Top 5 England Cricket Players Biography

It has been more than 140 years since England began their journey in international cricket. They have played a whopping 1783 matches across all three formats of the game. Only Australia (with 1802 games) have made more appearances.Grouping Tests, ODIs and T20Is together, as many as 728 players have represented England at the international level. It is comfortably the most among all countries even as their traditional rivals come a distant second by virtue of giving 507 players to the...
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It has been more than 140 years since England began their journey in international cricket. They have played a whopping 1783 matches across all three formats of the game. Only Australia (with 1802 games) have made more appearances.Grouping Tests, ODIs and T20Is together, as many as 728 players have represented England at the international level. It is comfortably the most among all countries even as their traditional rivals come a distant second by virtue of giving 507 players to the sport.In order to normalise numbers and peer opinions across different eras, Tests are accorded more importance than the limited-overs formats while ranking the England legends. The ability to shift the momentum of the game as well as capacity to perform against the best in the business are given higher value. Defining performances in the Ashes series as well as game-changing contributions in ICC tournaments (for players of recent times) are considered to hold greater significance.In ascending order, let us take a close look at ten of the greatest cricketers produced by England during their illustrious history.Cricket bookscricket biographyBiographySir Ian BothamSydney BarnesKevin PietersenJames Anderson