India has a poor record of just one win at Lord's

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Bangalore: India will be facing England in the first of the 4 Test series at Lord's from July 25. England has a win percentage of 36.27 in the 102 Tests played so far against all countries at Lord's, popularly known as the 'Mecca' of cricket grounds. India has played 13 Tests here out of which it has won only once in 1986 when it also won the series, lost 9 and drawn the remaining 3 Tests.

Playing record for England at Lord's

Aus

Ind

Pak

Zim

Total

102

Highest Total

For Eng

653/4 d

vs Ind

1990

Ag Eng

729/6 d

by Aus

1930

454

by Ind

1990

Lowest Total

For Eng

vs Aus

1888

134

vs Ind

1936

Ag Eng

by Ind

1974

Highest Individual Score

For Eng

333

GA Gooch

vs Ind

1990

Ag Eng

254

DG Bradman

For Aus

1930

184

MH Mankad

For Ind

1952

Centuries:

A total of 165 centuries (including 9 double hundreds and 1 triple hundred) have come at Lord's out of which England's share is 81 and opponents' 84. Apart from Gooch's triple hundred and Bradman's double hundred as above, the other double centurions at this venue are W R Hammond, J B Hobbs, D S C Compton and J Hardstaff Jr of England, C G Greenidgse of West Indies, W A Brown of Australia, M P Donnelly of New Zealand and Mohsin Khan of Pakistan. Those who have narrowly missed the distinction of scoring a double century are A R Border (196) and W Bardsley (193*) of Australia, Len Hutton (196) of England and S Wettimuni (190) of Sri Lanka. Gooch has the distinction of scoring a triple hundred and a century in the same Test in 1990. India's Dilip Vengsarkar is the only one in the entire list of centurions to have scored 3 centuries in successive appearances at this venue in 1979, 1982 and 1986. The other centurions for India are S C Ganguly (on debut in 1996), M Azharuddin, G R Viswanath and R J Shastri, Mankad has top scored for India as indicated above. Among the Englishmen who have scored hundreds (other than indicated above) against India are D L Amiss, T W Graveney, L Hutton, A J Lamb, D W Randal, R C Russell, M H Denness, A W Greig, T G Evans and R A Smith. Nineties: There have been 33 instances of 90 plus scores including six instances of a batsman being dismissed at the score of 99. The unfortunate ones are E Payner, M J K Smith and M A Atherton of England, and C G McCartney, R Edwards and M E Waugh of Australia. The only instance of a 90 plus score by an Indian at this venue is by Rahul Dravid who made 95 on debut in 1996.

Best Match Bowling:

For Eng

15/104 (7/61&8/43)

H Verity

vs Aus

1934

11/15 (7/49&4/96)

AV Bedser

vs Ind

1946

Ag Eng

16/137 (8/84&8/53)

RAL Massie

for Aus

1972

No instance of 10 WM by an India at this venue.

Best Innings Bowling

For Eng

8-34

IT Botham

vs Pak

1978

7-49

AV Bedser

vs Ind

1946

Ag Eng

8-38

GD McGrath

for Aus

1997

6-35

L Amarsingh

for Ind

1936

5 or more wickets in an innings: There have been 116 instances of taking 5 or more wickets in an innings including the above four listed, out of which England has accounted for 76 and the other 40 by its opponents. Apart from Amarsingh, only BS Bedi in 1974 has claimed 6 wickets in an innings (six for 222) for India. The others who have taken five wickets an innings for India are Mohammed Nissar, L Amarnath, M H Mankad, R B Desai, B S Chandrasekhar, Kapil Dev, C J Sharma and B K V Prasad. For England apart from Bedser, the others to take 6 wickets in an innings against India are R Illingworth (6/29 in 1967) and RGD Willis (6/101 in 1982). The other Englishmen who have taken 5 wickets in an innings against India are C M Old, G O B Allen, T Greenhough, I T Botham and A R C Fraser.

Best Partnership for each wicket (involving all countries):

1^st wkt

268

JB Hobbs/H Sutcliffe

Eng/SA

1924

2^nd wkt

287*

HA Games/CG Greenidge

WI/Eng

1984

3^rd wkt