England
Captain: Ben Stokes (Test) / Jos Buttler (White-ball)
About
England & Wales Cricket Board oversees cricket in England and Wales. England won the 2019 ODI World Cup and the 2022 T20 World Cup, and their fearless 'Bazball' Test approach under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum has redefined Test cricket. As the birthplace of the sport, England holds a unique place in cricket history: the Laws of Cricket were codified at Marylebone Cricket Club (Lord's) in the eighteenth century, and the Ashes series against Australia — contested since 1882 — remains one of sport's great rivalries. England's county cricket system, comprising 18 first-class counties competing in the County Championship, is one of the oldest domestic structures in the world and has produced generations of technically refined cricketers. The introduction of The Hundred alongside the established T20 Blast has made England a leader in the development of franchise T20 formats. Joe Root's prolific Test run-scoring keeps him in conversation with the all-time greats, while Jofra Archer and Mark Wood bring express pace. England's aggressive white-ball philosophy — begun under Eoin Morgan — transformed them from perennial under-achievers in ODI cricket into multiple ICC title winners.