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England cricket team

national cricket team

6 dated entries naming England cricket team, drawn from 6 separate years between 1739 CE and 2019 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1739July 9 – The first group purporting to represent an all-England cricket team, consisting of 11 players from various parts of England, comes to Kent and loses to the renowned Kent team, led by Lord John Sackville.source

19th century

  • 1882August 29 – The Australian cricket team historically defeats England at The Oval for the first time on English soil, a humiliation for the English and the origin for The Ashes test series.source

20th century

  • 1930July 11 – Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England.source
  • 1932June 25 – India plays its first Test cricket match with England at Lord's.source
  • 1933February 28 – English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33: The England cricket team wins The Ashes using the controversial bodyline tactic.source

21st century

  • 2019December 4 – Bob Willis, 70, English cricketer (Surrey, Warwickshire, national team), prostate cancer.source

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