List of England Test matches
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The England cricket team represents England and Wales in Test cricket. It is the joint-oldest Test playing nation, along with Australia, England's opposition in the first Test match, which took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877.[1] In all as of August 2015, England have played 962 Test matches, recording 344 victories, 279 losses and 339 draws.
Summary by era
Era | Matches | Wins | Losses | Draws | W/L |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1877–1914 | 123 | 59 | 42 | 22 | 1.404 |
1920–39 | 120 | 41 | 30 | 49 | 1.366 |
1940–59 | 115 | 45 | 31 | 39 | 1.451 |
1960–74 | 147 | 45 | 25 | 77 | 1.800 |
1975–89 | 152 | 40 | 50 | 62 | 0.800 |
1990–2004 | 172 | 58 | 61 | 53 | 0.950 |
2005–present | 133 | 56 | 40 | 37 | 1.400 |
Summary by opposition
Last Update : 07/01/2014
Team | Total Matches [2] | Home Matches [3] | Away Matches [4] | ||||||||||||
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Mat | Won | Lost | Draw | W/L | Mat | Won | Lost | Draw | W/L | Mat | Won | Lost | Draw | W/L | |
Australia | 341 | 108 | 140 | 93 | 0.77 | 166 | 51 | 49 | 66 | 1.04 | 175 | 57 | 91 | 27 | 0.63 |
Bangladesh | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – |
India | 112 | 43 | 21 | 48 | 2.04 | 57 | 30 | 6 | 21 | 5.00 | 55 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 0.87 |
New Zealand | 101 | 48 | 9 | 44 | 5.33 | 54 | 30 | 5 | 19 | 6.00 | 47 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 4.50 |
Pakistan | 74 | 22 | 18 | 37 | 1.22 | 47 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 2.22 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 0.22 |
South Africa | 141 | 56 | 31 | 54 | 1.80 | 64 | 27 | 13 | 24 | 2.08 | 77 | 29 | 18 | 30 | 1.61 |
Sri Lanka | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1.25 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2.00 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0.80 |
West Indies | 151 | 46 | 54 | 51 | 0.85 | 83 | 32 | 29 | 22 | 1.10 | 68 | 14 | 25 | 29 | 0.56 |
Zimbabwe | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
Total | 962 | 344 | 279 | 339 | 1.23 | 494 | 203 | 114 | 177 | 1.78 | 465 | 141 | 162 | 162 | 0.87 |