England v India - match drawn

Date released: 23 July 2007

The npower Test match between England and India at Lord's on 19th-23rd July saw some of the world's best players at 'The Home of Cricket'.

Honours Boards | Lord's outfield | Stats | Line-ups

Despite a thrilling final day's play, bad light, rain and doubty Indian batting denied England the win. India closed on 282-9 when play was abandoned and the match declared a draw.

There were many stars of the match, not least MCC Head Groundsman, Mick Hunt. His expertise and the fast-draining outfield ensured the second day was saved, despite heavy rain.

Three players, two from England and one from India, earned a place on the Lord's Honours Boards. England's James Anderson and India's Rudra Pratap Singh took five wickets each and will be added to the bowling Honours Boards. Kevin Pietersen's 134 means he will be added to England's batting Honours Board.

Lord's Honours Boards

India started the third day on 145-4. James Anderson was in inspired bowling form, taking five India wickets for 42 runs. India were all out for 201 - trailing England's first innings score by 97.

Anderson's name will be etched on to the Honours Board at Lord's again after his second five-wicket haul at 'The Home of Cricket'.
James Anderson and his five-wicket ball

The Lancashire seam bowler took three prized scalps too: having Rahul Dravid caught behind by Matt Prior; trapping Sachin Tendulkar lbw and then clean bowling Sourav Ganguly.

James then kindly loaned his ball to the MCC Museum, where fans of both teams can view it, amongst the other exhibits.

Then on Sunday, Kevin Pietersen notched his ninth Test century, his third at Lord's, meaning his name will be added to the batting Honours Board again.

India's Rudra Pratap Singh's name will be added to the visitor's bowling Honours Board for the first time. His five wicket haul included that of Pietersen and he ended with match figures of 7-117.

The Honours Boards are amongst the many great sights visitors to Lord's can see on a Tour of Lord's.

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England team

Andrew Strauss, Middlesex
Alastair Cook, Essex
Michael Vaughan (captain) - Yorkshire,
Kevin Pietersen, Hampshire
Paul Collingwood, Durham
Ian Bell, Warwickshire
Matt Prior (wicketkeeper), Sussex
Chris Tremlett, Hampshire
Matthew Hoggard, Yorkshire
Ryan Sidebottom, Nottinghamshire
James Anderson, Lancashire
Monty Panesar, Northamptonshire

12th man: Stuart Broad, Leicestershire

With Matthew Hoggard and Steve Harmison both injured an inexperienced England attack faced the intimidating India batting line-up. Chris Tremlett earned his first Test cap and joined James Anderson, Ryan Sidebottom and Panesar in the England team.

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India team

Wasim Jaffer, Mumbai
Dinesh Karthik , Tamil Nadu
Rahul Dravid (captain), Karnataka
Sachin Tendulkar, Mumbai
Sourav Ganguly, Bengal
VVS Laxman, Hyderabad
Mahendra Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Jharkhand
Anil Kumble, Karnataka
Zaheer Khan, Baroda
Rudra Pratap Singh, Uttar Pradesh
Shanathakumaran Sreesanth, Kerala

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The £1.25m Lord's outfield

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On Friday morning the Met Office issued severe weather warnings and dark skies over north-west London did not bode well for cricket.

The rain came sporadically all morning before a heavy, thirty minute deluge at midday sent spectators scurrying for cover. Two inches of rain fell in just a few hours.

Head Groundsman, Mick Hunt and his team were not to be defeated.

With around 30,000 spectators in the Ground and countless more following the game on television, radio and online all eyes were on Mick and his ground staff.

Having covered the wicket and outfield expertly, they monitored both the pitch and weather throughout the day.

MCC's decision, back in 2003, to lay an entirely new outfield was, once again, vindicated fully.

Mick Hunt with his award photographs Thanks to the £1.25m surface's quick drainage and Mick Hunt thousands of cricket fans got their daily fix as play resumed at 1:50pm - despite nature's best efforts!

On Monday, Mick was honoured by both sides. At the awards ceremony in the famous Long Room, he was presented with a collection of photographs from Friday, signed by both captains.

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England v India - Test Stats at Lord's

Played 15, England 10, India 1, Drawn 4

Results at Lord's:

1932: England won by 158 runs
1936: England won by 9 wickets
1946: England won by 10 wickets
1952: England won by 8 wickets
1959: England won by 8 wickets
1967: England won by an innings and 124 runs
1971: Match drawn
1974: England won by an innings and 285 runs
1979: Match drawn
1982: England won by 7 wickets
1986: India won by 5 wickets
1990: England won by 247 runs
1996: Match drawn
2002: England won by 170 runs.

Best bowling figures

Ten wickets in a match v England for India

No instance. Best figures: 8-168, Kapil Dev in 1982.

^{Stats courtesy of Tim Hayes}

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