player%20Eligibility%20Rules%20-%20effective%2018%20September%202013.pdf|title=The International Cricket Council Player Eligibility Regulations|date=18 September 2013|access-date=22 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721114235/http://icc-live.s3.amazonaws.com/cms/media/about_docs/523af0cd4a1db-Player%20Eligibility%20Rules%20-%20effective%2018%20September%202013.pdf|archive-date=21 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 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. ] regulations<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pulse-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/ecb/document/2018/03/18/3c8ad1be-06f8-468a-86a3-96e20f2fe00b/FCC_KSL_RegistrationRegs_2018.pdf |title=Regulations Governing the Qualification and Registration of Cricketers |publisher=England and Wales Cricket Board |access-date=25 August 2021 }}</ref> state that to play for England, a player must be a ], and have either been born in England or Wales, or have lived in England or Wales for three years. This has led to players who also held other nationalities becoming eligible to play for England. The qualification period for those born outside England and Wales has varied in the past, but in November 2018 the ECB announced that the period would be reduced to three years in all circumstances, in line with ICC regulations.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jofra Archer could play for England at World Cup after ECB amend eligibility rules |work=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/jofra-archer-could-play-for-england-at-world-cup-after-ecb-amend-eligibility-rules-1167447 |url-status=live |access-date=29 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129160629/http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25407156/jofra-archer-play-england-world-cup-ecb-amend-eligibility-rules |archive-date=29 November 2018}}</ref>
	ICC regulations allow cricketers who represent ] (i.e. non-Test-playing) nations to switch to a Test-playing nation, provided nationality requirements are fulfilled. In recent years, this has seen Irish internationals ] and ] switch to represent England, whilst ] previously played for Scotland – though four years after his last appearance for England, he became eligible to play for Scotland again.
			Of the current squad (see above), ] was born to British parents in South Africa so had to fulfil residency requirements. In addition, ] and ] have British citizenship, having lived in England since their youth. ], though born in Barbados to a Barbadian mother, qualifies through his English father.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/29/jofra-archer-available-england-ecb-eligbility-rules-cricket|title=England accused of poaching after rule change boosts Jofra Archer prospects}}</ref>] was both born in South Africa and had to serve qualification periods after arriving in England having already played top-level cricket in the country of their birth.
	Of the current squad (see above), ], ], ], ], ] and ] are all South-African-born but qualify through British parentage (though they still had to fulfil residency requirements), whilst ] is an Irish citizen and ] has British citizenship having lived in England since his youth.
			ICC regulations also allow cricketers who represent ] (i.e. non-Test-playing) nations to switch to a Test-playing nation, provided nationality requirements are fulfilled. In recent years, this has seen Irish internationals ], ] and ] switch to represent England (before Ireland were promoted to full member status in 2018), whilst ] previously played for Scotland&nbsp;– though Joyce, Rankin and Hamilton were later able to re-qualify for and represent the countries of their birth.
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National cricket team This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see England women's cricket team.

England

Nickname(s)	Three Lions
Association	England and Wales Cricket Board
Personnel
Test captain	Ben Stokes
One Day captain	Jos Buttler
T20I captain	Jos Buttler
Coach	Brendon McCullum
History
Test status acquired	1877
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Full Membership (1909)
ICC region	Europe
ICC Rankings Current Best-ever Test 4th 1st (1 June 1955) ODI 7th 1st (1 January 1981) T20I 3rd 1st (24 October 2011)
Tests
First Test	v.  Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 15–19 March 1877
Last Test	v.  New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton; 14–17 December 2024
Tests Played Won/Lost Total 1,083 400/328 (355 draws) This year 0 0/0 (0 draws)
World Test Championship appearances	3 (first in 2021)
Best result	Fourth place (2021, 2023)
One Day Internationals
First ODI	v.  Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 5 January 1971
Last ODI	v.  West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown; 6 November 2024
ODIs Played Won/Lost Total 805 403/362 (9 ties, 31 no results) This year 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
World Cup appearances	13 (first in 1975)
Best result	Champions (2019)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I	v.  Australia at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton; 13 June 2005
Last T20I	v.  West Indies at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet; 17 November 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total 199 104/85 (2 ties, 8 no results) This year 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances	8 (first in 2007)
Best result	Champions (2010, 2022)
Test kit ODI kit T20I kit
As of 17 December 2024

The England men's cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket. Since 1997, it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC) since 1903. England, as a founding nation, is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. Until the 1990s, Scottish and Irish players also played for England as those countries were not yet ICC members in their own right.

England and Australia were the first teams to play a Test match (15–19 March 1877), and along with South Africa, these nations formed the Imperial Cricket Conference (the predecessor to today's International Cricket Council) on 15 June 1909. England and Australia also played the first ODI on 5 January 1971. England's first T20I was played on 13 June 2005, once more against Australia.

As of 17 December 2024, England have played 1,082 Test matches, winning 400 and losing 328 (with 355 draws). In the Test series against Australia, England play for The Ashes, one of the most famous trophies in all of sport, and they have won the urn on 32 occasions. England have also played 805 ODIs, winning 403. They have appeared in the final of the Cricket World Cup four times (1979, 1987, 1992), and winning their first in 2019; they have also finished as runners-up in two ICC Champions Trophies (2004 and 2013). England have played 199 T20Is, winning 104. They won the ICC T20 World Cup in 2010 and 2022, and were runners-up in 2016.

As of December 2024, England are ranked fourth in Tests, seventh in ODIs and third in T20Is by the ICC.

History

Main articles: History of the England cricket team to 1939 and History of the England cricket team from 1945

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 11 gentlemen from any part of England exclusive of Kent, played against "the Unconquerable County" of Kent and lost by a margin of "very few notches". Such matches were repeated on numerous occasions for the best part of a century.

In 1846 William Clarke formed the All-England Eleven. This team eventually competed against a United All-England Eleven with annual matches occurring between 1847 and 1856. These matches were arguably the most important contest of the English season if judged by the quality of the players.

Early tours

The first overseas tour occurred in September 1859 with England touring North America. This team had six players from the All-England Eleven, six from the United All-England Eleven and was captained by George Parr.

With the outbreak of the American Civil War, attention turned elsewhere. English tourists visited Australia in 1861–62 with this first tour organised as a commercial venture by Messrs Spiers and Pond, restaurateurs of Melbourne. Most matches played during tours prior to 1877 were "against odds", with the opposing team fielding more than 11 players to make for a more even contest. This first Australian tour was mostly against odds of at least 18/11.

The tour was so successful that Parr led a second tour in 1863–64. James Lillywhite led a subsequent England team which sailed on the P&O steamship Poonah on 21 September 1876. They played 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 inaugural 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, the match was promoted as James Lillywhite's XI v Combined Victoria and New South Wales. The teams played a return match on the same ground at Easter, 1877, when Lillywhite's team avenged their loss with a victory by four wickets. The first Test match on English soil occurred in 1880 with England victorious; this was the first time England fielded a fully representative side with W. G. Grace included in the team.

