ICC Women's World Cup 2017: 10 facts about India-England Final

London, July 21: India and England will battle it out in the final of the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 on Sunday (July 23). The match starts at 3 PM IST (Live on Star Sports).

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Ahead of the final here are 10 facts about the title decider at Lord's Cricket Ground

# India have reached a World Cup final for only the second time in their history; they came up short in 2005 against Australia.

# England are hosts of the 2017 World Cup; they won it on both previous occasions they hosted the tournament (1973 & 1993).

# If India win this match, they'll become only the fourth nation to ever win a World Cup (Australia on six occasions, England have won it three times whilst New Zealand won this tournament in 2000).

# England have won their last two World Cup finals; seeing off New Zealand in 1993 and 2009.

# India come into this game having won 16 of their 19 One Day International matches in 2017 (L3); whilst England have claimed victory in seven of their eight ODI outings during this calendar year, that sole loss coming in the most recent encounter against India however.

# These sides have met twice before in ODI cricket at Lord's; each side claiming one victory apiece (one fixture was also abandoned).

# Three of the last four World Cup finals have been won by the side to bat first.

# Mithali Raj (India) has scored more runs than anyone else against England in ODI cricket (1,605) and has the highest average of anybody to register 20+ innings against them (48.6).

# Harmanpreet Kaur posted 171* during India's semi-final versus Australia; only 3 players have ever recorded a higher innings score in the history of the competition.

# Natalie Sciver (England) is the only player to register more than one century during the 2017 World Cup.

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