List of England Test matches

The England cricket team represents England and Wales in Test cricket. It is the joint-oldest Test playing nation, along with Australia, England's opposition in the first Test match, which took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877.^[1] In all as of August 2015, England have played 962 Test matches, recording 344 victories, 279 losses and 339 draws.

Summary by era

Era	Matches	Wins	Losses	Draws	W/L
1877–1914	123	59	42	22	1.404
1920–39	120	41	30	49	1.366
1940–59	115	45	31	39	1.451
1960–74	147	45	25	77	1.800
1975–89	152	40	50	62	0.800
1990–2004	172	58	61	53	0.950
2005–present	133	56	40	37	1.400

Summary by opposition

Last Update : 07/01/2014

Team	Total Matches [2]					Home Matches [3]					Away Matches [4]
	Mat	Won	Lost	Draw	W/L	Mat	Won	Lost	Draw	W/L	Mat	Won	Lost	Draw	W/L
Australia	341	108	140	93	0.77	166	51	49	66	1.04	175	57	91	27	0.63
Bangladesh	8	8	0	0	–	4	4	0	0	–	4	4	0	0	–
India	112	43	21	48	2.04	57	30	6	21	5.00	55	13	15	27	0.87
New Zealand	101	48	9	44	5.33	54	30	5	19	6.00	47	18	4	25	4.50
Pakistan	74	22	18	37	1.22	47	20	9	18	2.22	30	2	9	19	0.22
South Africa	141	56	31	54	1.80	64	27	13	24	2.08	77	29	18	30	1.61
Sri Lanka	28	10	8	10	1.25	15	6	3	6	2.00	13	4	5	4	0.80
West Indies	151	46	54	51	0.85	83	32	29	22	1.10	68	14	25	29	0.56
Zimbabwe	6	3	0	3	–	4	3	0	1	–	2	0	0	2	0.00
Total	962	344	279	339	1.23	494	203	114	177	1.78	465	141	162	162	0.87

References

1. Williamson, Martin. "The birth of Test cricket". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
2. "Records / England / Test matches / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
3. "Records / England / Test matches / Result summary (home)". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
4. "Records / England / Test matches / Result summary (away)". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 31 August 2015.