1880s

England lost their first home series 1–0 in 1882, with The Sporting Times 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, with a mixture of amateurs and professionals, won the series 2–1. 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 four wickets. However, the match was not considered part of the Ashes series. England dominated many of these early contests, with England winning the Ashes series 10 times between 1884 and 1898. During this period England also played their first Test match against South Africa in 1889 at Port Elizabeth.

1890s

England won the 1890 Ashes series 2–0, with the third match of the series being the first Test match to be abandoned. England lost 2–1 in the 1891–92 series, although England regained the urn the following year. England again won the 1894–95 series, winning 3–2 under the leadership of Andrew Stoddart. In 1895–96, England played South Africa, winning all Tests in the series. The 1899 Ashes series was the first tour where the MCC and the counties appointed a selection committee. There were three active players: Grace, Lord Hawke and Warwickshire captain Herbert Bainbridge. Prior to this, England teams for home Tests had been chosen by the club on whose ground the match was to be played. England lost the 1899 Ashes series 1–0, with Grace making his final Test appearance in the first match of the series.

1900s

The start of the 20th century saw mixed results for England as they lost four of the eight Ashes series between 1900 and 1914. During this period, England lost their first series against South Africa in the 1905–06 season 4–1 as their batting faltered.

England lost their first series of the new century to Australia in 1901–02 Ashes.Australia also won the 1902 series, which was memorable for exciting cricket, including Gilbert Jessop scoring a Test century in just 70 minutes. England regained the Ashes in 1904 under the captaincy of Pelham Warner. R. E. Foster scored 287 on his debut and Wilfred Rhodes took 15 wickets in a match. In 1905–06, England lost 4–1 against South Africa. England avenged the defeat in 1907, when they won the series 1–0 under the captaincy of Foster. However, they lost the 1909 Ashes series against Australia, using 25 players in the process. England also lost to South Africa, with Jack Hobbs scoring his first of 15 centuries on the tour.

1910s

England toured Australia in 1911–12 and beat their opponents 4–1. The team included the likes of Rhodes, Hobbs, Frank Woolley and Sydney Barnes. England lost the first match of the series but bounced back and won the next four Tests. This proved to be the last Ashes series before the war.

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:

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 match between Australia and South Africa at Lord's was visited by King George V, the first time a reigning monarch had watched Test cricket. England went on one more tour before the outbreak of the First World War, beating South Africa 4–0, with Barnes taking 49 wickets in the series.

1920s

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 1924–25 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.

In 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 against New Zealand 1–0 and drawn with the West Indies 1–1.

1930s

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 2–1. 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 Jardine's 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 was 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 Stan Nichols and Nobby Clark bowling so many bouncers that the Indian batsman wore solar toupées instead of caps to protect themselves.

Australia won the 1934 Ashes series 2–1 and kept 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.

England drew the 1938 Ashes, meaning Australia retained the urn. England went into the final match of the series at The Oval 1–0 down, but won the final game by an innings and 579 runs. Len Hutton made the highest ever Test score by an Englishman, making 364 in England first innings to help them reach 903, their highest ever score against Australia.

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 1,981 runs were scored, and the concept of timeless Tests was abandoned. England went on one final tour of the West Indies in 1939 before the Second World War, although a team for an MCC tour of India was selected more in hope than expectation of the matches being played.

1940s

Test cricket resumed after the war in 1946, and England won their first match back against India. However, they struggled in the 1946–47 Ashes series, losing 3–0 in Australia under Wally Hammond's captaincy. England beat South Africa 3–0 in 1947 with Denis Compton scoring 1,187 runs in the series.

The 1947–48 series against the West Indies was another disappointment for England, with the side losing 2–0 following injuries to several key players. England suffered further humiliation against Bradman's invincible side in the 1948 Ashes series. Hutton was controversially dropped for the third Test, and England were bowled out for just 52 at The Oval. The series proved to be Bradman's final Ashes series.

In 1948–49, England beat South Africa 2–0 under the captaincy of George Mann. The series included a record breaking stand of 359 between Hutton and Cyril Washbrook. The decade ended with England drawing the Test series against New Zealand, with every match ending in a draw.

1950s

Their fortunes changed on the 1953 Ashes tour as they won the series 1–0. England did not lose a series between their 1950–51 and 1958–59 tours of Australia and secured famous victory in 1954–55 under the captaincy of Len Hutton, thanks to Frank 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 an average of 9.62, including figures of 19/90 at Old Trafford. After drawing to South Africa, England defeated the West Indies and New Zealand comfortably.

The England team then left 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, with England struggling with the bat throughout the series.

On 24 August 1959, England inflicted its only 5–0 whitewash over India. All out for 194 at The Oval, India lost the last test by an innings. England's batsman Ken Barrington and Colin Cowdrey both had an excellent series with the bat, with Barrington scoring 357 runs across the series and Cowdrey scoring 344.

1960s

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. May stood down as captain in 1961 following the 1961 Ashes defeat.

Ted Dexter succeeded him as captain but England continued to suffer indifferent results. In 1961–62, they beat Pakistan, but also lost to India. The following year saw England and Australia tie the 1962–63 Ashes series 1–1, meaning Australia retained the urn. Despite beating New Zealand 3–0, England went on to lose to the West Indies, and again failed in the 1964 Ashes, losing the home series 1–0, which marked the end of Dexter's captaincy.

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 Lord's in the Second Test of the 1968 Ashes series and ended in 1971 when India won the Third Test at The Oval by four 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, and Pakistan, and under Ray Illingworth's leadership, regained The Ashes from Australia in 1970–71.

1970s

The 1970s, for the England team, can be largely split into three parts. Early in the decade, Illingworth's side dominated world cricket, winning the Ashes away in 1971 and then retaining them at home in 1972. The same side beat Pakistan at home in 1971 and played by far the better cricket against India that season. However, England were largely helped by the rain to sneak the Pakistan series 1–0 but the same rain saved India twice and one England collapse saw them lose to India. This was, however, one of (if not the) strongest England team ever with the likes of Illingworth, Geoffrey Boycott, John Edrich, Basil D'Oliveira, Dennis Amiss, Alan Knott, John Snow and Derek Underwood at its core.

The mid-1970s were more turbulent. Illingworth and several others had refused to tour India in 1972–73 which led to a clamour for Illingworth's job by the end of that summer – England had just been beaten 2–0 by a flamboyant West Indies side – with several England players well over 35. Mike Denness was the surprising choice but only lasted 18 months; his results against poor opposition were good, but England were badly exposed as ageing and lacking in good fast bowling against the 1974–75 Australians, losing that series 4–1 to lose the Ashes.

