ICC World Cup 2011 highlights: India vs England

# Tendulkar's 47th century in ODIs is his second against England in ODIs.  He has now 98 international hundreds to his credit - 51 in Tests and 47 in ODIs.

# Tendulkar, with his 19th century in India, has extended his record for most hundreds at home.

# Ian Bell has recorded his 17th fifty in ODIs - his third against India.

# Bell's 69 off 71 balls is his second fifty in the world cup - his first was 77 off 90 balls against Australi at North Sound on April 8, 2007. 

# England (338-8) became the first and only team to post two totals of 300 or more while batting second in the world cup.  They had recorded 301 for nine against West Indies at Bridgetown on April 21, 2007.

# England have registered five totals of 300 or more in the world cup - two against India and one each against West Indies, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

# England's total is their highest batting second in ODIs and the eighth best in ODIs - the highest being South Africa's 438 for nine against Australia at Johannesburg on March 12, 2006.

# Andrew Strauss (158 off 145 balls) has recorded a career-best innings in ODIs - the sixth best in a run-chase in ODIs - the highest being Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 183 not out against Sri Lanka at Jaipur on October 31, 2005.

# Strauss figures in three tied games in ODIs.  In both his previous tied games, he had made 2 each - vs. South Africa at Bloemfontein on February 2, 2005 and vs. Australia at Lord's on July 2, 2005.

# Strauss' first century against India is his fourth as captain in ODIs - his sixth in ODIs.

# Strauss' outstanding knock is the highest individual score for England in the world cup, surpassing the 137 at Lord's on June 7, 1975.

# A world record (676 for 18 wickets) was set for the highest match aggregate in the world cup, bettering the 671 for 16 between Australia (377-6) and South Africa (294) at Basseterre on March 24, 2007

# England's huge total of 338 for eight is the best ever by a team batting second in the world cup, bettering the 313 for 7 by Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe at New Plymouth on February 23, 1992.

# The four tied games registered in the history of the world cup are

Date       Teams and Scores                          Venue

17.6.1999  Australia (213)   vs.South Africa (213)   Edgbaston
3.3.2003*  Sri Lanka (268-9) vs.South Africa (229-6) Durban
15.3.2007  Ireland   (221-9) vs.Zimbabwe     (221)   Kingston
27.2.2011  India     (338)   vs.England      (338-8) Bangalore
* D/L method

# England (338-8) have posted their highest total in the world cup, outstripping the 334 for four off 60 overs at Lord's on June 7, 1975.

# The aforesaid score is the second highest by any team against India in the world cup, next only to Australia's 359 for two at Johannesburg on March 23, 2003.

# Andrew Strauss (158) is the first English captain to post a century in the world cup.

# Andrew Strauss has recorded his career-best innings in ODIs.  He has become the first English player to post three innings of 150 or more in ODIs.  His first two innings were 154 at Birmingham on July 12, 2010 and 152 at Nottingham on June 21, 2005 - both against Bangladesh.

# Strauss, during his first world cup hundred, has completed his 4,000 runs in ODIs - 4117 at an average of 36.43 in 122 matches.  He is the sixth English player to achieve the distinction.

# Strauss' 158 is the highest by any batsman against India in the world cup, surpassing Ricky Ponting's 140 not out for Australia in the 2002-03 Final at Johannesburg.

# India (338)  recorded the highest world cup total in India, eclipsing New Zealand's 307 for eight against Netherlands at Vadodara on February 17, 1996.  England soon emulated India's feat by posting 338 for eight.

# India's total of 338 is the highest by any side against England in the world cup, bettering West Indies' 300 at Bridgetown on April 21, 2007.

# India's 338 is now their highest in the world cup in India, surpassing the 289 for six against Australia at Delhi on October 22 1987.

# Sachin Tendulkar (120 off 115 balls) became the first batsman to post five hundreds in the world cup. Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly, with four centuries each, share the second spot behind Tendulkar in the world cup.

