Eng vs Ind, 2014 Photos

Moeen Ali, James Anderson Help England Thrash India at Manchester

August 09, 2014 23:43

England completed a thumping win by an innings and 54 runs over Mahendra Singh Dhoni's India to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match Test series in Manchester.

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Alastair Cook's men notched up a thumping win by an innings and 54 runs at Manchester to take an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the five-match Test series against India. (All images AP and AFP)
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After taking a 215-run first innings lead, England bowled India out for 161 in just 43 overs to clinch a thumping victory to go ahead in the series.
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After more than one session being washed out on Day 2, both teams walked out with one eye on the skies with England 85 runs ahead.
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Joe Root (66)and Jos Buttler (55) put on a 134-run stand for the seventh wicket to extend England's first innings lead past 200.
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After going wicket-less for 69.2 overs, Pankaj Singh tasted success finally as he got rid of Joe Root, who was caught behind by MS Dhoni.
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Pankaj Singh went on to claim another wicket as Jos Buttler failed to read a slower delivery from the pacer and chipped it to Pujara at mid-off.
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Stuart Broad came out with an attacking intent and took on Varun Aaron but a nasty bouncer took an edge off his bat and went straight through his helmet.
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After having slammed two big sixes, Broad suffered a nasty blow on the nose.
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The Indian team rallied around as Broad was down on the ground with blood oozing out of his nose after being hit by a nasty bouncer from Aaron.
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Broad had to retire hurt after the horrible hit on the nose. England finished on 367, taking a 215-run first innings lead.
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India suffered an early blow as Chris Woakes trapped Murali Vijay in front of the stumps before teams headed for the tea break. India were 33/1 at tea with Gambhir and Pujara in the middle.
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India began to slip as Gautam Gambhir (18) and Cheteshwar Pujara (17) fell off successive deliveries, leaving the visitors reeling at 53/3.
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Virat Kohli's poor run of form continued as he fell for 7, pushing India to 61/5.
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Broad's absence was hardly felt by the England side who were cruising away towards a massive win at Manchester.
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James Anderson bowled exceptionally well in the absence of his fast-bowling partner as he finished with figures of 2/18 in 9 overs.
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One of India's biggest nemesis in the series, England's 'part-time' spinner Moeen Ali came out all guns blazing against Dhoni and his men once again to account for four crucial Indian wickets.
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Moeen Ali finished with figures of 4/39, picking up wickets of Pujara, Rahane, Dhoni and Jadeja.
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MS Dhoni put up a brief fight before becoming Moeen's fourth victim of the day.
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Ravichandran Ashwin gave India a ray of hope of saving the match with an unbeaten knock of 46 from just 56 balls.
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Chris Jordan got rid of Varun Aaron and Pankaj Singh in two balls to wrap up the Indian innings for 161 and give England the win.
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In a fabulous turnaround since their loss at Lord's, England have now taken a 2-1 lead in the five-match series and will head into the final Test at the Oval (starting on August 15) with the mindset of winning it and sealing the series 3-1.

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