Denness was replaced in 1975 by Tony Greig. While he managed to avoid losing to Australia, his side were largely thrashed the following year by the young and very much upcoming West Indies for whom Greig's infamous "grovel" remark acted as motivation. Greig's finest hour was probably the 1976–77 win over India in India. When Greig was discovered as being instrumental in World Series Cricket, he was sacked, and replaced by Mike Brearley.

Brearley's side showed again the hyperbole that is often spoken when one side dominates in cricket. While his side of 1977–80 contained some young players who went on to become England greats, most notably future captains Ian Botham, David Gower and Graham Gooch, their opponents were often very much weakened by the absence of their World Series players, especially in 1978, when England beat New Zealand 3–0 and Pakistan 2–0 before thrashing what was effectively Australia's 2nd XI 5–1 in 1978–79.

1980s

The England team, with Brearley's exit in 1980, was never truly settled throughout the 1980s, which will probably be remembered as a low point for the team. While some of the great players like Botham, Gooch and Gower had fine careers, the team seldom succeeded in beating good opposition throughout the decade and did not score a home Test victory (except against minnows Sri Lanka) between September 1985 and July 1990.

Botham took over the captaincy in 1980 and they put up a good fight against the West Indies, losing a five match Test series 1–0, although England were humbled in the return series. After scoring a pair in the first Test against Australia, Botham lost the captaincy due to his poor form, and was replaced by Brearley. Botham returned to form and played exceptionally in the remainder of the series, being named man of the match in the third, fourth and fifth Tests. The series became known as Botham's Ashes as England recorded a 3–1 victory.

Keith Fletcher took over as captain in 1981, but England lost his first series in charge against India. Bob Willis took over as captain in 1982 and enjoyed victories over India and Pakistan, but lost the Ashes after Australia clinched the series 2–1. England hosted the World Cup in 1983 and reached the semi-finals, but their Test form remained poor, as they suffered defeats against New Zealand, Pakistan and the West Indies.

Gower took over as skipper in 1984 and led the team to a 2–1 victory over India. They went on to win the 1985 Ashes 3–1, although after this came a poor run of form. Defeat to the West Indies dented the team's confidence, and they went on to lose to India 2–0. In 1986, Micky Stewart was appointed the first full-time England coach. England beat New Zealand, but there was little hope of them retaining the Ashes in 1986–87. However, despite being described as a team that 'can't bat, can't bowl and can't field', they went on to win the series 2–1.

After losing consecutive series against Pakistan, England drew a three match Test series against New Zealand 0–0. They reached the final of the 1987 World Cup, but lost by seven runs against Australia. After losing 4–0 to the West Indies, England lost the Ashes to a resurgent Australia led by Allan Border. With the likes of Gooch banned following a rebel tour to South Africa, a new look England side suffered defeat again against the West Indies, although this time by a margin of 2–1.

1990s

If the 1980s were a low point for English Test cricket, then the 1990s were only a slight improvement. The arrival of Gooch as captain in 1990 forced a move toward more professionalism and especially fitness though it took some time for old habits to die. Creditable performances against India and New Zealand in 1990 were followed by a hard-fought draw against the 1991 West Indies and a strong performance in the 1992 Cricket World Cup in which the England team finished as runners-up for the second consecutive World Cup, but landmark losses against Australia in 1990–91 and especially Pakistan in 1992 showed England up badly in terms of bowling. So bad was England's bowling in 1993 that Rod Marsh described England's pace attack at one point as "pie throwers". Having lost three of the first four Tests played in England in 1993, Gooch resigned to be replaced by Michael Atherton.

More selectorial problems abounded during Atherton's reign as new chairman of selectors and coach Ray Illingworth (then into his 60s) assumed almost sole responsibility for the team off the field. The youth policy which had seen England emerge from the West Indies tour of 1993–94 with some credit (though losing to a seasoned Windies team) was abandoned and players such as Gatting and Gooch were persisted with when well into their 30s and 40s. England continued to do well at home against weaker opponents such as India, New Zealand and a West Indies side beginning to fade but struggled badly against improving sides like Pakistan and South Africa. Atherton had offered his resignation after losing the 1997 Ashes series 3–2 having been 1–0 up after two matches – eventually to resign one series later in early 1998. England, looking for talent, went through a whole raft of new players during this period, such as Ronnie Irani, Adam Hollioake, Craig White, Graeme Hick and Mark Ramprakash.

Alec Stewart took the reins as captain in 1998, but another losing Ashes series and early World Cup exit cost him Test and ODI captaincy in 1999. This should not detract from the 1998 home Test series where England showed great fortitude to beat a powerful South African side 2–1.

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 eventually led to the ECB taking over from the MCC as the governing body of England and the implementation of central contracts. 1992 also saw Scotland sever ties with the England and Wales team, and begin to compete as the Scotland national team.

By 1999, with coach David Lloyd resigning after the World Cup exit and new captain Nasser Hussain just appointed, England hit rock bottom (literally ranked as the lowest-rated Test nation) after losing 2–1 to New Zealand in shambolic fashion.Hussain was booed on the Oval balcony as the crowd jeered "We've got the worst team in the world" to the tune of "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands".

2000s

Central contracts were installed – reducing players workloads – and following the arrival of Zimbabwean coach Duncan Fletcher, England thrashed the fallen West Indies 3–1. England's results in Asia improved that winter with series wins against both Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Hussain's side had a far harder edge to it, avoiding the anticipated "Greenwash" in the 2001 Ashes series against the all-powerful Australian team. The nucleus the side was slowly coming together as players such as Hussain himself, Graham Thorpe, Darren Gough and Ashley Giles began to be regularly selected. By 2003 though, having endured another Ashes drubbing as well as another first-round exit from the World Cup, Hussain resigned as captain after one Test against South Africa.

Michael Vaughan took over, with players encouraged to express themselves. England won five consecutive Test series prior to facing Australia in the 2005 Ashes series, taking the team to second place in the ICC Test Championship table. During this period England defeated the West Indies home and away, New Zealand, and Bangladesh at home, and South Africa in South Africa. In June 2005, England played its first ever T20 international match, defeating Australia by 100 runs. Later that year, England defeated Australia 2–1 in a thrilling series to regain the Ashes for the first time in 16 years, having lost them in 1989. Following the 2005 Ashes win, the team suffered from a spate of serious injuries to key players such as Vaughan, Giles, Andrew Flintoff and Simon Jones. As a result, the team underwent an enforced period of transition. A 2–0 defeat in Pakistan was followed by two drawn away series with India and Sri Lanka.

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. 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 who was deputising for the injured Vaughan, lost all five Tests to concede the first Ashes whitewash in 86 years.

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.

