From A statistician's eye - India's tour of England

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From A statistician’s eye – India’s tour of England (Photo: BCCI)

Team India will be travelling to England this July for 5 Tests, 5 ODIs and a T20I. The fans of cricket will surely see a matched-contest but the record books suggest that India is more vulnerable in England and lose more often than any other country.

Test Matches:

Here is India’s Test Match record in England compared with their overall performance:
Test Matches: India vs England in England

PlayedWonTiedDrawLost
52502027
India vs England (Overall)
1072004740

So far India has played 16 Test series in England and has tasted defeat in 12 of them. One resulted in a Draw and India came out victorious in 3 of them.

India’s performance in all series played in England:
India in England (All Test Series)

SeriesResultWinner
India in England Test Match, 19321-0 (1)England
India in England Test Series, 19362-0 (3)England
India in England Test Series, 19461-0 (3)England
India in England Test Series, 19523-0 (4)England
India in England Test Series, 19595-0 (5)England
India in England Test Series, 19673-0 (3)England
India in England Test Series, 19711-0 (3)India
India in England Test Series, 19743-0 (3)England
India in England Test Series, 19791-0 (4)England
India in England Test Series, 19821-0 (3)England
India in England Test Series, 19862-0 (3)India
India in England Test Series, 19901-0 (3)England
India in England Test Series, 19961-0 (3)England
India in England Test Series, 20021-1 (4)Drawn
Pataudi Trophy, 20071-0 (3)India
Pataudi Trophy, 20114-0 (4)England

ODI Matches:

The ODI Match Record in England is better than the Test Matches but still India has lost more matches than they have won in England.

ODI Matches: India vs England in England
PlayedWonTiedNo ResultLost
34121318
India vs England (Overall)
87472335

India’s performance in all series played in England:

India in England (All ODI Series)
SeriesResultWinner
Prudential Trophy, 19742-0 (2)England
Prudential Trophy, 19822-0(2)England
Texaco Trophy, 19861-1 (2)Drawn
Texaco Trophy, 19902-0 (2)India
Texaco Trophy, 19962-0 (3)England
NatWest Challenge, 20042-1 (3)England
NatWest Series, 20074-3 (7)England
NatWest Series, 20113-0 (5)England

*The remaining matches were in a tournament involving more than 2 teams.

T20I Matches:

India has played England twice in England and lost both times – once in ICC WT20 2009 and the other time in 2011.
T20I Matches: India vs England in England

PlayedWonTiedNo ResultLost
20002
India vs England (Overall)
73004

All T20I Series Record:

India in England (All T20I Series)
SeriesResultWinner
India in England T20I Match, 20111-0 (1)England

Facts:

  • India has won a World Cup and a Champions Trophy in England.
  • India has never won a T20I vs England in England.
  • India last won an ODI series in England in 1990.

Batting Records:

Test Matches: Most Runs (in England)

PlayerRunsAverage50s100s
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)157554.3184
Rahul Dravid (Ind)137668.8046
Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)115241.1482
Graham Gooch (Eng)113466.7044
DS Vengsarkar (Ind)96048.0044
Most Runs (Overall)
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)253551.73137
Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)243838.20164
Rahul Dravid (Ind)195060.9387
GR Vishwanath (Ind)188037.60124
Graham Gooch (Eng)172555.6485

 

ODI Matches: Most Runs (in England)

PlayerRunsAverage50s100s
Rahul Dravid (Ind)64838.1170
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)63939.9341
Ian Bell (Eng)56551.3631
Saurav Ganguly (Ind)56535.3150
Yuvraj Singh (Ind)49841.5040
Most Runs (Overall)
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)145544.09102
Yuvraj Singh (Ind)131348.6273
Kevin Petersen (Eng)113845.5281
MS Dhoni (Ind)112847.0090
Ian Bell (Eng)103643.1652

Bowling Records:

Test Matches: Most Wickets (in England)

PlayerWicketsSRBB5w
James Anderson (Eng)2030.24/230
Andrew Flintoff (Eng)1632.05/561
Stuart Broad (Eng)1540.44/510
Darren Gough (Eng)1239.54/500
Zaheer Khan (Ind)1244.03/530
Most Wickets (Overall)
Andrew Flintoff (Eng)3738.15/561
Harbhajan Singh (Ind)3636.15/312
J Srinath  (Ind)3532.45/411
James Anderson (Eng)3337.94/230
Kapil Dev (Ind)2844.73/350
ODI Matches: Most Wickets
PlayerWicketsSRBB5w
FS Trueman (Eng)5333.68/312
AV Bedser (Eng)4442.07/494
Kapil Dev (Ind)4378.55/1252
Anil Kumble (Ind)3687.44/660
James Anderson (Eng)3553.75/422
Most Wickets (Overall)
B Chandrasekhar (Ind)9565.28/798
Anil Kumble (Ind)9269.97/1154
BS Bedi (Ind)8584.36/714
Kapil Dev (Ind)8574.66/914
D Underwood (Eng)6280.55/841

stats updated till 16th June 2014

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