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He has made a record 65 half-centuries and 36 centuries, [10] and was one half of the highest England Test partnership of 454. As a slip fielder, holds the England record for the most catches taken with 207. [11] Captaining his side from 2016 until standing down in 2022, Root holds the record for the most matches played as English captain with ...
A Test match is an international two-innings per side cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap by playing for the England cricket team. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by ...
England and Australia were the first teams to play a Test match (15–19 March 1877), and along with South Africa, these nations formed the Imperial Cricket Conference (the predecessor to today's International Cricket Council) on 15 June 1909. England and Australia also played the first ODI on 5 January 1971.
Smith recaptures ominous form as England toil at start of second Ashes Test. Australia 339-5 (83) (Steve Smith 85*, Alex Carey 10*) 19:49, Karl Matchett “Obviously, an amazing day for us, could ...
Sachin Tendulkar of India has played the most matches (200).. In the sport of cricket, playing 100 Test matches is considered to be a significant achievement. Colin Cowdrey of England was the first cricketer to have reached this landmark, [1] celebrating the occasion with a score of 104 runs against Australia in 1968 during the 1968 Ashes series. [2]
After 108 Test match appearances for England, Boycott's international career ended in 1982 when he was the leading Test run scorer with over 8,000 Test match runs, [12] earning him an OBE for services to cricket. [4] [13] When dropped from the Yorkshire team in 1986 he was the leading run scorer in first-class cricket.
The England cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. [1] England is the joint oldest team in Test history, having played in the first ever Test match in 1877 against Australia. [2]
He made an extraordinary start to his test career by amassing 809 runs in his first six test appearances having batted ten times with a career average of 80.90 and with a strike rate of almost 100. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Brook was part of the England cricket team that won the 2022 T20 World Cup .