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12-Aug-2018 17:06:00 GMT
Eng v Ind, 2nd Test, the Lord's, day 4

Woakes and bowlers give England 2-0 lead

England 396 for 7 (Woakes 137*, Bairstow 93, Pandya 3-66, Shami 3-96) beat India 107 (Anderson 5-20, Woakes 2-19) and 130 (Anderson 4-23, Broad 4-44) by an innings and 159 runs

London: England completed a crushing innings and 159-run victory over India at Lord's to take a 2-0 series lead.

James Anderson took 4-23 to finish with nine wickets in the match and Stuart Broad shone with 4-44 as India were bowled out for 130.

The hosts had declared on 396-7, with Chris Woakes finishing on 137 not out, before Anderson reduced India to 17-2.

Rain delayed play twice but India lost wickets regularly and Woakes took the final wicket to secure an emphatic win.

England enjoyed the better of the bowling conditions in the match but India produced two poor batting performances.

Ravichandran Ashwin and Hardik Pandya's 55-run partnership was India's only real stand of the innings and the tourists never looked comfortable under grey skies at Lord's.

Only once has a team come back to overturn a 2-0 deficit to win a Test series - and that was an Australia side that contained Donald Bradman in the 1936-37 Ashes.

Earlier, it was initially attritional for England as they batted on for 37 minutes in the morning, with the hosts adding just 39 runs after resuming on 357-6.

Conditions were also perfect for bowling, with seamer Mohammad Shami beating the edge of Woakes' bat eight times in his first three overs.

Sam Curran eventually began to hit out - swatting a short ball from Shami over deep square leg for six - and once he was caught on the third man boundary, the declaration came.

Given India's struggles against the moving ball on the opening day, when they were dismissed for 107, England could have afforded to declare earlier, particularly as Anderson found movement straight away.

An angled-in delivery took the inside edge of the bat to dismiss Vijay for a pair, before Anderson got the ball to nip back and pin KL Rahul on the crease.

It will be a huge ask for India to save the Test from this position - particularly with captain Virat Kohli struggling with a sore back.

The third Test of the five-match series begins at Trent Bridge on Saturday.


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