Fixtures - Full Statistics - Team Profiles. The first cricket international - USA v. Canada was played in 1844. The first ever overseas tour by an English side was a five match foray to North America led by George Parr in 1859. And the first tour to England was made in 1868 by the Australian Aborigines. English cricketers first travelled to Australia in 1861-62, but it was not until 1876-77 that an Australian team was capable of challenging the tourists on equal terms. Test match records begin from this time.