In 2007–08, England toured Sri Lanka and New Zealand, losing the first series 1–0 and winning the second 2–1. These series were followed up at home in May 2008 with a 2–0 home series win against New Zealand, with the results easing pressure on Moores – who was not at ease with his team, particularly star batsman Kevin Pietersen. Pietersen succeeded Vaughan as captain in June 2008, after England had been well beaten by South Africa at home. The poor relationship between the two came to a head on the 2008–09 tour to India. England lost the series 1–0 and both men resigned their positions, although Pietersen remained a member of the England team. Moores was replaced as coach by Zimbabwean Andy Flower. Against this background, England toured the West Indies under the captaincy of Andrew Strauss and, in a disappointing performance, lost the Test series 1–0.

The 2009 Ashes series featured the first Test match played in Wales, at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. England drew the match thanks to a last-wicket stand by bowlers James Anderson and Panesar. A victory for each team followed before the series was decided at The Oval. Thanks to fine bowling by Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann and a debut century by Jonathan Trott, England regained the Ashes.

2010s

After a drawn Test series in South Africa, England won their first ever ICC event, the 2010 World Twenty20, with a seven-wicket win over Australia in Barbados. The following winter in the 2010–11 Ashes, they beat Australia 3–1 to retain the urn and record their first series win in Australia for 24 years. Furthermore, all three of their wins were by an innings – the first time a touring side had ever recorded three innings victories in a single Test series, Alastair Cook earning Man of the Series with 766 runs.

England struggled to match their Test form in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Despite beating South Africa and tying with eventual winners India, England suffered shock losses to Ireland and Bangladesh before losing in the quarter-finals to Sri Lanka. However the team's excellent form in the Test match arena continued and on 13 August 2011, they became the world's top-ranked Test team after comfortably whitewashing India 4–0, their sixth consecutive series victory and eighth in the past nine series. However, this status only lasted a year – having lost 3–0 to Pakistan over the winter, England were beaten 2–0 by South Africa, who replaced them at the top of the rankings. It was their first home series loss since 2008, against the same opposition. This loss saw the resignation of Strauss as captain and his retirement from cricket.

Cook, who was already in charge of the ODI side, replaced Strauss and led England to a 2–1 victory in India – their first in the country since 1984–85. In doing so, he became the first captain to score centuries in his first five Tests as captain and became England's leading century-maker with 23 centuries to his name. After finishing as runners-up in the ICC Champions Trophy, England faced Australia in back-to-back Ashes series. A 3–0 home win secured England the urn for the fourth time in five series. However, in the return series, they found themselves utterly demolished in a 5–0 defeat, their second Ashes whitewash in under a decade. Their misery was compounded by batsman Jonathan Trott leaving the tour early due to a stress-related illness and the mid-series retirement of spinner Graeme Swann. Following the tour, head coach Flower resigned his post while Pietersen was dropped indefinitely from the England team. Flower was replaced by his predecessor, Moores, but he was sacked for a second time after a string of disappointing results including failing to advance from the group stage at the 2015 World Cup.

Moores was replaced by Australian Trevor Bayliss who oversaw an upturn of form in the ODI side, including series victories against New Zealand and Pakistan. In the Test arena, England reclaimed the Ashes 3–2 in the summer of 2015 before regaining the Basil D'Oliveira Trophy in the 2015–16 winter. However, the upturn in fortune of the ODI and T20I sides coincided with steadily declining form of the Test side, especially with the bat, despite the emergence of key players Joe Root and Ben Stokes. After recording their first ever loss to Bangladesh in a Test, a 4–0 loss to India on the same tour resulted in the resignation of Cook as captain in early 2017, being replaced by Root, who was unable to reverse the decline in the fortunes of the team: in his first year as captain, the team suffered another away Ashes drubbing followed by a loss to New Zealand, embarrassingly dismissed for just 58 in the first test, although the team did recover to beat India 4–1 in 2018.

England entered the 2019 Cricket World Cup as favourites, having been ranked the number one ODI side by the ICC for over a year prior to the tournament. However, shock defeats to Pakistan and Sri Lanka during the group stage left them on the brink of elimination and needing to win their final two games against India and New Zealand to guarantee progression to the semi-finals. This was achieved, putting their campaign back on track, and an eight-wicket victory over Australia in the semi-final at Edgbaston meant England were in their first World Cup final since 1992. The final against New Zealand at Lord's has been described as one of the greatest and most dramatic matches in the history of cricket, with some calling it the "greatest ODI in history", as both the match and subsequent Super Over were tied, after England went into the final over of their innings 14 runs behind New Zealand's total. England won by virtue of having scored more boundaries throughout the match, securing their maiden World Cup title in their fourth final appearance.

That summer's Ashes was the last series with Bayliss as coach and the series was full of moments including the emergence of Rory Burns and Jofra Archer, but it was Stokes's virtuosic effort in the third Test at Headingley which entered cricketing folklore: with only one wicket remaining and 76 more runs still to win, Stokes hit an unbeaten 135 to keep the series alive. England eventually drew the series 2–2.

2020s

Under new coach Chris Silverwood, England began the new decade well when they beat South Africa 3–1 away from home in early 2020, the first time that the England cricket team had won three Tests on a tour to South Africa since 1913–14. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was immediately felt when England were withdrawn from their tour of Sri Lanka whilst being on the field, England were able to fulfil all of their fixture obligations during this time, but the summer of 2021 would be marred by COVID interruptions: England were forced to select a second-choice XI for the ODI series against Pakistan due to a COVID-19 outbreak, and the deciding test of the 2021 Pataudi Trophy was postponed for 12 months due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the Indian camp.

After being beaten in the semi finals of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the 2021–22 Ashes series could not have started worse for England when Rory Burns was bowled by Mitchell Starc on the first ball of the series. Four heavy defeats led to Silverwood's resignation as coach and Ashley Giles's resignation as director of cricket. England then toured the West Indies and dropped several senior players, including Burns and Dawid Malan but also their leading fast bowlers, James Anderson and Stuart Broad. That decision backfired when England could not bowl out the West Indies in the first two tests and following a loss in the deciding test, Root resigned as captain after winning just one test in his last 17.

2022 saw a period of transition in both Test and white-ball sides; under a new management structure of Rob Key as director of cricket, England hired Ben Stokes as captain and Brendon McCullum as coach of the Test side and their attacking play became known as Bazball, winning 11 of their first 13 tests, beating New Zealand, India, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ireland. The white-ball side hired Matthew Mott as coach and set the highest total in List A cricket when they scored 498–4 against The Netherlands in June. Jos Buttler succeeded Eoin Morgan as white-ball captain and won the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, becoming the first team to hold both the 50-over and 20-over trophies concurrently. The following year saw England draw the 2023 Ashes series and crash out of the 2023 Cricket World Cup in the group stage.

