First Test: England vs Australia on 6-9-1880. England won by 5 wkts.

Total Tests: Played 89. Won by England 36, lost 18, drawn 35. 

Played by India: 9. Won 1, lost two and drawn six.

Highest score: For England: 903/7 decl vs Australia, 1938. England won by an innings and 579 runs. For India: 606/9 decl  in August 1990. Match drawn.

Lowest score: For England: 52 vs Australia, 1948. England lost by an innings and 149 runs. For India: 96 in 1952. Match drawn. All Time: 44 (Australia) vs England in 1896. Australia lost by 66 runs.

Highest Individual score: For England: 364 by Len Hutton vs Australia, 1938. Vs India: 217 by Wally Hammond in 1936. For India: 221 by Sachin Tendulkar in 1979.

Best bowling in an innings: For England: 9/57 by Devon Malcolm vs South Africa 1994. Vs: India 7/80 by Gubby Allen, 1936. For India: 6/38 by BS Chandrasekhar, 1971.

Best bowling in a match: For England: 13/57 by Sid Barnes vs South Africa, 1912. Vs India: 8/117 by Gubby Allen, 1936. For India: 8/114 by BS Chandrasekhar, 1971. All Time: 16/220 by Muttiah Muralitharan vs England, 1998.      

Compiled by KR Gururaja Rao