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The Best England Cricketers of the 21st Century

I have made a list of the best England men's cricketers of the 21st century, across all the formats, and have factored in the whole careers of everyone who played any cricket for England at any point from 2000 onward, so some of them have careers which go back a long way earlier than that. These 20 years have been a lot better than the previous 20 years - England have achieved everything they could have possibly hoped to - they've won two major tournaments, they've won the Ashes several times, they've won the Ashes in Australia, they've won against everyone everywhere, they've reached Number 1 in the world. It's been a long way from perfect, but there's been a lot of fun along the way. I've decided to weigh up all the formats, as something has clearly shifted in the last decade and we, England cricket fans, finally consider limited overs cricket to be of significant value. Therefore, to dismiss the likes of Eoin Morgan and Jason Roy as merely