<P> This is a list of England Test cricketers . A Test match is an international two - innings per side cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations . The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap by playing for the England cricket team . Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname . In the text, the numbers that follow the players' names correspond to their place in the chronological list of English Test cricketers . Current players have their chronological number on the front of their shirts . </P> <P> Statistics for these players are correct as of the end of the third Test of the West Indies tour of England (9 September 2017). </P>

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