George Binoy

England and India are tied at 5-5 in the head-to-head battle in the last ten matches that have had a result. Of the 22 matches England have played in India, they have won 12 and lost 10

Mohammad Kaif timely century and Suresh Raina's allround performance spurred Rajashtan Cricket Association XI to a five-run victory against England XI at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur

In a bizarre session of play, India collapsed in the space of 92 balls out of which Yuvraj faced 46. The following manhattan graphic shows the passage of play after lunch

The List looks at best performers when playing an opposition for the first time

Bowling round the wicket, pitching in the rough outside leg stump, Anil Kumble was extremely hard to get away and went at a measly 1.63 runs per over

England have approached the series with definite plans to snare the Indian batsmen. They cut off Dhoni's favourite scoring zones by pushing him on to the back foot

Going into a must-win game, England desperately needed someone to raise his game and Andrew Strauss put his hand up

Stats preview of the 3rd Test between India and England at Mumbai

The List features the best overseas batsmen and bowlers in India

After the tug-of-war of the first four days, New Zealand ensured that there would be no final West Indies comeback by taking the last two wickets for 17 runs to go up 1-0 in the series

Shane Bond engineered a spectacular collapse to put New Zealand on the verge of victory after West Indies were cruising towards the target on the fourth day at Auckland

Kumble's progression to 500 wickets

On another see-saw day, West Indies consolidated their overnight advantage in the morning, conceded ground to New Zealand in the afternoon, and wrested the initiative back in the final session

The advantage swung back and forth on the second day with New Zealand and West Indies balanced on a knife edge as neither team was able to capitalise when they held the upper hand

Scott Styris was stranded on 103 as West Indies dismissed New Zealand, in spite of a wayward bowling performance, for 275 on the opening day at Auckland

The List this week looks the most valuable first wickets in Tests. The calculation is based on the batsman's aggregate runs at the start of the game

The List looks at the best batsmen, bowlers and allrounders in the one-day game

A statistical look at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium at Nagpur, the venue of the first Test between India and England

The List focuses on part-time bowlers in both forms of the game

Duncan Fletcher revealed that the strategy was more on gaining match practice and not winning