2007 :
The tour which included three test and seven one day internationals was the first ful fledged series that team India won since 1986. It was a compelling victory in the second Test at Trent Bridge, and a large slice of luck in the first at Lord's, where bad weather swept in on the final day to thwart England's victory surge. The third Test was drawn on a featherbed at The Oval, in a match notable for Anil Kumble's maiden Test hundred, 17 years and 118 Tests after his debut at Old Trafford in 1990. The man of the series, however, was Zaheer Khan, whose deadly left-arm swing from around the wicket briefly invited comparisons with Wasim Akram in his pomp. Zaheer's finest hour was also England's lowest ebb - at Trent Bridge, where he took nine wickets in the match having been riled while batting by an apparent prank involving jelly beans on the pitch. England did, however, hit back with a 4-3 win in the seven-match ODI series that followed. Dimitri Mascarenhas's five sixes in an over from Yuvraj Singh was the highlight. It was in this series that Pataudi Trophy, a prize commissioned by the MCC to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India's Test debut, was competed for.
Tests: England 0 India 1 ODIs: England 4 India 3
