England 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
AssociationEngland and Wales Cricket Board
Personnel
Test captainBen Stokes
One Day captainJos Buttler
T20I captainJos Buttler
CoachBrendon McCullum
History
Test status acquired1877
International Cricket Council
ICC statusFull Membership (1909)
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
Test 4th 1st (1 June 1955)
ODI 7th 1st (1 January 1981)
T20I 3rd 1st (24 October 2011)
Tests
First Testv.  Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 15–19 March 1877
Last Testv.  Pakistan at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi; 24–26 October 2024
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 1,080 398/327
(355 draws)
This year[3] 14 7/7
(0 draws)
World Test Championship appearances2 (first in 2021)
Best resultFourth place (2021, 2023)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv.  Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; 5 January 1971
Last ODIv.  West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown; 6 November 2024
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 805 403/362
(9 ties, 31 no results)
This year[5] 8 3/5
(0 ties, 0 no results)
World Cup appearances13 (first in 1975)
Best resultChampions (2019)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv.  Australia at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton; 13 June 2005
Last T20Iv.  West Indies at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet; 16 November 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[6] 198 104/85
(2 ties, 7 no results)
This year[7] 16 10/5
(0 ties, 1 no result)
T20 World Cup appearances8 (first in 2007)
Best resultChampions (2010, 2022)

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 16 November 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.[8][9] 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 26 October 2024, England have played 1,080 Test matches, winning 398 and losing 327 (with 355 draws).[10] 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.[11] 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 198 T20Is, winning 104.[12] They won the ICC T20 World Cup in 2010 and 2022, and were runners-up in 2016.

As of September 2024, England are ranked third in Tests, seventh in ODIs and fourth in T20Is by the ICC.[1]

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  2. ^ "Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "Test matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "ODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ^ "About the ECB". England and Wales Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  9. ^ "MCC History". MCC. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
  10. ^ "Records | Test matches | Team records | Results summary | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2020.