England

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England cricket team is the national cricktet team that represents England and Wales in international cricket.The team has been governed by the England and Wales crciket board (ECB) since 1st january 1997.England is one of the first nation to be granted Test status (the other being Australia).Their test staus was granted on 1887.They played their first test match at Melbourne against Australia on 1887.They have never won the World cup but have been runners up during the 1979,1987and 1992 world cups .They were runners up in the 2004 ICC champion trophy.England is currently in 4th positon in the ICC test rankings and in 6th position in the ICC ODI ranking.K.P.Pieterson is placed in the 9th position in the ICC batsman ranking for test cricket.R.JSidebottom is placed in 5th position in the ICC bowlers rankings for ODI.Kevin Pieterson is the captain of England cricket team.