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India-England ODI dossier

September 01, 2004 19:58 IST
Summary of results:
  Mts Ind won Eng won NR
in England 18 7 9 2
in India 22 10 12 0
at neutral places 8 6 2 0
TOTAL 48 23 23 2
since 1999 15 10 4 1

  For Mts Won Lost NR
Batted first India 19 6 12 1
England 29 11 17 1
TOTAL 48 17 29 2
Batted first India 29 17 11 1
England 19 12 6 1
TOTAL 48 29 17 2
Out of a total of nine bilateral series between the two countries, India have won three and England four. Two series were drawn. The two match series in 1986 in England was drawn with both teams winning one match each, but India were awarded the trophy due to better run-rate.

Highest totals:
India :

Score   Venue Date Result
326-8 49.3 overs Lord's 13 Jul 2002 Won
285-4 50 overs Chester-le-Street 04 Jul 2002 NR
282-5 53 overs Trent Bridge 20 Jul 1990 Won
281-8 50 overs Calcutta 19 Jan 2002 Won
272-4 48.5 overs Lord's 29 Jun 2002 Won
271-2 39.3 overs Colombo (RPS) 22 Sep 2002 Won

England:

Score   Venue Date Result
334-4 60 overs Lord's 07 Jun 1975 Won
325-5 50 overs Lord's 13 Jul 2002 Lost
291-8 50 overs The Oval 23 May 1996 NR
281 55 overs Trent Bridge 20 Jul 1990 Lost
276-9 55 overs The Oval 04 Jun 1982 Won
271-5 50 overs Delhi (FSK) 31 Jan 2002 Won
271-7 50 overs Lord's 29 Jun 2002 Lost
Note : India have successfully chased a total of 250-plus on as many as seven occasions. England did so only twice.

Since 1999 a total of 250 have been achieved on 15 occasions in India - England matches with India doing so eight times and England seven times.

Lowest totals: (excluding abbreviated matches)
India:

Score   Venue Date Result
132-3 60 overs Lord's 07 Jun 1975 Lost
158 40.2 overs Headingley 25 May 1996 Lost
162-8 55 overs The Oval 04 Jun 1982 Lost
165 29.1 overs The Oval 09 Jul 2002 Lost
170 41.4 overs Bangalore 26 Feb 1993 Lost
171 47.3 overs The Oval 15 Jul 1974 Lost
193 55 overs Headingley 02 Jun 1982 Lost

England:

Score   Venue Date Result
149 41.4 overs Sydney 26 Feb 1985 Lost
162 55 overs The Oval 24 May 1986 Lost
168 45.3 overs Durban 26 Feb 2003 Lost
169 45.2 overs Edgbaston 29 May 1999 Lost
198-6 50 overs Chandigarh 21 Jan 1993 Lost
Note : Since 1999 three instances of under-200 have been recorded in the India-England matches with England suffering this fate twice and India once.

Largest margin of victory:
India:

Margin Venue Date
by 86 runs Sydney 26 Feb 1985
by 82 runs Durban 26 Feb 2003
by 9 wkts The Oval 24 May 1986

England:

Margin Venue Date
by 202 runs Lord's 07 Jun 1975
by 114 runs The Oval 04 Jun 1982
by 9 wkts Headingley 02 Jun 1982

Narrowest margin of victory:
India:
Margin Venue Date
by 9 runs Sharjah 11 Apr 1999
by 2 wkts Lord's 13 Jul 2002

England:

Margin Venue Date
by 2 runs Delhi (FSK) 31 Jan 2002
by 5 runs Mumbai (WS) 03 Feb 2002
by 3 wkts Bangalore 20 Jan 1985

Highest individual innings:
India:

