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The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) from 1903 until the end of 1996. England and Australia were the first teams to be granted Test status on 15 March 1877 and they gained full membership to the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 15 June 1909. England and Australia also took part in the first One Day International (ODI) on 5 January 1971. England played their first Twenty20 match on 13 June 2005 and once again their opponents were Australia. As of 19 December 2008 England have won 305 of the 878 Test matches they have played and are ranked fifth in the ICC Test Championship.They have finished runners-up in three Cricket World Cups (1979, 1987 and 1992) and are ranked sixth in the ICC ODI Championship. Peter Moores was appointed head coach on 1 May 2007, following the resignation of Duncan Fletcher. Moores subsequently named Andy Flower as his assistant coach.Kevin Pietersen was announced as both Test and ODI captain on 4 August 2008. Pietersen replaced Michael Vaughan and Paul Collingwood, who resigned their roles as Test and ODI captains respectively. However, barely 5 months into Pietersens captaincy, he resigned on 7 January 2009 and coach Peter Moores was sacked on the same day, just two weeks before the team are due to tour the West Indies.