England cricket team
England
Test status granted 1877
First Test match
v Australia at
Melbourne Cricket Ground,
Melbourne, 15–19 March
1877
Captain of Test
and ODI teams
Andrew Strauss
Coach
Andy Flower
Official ICC Test
and ODI ranking
6th (Test), 6th (ODI)
Test matches
- This year
885
6
Last Test match
v West Indies
Wins/losses
- This year
307/257
1/1
As of 08 May 2009
The England cricket team is the national
cricket team which represents England and
Wales. Since 1 January 1997 it has been gov-
erned by the England and Wales Cricket
Board (ECB), having been previously gov-
erned by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
from 1903 until the end of 1996.[1][2]
England and Australia were the first
teams to be granted Test status on 15 March
1877 and they gained full membership to the
International Cricket Council (ICC) on 15
June 1909. England and Australia also took
part in the first One Day International (ODI)
on 5 January 1971. England played their first
Twenty20 match on 13 June 2005 and once
again their opponents were Australia.
As of 08 May 2009, England have won 307
of the 885 Test matches they have played and
are
ranked
sixth
in
the
ICC Test
Championship.[3][4]
They
have
finished
runners-up in 3 Cricket World Cups (1979,
1987 and 1992) and are ranked sixth in the
ICC ODI Championship.[4]
Peter Moores was appointed head coach
on 1 May 2007, following the resignation of
Duncan Fletcher. Moores
subsequently
named Andy Flower as his assistant coach.[5]
Kevin Pietersen was announced as both Test
and ODI captain on 4 August 2008. Pietersen
replaced Michael Vaughan and Paul Colling-
wood, who resigned their roles as Test and
ODI
captains
respectively.[6]
Pietersen
resigned on 7 January 2009 and Moores was
sacked on the same day, just 2 weeks before
the team were due to tour the West Indies.[7]
Andrew Strauss was named as Pietersen’s re-
placement on 9 January 2009, with assistance
from Flower.[8]
History
For more details on this topic, see History of
the England Cricket Team pre 1939 and His-
tory of the England Crick