896 Number of runs scored By Ian Bell at an avg of 128.00 in year 2011 which includes 5 tons. Now only Alastair Cook (927 runs avg 84.27) has scored more runs than Ian Bell...

16 Number of centuries scored by Ian Bell in 69 Tests. It was his 2nd hundred v/s India in 12 Tests.

896 Number of runs scored By Ian Bell at an avg of 128.00 in year 2011 which includes 5 tons. Now only Alastair Cook (927 runs avg 84.27) has scored more runs than Ian Bell in year 2011.

114* Is the highest score of Ian Bell at The Oval. His previous best was 72 v/s Australia in 2009.

36 Number of wickets claimed by Ishant Sharma at an avg of 31.50 in year 2011. Most by any bowler.

19 Number of centuries scored by Kevin Pietersen in 78 Tests. It was his 5th hundred v/s India in 12 Tests.

62.15 Is the batting average of Kevin Pietersen v/s India. In 12 Tests v/s India he aggregated 1243 runs which includes five centuries and four fifties.

77.50 Is the bowling average of Sreesanth in the ongoing series. In 3 Tests he captured only 6 wickets

Ist Ian Bell became the first player to post 5 hundreds in year 2011.

533 Number of runs scored by Kevin Pietersen at an avg of 106.80. His best performance in a bilateral series, eclipsing the 490 runs (avg 54.44) in the 2006-07 Ashes series.

3 Kevin Pietersen became the 3rd English player to post five hundreds against Inida. Ian Botham and Graham Gooch are the other two.

350 Number of runs added by Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen for the 3rd wicket. This is a new 3rd wicket record for England against India. The duo erased the record of Graham Gooch and Allan Lamb who added 308 runs for the same wicket in the 1990 Lord's Test.

181* Is the highest score of Ian Bell v/s India. His previous best was 159 in the second innings of the Nottingham Test.

8 Number of times Kevin Pietersen has scored 150 or more runs during an innings.

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235 Is the highest score of Ian Bell in his 69 th Test. His previous best was 199 against South Africa at Lord's in July 2008. Ian Bell now holds the record of the highest...

235 Is the highest score of Ian Bell in his 69 th Test. His previous best was 199 against South Africa at Lord's in July 2008. Ian Bell now holds the record of the highest individual innings in the India - England Tests at The Oval.,eclipsing the 221 by Sunil Gavaskar in the 1979 series.

18 Number of double centuries have scored at The Oval. The most on at any Test venue, bettering the 17 at the Adelaide Oval.

2 Number of times English batsmen have scored three double centuries (Kevin Pietersen , Alastair Cook and Ian Bell) in a bilateral series.In the 1930 series against Australia in England three English batsman Eddie Paynter, Wally Hammond and Len Huntton have achieved the same feat.

504 Number of runs scored by Ian Bell at an avg of 84.00 in the ongoing series. The aforesaid series is his best series. His previous best performance came against Pakistan in 2006 when he scored 375 runs at an avg of 93.75.

21st Playing in his 69th Test , middle order batsman Ian Bell became the 21st English player to aggregate 5000 or more runs in Tests. Bell achieved this feat when his scored reached 208. Till date he has so far scored 5027 runs which includes 16 centuries.

950 Number of runs scored by Ian Bell at an avg of 118.75 in year 2011. Most by any batsman. Bell bettered the record of Alastair Cook who has scored 927 runs at an avg of 84.27 in 8 Tests.

22.57 Is the batting average of VVS Laxman in the ongoing series. In 7 innings he has so far aggregated only 158 runs which includes two half -centuries.

359 Number of runs scored by Rahul Dravid at an avg of 71.80 in the ongoing series. Most by any Indian batsman.

198 Number of victims claimed by MS Dhoni ( 173 catches + 25 stumpings) in 61 Tests. Dhoni has now equalled the Syed Kirmani's Indian record of 198 dismissals (160 catches +38 stumpings ) in 88 Tests.

61 Number of half -centuries scored by Rahul Dravid in 157 Tests. Most by any Indian player. Now only Allan Border (63) of Australia has scored more half-centuries than Dravid in Tests.

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35 Number of centuries scored by Rahul Dravid in 157 Tests. It was his 7th v/s England in 21 Tests. Out of 7 he scored six hundreds v/s England in England. Now only Sachin....

35 Number of centuries scored by Rahul Dravid in 157 Tests. It was his 7th v/s England in 21 Tests. Out of 7 he scored six hundreds v/s England in England. Now only Sachin Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (40) and Ricky Ponting (39) have scored more centuries in Tests than Dravid.

60.93 Is the batting average of Rahul Dravid v/s England. In 21 Tests v/s England he aggregated 1950 runs which includes 7 centuries and 8 half-centuries.

748 Number of runs scored by Rahul Dravid in year 2011 at an avg of 57.53 in 8 Tests which includes 4 centuries. Most by any Indian batsman.

3 Rahul Dravid 146* became the 3rd Indian opener to carry his bat through the innings. Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag are the other two openers.

461 Number of runs scored by Rahul Dravid at an avg of 76.83 in the ongoing series. Most by any Indian batsman.

4 Rahul Dravid became the 4th visiting batsman to post 6 or more hundreds v/s England in England. Don Bradman (11) and Steve Waugh(7) of Australia & Gordon Greenidge (6) are the other three.

