England vs India, only Women’s Test, statistical preview

Jun 15, 2021

England vs India, only Women’s Test, statistical preview Image

defeats for India on English soil. They have played 8, won 2, and drawn 6. No other touring side has remained undefeated in England.

0 Test matches at County Ground, Bristol so far. They will become the 19th English venue to host a Women’s Test. New Road, Worcester has hosted the most in the world (9).

0.5 England’s win-loss ratio against India (1 win, 2 defeats), their worst against any side. In fact, Australia and India are the only teams to have beaten England.

2 wickets needed by Jhulan Goswami (40) to go past Neetu David (41) and become the third-highest wicket-taker for India. Only Diana Edulji (63) and Shubhangi Kulkarni (60) have more wickets.

3 consecutive wins for India (in 2006, 2014, and 2014/15). Australia are the only team to have won three Test matches in a row: they have done it thrice.

4 uncapped cricketers for England – Emily Arlott, Sophia Dunkley, Tash Farrant, and Mady Villiers. Some of them will add to their list of 160 Test caps.

5 wins for India, the most after Australia and England (20 each). India’s win-loss ratio of 0.833 (5 wins, 6 defeats) is also next to only Australia (2) and England (1.428).

7 Test matches and 16 years since England last won a Test match at home. They last beat Australia at New Road, Worcester, in 2005. Since then, they have lost thrice and drawn four times.

10 uncapped cricketers for India – Taniya Bhatia, Priya Punia, Sneh Rana, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Indrani Roy, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, and Radha Yadav. Some of them will add to their list of 83 Test caps.

20 wins for England, the joint most, along with Australia. However, England have played from 95 Test matches, significantly more than Australia’s 74.

38 runs needed by Mithali Raj (663) to go past Shubhangi Kulkarni (700) and become the third-highest run-scorer for India. Raj needs 88 to go past Shantha Rangaswamy (750). Only Sandhya Agarwal (1,110) has more runs.

98 runs needed by Raj (402) to become the third batter to score 500 runs against England in England. Only Karen Rolton (761) and Debbie Hockley (562) have done this.

2401 days since India played their last Test match. They played their last Test match against South Africa in Mysuru, back in 2014/15. It was also the last Women’s Test match outside the Ashes.