England's 2-0 series win over Sri Lanka means they now hold eight of the nine Test trophies available - and they could complete a clean sweep this summer.
ICC Cricket World Cup is the main flagship tournament of international cricket and it is held every four years. Cricket World Cup is the third biggest sporting competition behind FIFA World Cup and Rugby World Cup. Cricket World Cup was started back in 1975 with the birth of One-Day cricket (50 over format) and West Indies went on to win the first two world cups.
England may be the birthplace of cricket, but that doesn't always translate to trophies. After winning the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, retaining the Ashes and being ranked the No.1 Test nation in 2011, a slide began that saw a 5-0 Test series whitewash in Australia and failure to even get out of their ODI World Cup group. Ashes triumph on home soil in 2015 hinted at a brighter future.
The History of the England Cricket Team can be said to date back to at least 1739, when sides styled "Kent" and "All England" played a match at Bromley Common. Over 300 matches involving "England" or "All England" prior to 1877 are known. However these teams were usually put together on an ad hoc basis and were rarely fully representative.
The England Cricket Team played their first One Day International against Australia on 5 January 1971 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after the first three days of the arranged Test Match had been abandoned due to rain. A one-off one day game consisting of 40 eight-ball overs per side was played instead, Australia winning by 5 wickets.
England's 2-0 series win over Sri Lanka means they now hold eight of the nine Test trophies available - and they could complete a clean sweep this summer.
ICC Cricket World Cup is the main flagship tournament of international cricket and it is held every four years. Cricket World Cup is the third biggest sporting competition behind FIFA World Cup and Rugby World Cup. Cricket World Cup was started back in 1975 with the birth of One-Day cricket (50 over format) and West Indies went on to win the first two world cups.
England may be the birthplace of cricket, but that doesn't always translate to trophies. After winning the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, retaining the Ashes and being ranked the No.1 Test nation in 2011, a slide began that saw a 5-0 Test series whitewash in Australia and failure to even get out of their ODI World Cup group. Ashes triumph on home soil in 2015 hinted at a brighter future.
The History of the England Cricket Team can be said to date back to at least 1739, when sides styled "Kent" and "All England" played a match at Bromley Common. Over 300 matches involving "England" or "All England" prior to 1877 are known. However these teams were usually put together on an ad hoc basis and were rarely fully representative.
The England Cricket Team played their first One Day International against Australia on 5 January 1971 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground after the first three days of the arranged Test Match had been abandoned due to rain. A one-off one day game consisting of 40 eight-ball overs per side was played instead, Australia winning by 5 wickets.
