England cricket team (lang-cyT�m criced Lloegr) is the cricket team which represents England and Wales. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) from 1903 until the end of 1996.

England and Australia (Australian national cricket team) were the first teams to be granted Test status (Test cricket) on 15 March 1877 and they gained full membership to the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 15 June 1909. England and Australia also took part in the first One Day International (ODI) on 5 January 1971. England are the current holders of the Ashes, which is the Test match series contest between England and Australia and which has been played since the late nineteenth century.

As of 23 August 2009, England have won 310 of the 891 Test matches they have played and are ranked fifth in the ICC Test Championship. They have finished runners-up in 3 Cricket World Cups (1979, 1987 and 1992), and have also been runners up once in the ICC Champions Trophy in 2004. As with their Test match ranking, they are currently in fifth place in the ICC ODI Championship.

England played their first Twenty20 match on 13 June 2005, facing Australia once again. They won the ICC World Twenty20 (2010 ICC World Twenty20) in 2010, beating Australia by seven wickets.