England Team

The English cricket team is one of the oldest and best cricket teams in the world. England is regarded as the inventor of the sport of cricket and is the founding nation of both versions of the game - Test cricket as well as One-day international. England was one of the first nations to play in the first Test match against Australia in Melbourne in 1877, and also the first one-day international against Australia in 1971, this too at Melbourne. The England Cricket Team represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The England cricket team is one of the most challenging and dominant cricket teams in the world, at present ranking fourth in the ICC Test cricket ratings. The team has done reasonably well in all cricket world cups, and reached to finals on three occassions in 1979, 1989 and 1992 but missed the cup by little margins. The England cricket team has played some of the world's most outstanding players like Jim Laker, Mike Denness, Tony Greig, David Gower, Ian Botham, Graham Gooch, Alec Stewart, Graeme Hick, Allan Lamb, Michael Atherton, Nasser Hussian and Andrew Flintoff . The current English team plays some of the leading cricketers of the world, including the captain Andrew Strauss ,Paul Collingwood, Kevin Pietersen,Graeme Swann and Will it be the dominant limited-overs side that clinched last year's World Twenty20 title in the Caribbean. Spinner Graeme Swann has a back problem, paceman Ajmal Shahzad a hamstring injury and allrounder Tim Bresnan a calf injury that could keep him out until the second group match against India. With possible replacement Chris Tremlett carrying a side injury, Chris Woakes could be drafted in England Cricket team is a team that has played many semi-final matches of a World Cup but never managed to go up to finals and could win World Cup. This team is hungry to win the World Cup and they are looking set for their first World Cup win in 2011 even though not going to the tournament as favorites. The England skipper Andrew Strauss has performed well throughout his career and has always scored runs. Kevin Pietersen looks set in the middle order and can score runs quickly. The bowling department is headed by James Anderson who is supported by Stuart Broad. Spinner Graeme Swann is in a form of his life time and he has a habit to take a wicket in his first over. The inconsistency of several required players on the big game costs the games to England and they lose the plot in semi-finals and finals. But, they are in no mood to let it go this time and they will surely be definite to win 2011 cricket World Cup. With Pietersen also on hand, England should look strong on the batting front, even with Eoin Morgan ruled out after fracturing his middle finger in the fourth ODI against Australia. He was replaced by Ravi Bopara.