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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 |
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