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Colin Milburn (23 October 1941 – 28 February 1990) [1] was an English cricketer, who played in nine Test matches for England, before an accident led to the loss of much of his sight and prompted his retirement.
This is a list of England Test cricketers. 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 ...
John Frederick Crapp (14 October 1912 – 13 February 1981), [1] was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire between 1936 and 1956, and played for England on tour in the winter of 1948–49.
The first such match involved England and was played on 5 January 1971 between England and Australia. [2] Where more than one player won his first ODI cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname. England have played 802 ODIs, resulting in 402 victories, 360 defeats, 9 ties and 31 no results. [3] [4]
On one occasion in 1986, two replacement wicket-keepers were called on, neither of whom were members of the side, and one was a member of the crowd. Former England keeper, Bob Taylor , aged 45 and retired from professional cricket, stepped in at a Test match to replace Bruce French , with the permission of the New Zealand captain, after French ...
In cricket, a player is said to have scored a century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. Test cricket, the longest version of the game, involves two innings per side in a match. An individual scoring centuries in each innings of a Test match, a feat which is called "Twin centuries," is considered a "milestone" by critics.
Former captain Joe Root, pictured in 2017, holds several England Test cricket records.. Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. [1] A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days, [a] [b] and is played by teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
This is a list of England cricket captains, comprising all the men, women and youths who have captained an England cricket team at official international level. The international match categories are Test , One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I).