Ian Bell's outstanding innings at Southampton against India suggests England might have found a stable No. 3batsman in ODIs

On a cold and overcast day at Southampton England turned in a heart-warming performance with both bat and ball to thrash India by 104 runs - their biggest margin of victory against them - in the first of seven ODIs

A stats preview of the seven-match ODI series between England and India

The increasing success of left-arm pace bowlers, and England's best batting partnership

The three-Test series between England and India had plenty of statistical highlights. Cricinfo analyses some of the interesting ones

Rahul Dravid's 96-ball 12 was among his slowest innings, and one of the slowest 12s ever scored in Test cricket

Stats highlights from the second day of The Oval Test

India's lack of fast-bowling prowess has been the most glaring reason for their lack of success abroad. Recent results suggest they might be close to finding a solution

Why England are missing Marcus Trescothick, and Kumble's off day at Trent Bridge

Zaheer Khan's 9 for 134 is the sixth-best figures by an Indian fast bowler abroad

England fought with plenty of heart, and India needed 21 overs before finally completing a seven-wicket victory, their fifth Test win in England and the first at Trent Bridge, to go 1-0 in the series

Dinesh Karthik and Wasim Jaffer struck off ten runs from their target of 73 as India ended the fourth day at Trent Bridge just 63 away from a famous victory, and a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series

The much-vaunted Indian batting line-up came to the party for the second day in a row, helping them take complete control of the second Test after the third day at Trent Bridge

Sachin Tendulkar's 11,000 runs have come in 223 innings, and he becomes the third player in the club, after Allan Border and Brian Lara

After the Indian opening pair posted a century partnership Sachin Tendulkar - who completed 11,000 Test runs - and Rahul Dravid built on it with 97-run partnership as India ended the day on 254 for 3, a lead of 56

India made use of the favourable conditions to reduce England to 169 for 7 at Trent Bridge. Zaheer Khan led the way, defeating the batsmen with appreciable swing to finish with three wickets

Sachin Tendulkar's stats in the fourth innings of a Test belies the fact that he is among the leading batsmen to have played the game

The Lord's Test is only the second time India have drawn a Test after being nine down

India's problem when playing overseas has often been the opening Test, especially when playing in conditions which they aren't familiar with

Fresh from a comprehensive series win against West Indies, England have plenty of reasons to be confident of putting it across India in the first Test at Lord's