Spectators are about watch a match in Lords today that is going to be historic match from many angles. It is 2000^th Cricket Test Match and it is proper that it is hosted at Lords stadium that is called Mecca of cricket. The five day match between India and England is sold out and the fans of both teams are keenly anticipating a great test match between the two formidable teams.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born in Bombay on 24^th April 1973.  He began his cricket career at Sharadashram Vidyamandir High School in Bombay under the coaching of Ramakant Achrekar. When he was 15 years and 232 days old, Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten century in his debut first class match for Bombay against Gujarat on 11^th December 1988, making him the youngest player to score a century on first class debut.

India is again all set for another tour in the same season after a successful victory against West Indies this summer. India went to West Indies for a long tour and played plenty of matches over there. Indian team was full of new players and fans were not hopeful of the performance but even then being World champion they managed to play a wonderful cricket. This also made it very clear to cricket world that India has a lot of backup available and this team is not only dependent on few stars.

India is again going to have a long tour in England with conventional players. This tour will consist of 4 test matches to start the tournament followed by only T20 match and 5 ODIs. This will be a tough contest between both the sides as both the teams are in wonderful spirits. England has recently won a close ODI series against Sri Lanka in which both the teams performed very well but in game some has to win while other has to lose and same happened in last exciting ODI matches.

The detailed schedule of matches along with timings are given below: