| Australia in England Test Match, 1880 | 1880 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| Australia in England Test Match, 1882 | 1882 | Australia | 1-0 (1) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1884 | 1884 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1886 | 1886 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1888 | 1888 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1890 | 1890 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1893 | 1893 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1896 | 1896 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1899 | 1899 | Australia | 1-0 (5) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1902 | 1902 | Australia | 2-1 (5) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1905 | 1905 | England | 2-0 (5) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1907 | 1907 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1909 | 1909 | Australia | 2-1 (5) |
| Australia v South Africa Test Series (in England), 1912 | 1912 | Australia | 2-0 (3) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1912 | 1912 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| Triangular Tournament (Australia, England, South Africa in England), 1912 | 1912 | England | - |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1912 | 1912 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1921 | 1921 | Australia | 3-0 (5) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1924 | 1924 | England | 3-0 (5) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1926 | 1926 | England | 1-0 (5) |
| West Indies in England Test Series, 1928 | 1928 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1929 | 1929 | England | 2-0 (5) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1930 | 1930 | Australia | 2-1 (5) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 1931 | 1931 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| India in England Test Match, 1932 | 1932 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| West Indies in England Test Series, 1933 | 1933 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1934 | 1934 | Australia | 2-1 (5) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1935 | 1935 | South Africa | 1-0 (5) |
| India in England Test Series, 1936 | 1936 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 1937 | 1937 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1938 | 1938 | drawn | 1-1 (4) |
| West Indies in England Test Series, 1939 | 1939 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| India in England Test Series, 1946 | 1946 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1947 | 1947 | England | 3-0 (5) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1948 | 1948 | Australia | 4-0 (5) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 1949 | 1949 | drawn | 0-0 (4) |
| West Indies in England Test Series, 1950 | 1950 | West Indies | 3-1 (4) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1951 | 1951 | England | 3-1 (5) |
| India in England Test Series, 1952 | 1952 | England | 3-0 (4) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1953 | 1953 | England | 1-0 (5) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 1954 | 1954 | drawn | 1-1 (4) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1955 | 1955 | England | 3-2 (5) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1956 | 1956 | England | 2-1 (5) |
| West Indies in England Test Series, 1957 | 1957 | England | 3-0 (5) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 1958 | 1958 | England | 4-0 (5) |
| India in England Test Series, 1959 | 1959 | England | 5-0 (5) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1960 | 1960 | England | 3-0 (5) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1961 | 1961 | Australia | 2-1 (5) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 1962 | 1962 | England | 4-0 (5) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1963 | 1963 | West Indies | 3-1 (5) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1964 | 1964 | Australia | 1-0 (5) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 1965 | 1965 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1965 | 1965 | South Africa | 1-0 (3) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1966 | 1966 | West Indies | 3-1 (5) |
| India in England Test Series, 1967 | 1967 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 1967 | 1967 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1968 | 1968 | drawn | 1-1 (5) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1969 | 1969 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 1969 | 1969 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 1971 | 1971 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| India in England Test Series, 1971 | 1971 | India | 1-0 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1972 | 1972 | drawn | 2-2 (5) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 1973 | 1973 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1973 | 1973 | West Indies | 2-0 (3) |
| India in England Test Series, 1974 | 1974 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 1974 | 1974 | drawn | 0-0 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1975 | 1975 | Australia | 1-0 (4) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1976 | 1976 | West Indies | 3-0 (5) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1977 | 1977 | England | 3-0 (5) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 1978 | 1978 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 1978 | 1978 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| India in England Test Series, 1979 | 1979 | England | 1-0 (4) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1980 | 1980 | West Indies | 1-0 (5) |
| Centenary Test (Australia in England), 1980 | 1980 | drawn | - |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1981 | 1981 | England | 3-1 (6) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1981/82 | 1981/82 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| India in England Test Series, 1982 | 1982 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 1982 | 1982 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1982/83 | 1982/83 | Australia | 1-0 (1) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 1983 | 1983 | England | 3-1 (4) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1983/84 | 1983/84 | New Zealand | 2-0 (3) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1984 | 1984 | West Indies | 5-0 (5) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Match, 1984 | 1984 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985 | 1985 | England | 3-1 (6) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985 | 1985 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1985/86 | 1985/86 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| India in England Test Series, 1986 | 1986 | India | 2-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 1986 | 1986 | New Zealand | 1-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1987 | 1987 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 1987 | 1987 | Pakistan | 1-0 (5) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1988 | 1988 | West Indies | 4-0 (5) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Match, 1988 | 1988 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1989 | 1989 | Australia | 4-0 (6) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 1990 | 1990 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| India in England Test Series, 1990 | 1990 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1991 | 1991 | drawn | 2-2 (5) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Match, 1991 | 1991 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 1992 | 1992 | Pakistan | 2-1 (5) |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1992 | 1992 | Australia | 1-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1992/93 | 1992/93 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1992/93 | 1992/93 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1993 | 1993 | India | 1-0 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1993 | 1993 | Australia | 4-1 (6) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1993 | 1993 | South Africa | 1-0 (3) |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1993/94 | 1993/94 | drawn | 0-0 (1) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 1994 | 1994 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1994 | 1994 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1994 | 1994 | Pakistan | 2-0 (2) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1995 | 1995 | drawn | 2-2 (6) |
