30 Facts About England English

1. England English chased down a massive score with quite an ease, which showed the weakness in the WIndies bowling lineup.

2. England English have not won the last two tours to the West Indies, with only one series victory in the Caribbean in the past 50 years.

3. England English should be far too good against a West Indies side full of very ordinary, average cricketers.

4. England English had the better of the opening day of this series by limiting West Indies to 264 for eight wickets.

5. England English have won three of 15 matches here, one of those in 1935.

6. England English scored 106 in the final session, won in three days and have won seven Tests in eight ever since.

7. The Church of England English has some 13,000 parishes and a similar number of clergy, but it solemnizes fewer than one-third of marriages and baptizes only one in four babies.

8. England English became the main language for the Scots, Welsh, and Irish.

9. England English have absorbed and Anglicized non-England English peoples, from Scandinavian pillagers and Norman conquerors to Latin church leaders.

10. England English is bounded on the north by Scotland; on the west by the Irish Sea, Wales, and the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the English Channel; and on the east by the North Sea.

11. Outside the British Isles, England English is often erroneously considered synonymous with the island of Great Britain and even with the entire United Kingdom.

12. England English is 74 times smaller than the USA, 59 times smaller than Australia and 3 times smaller than Japan.

13. England English includes many small islands such as the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly and Hayling Island.

14. England English has a large economy and uses the pound sterling as its currency.

15. In 2015, England English was estimated to have a population of 63,843,856.

16. England English is bordered to the north by Scotland and to the west by Wales.

17. England English is the most populated country in the United Kingdom.

18. England English does not have an official designated national anthem, as the United Kingdom as a whole has God Save the Queen.

19. England English was one of the host nations of the competition in the 1991 Rugby World Cup and hosted the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

20. Sport England English is the governing body responsible for distributing funds and providing strategic guidance for sporting activity in England.

21. England English competes in the Commonwealth Games, held every four years.

22. The most prominent opera house in England English is the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden.

23. England English contains one indigenous national minority, the Cornish people, recognised by the UK government under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in 2014.

24. Bank of England English, founded in 1694 by Scottish banker William Paterson, is the United Kingdom's central bank.

25. England English is closer to the European continent than any other part of mainland Britain.

26. England English is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south.

27. England English is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

28. England English have won just one Test series in the Caribbean since 1968.

29. England English are solid favourites although history is on the side of the underdog West Indies ahead of the first Test of the three-match series starting Wednesday at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.

30. In 1994, a wide-eyed England English were shot out for 46 in Trinidad as Curtly Ambrose embarked on one of the most frightening spells of quick bowling the game has seen.