# Gautam Gambhir (51 off 61 balls) has recorded his first fifty in the world cup, surpassing the 39 off 39 balls against Bangladesh at Dhaka on February 19, 2011.

# Gambhir's fourth half-century against England is his 22nd in ODIs.

# Virender Sehwag became the first player to complete 200 runs in the 2011 edition of the World Cup  - 175 against Bangladesh and 35 against England.  His aggregate reads 210 at an average of 105.00 at a strike rate of 126.50.

# Bell is the highest run-scorer in the present competition - 246 runs (ave.123.00) at a strike rate of 107.89, including one century and one fifty.

# Sehwag's overall record in the World Cup is reasonably good, aggregating 673 in sixteen matches, including two centuries and two fifties, at an average of 42.06, with a strike rate of 103.53.

# Sehwag, during the course of his 35, has completed his 1,000 runs against England, amassing 1008 at an average of 37.33, including one century and seven fifties in 27 matches at a strike rate of 102.33.

# Sehwag became the third Indian to amass 1000 runs against England in ODIs, joining Sachin Tendulkar (1455) and Yuvraj Singh (1187).

# Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir put on a second wicket partnership of 134 - India's highest against England at the world cup, surpassing the 51 between Navjot Singh Sidhu and Krish Srikkanth at Mumbai on November 5, 1987.

# In fact, the 134-run stand is the first century partnership for any wicket for India against England at the world cup, surpassing the 92 for the third wicket between Mohinder Amarnath and Yashpal Sharma at Manchester on June 22, 1983.

# Yuvraj Singh (58 off 50 balls) has posted his fourth world cup fifty

# Yuvraj's 46th half-century in ODIs is his sixth against England.

# Tendulkar's 120 is the second highest individual score against England in the world cup, behind the 138 not out by West Indian Vivian Richards at Lord's on June 23, 1979.

# Tendulkar is the first batsman to complete 200 fours in the world cup (203).

# For the second time in his world cup career, Tendulkar has recorded five sixes in an innings.  During his 137 against Sri Lanka at Delhi on March 2, 1996, he had recorded five sixes for the first time.

# Tendulkar, with five sixes against England, has emulated Sourav Ganguly's feat of 190 sixes in ODIs.  Only Shahid Afridi (288) and Sanath Jayasuriya (270) have registered more sixes than Tendulkar.

# Harbhajan Singh has registered his 15th duck in ODIs - his second in the world cup.

# Tim Bresnan (5/48) has become the first speedster and the second bowler from England to claim five wickets in an innings in the world cup.  Off spinner, Vic Marks was the first to achieve the distinction - 5 for 39 against Sri Lanka at Taunton on June 11, 1983.

# Bresnan has registered his career-best bowling figures in ODIs, bettering the four for 28 against Bangladesh at Chittagong on March 5, 2010.

# Mahendra Singh Dhoni (31) has recorded his highest innings in the world cup, surpassing the 29 against Bermuda at Port of Spain on March 19, 2007.

# James Anderson (9.5-0-91-1) has equalled his worst bowling performance in ODIs.  He had recorded almost similar figures against Australia - 10-0-91-1 at Sydney on February 2, 2011.

# Anderson's figures are the worst by an English bowler in the world cup, surpassing the 10-0-83-0 by Derek Pringle against West Indies at Gujranwala on October 9, 1987.

# Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell, with their 170-run stand, have set a third wicket record against India in the world cup, bettering the 117 (unbroken) between Mike Gatting and Graham Gooch at Mumbai on November 5, 1987.

# The above stand is England's highest against India for the third wicket in ODIs, surpassing the 159 between David Gower and Allan Lamb at The Oval on June 4, 1982.

# England's previous best third wicket partership in the world cup was 143 between Graeme Hick and Graham Thorpe against Netherlands at Peshawar on February 22, 1996.

# Andrew Strauss has got the Man of the Match for the seventh time in ODIs - his second against India.