Player Score Balls Venue Date
NS Sidhu 134* 160 Gwalior 04 Mar 1993
V Sehwag 126 104 Colombo (RPS) 22 Sep 2002
SC Ganguly 117* 109 Colombo (RPS) 22 Sep 2002
SR Tendulkar 105* 108 Chester-le-Street 04 Jul 2002
DB Vengsarkar 105 124 Pune 05 Dec 1984
RJ Shastri 102 142 Cuttack 27 Dec 1984
C Sharma 101* 96 Kanpur 25 Oct 1989
VG Kambli 100* 149 Jaipur 18 Jan 1993

England:

Player Score Balls Venue Date
DL Amiss 137 147 Lord's 07 Jun 1975
RA Smith 129 145 Gwalior 04 Mar 1993
ME Trescothick 121 109 Calcutta 19 Jan 2002
AD Brown 118 137 Old Trafford 26 May 1996
AJ Stewart 116 111 Sharjah 11 Dec 1997
MW Gatting 115* 135 Pune 05 Dec 1984
N Hussain 115 128 Lord's 13 Jul 2002
GA Gooch 115 136 Mumbai (WS) 05 Nov 1987
ME Trescothick 109 100 Lord's 13 Jul 2002
GA Hick 105* 109 Gwalior 05 Mar 1993
NV Knight 105 131 Delhi (FSK) 31 Jan 2002
RA Smith 103 105 Trent Bridge 20 Jul 1990
Note: Since 1999 seven individual hundreds have been scored in India-England matches- four for England and three for India.

Highest run-aggregate in a career:
Mohammad Azharuddin with 911 runs from 24 matches at an average of 65.07 and Allan Lamb with 556 runs from 15 matches at an average of 55.05 head the table of leading run aggregators in the India- England matches.

Highest partnership for each wicket:
India:

Wkt Runs Batsmen Venue Date
1st 192 V Sehwag & SC Ganguly Colombo (RPS) 22 Sep 2002
2nd 163* SM Gavaskar & M Azharuddin The Oval 24 May 1986
3rd 175 NS Sidhu & M Azharuddin Gwalior 04 Mar 1993
4th 169 SR Tendulkar & R Dravid Chester-le-Street 04 Jul 2002
5th 131* R Dravid & Yuvraj Singh Lord's 29 Jun 2002
6th 121 Yuvraj Singh & M Kaif Lord's 13 Jul 2002
7th 52 BP Patel & S Abid Ali Headingley 13 Jul 1974
8th 65 Kapil Dev & S Madan Lal The Oval 04 Jun 1982
9th 39 AB Agarkar & A Kumble Cuttack 22 Jan 2002
10th 38 A Kumble & A Nehra The Oval 09 Jul 2002

England:

Wkt Runs Batsmen Venue Date
1st 133 B Wood & CJ Tavare Headingley 02 Jun 1982
2nd 185 ME Trescothick & N Hussain Lord's 13 Jul 2002
3rd 159 AJ Lamb & DI Gower The Oval 04 Jun 1982
4th 130 AJ Lamb & AJ Stewart Kanpur 25 Oct 1989
5th 110 DI Gower & MW Gatting Jullundur 20 Dec 1981
6th 104 ID Blackwell & AJ Stewart Colombo (RPS) 22 Sep 2002
7th 86* MW Gatting & PR Downton Pune 05 Dec 1984
8th 31 A Flintoff & JS Foster Mumbai (WS) 03 Feb 2002
9th 55 A Flintoff & AR Caddick Durban 26 Feb 2003
10th 37 A Flintoff & D Gough Mumbai (WS) 03 Feb 2002
Best bowling in a match:
India:
Bowler Wkts Runs Balls Venue Date
A Nehra 6 23 60 Durban 26 Feb 2003
J Srinath 5 41 54 Bangalore 26 Feb 1993
Harbhajan Singh 5 43 60 Mumbai (WS) 03 Feb 2002
AB Agarkar 4 34 54 Chennai (MAC) 25 Jan 2002
RJ Shastri 4 40 60 Nagpur 23 Jan 1985
M Prabhakar 4 54 60 Gwalior 04 Mar 1993

England:

