The England cricket team represents England and Wales in Test cricket. Between 2005 and 2019, England played 190 Test matches, resulting in 80 victories, 45 draws and 65 defeats. They faced Ireland for the first time in Test cricket during this period.
England faced Australia most frequently during this period—playing 45 matches against them followed by 31 matches against India. England won more matches than they lost against Bangladesh, India, Ireland New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. While they had losing records against Australia, Pakistan and South Africa. England won twenty-two matches by an innings, with their largest victory being by an innings and 283 runs against the West Indies in 2007. They won by ten wickets twice during this period, and their largest victory by runs alone was against Pakistan in 2010, whom they beat by 354 runs. Conversely, England lost by an innings 13 times between 2005 and 2019.
Key + Key Symbol Meaning No. (Eng.) Match number for England (i.e. 900 was England's 900th Test match) No. (Ove.) Match number overall (i.e. 1800 was the 1800th Test match) Opposition The team England were playing against Venue The cricket ground where the match was played Home/Away/Neutral Whether the venue is home (England or Wales) or away (opponent's home) Start date Starting date of the Test match Result Result of the match for England Series (result) What series the match was part of, with the result listed in brackets;England's tally first (i.e. (2–1) means that England won two matches, and their opponents won one match)
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