irmingham, August 13, 2011 (AFP) - James Anderson took four wickets as England became the world's number one Test side with a crushing innings and 242 run victory against India at Edgbaston here on Saturday.
England's second successive win inside four days saw them take the third Test in emphatic fashion and gave them an unbeatable 3-0 lead in this four-match series.
It also meant they'd won this series by the two-match margin they needed to replace India at the top of the ICC's Test Championship table. It is the first time England have occupied pole position since the table's creation in 2003.
India were dismissed for 244 in their second innings after man-of-the-match Alastair Cook's career-best 294 had propelled England to a massive first innings 710 for seven declared -- their highest Test total in 73 years.
Only Sachin Tendulkar offered any top-order resistance on Saturday with 40 before his latest quest to score an unprecedented 100th international hundred ended in unlucky fashion when he was run-out backing up.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni finished on 74 not out and shared a stand of 75 with Praveen Kumar for the eighth wicket, Kumar made 40, his Test-best score coming in just 18 balls with three sixes -- all against off-spinner Graeme Swann -- and five fours. But the gutsy No 9 was merely delaying the inevitable.
India resumed on 35 for one after losing Virender Sehwag for a 'king pair' to Anderson late on Friday.
Anderson then struck twice early on Saturday to remove both Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid for their overnight scores of 14 and 18 respectively. Dravid, caught behind, seemed uncertain as to whether he'd edged the ball but walked off without reviewing the decision.
New batsman Venkatsai Laxman could only manage two before, pushing tentatively outside off-stump, he too fell to Anderson. That meant the 29-year-old Lancastrian had taken three wickets for 16 runs in 27 balls to leave India 56 for four.
Laxman's exit gave Anderson his 237th Test wicket, one more than the late Sir Alec Bedser, also a fast-medium bowler, as he moved up into seventh place in England's all-time list.
Suresh Raina was then lbw for 10 as he misread Swann's arm-ball. Raina summed up India's mental, as well as physical, tiredness by asking for a review of his dismissal even though, thanks to Indian objections to ball-tracking technology, lbw's cannot be referred in this series.
Tendulkar, who had looked in good touch while striking eight fours, was then run-out after Dhoni drove at Swann only for the bowler to deflect the ball onto the non-striker's stumps with the 'Little Master' just shy of his ground.
India reached lunch on 116 for six, having lost five wickets for 81 runs during Saturday's morning session.
And that became 130 for seven when Amit Mishra was well caught by a leaping Stuart Broad at mid-off following a drive against Swann.
Kumar -- primarily a medium-pacer and one of the few India players to show much fight with either bat or ball this series -- was eventually out when he top-edged a pull off seamer Broad and was caught by Ravi Bopara.
Tim Bresnan then ensured an India side boasting one of the world's strongest top-orders, who've yet to make 300 this series, were bowled out inside 56 overs when he dismissed last man Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.
The fourth and final Test at The Oval starts on Thursday.
HERE IS THE STATS OF THIS TEST MATCH
Sent to bat first, Indians were bowled out on 232, and England scored 74/0 on first day. Day 2 saw England racing to 456/3. Day 3 saw England declaring at 710/7 and India losing Sehwag when stumps was called. On Day 4 England needed two sessions to become number one winning by an innings and 272 runs.
Statistics
- Cook scored his second double century and England’s 7th highest test score.
Cook scored highest score at Edgbaston.
Cook spent 772 minutes at crease recording second highest stay by English batsman, after Boycott.
Morgan scored his second Test century.
Bresnan scored his third half-century in tests, second against India.
England recorded their 5th biggest Test victory.
India conceded their third biggest test loss.
