Roderick Easdale trawls through the Test match record books as England prepare for their milestone encounter with India next month

On their knees: batsmen Michael Kasprowicz and Brett Lee are distraught as Australia fall two runs short at Edgbaston in 2005
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The first Test against India at Edgbaston starting on August 1 will be England’s 1,000th. Of their 999 matches thus far, 357 have been won by England and 297 lost. England’s most frequent opponent has been Australia with 346 matches (108 won, but 144 lost) followed by West Indies, wit...