Recalling all England tours to India

England tour of India 2001/02

Nasser Hussain: The Indian born cricketer was one of the most dynamic characters of his era

Tests

Winner: India 1-0

Captain

India: Sourav Ganguly

England: Nasser Hussain

India won the Test series and tied the ODI series. Sachin Tendulkar with 307 runs and Anil Kumble with 19 wickets ensured the series victory for England. Marcus Trescothick and Matthew Hoggard were England’s top run scorer and wicket taker in the series.

The ODI series was hard-fought. Trescothick was the top run-getter with 318 runs while Harbhajan Singh was the top wicket-taker. Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar also scored above 200 runs to signify India’s dominance.

Results

Sl No	Date	Venue	Stadium	Innings 1	Innings 2	Innings 3	Innings 4	Result
1	December 3-6, 2001	Chandigarh	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	England: 238/10	India: 469/10	England: 235/10	India: 5/0	India won by 10 wickets
2	December 11-15, 2001	Ahmedabad	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera	England: 407/10	India: 291/10	England: 257/10	India: 198/3	Draw
3	December 19-23, 2001	Bangalore	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	England: 336/10	India: 238/10	England: 33/0	-	Draw

One Day Internationals

Winner: Tie 3-3

Captain

India: Sourav Ganguly

England: Nasser Hussain

Results

Sl No	Date	Venue	Stadium	Innings 1	Innings 2	Result
1	January 19, 2002	Kolkata	Eden Gardens	India: 281/8	England: 259/10	India won by 22 runs
2	January 22, 2002	Cuttack	Barabati Stadium	England 250/7	India: 234/10	England won by 16 runs
3	January 25, 2002	Chennai	M.A Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk	England 216/10	India: 221/6	India won by 4 wickets
4	January 28, 2002	Kanpur	Green Park	England: 218/7	India: 219/2	India won by 8 wickets
5	January 31, 2002	Delhi	Feroz Shah Kotla	England: 271/5	India: 269/8	England won by 2 runs
6	February 3, 2002	Mumbai	Wankhede Stadium	England: 255/10	India: 250/10	England won by 5 runs

England tour of India 2006

Andrew Flintoff was good enough to hit oppositions hard with both ball and the willow

Tests

Winner: Tie 1-1

Captain

India: Rahul Dravid

England: Andrew Flintoff

Engalnd tied the Test series, but fell flat on their faces in the ODI series. Spinners ensured that England won the last Test match at Mumbai after India crushed them at Mohali by 9 wickets. Rahul Dravid was the highest run-scorer with 309 runs while Anil Kumble turned out as the highest-wicket taker. Paul Collingwood and Andrew Flintoff with 272 and 264 runs respectively played handsomely for England.

The ODI series was shambolic for England from the results point of view, but inspite of that there were some bright spots. Kevin Pietersen amassed 291 at 58.20 with 3 half centuries. Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh ended with 242 and 237 runs respectively. Harbhajan Singh was the top wicket taker with 12 wickets.

Results

Sl No	Date	Venue	Stadium	Innings 1	Innings 2	Innings 3	Innings 4	Result
1	March 1-5, 2006	Nagpur	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground	England: 393/10	India: 323/10	England: 297/3 dec	India: 260/6	Draw
2	March 9-13, 2006	Chandigarh	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	England: 300/10	India: 338/10	England: 181/10	India 144/1	India won by 9 wickets
3	March 18-22, 2006	Mumbai	Wankhede Stadium	England: 400/10	India: 279/10	England: 191/10	India: 100/10	England won by 212 runs

One Day Internationals

Winner: India 4-1

Captain

India: Rahul Dravid & Virender Sehwag

England: Andrew Flintoff

Results

Sl No	Date	Venue	Stadium	Innings 1	Innings 2	Result
1	March 28, 2006	Delhi	Feroz Shah Kotla	India: 203/10	England: 164/10	India won by 38 runs
2	March 31, 2006	Faridabad	Nahar Singh Stadium	England 226/10	India: 230/6	India won by 4 wickets
3	April 3, 2006	Margao	Nehru Stadium, Fatords	India: 294/6	England: 245/10	India won by 49 runs
4	April 6, 2006	Kochi	Nehru Stadium	England: 237/10	India: 238/6	India won by 4 wickets
5	April 9, 2006	Guwahati	Nehru Stadium	-	-	Match abandoned without a ball being bowled
6	April 12, 2006	Jamshedpur	Keenan Stadium	India: 223/10	England: 227/5	England won by 5 wickets
7	April 15, 2006	Indore	Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground	England: 288/10	India: 289/3	India won by 7 wickets