New Delhi: India's clash with England at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru was nothing short of a thrill-a-minute ride, swinging from one end to the other. Such was the skill on display that bpth teams were content with as much as a draw. With over 600 runs being scored in the space of 100 overs. it was a match which did cause a stir in the record books.1. Sachin Tendulkar (120) made his fifth World Cup hundred – most by any batsman in World Cup. He moved ahead of Ricky Ponting, Mark Waugh and Sourav Ganguly.
2. Sachin Tendulkar (120) made his highest score against England in ODIs, beating his 105 not out at Chester-le-Street in 2002.
3. Incidentally the previous highest score by an Indian batsman against England in World Cup was 64 by Mohammad Azharuddin at Mumbai Wankhede in 1987!
4. Tendulkar’s innings is the second highest by any batsman against England in World Cup after Viv Richards’ 138 not out at Lord’s in 1979 final.
5. Virender Sehwag,on 27,completed 1,000 runs against England. He became third Indian after Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh to do so.
6. India’s total is the highest by any side against England in World Cup. West Indies had made 300 at Bridgetown in 2007. Incidentally India’s previous highest against England in World Cup was 250 for nine at Durban in 2003.
7. India’s total is their highest at Bangalore, beating 321 for five against New Zealand in 2010.
8. After scoring 370-4 against Bangladesh in their opening game, India posted 338 in this match. This provides the second instance when India posted a total of 300 or more in two consecutive matches in World Cup. India had made 329-2 against Kenya in 1999 World Cup and followed it up with 373-6 against Sri Lanka at Taunton.
9. Tim Bresnan (5-48) became the second England bowler to pick up a five-wicket haul in World Cup, after Vic Marks who took 5-39 against Sri Lanka at Taunton in 1983.
10. Incidentally Bresnan is third bowler to take a five-for against India in World Cup after Australia’s Ken McLeay (6-39 at Nottingham in 1939) and Damien Fleming (5-36 at Mumbai WS in 1996).
11. James Anderson conceded 91 runs in his 9.5 overs– worst bowling performance by an England bowler in World Cup. Derek Pringle had conceded 83 runs against West Indies at Gujranwala in 1987.
12. India’s total of 338 is their highest ever all-out total in ODIs. They had made 328 against Pakistan at Peshawar in 2006.
13. Of the last 24 balls of their innings, India scored 33 runs while losing 7 wickets!
14. Andrew Strauss, on 41, completed his 4,000 ODI runs. He became sixth Englishman to do so after Paul Collingwood (5061), Alec Stewart (4677), Marcus Trescothick (4335),Graham Gooch (4290) and Allan Lamb (4010).
15. Strauss’ innings is the highest by an England captain in World Cup. The previous best was 88 by Alec Stewart against Sri Lanka at Lord’s in 1999 and by Andrew Strauss against Netherlands at Nagpur five days ago.
16. This was Strauss’ fourth hundred as captain- most by an England captain. No one else has scored more than two!
17. Strauss’ innings is the highest by an England captain in ODIs. This obliterates his own 154 against Bangladesh at Birmingham in 2010.
18. Incidentally the previous highest score by an England captain against India was Nasser Hussain’s 115 in NatWest Trophy final at Lord’s in 2002.
19. Strauss is now the first captain in ODIs to score 150 or more on TWO occasions. Eight others have done so once.
20. Strauss has now made three scores of 150 or more. Other than the two above mentioned occasions, he made 152 against Bangladesh at Nottingham in 2005. Strauss thus became the sixth batsman in ODIs to make three scores of 150 (or more). The complete list: Sachin Tendulkar (5), Sanath Jayasuriya (4), Viv Richards, Brian Lara, Chris Gayle and Andrew Strauss (3 each).
21. The 170-run partnership between Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell is England’s highest for third wicket against any country in the World Cup. The pair obliterated the previous record stand of 143 between Graeme Hick and Graham Thorpe against Netherlands at Peshawar in 1996.
22. The above-partnership is in fact England’s second highest for any wicket in all World Cup matches after the 176-run partnership between Dennis Amiss and Keith Fletcher for the second wicket against India at Lord’s in 1975.
23. Harbhajan Singh became the leading wicket-taker for India against England in ODIs with the wicket of Matt Prior. This was his 36th wicket against England and he surpassed Javagal Srinath’s tally of 35 wickets against England.
24. The match provided the fourth instance of a tie in World Cup history. The other three instances are : Australia v South Africa at Birmingham in 1999, Sri Lanka v South Africa in 2003 and Ireland v Zimbabwe at Kingston in 2007.
25. England’s total of 338 for eight is the highest ever by any side batting second in World Cup. Sri Lanka had made 313 for seven against Zimbabwe at New Plymouth in 1992.
26. England’s total is also their highest in World Cup – batting first or second. This expunges their previous highest of 334 for 4 (in 60 overs) also against India at Lord’s in 1975.
27. The match aggregated of 676 for 18 is a new record in World Cup history. The Australia- South Africa match at Basseterre in 2007 had produced 671 runs for the loss of 16 wickets.
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