| India in England Test Series, 1996 | 1996 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 1996 | 1996 | Pakistan | 2-0 (3) |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996 | 1996 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1996/97 | 1996/97 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997 | 1997 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 1997 | 1997 | Australia | 3-2 (6) |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1997/98 | 1997/98 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1998 | 1998 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 1998 | 1998 | England | 2-1 (5) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Match, 1998 | 1998 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| Asian Test Championship (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Bangladesh/India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka), 1998/99 | 1998/99 | Pakistan | - |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 1999 | 1999 | New Zealand | 2-1 (4) |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 1999 | 1999 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Zimbabwe in England Test Series, 2000 | 2000 | England | 1-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000 | 2000 | Pakistan | 2-0 (3) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000 | 2000 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2000 | 2000 | England | 3-1 (5) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2000/01 | 2000/01 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 2001 | 2001 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 2001 | 2001 | Australia | 4-1 (5) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001 | 2001 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Asian Test Championship (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Pakistan/Sri Lanka), 2001/02 | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | - |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 | 2001/02 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2002 | 2002 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2002 | 2002 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| India in England Test Series, 2002 | 2002 | drawn | 1-1 (4) |
| Australia v Pakistan Test Series (in Sri Lanka/United Arab Emirates), 2002/03 | 2002/03 | Australia | 3-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003 | 2003 | drawn | 0-0 (2) |
| Zimbabwe in England Test Series, 2003 | 2003 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| South Africa in England Test Series, 2003 | 2003 | drawn | 2-2 (5) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 | 2003/04 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003/04 | 2003/04 | Australia | 3-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 2004 | 2004 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2004 | 2004 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2004 | 2004 | England | 4-0 (4) |
| Bangladesh in England Test Series, 2005 | 2005 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005 | 2005 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 2005 | 2005 | England | 2-1 (5) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005 | 2005 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005/06 | 2005/06 | Pakistan | 1-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2006 | 2006 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2006 | 2006 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 2006 | 2006 | England | 3-0 (4) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2007 | 2007 | England | 3-0 (4) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007 | 2007 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2007 | 2007 | India | 1-0 (3) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08 | 2007/08 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 2008 | 2008 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2008 | 2008 | Sri Lanka | 2-1 (3) |
| Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2008 | 2008 | South Africa | 2-1 (4) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2009 | 2009 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 | 2009 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 2009 | 2009 | England | 2-1 (5) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2009 | 2009 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Bangladesh in England Test Series, 2010 | 2010 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| MCC Spirit of Cricket Test Series (Australia, Pakistan in England), 2010 | 2010 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010 | 2010 | drawn | 1-1 (3) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 2010 | 2010 | England | 3-1 (4) |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2010/11 | 2010/11 | drawn | 0-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2011 | 2011 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2011 | 2011 | England | 4-0 (4) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2011 | 2011 | Australia | 1-0 (3) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12 | 2011/12 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2012 | 2012 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012 | 2012 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (3) |
| Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2012 | 2012 | South Africa | 2-0 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13 | 2012/13 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2012/13 | 2012/13 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 2013 | 2013 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 2013 | 2013 | England | 3-0 (5) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2014 | 2014 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014 | 2014 | South Africa | 1-0 (2) |
| Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2014 | 2014 | England | 3-1 (5) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2014 | 2014 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 2015 | 2015 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 | 2015 | Pakistan | 2-1 (3) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 2015 | 2015 | England | 3-2 (5) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2015 | 2015 | India | 2-1 (3) |
| Sobers/Tissera Trophy (West Indies in Sri Lanka), 2015/16 | 2015/16 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2016 | 2016 | England | 2-0 (3) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 2016 | 2016 | drawn | 2-2 (4) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2016 | 2016 | Sri Lanka | 3-0 (3) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2016/17 | 2016/17 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka Test Match, 2017 | 2017 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2017 | 2017 | England | 3-1 (4) |
| India in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2017 | 2017 | India | 3-0 (3) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2017 | 2017 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 2018 | 2018 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| South Africa in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018 | 2018 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2018 | 2018 | England | 4-1 (5) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2018/19 | 2018/19 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| Ireland in England Test Match, 2019 | 2019 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2019 | 2019 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 2019 | 2019 | drawn | 2-2 (5) |
| The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 2020 | 2020 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| Pakistan in England Test Series, 2020 | 2020 | England | 1-0 (3) |
| England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2020/21 | 2020/21 | England | 2-0 (2) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2021 | 2021 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 2021 | 2021 | New Zealand | 1-0 (2) |
| India v New Zealand Test Match (in England), 2021 | 2021 | New Zealand | 1-0 (1) |
| West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2021/22 | 2021/22 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| New Zealand in England Test Series, 2022 | 2022 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| Pataudi Trophy (India in England), 2021-2022 | 2021-2022 | drawn | 2-2 (5) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2022 | 2022 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2022 | 2022 | drawn | 1-1 (2) |
| Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2022 | 2022 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| Ireland in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2023 | 2023 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Ireland in England Test Match, 2023 | 2023 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2023 | 2023 | Pakistan | 2-0 (2) |
| The Ashes (Australia in England), 2023 | 2023 | drawn | 2-2 (5) |
| Afghanistan in Sri Lanka Test Match, 2023/24 | 2023/24 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (1) |
| Botham-Richards Trophy (West Indies in England), 2024 | 2024 | England | 3-0 (3) |
| Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2024 | 2024 | England | 2-1 (3) |
| New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2024 | 2024 | Sri Lanka | 2-0 (2) |
| Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Australia in Sri Lanka), 2024/25 | 2024/25 | Australia | 2-0 (2) |
| Zimbabwe in England Test Match, 2025 | 2025 | England | 1-0 (1) |
| Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2025 | 2025 | Sri Lanka | 1-0 (2) |
| Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy (India in England), 2025 | 2025 | drawn | 2-2 (5) |