Cricket World Cup 2007

History - Facts - Teams - Winners

England Cricket Team

• The England cricket team operates under the sponsorship of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
• In 1877 England played in the first ever Test match and also the first ever One-Day International in 1971
• Peter Moores was appointed with the full-time job of coaching the England cricket team, following the resignation of Duncan Fletcher

Important facts

• England has only ever had 11 people able to score over 300 and four of them have been in the last 20 years

• In 1880 the first Test played in England, three brothers, E.M., G.F. and W.G. Grace, made their debuts against Australia

• In 1886-87 England scored just 45 in their first innings at Sydney

• Geoff Boycott, Allan Lamb and Andy Flintoff have batted on every day of a test match
  
• Sydney Barnes is rated as the best bowler of all time for any country according to the LG ICC Best Ever Test Bowling rating

 

Current Squad

#	Player	Domestic team	#	Player	Domestic team
ODI & Twenty20 Captain & All-Rounder			All rounders
			42	Ravi Bopara	Essex
5	Paul Collingwood	Durham	34	Jamie Dalrymple	Glamorgan
Test Captain & Opener or Middle-Order Batsman			11	Andrew Flintoff	Lancashire
			32	Dimitri Mascarenhas	Hampshire
99	Michael Vaughan	Yorkshire	45	Luke Wright	Sussex
Opening Batsmen			40	Michael Yardy	Sussex
26	Alastair Cook	Essex	Pace Bowlers
6	Darren Maddy	Warwickshire	9	James Anderson	Lancashire
23	Andrew Strauss	Middlesex	39	Stuart Broad	Nottinghamshire
Middle-Order Batsmen				Steve Harmison	Durham
7	Ian Bell	Warwickshire	20	Matthew Hoggard	Yorkshire
36	Ed Joyce	Middlesex	16	James Kirtley	Sussex
24	Kevin Pietersen	Hampshire	18	Jon Lewis	Gloucestershire
3	Owais Shah	Middlsex	19	Sajid Mahmood	Lancashire
38	Vikram Solanki	Worcestershire	17	Liam Plunkett	Durham
4	Jonathan Trott	Warwickshire	78	Ryan Sidebottom	Nottinghamshire
Wicket-keepers			22	Chris Tremlett	Hampshire
52	Phil Mustard	Durham	Spin Bowlers
47	Paul Nixon	Leicestershire	46	Monty Panesar	Northamtonshire
13	Matt Prior	Sussex	28	Chris Schofield	Surrey
(Vikram Solanki,although is not a regular keeper, kept wicket in two Twenty20 World Cup matches)			29	Jeremy Snape	Leicestershire
			66	Graeme Swann	Nottinghamshire