Recent results

	Home			Away
	Test	One Day International	Twenty20 International	Test	One Day International	Twenty20 International
Last match won	2nd Test v Sri Lanka 2024	4th ODI v Australia 2024	2nd T20I v Australia 2024	2nd Test v New Zealand 2024	2nd ODI v West Indies 2024	3rd T20I v West Indies 2024
Last match lost	3rd Test v Sri Lanka 2024	5th ODI v Australia 2024	1st T20I v Australia 2024	2nd Test v Pakistan 2024	3rd ODI v West Indies 2024	4th T20I v West Indies 2024
Last series won	Sri Lanka 2024	Ireland 2023	Pakistan 2024	New Zealand 2024–25	Bangladesh 2023	West Indies 2024–25
Last series lost	New Zealand 2021	Australia 2024	South Africa 2022	India 2023–24	West Indies 2024–25	2024 World Cup
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Forthcoming fixtures

As set out by the ICC's Future Tours Programme, below is England's international fixture list until the Summer of 2025.

Winter 2024–25

• November–December 2024: New Zealand (away, 3 Tests)
• January–February 2025: India (away, 3 ODIs, 5 T20Is)
• February–March 2025: Champions Trophy (Pakistan, ODIs)

Summer 2025

• May 2025: Zimbabwe (home, 1 Test)
• June 2025: West Indies (home, 3 ODIs)
• June–August 2025: India (home, 5 Tests)
• June 2025: Ireland (away, 3 ODIs)
• September 2025: South Africa (home, 3 ODIs, 3 T20s)
• September 2025: West Indies (home, 3 T20Is)

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 million.

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.

Status of Wales

See also: Cricket in Wales and Proposed Wales national cricket team

Historically, the England team represented the whole of Great Britain in international cricket, with Scottish or Welsh national teams playing sporadically and players from both countries occasionally representing England. Scotland became an independent member of the ICC in 1994, having severed links with the TCCB two years earlier.

Criticism has been made of the England and Wales Cricket Board using only the England name while utilising Welsh players such as Simon and Geraint Jones. With Welsh players pursuing international careers exclusively with an England team, there have been a number of calls for Wales to become an independent member of the ICC, or for the ECB to provide more fixtures for a Welsh national team. However, both Cricket Wales and Glamorgan County Cricket Club have continually supported the ECB, with Glamorgan arguing for the financial benefits of the Welsh county within the English structure, and Cricket Wales stating they are "committed to continuing to play a major role within the ECB"

The absence of a Welsh cricket team has seen a number of debates within the Welsh Senedd. In 2013 a debate saw both Conservative and Labour members lend their support to the establishment of an independent Welsh team.

In 2015, a report produced by the Welsh National Assembly's petitions committee, reflected the passionate debate around the issue. Bethan Jenkins, Plaid Cymru's spokesperson on heritage, culture, sport and broadcasting, and a member of the petitions committee, argued that Wales should have its own international team and withdraw from the ECB. Jenkins noted that Ireland (with a population of 6.4 million) was an ICC member with 6,000 club players whereas Wales (with 3 million) had 7,500. Jenkins said: "Cricket Wales and Glamorgan CCC say the idea of a Welsh national cricket team is 'an emotive subject', of course having a national team is emotive, you only have to look at the stands during any national game to see that. To suggest this as anything other than natural is a bit of a misleading argument."

In 2017, the First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones called for the reintroduction of the Welsh one-day team stating: " is odd that we see Ireland and Scotland playing in international tournaments and not Wales."

International grounds

Main article: List of international men's cricket grounds in England and Wales BristolTauntonEdgbastonHeadingleyThe OvalLord'sOld TraffordRiversideSophia GardensRose BowlTrent Bridgeclass=notpageimage| Locations of current international cricket grounds in England and Wales

Listed chronologically in order of first match and include neutral fixtures such as World Cup and Champions Trophy games

Venue	City	County team	Capacity	Years used	Test	ODI	T20I
Current venues
The Oval	London	Surrey	26,000	1880–	102	74	16
Old Trafford	Manchester	Lancashire	26,000	1884–	82	55	10
Lord's	London	Middlesex	28,000	1884–	140	67	10
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire	17,500	1899–	63	49	12
Headingley	Leeds	Yorkshire	17,500	1899–	78	45	1
Edgbaston	Birmingham	Warwickshire	25,000	1902–	53	64	5
Riverside Ground	Chester-le-Street	Durham	19,000	1999–	6	20	3
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	Glamorgan	15,500	1999–	3	29	8
Rose Bowl	Southampton	Hampshire	25,000	2003–	7	31	9
County Ground	Taunton	Somerset	12,500	1983–	–	6	1
County Ground	Bristol	Gloucestershire	17,500	1983–	–	19	3
Former venues
Bramall Lane	Sheffield	Yorkshire	32,000	1902	1	–	—
St. Helen's	Swansea	Glamorgan	4,500	1973–1983	–	2	—
North Marine Road Ground	Scarborough	Yorkshire	11,500	1976–1978	–	2	—
Grace Road	Leicester	Leicestershire	12,000	1983–1999	–	3	—
New Road	Worcester	Worcestershire	5,500	1983–1999	–	3	—
County Ground	Southampton	Hampshire	7,000	1983–1999	–	3	—
County Ground	Derby	Derbyshire	9,500	1983–1999	–	2	—
Nevill Ground	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	6,000	1983	–	1	—
County Ground	Chelmsford	Essex	6,500	1983–1999	–	3	—
St Lawrence Ground	Canterbury	Kent	15,000	1999–2005	–	4	—
County Ground	Northampton	Northamptonshire	6,500	1999	–	2	—
As of 18 July 2021

Current squad

This lists all the active players who are contracted to or have played for England in the past year (since 1 January 2024) and the forms in which they have played, and any players (in italics) outside this criterion who have been selected in the team's most recent Test, ODI or T20I squad.

The ECB offers a number of contracts in October each year to England players which covers both red-ball and white-ball players, considers the likelihood of players featuring in England teams across formats over the next period while recognising performances in the preceding year. Multi-year contracts have been awarded since 2023.

• Moeen Ali appeared in T20Is during this period however has retired from international cricket.
• James Anderson appeared in Tests during this period however has retired from international cricket.

