England cricket team
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 are the current ICC Men's T20 World Cup champions.
Association | England and Wales Cricket Board | ||||||||||||
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Personnel | |||||||||||||
Test captain | Ben Stokes | ||||||||||||
One Day captain | Jos Buttler | ||||||||||||
T20I captain | Jos Buttler | ||||||||||||
Coach | Test - Brendon McCullum ODI & T20I - Matthew Mott | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Test status acquired | 1877 | ||||||||||||
International Cricket Council | |||||||||||||
ICC status | Full Member (1909) | ||||||||||||
ICC region | Europe | ||||||||||||
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Tests | |||||||||||||
First Test | v. Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 15–19 March 1877 | ||||||||||||
Last Test | v. India at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala; 7–9 March 2024 | ||||||||||||
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World Test Championship appearances | 2 (first in 2019–2021) | ||||||||||||
Best result | Fourth place (2019–2021, 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; 9 December 2023 | ||||||||||||
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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 Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba; 21 December 2023 | ||||||||||||
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T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2007) | ||||||||||||
Best result | Champions (2010, 2022) | ||||||||||||
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As of 9 March 2024 |
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 9 March 2024, England have played 1,071 Test matches, winning 392 and losing 324 (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 797 ODIs, winning 400. 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 182 T20Is, winning 94. They won the ICC T20 World Cup in 2010 and 2022, and were runners-up in 2016. They are the current World champions in T20Is.
As of 11 March 2024, England are ranked third in Tests, sixth in ODIs and second in T20Is by the ICC.