England Cricket
The English Cricket team is the national cricket team representing England and Wales. England played in the first Test match in 1877 against Australia in Melbourne and also the first one-day international in 1971 – once more against Australia in Melbourne. In 2008 England will take on South Africa and New Zealand. Buy your England cricket tickets now!
England has been one of the most dominant teams in international cricket, fielding a strong side for most of cricket's history. England’s dominance began to fade in the 1980s when it got overshadowed by Australia, the West Indies, India, Pakistan and South Africa.
Since 2000, English cricket has seen resurgence and the team is now ranked second in the ICC cricket ratings.