Key

• No = Shirt number
• Con = Contract type (Central / Development)

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Domestic team	Con	Forms	S/N	Captaincy	Last Test	Last ODI	Last T20I
Batters
Jonny Bairstow	35	Right-handed	–	Yorkshire	C	Test, T20I	51		2024	2023	2024
Harry Brook	25	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Yorkshire	C	Test, ODI, T20I	88	ODI (VC)	2024	2024	2024
Jordan Cox	24	Right-handed	–	Essex	–	ODI, T20I	93		–	2024	2024
Zak Crawley	26	Right-handed	–	Kent	C	Test	6		2024	2023	–
Ben Duckett	30	Left-handed	–	Nottinghamshire	C	Test, ODI, T20I	17		2024	2024	2023
Dan Lawrence	27	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Surrey	–	Test	68		2024	–	–
Ollie Pope	27	Right-handed	–	Surrey	C	Test	80	Test (VC)	2024	–	–
Joe Root	34	Right-handed	Right-arm off break/leg spin	Yorkshire	C	Test, ODI	66		2024	2023	2019
All-rounders
Rehan Ahmed	20	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Leicestershire	C	Test, T20I	53		2024	2023	2024
Jacob Bethell	21	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Warwickshire	C	Test, ODI, T20I	82		2024	2024	2024
Brydon Carse	29	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Durham	C	Test, ODI, T20I	92		2024	2024	2024
Sam Curran	26	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Surrey	C	ODI, T20I	58		2021	2024	2024
Will Jacks	26	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Surrey	C	ODI, T20I	85		2022	2024	2024
Liam Livingstone	31	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin/off break	Lancashire	C	ODI, T20I	23		2022	2024	2024
Dan Mousley	23	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Warwickshire	–	ODI, T20I	96		–	2024	2024
Jamie Overton	30	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Surrey	–	ODI, T20I	75		2022	2024	2024
Ben Stokes	33	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Durham	C	Test	55	Test (C)	2024	2023	2022
Chris Woakes	35	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Warwickshire	C	Test	19		2024	2023	2023
Wicket-keepers
Jos Buttler	34	Right-handed	–	Lancashire	C	ODI, T20I	63	ODI, T20I (C)	2022	2023	2024
Ben Foakes	31	Right-handed	–	Surrey	–	Test	50		2024	2019	2019
Ollie Robinson	26	Right-handed	–	Durham	–	Test	45		–	–	–
Phil Salt	28	Right-handed	–	Lancashire	C	ODI, T20I	61	T20I (VC)	–	2024	2024
Jamie Smith	24	Right-handed	–	Surrey	C	Test, ODI, T20I	39		2024	2024	–
Pace bowlers
Jofra Archer	29	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Sussex	C	ODI, T20I	22		2021	2024	2024
Gus Atkinson	27	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Surrey	C	Test, ODI, T20I	37		2024	2023	2023
Josh Hull	20	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Leicestershire	D	Test	47		2024	–	–
Chris Jordan	36	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Surrey	–	T20I	34		2015	2022	2024
Saqib Mahmood	27	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Lancashire	–	ODI, T20I	25		2022	2024	2024
Matthew Potts	26	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Durham	C	Test, ODI	35		2024	2024	–
Ollie Robinson	31	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Sussex	–	Test	57		2024	–	–
Olly Stone	31	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Nottinghamshire	C	Test, ODI	26		2024	2024	2022
Josh Tongue	27	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Nottinghamshire	C	–	56		2023	–	–
Reece Topley	30	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Surrey	C	ODI, T20I	38		–	2024	2024
John Turner	23	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Hampshire	D	ODI, T20I	41		–	2024	2024
Mark Wood	35	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Durham	C	Test, ODI, T20I	33		2024	2023	2024
Spin bowlers
Shoaib Bashir	21	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Somerset	C	Test	67		2024	–	–
Tom Hartley	25	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Lancashire	–	Test	79		2024	2023	–
Jack Leach	33	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Somerset	C	Test	77		2024	–	–
Adil Rashid	36	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Yorkshire	C	ODI, T20I	95		2019	2024	2024

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Brendon McCullum
Assistant coach	Paul Collingwood
Batting coach	Marcus Trescothick
Fast-bowling consultant	James Anderson
Spin bowling coach	Jeetan Patel
Lions coach	Andrew Flintoff
Pace-bowling coach	Neil Killeen

Team colours

When playing Test cricket, England's cricket whites feature the three lions badge on the left of the shirt and the name of the sponsor Cinch on the centre. English fielders may wear a navy blue cap or white sun hat with the ECB logo in the middle. Helmets are also coloured navy blue. Before 1997 the uniform sported the TCCB lion and stumps logo on the uniforms, while the helmets, jumpers and hats had the three lions emblem. Before 1996, the caps used in test touring squads featured a crest deptcting St. George and a dragon. In April 2017, the ECB brought back the traditional cable-knit sweater for test matches.

In One day internationals the kit is a blue shirt with navy trousers, whilst the Twenty20 kit is a flame-red shirt and navy trousers. In ICC limited-overs tournaments 'ENGLAND' is printed across the front. Over the years, England's ODI kit has cycled between various shades of blue (such as a pale blue used until the mid-1990s, when it was replaced in favour of a bright blue) with the occasional all-red kit.

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1994–1996		Tetley Bitter
1996–1998	ASICS
1998–2000		Vodafone
2000–2008	Admiral
2008–2010	Adidas
2010–2014		Brit Insurance
2014–2017		Waitrose
2017–2021	New Balance	NatWest
2021–2022		Cinch
2022–present	Castore

In limited overs cricket, England's ODI and Twenty20 shirts feature the Cinch logo across the centre: in ICC limited-overs tournaments a modified kit design is used with the sponsor's logo is on the sleeve. The three lions badge on the left of the shirt and the Castore logo on the right. Cinch, an online used car marketplace, replaced NatWest as England's principal partner, in February 2021. Castore replaced New Balance as kit manufacturer in April 2022.

Fan following

Main article: Barmy Army

The Barmy Army is a travel agency that provides tickets and arranges touring parties for some of its members to follow the English cricket team in the UK and overseas. The Barmy Army was at first an informal group but was later turned into a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales.

The name is also applied to followers of the team who join in with match day activities in the crowd, but do not necessarily travel as part of an organised tour. Collins dictionary defines the word barmy as "slightly crazy or very foolish". Known for their famous song that goes “barmy army shout it out come on england”

The group, then less organised, was given its name by the Australian media during the 1994–95 Test series in Australia, reportedly for the fans' hopeless audacity in travelling all the way to Australia in the near-certain knowledge that their team would lose, and the fact that they kept on chanting encouragement to the England team even when England were losing quite badly. It was co-founded by Paul Burnham.

Tournament history

Key

	Champions
	Runners-up
	Third place
	Fourth place

  Indicates tournaments played within England

ICC World Test Championship

ICC World Test Championship record
Year	League stage										Final host	Final	Final position
	Pos	Matches					Ded	PC	Pts	PCT
		P	W	L	D	T
2019–21	4/9	21	11	7	3	0	0	720	442	61.4	Rose Bowl, England	DNQ	League Stage
2021–23	4/9	22	10	8	4	0	12	264	124	47	The Oval, England	DNQ	League Stage

ICC Cricket World Cup

Main article: England at the Cricket World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR	Win %
1975	Semi-final	3/8	4	3	1	0	0	75.00
1979	Runners-up	2/8	5	4	1	0	0	80.00
1983	Semi-final	3/8	7	5	2	0	0	71.43
1987	Runners-up	2/8	8	5	3	0	0	62.50
1992		2/9	10	6	3	0	1	66.67
1996	Quarter-final	8/12	6	2	4	0	0	33.33
1999	Group Stage		5	3	2	0	0	60.00
2003	Group Stage	9/14	6	3	3	0	0	50.00
2007	Super 8	5/16	9	5	4	0	0	55.55
2011	Quarter-final	7/14	7	3	3	1	0	50.00
2015	Group Stage	10/14	6	2	4	0	0	33.33
2019	Champions	1/10	11	8	3	0	0	68.18
2023	Group Stage	7/10	9	3	6	0	0	33.33
2027	TBD
2031
Total	1 title	13/13	93	52	39	1	1	56.45

