Having won the 3rd Test at the Leeds, India move on to the historic Oval to take on England in the 4th and final Test, which starts from 5 September 2002. India is brimming with confidence in the light of its fine showing at Leeds where England was humbled by an innings and 46 runs. Rather than individuals it was the team effort, which brought India the much sought after win particularly after the loss at Lords.

Now that the series has been leveled, at this stage, India is favourite to win the series provided it overturns the table at the Oval. The win at Leeds and the excellent performance in the first class game against Derbyshire thereafter should give them enough strength and confidence to face England for the final time in the npower Test series.

However it should not take any things lightly since England has won 2 matches against India as against one by India and the overall success percentage at this venue for England is a healthy 39.29% in the 84 Tests played at this venue out of which England has won 33 and lost only 18, the remaining 33 ending in draws. It was at this very venue India made history in 1971 when it first beat England in England and also achieved a series victory over England abroad.

The heroics at that time were provided by Bhagwat Chandrasekhar who twisted the fortunes of the game with a nagging length and accuracy to take 6 for 38 and England crumbled like a pack of cards in its 2nd innings which paved way for India's win.

England's performance at The Oval
	Pld	Won	Lost	Drawn
Aus	33	15	6	12
Ind	8	2	1	5
NZ	9	4	1	4
Pak	7	2	3	2
SA	11	4	-	7
SL	1	-	1	-
WI	15	6	6	3
Total	84	33	18	33

Highest Total
For Eng	903/7 d	vs Aus	5th Test	1938
	594	vs Ind	3rd Test	1998
Ag Eng	708	by Pak	5th Test	1987
	606/9 d	by Ind	3rd Test	1990
There have been in all including the above 20 instances of 500 or more run in an innings out of which England's share is 8 and opponent's 12.

Lowest Total
For Eng	52	vs Aus	3rd Test	1948
	101	vs Ind	3rd Test	1971
Ag Eng	44	by Aus	3rd Test	1896
	98	by Ind	3rd Test	1952
There have been 15 instances (England-3; opponents-12) in which the team have been dismissed for totals of less than 100.

Highest Individual Score
For Eng	364	L Hutton	vs Aus	5th Test	1938
	217	WR Hammond	vs Ind	3rd Test	1936
Ag Eng	291	IVA Richards	for WI	5th Test	1976
	221	SM Gavaskar	for Ind	4th Test	1979
A total of 137 centuries have come at this venue in which England have accounted for 80 as against 57 such instances for the opponents.

Centuries
For England
217	WR Hammond	1936
208	IT Botham	1982
157*	DI Gower	1990
128	TS Worthington	1936
125	G Boycott	1979
119	DS Shepperd	1952
107	AJ Lamb	1982
For India
221	SM Gavaskar	1979
187	RJ Shastri	1990
128	VM Merchant	1946
110	Kapil Dev	1990

Best Match Bowling
For Eng	13/57	SF Barnes	vs SA	3rd Test	1912
Ag Eng	16-220	M Muralitharan	for SL	1st Test	1998
(No ten wickets in a match instance between India/Eng)
Best Innings Bowling
For Eng	9/57	DE Malcolm	vs SA	3rd Test	1994
	7/80	GOB Allen	vs Ind	3rd Test	1936
Ag Eng	9/65	M Muralitharan	For SL	1st Test	1998
	6/38	BS Chandrasekhar	For Ind	3rd Test	1971
A total of 105 instances of 5 or more wickets in an innings have figured out of which England's share is alone 67 as against 38 instances by opponents.

5 or more wickets in an innings
For England
7-80	GOB Allen	1936
5-41	AV Bedser	1952
5-48	FS Trueman	1952
5-70	R Illingworth	1971
5-73	JM Sims	1936
For India
6-38	BS Chandrasekhar	1971
5-75	Surendranath	1959
5-120	Mohamed Nissar	1936

Nineties:
33 instances; 17 for England and 16 for opponents
For England	98	MJK Smith	1959
	95	DW Randall	1982
	94	R Subba Row	1959
	90	APE Knott	1971
For India	97	Kapil Dev	1982

Best Partnership for each wicket: (between INDIA/ENGLAND)
1st wkt	Ind	213	CPS Chauhan/SM Gavaskar	4th Test	1979
	Eng	176	MA Atherton/GA Gooch	3rd Test	1990
2nd wkt	Ind	153	SM Gavaskar/DB Vengsarkar	4th Test	1979
	Eng	118	JT Ikin/DS Shepperd	4th Test	1952
3rd wkt	Ind	167	MJK Smith/R Subba Row	5th Test	1959
	Eng	93	DN Sardesai/AL Wadekar	3rd Test	1971
4th wkt	Ind	139	M Azharuddin/RJ Shastri	3rd Test	1990
	Eng	266	WR Hammond/TS Worthington	3rd Test	1936
5th wkt	Ind	63	VM Merchant/RS Modi	3rd Test	1946
	Eng	151	IT Botham/DW Randall	3rd Test	1982
6th wkt	Ind	130	Kapil Dev/SMH Kirmani	3rd Test	1982
	Eng	92	GA Gooch/RA Smith	3rd Test	1990
7th wkt	Ind	110	Kapil Dev/RJ Shastri	3rd Test	1990
	Eng	103	RA Hutton/APE Knott	3rd Test	1971
8th wkt	Ind	74	Kapil Dev/KS More	3rd Test	1990
	Eng	62	EE Hemmings/RC Russell	3rd Test	1990
9th wkt	Ind	24	KS More/AS Wassan	3rd Test	1990
	Eng	68	RA Hutton/DL Underwood	3rd Test	1971
10th wkt	Ind	30*	ND Hirwani/KS More	3rd Test	1990
	Eng	41	EE Hemmings/DG Malcolm	3rd Test	1990

Best Partnership for each wicket (for all countries)
1st wkt	290	MC Cowdrey/G Pullar	Eng/SA	1960
2nd wkt	451	DG Bradman/WH Ponsford	Aus/Eng	1934
3rd wkt	264	WR Hammond/L Hutton	Eng/WI	1939
4th wkt	266	WR Hammond/TS Worthington	Eng/Ind	1936
5th wkt	191	Imran Khan/Javed Miandad	Pak/Eng	1987
6th wkt	215	J Hardstaff (jr)/L Hutton	Eng/Aus	1938
7th wkt	142	KL Hutchings/J Sharp	Eng/Aus	1909
8th wkt	217	TW Graveney/JT Murray	Eng/WI	1966
9th wkt	190	Asif Iqbal/Intikhab Alam	Pak/Eng	1967
10th wkt	128	K Higgs/JA Snow	Eng/WI	1966