England Cricket Team

Captain: Alastair Cook

Coach: Trevor Bayliss

England Biography

Cricket was introduced to the world by England way back in the 18th century; WG Grace can almost certainly be considered the man responsible for shaping cricket the way we know it is today. The history of the England team though, can be traced back to 1877 when they took on Australia. It was the first ever Test match played in the history of the game.

By 1882-83, when England played Australia, the contest came to be known as the Ashes. Since then, both teams have fought tooth and nail to regain the Ashes Urn. In 1932-33, the showdown between both teams reached epic proportions when Douglas Jardine, in an attempt to stop Don Bradman from scoring mountains of runs, had decided to develop the fast leg theory which in turn came to be known as Bodyline.

In 1952, when England crushed India 3-0 at home, Len Hutton had the honour of becoming the first professional captain to lead them. David Sheppard had captained the first two Tests in his absence.

England were one of the top teams in Test cricket even till 1980s, but they reached their nadir in the 1990s. It took Nasser Hussain's battle-hardened captaincy, followed by Michael Vaughan's tranquil presence and collected approach to resurrect the fortunes of English cricket.

England also was the first team to play an One-Day International. In ODIs, they have been known as perennial bridesmaids, having reached the final of World Cup thrice in four editions, but losing on all three. In 2010 Kevin Pietersen inspired England to win the ICC World T20 their maiden ICC title.

England Biography

England players

James Anderson

38 years old

Left-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Ben Stokes

29 years old

Left-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Alastair Cook

35 years old

Left-hand bat

Off-break

Eoin Morgan

34 years old

Left-hand bat

Right-arm medium

Joe Root

29 years old

Right-hand bat

Off-break

Moeen Ali

33 years old

Left-hand bat

Off-break

Jos Buttler

30 years old

Right-hand bat

Off-break

Jonathan Bairstow

30 years old

Right-hand bat

Off-break

Stuart Broad

34 years old

Left-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Gary Ballance

30 years old

Left-hand bat

Leg-break

Adil Rashid

32 years old

Right-hand bat

Leg-break

Jason Roy

30 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm medium

Liam Plunkett

35 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Mark Wood

30 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast

Ian Bell

38 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm medium

Chris Woakes

31 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Alex Hales

31 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm medium

Chris Jordan

31 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast-medium

Ben Duckett

25 years old

Left-hand bat

Off-break

Steven Finn

31 years old

Right-hand bat

Right-arm fast

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Live Cricket Score, 3rd ODI: England vs Australia at Old Trafford, Manchester - Wed, Sep 16, 2020

Australia beat England by 3 wickets

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Live Cricket Score, 2nd ODI: England vs Australia at Old Trafford, Manchester - Sun, Sep 13, 2020

England beat Australia by 24 runs

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Live Cricket Score, 1st ODI: England vs Australia at Old Trafford, Manchester - Fri, Sep 11, 2020

Australia beat England by 19 runs

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PHOTOS AND VIDEOS : England Cricket Team

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