*The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

ICC T20 World Cup

Main article: England at the T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR	Win %
2007	Super 8	7/12	5	1	4	0	0	20.00
2009		6/12	5	2	3	0	0	40.00
2010	Champions	1/12	7	5	1	0	1	83.33
2012	Super 8	6/12	5	2	3	0	0	40.00
2014	Super 10	7/16	4	1	3	0	0	25.00
2016	Runners-up	2/16	6	4	2	0	0	66.67
2021	Semi-final	4/16	6	4	2	0	0	66.67
2022	Champions	1/16	7	5	1	0	1	83.33
2024	Semi-final	4/20	8	4	3	0	1	57.14
2026	Qualified
2028	TBD
2030	Qualified as co-hosts
Total	2 titles	9/9	56	30	23	0	3	53.57

*The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

ICC Champions Trophy

Champions Trophy record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR	Win %
1998	Quarter-final	5/9	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
2000		7/11	1	0	1	0	0	0.00
2002	Pool stage	6/12	2	1	1	0	0	50.00
2004	Runners-up	2/12	4	3	1	0	0	75.00
2006	Pool stage	7/10	3	1	2	0	0	33.33
2009	Semi-final	4/8	4	2	2	0	0	50.00
2013	Runners-up	2/8	5	3	2	0	0	60.00
2017	Semi-final	3/8	4	3	1	0	0	75.00
2025	Qualified
Total	0 titles	8/8	24	13	11	0	0	54.17

*The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

Other tournaments

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR	Win %
1900	Champions	1/2	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
Total	1 title	1/1	1	1	0	0	0	100.00

*The Summer Olympics Gold medal was won by the Devon and Somerset Wanderers representing Great Britain.

*The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

Honours

ICC

• Cricket World Cup:
  • Champions (1): 2019
  • Runners-up (3): 1979, 1987, 1992
• T20 World Cup:
  • Champions (2): 2010, 2022
  • Runners-up (1): 2016
• Champions Trophy:
  • Runners-up (2): 2004, 2013

Records

Main article: England cricket team record by opponent

Test matches

Main article: List of England Test cricket records

Test record versus other nations

Opponent	M	W	L	T	D	% Win	First win
Australia	361	112	152	0	97	31.02	4 April 1877
South Africa	156	66	35	0	55	42.31	13 March 1889
West Indies	164	52	59	0	53	31.70	26 June 1928
New Zealand	115	54	14	0	46	46.95	13 January 1930
India	136	51	35	0	50	37.50	28 June 1932
Pakistan	92	30	23	0	39	32.60	5 July 1954
Sri Lanka	39	19	9	0	11	48.71	21 February 1982
Zimbabwe	6	3	0	0	3	50.00	21 May 2000
Ireland	2	2	0	0	0	100.00	26 July 2019
Bangladesh	10	9	1	0	0	90.00	25 October 2003
Afghanistan	Yet to play
Records complete to Test #2569. Last updated: 18 December 2024.

Test 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
• England are the only team in the history of Test cricket to have secured 100 victories by an innings.

Test individual records

• Most matches: 188 Tests – James Anderson
• Longest-serving captain: 64 Tests – Joe Root

Test batting records

• Most runs: 12,972 – Joe Root
• Best average: 60.73 – Herbert Sutcliffe
• Highest individual score: 364 – Len Hutton v. Australia at The Oval in 1938
• Record partnership: 454 – Joe Root and Harry Brook v. Pakistan at Multan in 2024
• Most centuries: 35 – Joe Root
• Most double centuries: 7 – Wally Hammond
• 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: 39 – Stuart Broad

Test bowling records

• Most wickets: 704 – James Anderson
• Best average: 10.75 – George Lohmann
• Best innings bowling: 10/53 – Jim Laker v. Australia at Old Trafford in 1956
• Best match bowling: 19/90 – Jim Laker v. Australia at Old Trafford in 1956
• Best strike rate: 34.1 – George Lohmann
• Best economy rate: 1.31 – William Attewell
• Five England bowlers have taken four wickets in an over, three of these at Headingley. They were Maurice Allom v. New Zealand at Christchurch in 1929–30, Kenneth Cranston v. South Africa at Headingley in 1947, Fred Titmus v. New Zealand at Headingley in 1965, Chris Old v. Pakistan at Edgbaston in 1978 and Andy Caddick v. West Indies at Headingley in 2000.

Test fielding records

• Most catches by an outfielder: 207 – Joe Root
• 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

One Day Internationals

Main article: List of England One Day International cricket records

ODI record versus other nations

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	% Win	First win
v. Test nations
Afghanistan	3	2	1	0	0	66.67	13 March 2015
Australia	157	63	89	2	3	40.13	24 August 1972
Bangladesh	25	20	5	0	0	80.00	5 October 2000
India	107	44	58	2	3	41.12	13 July 1974
Ireland	15	11	2	0	2	73.33	13 June 2006
New Zealand	96	44	45	3	4	45.83	18 July 1973
Pakistan	92	57	32	0	3	61.96	23 December 1977
South Africa	70	30	34	1	5	42.86	12 March 1992
Sri Lanka	79	38	37	1	3	48.10	13 February 1982
West Indies	108	54	48	0	6	50.00	5 September 1973
Zimbabwe	30	21	8	0	1	72.41	7 January 1995
v. Associate Members
Canada	2	2	0	0	0	100.00	13 June 1979
East Africa	1	1	0	0	0	100.00	14 June 1975
Kenya	2	2	0	0	0	100.00	18 May 1999
Namibia	1	1	0	0	0	100.00	19 February 2003
Netherlands	7	7	0	0	0	100.00	22 February 1996
Scotland	5	3	1	0	1	75.00	19 June 2010
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	0	100.00	18 February 1996
Last updated 6 November 2024. Win percentages exclude no-results and count ties as half a win.

