
England Cricket Team was founded in 1739. The England Cricket Team represents Wales and England in International Cricket, now it has been governed and operated by ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) since 1997 previously operated and governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 to 1996. England is also the founding nation of Cricket and has been the full member of International Cricket Council (ICC) in T20s, ODIs, and Tests. Till 1990, Irish and Scottish players also played for England but those countries were not the member of ICC.
England was the first team to play against Australia on March 1877, hereafter, three countries, England, Australia and South Africa formed the Imperial Cricket Conference (now ICC) on 15 June 1909. The First ODI between two Cricketing nations Australia and England was played on 5 January 1971. England won 362 ODI matches out of 726 which is a record and also stood three times runner-up in ICC World Cups following in the year, 1979, 1987 and 1992. England is also the runner-up of ICC Champions Trophies in 2004 and 2013. England is the winner of ICC T20 World Cup 2010 and runner-up in 2016.