India vs England, 5th Test: Day 5 at The Oval, London
Sports | Sep 11, 2018, 11:30 PM ISTJames Anderson became the most successful fast-bowler in Test history by claiming the final wicket to clinch England's 118-run victory.
James Anderson became the most successful fast-bowler in Test history by claiming the final wicket to clinch England's 118-run victory.
India stared at an embarrassing defeat after Alastair Cook's fairytale farewell knock and Joe Root's classy hundred enabled England to pile more misery on the visitors during the penultimate day of the fifth Test.
Curran anchored the England innings with a determined 78 as he shared 81 runs with Moeen Ali (40) and 63 runs with Stuart Broad (17) for the seventh and ninth wickets respectively.
Virat Kohli kept up his brilliant summer form by hitting 103 before setting England a world-record target of 521 to win the third Test.
India tightened their grip on the third Test on Sunday by taking 10 England wickets in one session before reaching 124/2 at stumps.
England beat India at Lord's in the second Test by an innings and 159 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Woakes struck his first Test century to guide England to 357/6 and a commanding 250-run lead over top-ranked India.
Despite rain consuming the larger part of play, England started the second Test on a bright note as they bundled out India for 107 in the first innings, courtesy of James Anderson's 5/20.
Kohli's 149, which will rank amongst one of the finest hundreds by an Indian batsman on English soil, enabled the visitors to reach 274 thereby bringing down the first innings deficit to only 13 runs.
Joe Root (80 runs off 156 balls, 9x4s) scored an unbeaten 41st Test half-century, but the English innings completely got derailed after his dismissal.
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