ODI team records

• Highest team total: 498/4 (50 overs) v. Netherlands at VRA Cricket Ground in 2022
• Lowest team total: 86 (32.4 overs) v. Australia at Old Trafford in 2001

ODI individual records

• Most matches: 225 – Eoin Morgan
• Longest-serving captain: 126 matches – Eoin Morgan

ODI batting records

• Most runs: 6,957 – Eoin Morgan
• Best average: 55.76 – Dawid Malan
• Best strike rate: 117.11 – Jos Buttler
• Highest individual score: 182 – Ben Stokes v. New Zealand at The Oval, London in 2023
• Record partnership: 256* – Alex Hales and Jason Roy v. Sri Lanka at Edgbaston in 2016
• Most centuries: 16 – Joe Root
• Most ducks: 15 – Eoin Morgan

ODI bowling records

• Most wickets: 269 – James Anderson
• Best average: 26.61 – Andrew Flintoff
• Best bowling: 6/31 – Paul Collingwood v. Bangladesh at Trent Bridge in 2005
• Best strike rate: 30.6 – Liam Plunkett
• Best economy rate: 3.28 – Bob Willis

ODI fielding records

• Most catches by an outfielder: 108 – Paul Collingwood
• Most dismissals as wicketkeeper: 258 – Jos Buttler
• Most dismissals in a match: 6 – Alec Stewart v. Zimbabwe at Old Trafford in 2000; Matt Prior v. South Africa at Trent Bridge in 2008; Jos Buttler v. South Africa at The Oval in 2013

T20 Internationals

Main article: List of England Twenty20 International cricket records

Figures include games up to 17 November 2024.

T20I record versus other nations

Opponent	Span	M	W	L	T+W	T+L	NR	% Win	First win
v. Test nations
Afghanistan	2012-2022	3	3	0	0	0	0	100.00	21 September 2012
Australia	2005-2024	26	12	12	0	0	2	46.15	13 June 2005
Bangladesh	2021-2023	4	1	3	0	0	0	25.00	27 October 2021
India	2007-2024	24	11	13	0	0	0	45.83	14 June 2009
Ireland	2010-2022	2	0	1	0	0	1	0.00	–
New Zealand	2007-2023	27	15	10	1	0	1	57.41	5 February 2008
Pakistan	2006-2024	31	20	9	1	0	1	64.51	7 June 2009
South Africa	2007-2024	26	12	13	0	0	1	46.15	13 November 2009
Sri Lanka	2006-2022	14	10	4	0	0	0	71.43	13 May 2010
West Indies	2007-2024	35	16	18	0	0	1	45.71	29 June 2007
Zimbabwe	2007-2007	1	1	0	0	0	0	100.00	13 September 2007
v. Associate Members
Namibia	2024-2024	1	1	0	0	0	0	100.00	15 June 2024
Netherlands	2009-2014	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	–
Oman	2024-2024	1	1	0	0	0	0	100.00	13 June 2024
Scotland	2024-2024	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	–
United States	2024-2024	1	1	0	0	0	0	100.00	23 June 2024
Records complete to T20I #2958, 17 November 2024. T+W and T+L indicate matches tied and then won or lost in a tiebreaker (such as a Super Over). Win percentages exclude no-results and count ties (irrespective of tiebreakers) as half a win.

T20I team records

• Highest team total: 241/3 v. New Zealand at McLean Park in 2019
• Lowest team total: 80 v. India at Colombo (RPS) in 2012

T20I individual records

• Most matches: 129 – Jos Buttler
• Longest-serving captain: 72 matches – Eoin Morgan

T20I batting records

• Most runs: 3,389 – Jos Buttler
• Best average: 37.93 – Kevin Pietersen
• Best strike rate: 165.3 – Phil Salt
• Highest individual score: 119 – Phil Salt v. West Indies at Tarouba in 2023
• Record partnership: 182 – Dawid Malan and Eoin Morgan v. New Zealand at McLean Park in 2019
• Most centuries: 3 – Phil Salt
• Most ducks: 9 – Luke Wright and Moeen Ali

T20I bowling records

• Most wickets: 126 – Adil Rashid
• Best average: 16.84 – Graeme Swann
• Best bowling: 5/10 – Sam Curran v. Afghanistan at Perth in 2022
• Best strike rate: 13.98 – Mark Wood
• Best economy rate: 6.36 – Graeme Swann

T20I fielding records

• Most catches by an outfielder: 46 – Eoin Morgan
• Most dismissals as wicket-keeper: 81 – Jos Buttler
• Most dismissals in an innings: 4 – Matt Prior v. South Africa at Cape Town in 2007

Most England appearances

Main articles: List of England Test cricketers, List of England ODI cricketers, and List of England Twenty20 International cricketers

These lists show the five players (or those tied for fifth) with the most appearances for England in each form of the game. The lists are correct up to match starting on 14 December 2024.

• † = players who are available for selection and have represented England in the format during the past 12 months.

Most Test caps 188 James Anderson 167 Stuart Broad 161 Alastair Cook 152 Joe Root † 133 Alec Stewart

Most ODI caps 225 Eoin Morgan 197 Paul Collingwood 194 James Anderson 181 Jos Buttler † 171 Joe Root

Most T20I caps 129 Jos Buttler † 119 Adil Rashid † 115 Eoin Morgan 95 Chris Jordan † 92 Moeen Ali

England Men's Cricketer of the Year

At the start of each season the ECB presents the England Men's Cricketer of the Year award to "recognise outstanding performances in all formats of international cricket over the past year", voted on by members of the cricket media.

The previous winners of this award are:

• 2006/07: Andrew Flintoff
• 2007/08: Ian Bell
• 2008/09: Kevin Pietersen
• 2009/10: Graeme Swann
• 2010/11: Jonathan Trott
• 2011/12: James Anderson
• 2012/13: Matt Prior
• 2013/14: Ian Bell
• 2014/15: Joe Root
• 2015/16: Joe Root

Eligibility of players

The England cricket team represents England and Wales. However, under ICC regulations, 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 state that to play for England, a player must be a British citizen, and have either been born in England or Wales, or have lived in England or Wales for three years. This has led to players who also held other nationalities becoming eligible to play for England. The qualification period for those born outside England and Wales has varied in the past, but in November 2018 the ECB announced that the period would be reduced to three years in all circumstances, in line with ICC regulations.

Of the current squad (see above), Jason Roy was born to British parents in South Africa so had to fulfil residency requirements. In addition, Chris Jordan and Ben Stokes have British citizenship, having lived in England since their youth. Jofra Archer, though born in Barbados to a Barbadian mother, qualifies through his English father.Brydon Carse was both born in South Africa and had to serve qualification periods after arriving in England having already played top-level cricket in the country of their birth.

ICC regulations also allow cricketers who represent associate (i.e. non-Test-playing) nations to switch to a Test-playing nation, provided nationality requirements are fulfilled. In recent years, this has seen Irish internationals Ed Joyce, Boyd Rankin and Eoin Morgan switch to represent England (before Ireland were promoted to full member status in 2018), whilst Gavin Hamilton previously played for Scotland – though Joyce, Rankin and Hamilton were later able to re-qualify for and represent the countries of their birth.

See also

Portal:

• Cricket

• List of England cricket captains
• List of England cricket team coaches
• List of England Test cricketers
• List of England ODI cricketers
• List of England Twenty20 International cricketers

Notes

1. Some sources list Butler with 80 dismissals as keeper

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