ICC World Cup 2011: India, England, head to head in World Cups

Co-hosts India are among the favorites to win the ICC World Cup in 2011. Curiously, England have emerged as possible candidates after winning their title deeds in the T20 World Cup earlier this year.

Let's look at how teams have fared against each other in World Cups past. The parties met for the first time at the event in its first edition in 1975. The game was played at Lords, England won the toss and elected to bat. Piled up 334 / 5 in 60 acquisitions in the back of 137 Dennis evil is supported by fifty of Fletcher and Chris Old, apart from cameos by John James and captain Mike Denness. fifty fastest player Chris Old bowling underlined the weakness of India in which Ghavri gave 83 runs in 11 overs.

India's response was nothing short of a travesty of the game, thanks to a bewildering than 36 innings in 60 overs for no Gavaskar, who took 174 balls to complie their careers. India finished on 132 / 3, and 202 run margin of defeat was presented as an ODI record for several years. Gavaskar inputs triggered debates about the real motivation behind the entries in the opener.

The sides were placed in different groups in the 1979 edition and did not meet at all that India has shot down in the group stage. Their next meeting came in the 1983 edition which India eventually won. England won the toss at Old Trafford and choose to bat only managed 213. Kapil Dev was the most successful player to catch three windows and put on a good attendance of Binny and Amarnath who received two each. India shot down the clues needed more than five overs to spare, with Yashpal Sharma and Sandeep Patil reaping fifties.

cooperation between India and host the next Cup along with Pakistan and England and India met in the semifinals. Once again, England got lucky with the toss and elected to bat. Graham Gooch scored a brilliant one hundred as England posted a challenging 254 / 5 in 50 overs. Maninder Singh with three counters was most successful player in India. In reply, India slumped to 219 all. Azharuddin top scored for India with 64, while Eddie Hemmings took four windows for England.

ª next meeting of the World Cup between the parties was in Perth in 1992. England batted first and scored after 236 / 9 in their 50 overs with Smith Gooch and fifty score. India fell short by just nine runs, despite an opening stand of 63 runs and half from the opener Ravi Shastri. For England, Dermot Reeve and Botham were among the wickets.

The two sides were in different groups in 1996 hosted the cup in the subcontinent, and colliding with England in the group stage, they are not. The meeting of the day, cup in Birmingham in 1999. India's batting first reached 232 / 8 in 50 overs. Dravid top scored with a fifty and was well supported by several cameos. When England batted, the Indian bowlers were equal to the task and the hosts were shot out for 169. Ganguuly with three counters was the most successful player, Srinath, Kumble and Mohanty have two each.

The meeting of the World Cup last time between the parties occurred in 2003 in Durban. India's batting first reached 250 / 9, thanks to Tendulkar and Dravid fifty. When England batted, Nehra took six windows to send to crash to 168 all out - a 82 run victory as Flintoff with 64 was the only saving grace of England.

Therefore, England and India are tied at three games in all World Cups. With both sides placed in the same group in the 2011 edition, the next meeting is scheduled for 28 February 2011 at Calcutta's Eden Gardens. Who will win it?