First Jimmy Anderson, and then Moeen Ali, bowled England to victory in the third Test almost before many of the excellent last-day crowd who turned up had managed to get into the ground, following traffic chaos. About 10 minutes remained of the morning session when the off-spinner Moeen beat the tentative bat of India’s last man Pankaj Singh and hit the stumps.

India had offered scant resistance: no heroics on a surface that, as all good cricket pitches should, offered help to the bowlers, spin and seam alike, on the final day. The groundsman at the Ageas Bowl can take a bow for that.

All-round skills of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja came to the fore just at the right time for India. The duo first helped India draw the Trent Bridge Test and now has driven the team into a win. India clinched their first Test win at the historic Lord`s in nearly three decades as they rode on Ishant Sharma`s inspired spell of fast bowling to demolish England by 95 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the five match series here on Monday.