India 1st innings
- Gambhir b Bresnan 38 balls 64 balls 7 4s
Sehwag c Prior b Broad 0
Dravid b Bresnan 22 runs 68 balls 3 4s
Tendulkar c Anderson b Broad 1 run 8 balls
Laxman c Broad b Bresnan 30 runs 41 balls 6 4s
Raina b Anderson 4 runs 21 balls
Dhoni c Strauss b Broad 77 runs 96 balls 10 4s 3 6s
Amit Mishra c Prior b Broad 4 runs 13 balls 1 four
Praveen Kumar c Prior b Bresnan 26 runs 39 balls 4 4s 1 six
Ishant Sharma c Cook b Anderson 4 runs 19 balls 1 four
Sreesanth not out 0
Extras (b 4, lb 14) 18
Total (62.2 overs) 224
Fall of wickets
- 1-8 (Sehwag, 1.1 ov), 2-59 (Gambhir, 19.5 ov), 3-60 (Tendulkar, 22.1 ov), 4-75 (Dravid, 26.2 ov), 5-92 (Raina, 33.1 ov), 6-100 (Laxman, 34.4 ov), 7-111 (Mishra, 39.3 ov), 8-195 (Kumar, 53.3 ov), 9-224 (Dhoni, 61.2 ov), 10-224 (Sharma, 62.2 ov)
Bowling
- Anderson 21.2 ov 3 maidens 69/2
Broad 17 ov 6 maidens 53/4
Bresnan 20 ov 4 maidens 62/4
Swann 4 ov 22/0
England 1st innings
- Strauss b Mishra 87 runs 176 balls 13 4s
Cook c Raina b Ishant 294 runs 545 balls 33 4s
Bell b Kumar 34 runs 43 balls 6 4s
Pietersen lbw b Kumar 63 runs 78 balls 9 4s 1 six
Morgan c Sehwag b Raina 104 runs 199 balls 11 4s
Bopara lbw b Mishra 7 runs 15 balls 1 four
Prior c Tendulkar b Mishra 5 runs 11 balls
Bresnan not out 53 runs 75 balls 6 4s 1 six
Extras (b 11, lb 34, w 3, nb 15) 63
Total (188.1 overs) 710/7
Fall of wickets
- 1-186 (Strauss, 55.6 ov), 2-252 (Bell, 70.2 ov), 3-374 (Pietersen, 92.6 ov), 4-596 (Morgan, 160.5 ov), 5-605 (Bopara, 163.4 ov), 6-613 (Prior, 165.6 ov), 7-710 (Cook, 188.1 ov)
Bowling
- Praveen Kumar 40 ov 13 maidens 98/2
Sreesanth 36 ov 4 maidens 158/0
Ishant Sharma 37.1 ov 7 maidens 159/1
Mishra 43 ov 2 maidens 150/3
Raina 28 ov 1 maiden 83/1
Tendulkar 4 ov 17/0
India 2nd innings
- Gambhir c Swann b Anderson 14 runs 42 balls 2 4s
Sehwag c Strauss b Anderson 0
Dravid c Prior b Anderson 18 runs 39 balls 3 4s
Tendulkar run out 40 runs 60 balls 8 4s
Laxman c Prior b Anderson 2 runs 21 balls
Raina lbw b Swann 10 runs 24 balls 2 4s
Dhoni not out 74 runs 79 balls 13 4s
Amit Mishra c Broad b Swann 22 runs 28 balls 4 4s
Praveen Kumar c Bopara b Broad 40 runs 18 balls 5 4s 3 6s
Ishant Sharma lbw b Broad 0
Sreesanth c Pietersen b Bresnan 5 runs 13 balls 1 four
Extras (b 6, lb 6, w 7) 19
Total (55.3 overs) 244
Fall of wickets
- 1-3 (Sehwag, 0.2 ov), 2-35 (Gambhir, 13.1 ov), 3-40 (Dravid, 15.2 ov), 4-56 (Laxman, 21.3 ov), 5-87 (Raina, 28.6 ov), 6-89 (Tendulkar, 32.2 ov), 7-130 (Mishra, 40.5 ov), 8-205 (Kumar, 48.2 ov), 9-221 (Sharma, 50.4 ov), 10-244 (Sreesanth, 55.3 ov)
Bowling
- Anderson 18 ov 3 maidens 85/4
Broad 12 ov 4 maidens 28/2
Bresnan 10.3 ov 3 maidens 19/1
Swann 13 ov 1 maiden 88/2
Pietersen 2 ov 12/0
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