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ICC World Test Championship

2019–21
World Test Championship⁠

England: 4th in the league table

How England performed

England finished fourth in the 2019–21 World Test Championship, winning 11, drawing three and losing seven of their 21 Tests between August 2019 and March 2021.

The cycle opened with the home Ashes, drawn 2–2: defeats at Birmingham and Manchester were matched by a one-wicket win at Leeds and a 135-run win at The Oval. England then won three of their four Tests in South Africa, beat West Indies 2–1 at home and took their series against Pakistan 1–0, with two draws at Southampton. Two wins in Galle took them to India, where a 227-run victory in the first Test at Chennai was followed by three defeats, the last by an innings and 25 runs at Ahmedabad.

Record
P21 W11 D3 L7

England fixtures

England: 2019–21 World Test Championship

21 matches

11 16 Jul 2020
Test · International series · 2nd Test Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester

England 469/9d & 129/3d – 287 & 198 West Indies England won

England won by 113 runs

Match page: England v West Indies, 16 July 2020

13 5 Aug 2020
Test · International series · 1st Test Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester

England 219 & 277/7 – 326 & 169 Pakistan England won

England won by 3 wickets

Match page: England v Pakistan, 5 August 2020

21 4 Mar 2021
Test · International series · 4th Test Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

India 365 – 205 & 135 England England lost

India won by an innings and 25 runs

Match page: India v England, 4 March 2021

Next season

2021 · 4th in the league table

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