Bowler Wkts Runs Balls Venue Date
RC Irani 5 26 42 The Oval 09 Jul 2002
PW Jarvis 5 35 52 Bangalore 26 Feb 1993
AF Giles 5 57 60 Delhi (FSK) 31 Jan 2002
CC Lewis 4 40 49 The Oval 23 May 1996
MV Fleming 4 45 57 Sharjah 11 Dec 1997
EE Hemmings 4 52 57 Mumbai (WS) 05 Nov 1987
IT Botham 4 56 66 Headingley 02 Jun 1982
Note: Since 1999 five instances of four wkt/inng have been seen in India-England matches- three for India and two for England

Highest wicket-aggregate in a career:
Javagal Srinath with 35 wickets from 21 matches at an average of 23.69 and Darren Gough with 17 wickets from 14 matches at an average of 37.94 top the bowling list in India-England matches

Best all-round performance in a match:
India:

Player Performance Venue Date
SC Ganguly 40 & 3-27 Edgbaston 29 May 1999
Yuvraj Singh 64* & 3-39 Lord's 29 Jun 2002

England:

Player Performance Venue Date
VJ Marks 44 & 3-50 Cuttack 27 Dec 1984
JE Emburey 25 & 3-38 Sharjah 02 Apr 1987
CC Lewis 29* & 4-40 The Oval 23 May 1996
A Flintoff 40 & 3-38 Mumbai (WS) 03 Feb 2002
RC Irani 53 & 5-26 The Oval 09 Jul 2002

Most dismissals in a match:
India:

Keeper Dismissals Venue Date
S Viswanath 5 (3 ct + 2 st) Sydney 26 Feb 1985
A Ratra 3 (1 ct + 2 st) Mumbai (WS) 03 Feb 2002
R Dravid 3 (2 ct + 1 st) Lord's 29 Jun 2002
R Dravid 3 (3 ct) Durban 26 Feb 2003

England:

Keeper Dismissals Venue Date
RW Taylor 4 (4 ct) Headingley 02 Jun 1982
JS Foster 3 (2 ct + 1 st) Delhi (FSK) 31 Jan 2002
JS Foster 3 (2 ct + 1 st) Mumbai (WS) 03 Feb 2002
AJ Stewart 4 (3 ct + 1 st) The Oval 09 Jul 2002

Most catches by a fielder in a match:
India:

Fielder Ct Venue Date
BS Bedi 3 Headingley 13 Jul 1974
Kapil Dev 3 The Oval 24 May 1986
M Azharuddin 3 The Oval 24 May 1986
M Azharuddin 3 Kanpur 25 Oct 1989
Harbhajan Singh 3 Mumbai (WS) 03 Feb 2002
V Sehwag 3 Durban 26 Feb 2003

England:

Fielder Ct Venue Date
GA Hick 3 Bangalore 26 Feb 1993

Most man of the match awards:
India:

2 M Azharuddin,Kapil Dev,V Sehwag, RJ Shastri,NS Shastri,DB Vengsarkar

England:

2 MW Gatting,AJ Lamb,ME Trescothick

Captain in most matches:
India:

Captain M W L NR Start End Toss
M Azharuddin 14 7 6 1 18 Jul 1990 29 May 1999 8
SM Gavaskar 11 4 7 0 25 Nov 1981 26 Feb 1985 5
SC Ganguly 11 6 4 1 19 Jan 2002 26 Feb 2003 6
Kapil Dev 5 3 2 0 22 Jun 1983 05 Nov 1987 3

England:

Captain M W L NR Start End Toss
N Hussain 12 4 7 1 19 Jan 2002 26 Feb 2003 6
GA Gooch 10 4 6 0 25 Oct 1989 05 Mar 1993 3
DI Gower 8 5 3 0 05 Dec 1984 26 May 1986 5

Most appearances:
Anil Kumble and Sachin Tendulkar have appeared in 26 matches -

most for India against England. Alec Stewart holds the similar record for England with 20 appearances.

Rajneesh Gupta