More than 100 matches
England has played 316 Test matches against Australia from 1877 to 2007. Out of these, it has won 97, has lost 131 and 88 have been drawn. From 1928 to 2007, England and West Indies have contested 138 matches and England has been victorious in 41, West Indies has been victorious in 52 and 45 resulted in a draw. South Africa has played 134 Test matches against England from 1889 to 2008. England has won 55, has lost 28 and the result of 51 matches was a draw.
50 to 100 matches
India has been contesting England from 1932 to 2007. In this time span, these two countries have played against each other 97 times. 45 matches resulted in a draw, while England was victorious in 34 while it was defeated in 18. England and New Zealand have played Test cricket against each other from 1930 to 2008. Out of the 94 Test matches played, New Zealand has won 8, England has won 45 while 41 resulted in a draw. England has played 67 matches against Pakistan from 1954 to 2006. 37 matches were drawn, 12 were won by Pakistan while 18 were lost by Pakistan.
Less than 50 matches
Sri Lanka and England have contested 21 Tests from 1982 to 2007. England has won 8, Sri Lanka has won 6 and 7 were drawn. Zimbabwe has played just 6 Tests against England from 1996 to 2003, out of which 3 were drawn and in the remaining, England has been victorious. England has won all the 4 Tests contested against Bangladesh from 2003 to 2005.
| Opposing team | % won by England | % lost by England |
| āāā ā- | % ā ā āā- | % ā- ā āā- |
| Australia | 30.69 | 41.45 |
| West Indies | 29.71 | 37.68 |
| South Africa | 41.04 | 20.89 |
| India | 35.05 | 18.55 |
| New Zealand | 47.87 | 8.51 |
| Pakistan | 26.86 | 17.91 |
| Sri Lanka | 38.09 | 28.57 |
| Zimbabwe | 50.00 | 00.00 |
| Bangladesh | 100.00 | 00.00 |