Statistical highlights of the fourth one-dayer between India and England at Lord's.
# Suresh Raina (84 off 75 balls) recorded his highest innings against England, eclipsing the 81 not out at Faridabad on March 31, 2006.
# Raina's fifth half-century against England is his 17th in ODIs.
# Raina registered his first half-century in 17 ODI innings in 2011 - his previous highest was 43 against West Indies at Port of Spain on June 6, 2011.
# Raina's sixth Man of the Match award in ODIs is his second against England.
# Ian Bell's 54 off 73 balls is his fourth fifty against India - his 19th in ODIs.
# Ravi Bopara (96 off 111 balls) posted his career-best innings in ODIs. Bopara's knock is his sixth fifty in ODIs - his third against India.
# Bopara received his third Man of the Match award in ODIs.
# India (280-5) registered their second highest total at Lord's - the highest is 326 for eight against England on July 13, 2002.
# The 169-run partnership between Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian record for any wicket at Lord's, surpassing the 131 (unbroken) between Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh for the fifth wicket against England on June 29, 2002.
# The stand is India's highest for the fifth wicket against England in ODIs, eclipsing the 142 between Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina at Margao on April 3, 2006.
# Dhoni, for the first time, has posted two consecutive half-centries in England in ODIs - 69 against England at The Oval and an unbeaten 78 at Lord's.
# Dhoni registered his fifth fifty against England - his 40th in ODIs. He is averaging 52.92 as captain, aggregating 3758 runs in 106 matches, including four centuries and 26 fifties.
# India and England have contested their second tied game in ODIs - the first was played at Bangalore on February 27, 2011.
# The tied game is the 25th in the history of ODIs. India have played five tied games in ODIs - two each against England and Zimbabwe and one against the West Indies.
# England have won eight bilateral series out of the last nine played.
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