Brilliant England trample over inept India

Aug 01, 2011

Praveen Kumar dismissed Matt Prior early on the fourth day•Associated Press

Stuart Broad was even more ruthless, and smashed 44 off 32 balls•AFP

But Rahul Dravid wasn't so lucky; he nicked Stuart Broad to the keeper and India were under greater pressure•Getty Images

But bounce claimed two more wickets, as Abhinav Mukund and Suresh Raina showed poor technique against the short ball•Getty Images

Yuvraj was eventually extracted by another telling bouncer from Bresnan•Getty Images

But he was dismissed by his bugbear James Anderson, signalling the end of India's resistance•Getty Images

England only need draws in the next two matches to claim the No. 1 ranking•Getty Images

Tim Bresnan reached his half-century and continued to dominate the Indian bowling•Associated Press

Praveen finished with four wickets but England had amassed 544 by the time they were bowled out, a lead of 477•AFP

England struck another telling blow soon after lunch, as VVS Laxman had his stumps messed up by James Anderson•Getty Images

Tendulkar kept going for his strokes, especially in front of the wicket•Getty Images

And MS Dhoni's horror Test ended with a first-ball duck, padding up to an indipper from Bresnan's next ball•Getty Images

Harbhajan Singh showed no sign of his stomach injury and slogged some quick runs too•Getty Images

Abhinav Mukund was dropped by Tim Bresnan first ball; he was dismissed first ball in the first innings•Getty Images

Sachin Tendulkar came out with a positive frame of mind ... •Getty Images

Yuvraj Singh was not very comfortable, but hung on grimly as England pressed for the win•Getty Images

Tendulkar was batting on a different plane, and brought up a fighting half-century•Getty Images

But India's tail eventually folded up, and fittingly, Broad got the last wicket•Getty Images