43 Is the highest score of Amit Mishra v/s England. His previous best was 23 in Mohali in 2008-09 series.It was his 2nd highest score in 13 Tests.

7 After 7 innings Indian manage to score 300 runs in an innings. Last time India scored 300 plus v/s West Indies at Roseau when they scored 347 in the first innings.

30.64 Is the batting average of VVS Laxman v/s England. In 17 Tests/28 innings he aggregated only 766 runs which includes 6 half-centuries.

33.030 Numbers of runs scored by sachin Tendulkar in International cricket at an avg of 49.52 in 635 matches.

3/102 Is the best bowling figures of Graeme Swann v/s India. His previous best was 3/122 in Mohali in 2008-09 series.

2 After Sir Donald Bradman (1930 & 1938) Dravid became only the 2nd batsman to scored three centuries in a series v/s England in England. Earlier in 2002 series v/s England in England Dravid also hit three centuries.

Most hundreds in Test cricket

Carrying bat throughout innings ( Indian Batsman)

Name	Runs	Against	Venue	Season
S. Gavaskar	127*	Pak	Faisalabad	1982-83
V. Sehwag	201*	SL	Galle	2008
R. Dravid	146*	Eng	The Oval	2011

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7 Numbers of white-wash suffered by India in Tests. It was their fourth v/s England. 11 Number of Tests lost by India by an innings margin v/s England. The most against any...

7 Numbers of white-wash suffered by India in Tests. It was their fourth v/s England.

11 Number of Tests lost by India by an innings margin v/s England. The most against any country.

84 Is the highest score of Amit Mishra in his 13th Test. His previous best was 50 v/s Bangladesh at Chittagong in 2009-10 series. Overall, it was his 2nd half -century.

9 Number of times Sachin Tendulkar dismissed in nervous nineties. It was his 4th v/s England.

4 Sachin Tendulkar became the 4th batsman to scored 9 or more nervous nineties in Tests. Steve Waugh (10), Rahul Dravid (10) and Michael Slater (9) are the other three batsman who recorded 9 or more innings in nineties.

61 Number of half -centuries scored by Sachin Tendulkar in 181 Tests. It was his 12th v/s England in 28 Tests. Now only Allan Border (63) of Australia has scored more half-centuries than Tendulkar in Tests.

144 Number of runs added by Sachin Tendulkar and Amit Mishra for the 4th wicket. This was India's highest stand for any wicket in the just concluded series. The duo erased the record of Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh who added 128 runs for the fifth wicket at Trent Bridge.

6/106 Is the best bowling figures of Graeme Swann v/s India. His previous best was 3/102 in the first innings.

11 Number of times Graeme Swann took five or more wickets in an innings. The first time v/s India in 6 Tests.

8 Suresh Raina became the 8th Indian to bagged a pair against England. Bishan Singh Bedi ( twice), Vijay Hazare, G. Ramchand. B. Chandrasekhar, Pankaj Roy, Virender Sehwag and Surendernath are the other seven.

25 Number of wickets claimed by Sturat Broad at an avg of 13.84. His best performance in a bilateral series. Apart from this he also aggregated 182 runs at an avg of 60.66 which includes two fifties.

3 Ian Bell got his 3rd Man of he Match awards in 69 Tests. It was his first v/s India in 12 Tests.

1 Stuart Broad got his first Man of the series award.

4 Rahul Dravid got his 4th Man of the series award- twice againstEngland one each against Australia and West Indies.

273 Number of runs scored by Sachin Tendulkar at an avg of 34.12 in the just concluded series. After the 2008 series v/s Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka it happened first time when Tendulkar failed to scored a century in a bilateral series.

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Total Matches Played 2
India 1
England 1

Highest innings totals
India : 218-4 (20), Kingsmead, Sep 19, 2007
England : 200-6 (20), Kingsmead, Sep 19, 2007

Lowest innings totals
India : 150-5 (20), Lord's , June 14, 2009
England : 153-7, Lord's June , 14, 2009

Highest individual scores
India : 68, Virender Sehwag, Kingsmead, Sep 19, 2007
England : 46, K. Pietersen, Lord's June 14, 2009

Best bowling figures in an innings
India : 3-30, Harbhajan Singh, Lord's , June 14, 2009
England : 2-28, G. Swann, Lord's June 14, 2009

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Ground's name : Old Trafford, First match played : Between England v/s New Zealand on June 13, 2008, Total matches played: 2, Sides batting first : Have yet to won a match...

Ground's name : Old Trafford
First match played : Between England v/s New Zealand on June 13, 2008

Total matches played : 2
Sides batting first : Have yet to won a match
Sides batting second : Have one one match

India : Yet to play here
England : Played 2 matches
Won : 1
NR : 1

Highest innings totals
145-4 (20), Australia v England, August 30, 2009
For England : 127-1 (17.3) v New Zealand , June 13, 2008

Lowest innings totals
New Zealand : 123-9 (20) v England, June 13, 2008

Highest individual scores
60*, I. Bell v/s New Zealand, June 13, 2008

Best bowling figures
2-17, S. Broad v/s New Zealand, June 13, 2008

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