Cricket is one of the national sports of England, and consequently it is played in nearly all the countries with which England has been associated. The world governing body is the International Cricket Council (ICC; founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909). The most important international cricket matches are the Test matches, which have been played since 1877. The Test-playing countries are England, Australia, South Africa (banned from international competition between about 1970 and 1992), West Indies (representing Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Leeward and Windward islands), New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe (since 1992), and Bangladesh (since 2000).
The Test table is designed to be read from left to right across the columns. This will indicate, for example, that in Test match play against England, South Africa has won 26 games, has had 50 drawn matches, and has lost 54 games.
The World Cup is a quadrennial series of one-day, limited-overs competitions. It was first held in 1975.
All-Time First-Class Test Cricket Standings (as of 30 Sep 2007)
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England |
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Australia |
South Africa |
West Indies |
New Zealand |
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WINS |
DRAWS LOSSES |
W |
D |
L |
W |
D |
L |
W |
DL |
W |
D |
L |
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England v. |
- |
- |
- |
97 |
88 |
131 |
54 |
50 |
26 |
41 |
45* 52 |
41 |
40 |
7 |
|
Australia v. |
131 |
88 |
97 |
- |
- |
- |
44 |
18 |
15 |
48 |
22f 32 |
22 |
16 |
7 |
|
South Africa v. |
26 |
50 |
54 |
15 |
18 |
44 |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
52 |
18 |
11 |
4 |
|
West Indies v. |
52 |
45* |
41 |
32 |
22f |
48 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
- |
– |
10 |
16* |
9 |
|
New Zealand v. |
7 |
40 |
41 |
7 |
16 |
22 |
4 |
11 |
18 |
9 |
16* 10 |
- |
- |
- |
|
India v. |
18 |
45 |
34 |
15 |
21f |
32 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
11 |
41 30 |
14 |
22* |
9 |
|
Pakistan v. |
12 |
36 |
19$ |
11 |
17 |
24 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
15 |
15 14 |
21 |
18 |
6 |
|
Sri Lanka v. |
5 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
6 |
11 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
5 |
3 2 |
5 |
10 |
9 |
|
Zimbabwe v. |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
2 4 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
|
Bangladesh v. |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 3 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
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|
India |
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Pakistan |
Sri Lanka |
Zimbabwe |
Bangladesh |
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|
WINS |
DRAWS |
LOSSES |
W |
D |
L |
W |
D |
L |
W |
D |
L |
W |
DL |
|
England v. |
34 |
45 |
18 |
19$ 36 |
12 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
00 |
|
|
Australia v. |
32 |
21f |
15 |
24 |
17 |
11 |
11 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
00 |
|
South Africa v. |
10 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 0 |
|
West Indies v. |
30 |
41 |
11 |
14 |
15 |
15 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
|
New Zealand v. |
9 |
22* |
14 |
6 |
18 |
21 |
9 |
10 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
0 0 |
|
India v. |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
36 |
12 |
10 |
13 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
|
Pakistan v. |
12 |
36 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
15 |
10* |
7 |
8 |
5* |
2 |
6 |
00 |
|
Sri Lanka v. |
3 |
13 |
10 |
7 |
10* |
15 |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
5 |
0 |
10 |
00 |
|
Zimbabwe v. |
2 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
5* |
8 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
3 1 |
|
Bangladesh v. |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
- |
- - |
