HEADINGLEY — England's Ollie
Robinson struck four times with the second new ball as the hosts thrashed India
by an innings and 76 runs to level the series on day four of the third
cricket test at Headingley on Saturday.
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Resuming on an overnight score of 215–2,
the visitors crashed to 278 all out before lunch, with the Indian middle-order
once again failing miserably against the pace and guile of the England fast
bowlers.
Cheteshwar Pujara (91) was the first to be
dismissed, shouldering arms to a Robinson in-swinger that was given out leg before
wicket on review, before captain Virat Kohli (55) edged one to Joe Root soon
after completing his half-century.
Ajinkya Rahane's dismissal for 10 off James
Anderson all but ended India's hopes of overhauling the England lead, with Ravindra
Jadeja's late flourish of 30 offering some entertainment but eventually being
in vain.
Robinson, who was named player of the
match, finished with figures of 5–65, while Craig Overton chipped in with three
wickets.
Kohli put the collapse down to scoreboard
pressure, saying it was a tall order to come back into the game after conceding
a huge first-innings lead.
"We did well to stay in the game
yesterday, fight back as much as we could and gave ourselves a chance. But the
pressure today was outstanding from the England bowlers," he said.
Opting to bat on day one, India was all out
for 78, undone by a superb spell of new-ball bowling by veteran Anderson.
In reply, England, led by skipper Root's
wonderful 121 and half-centuries by Rory Burns, Haseeb Hameed and Dawid Malan, was
bowled out for 432, claiming a 354-run lead.
Kohli added: "Quite bizarre (the first
innings), it can happen in this country ... we thought the pitch was good to
bat on, coming on nicely. But the discipline forced mistakes... it's difficult
to cope when you're not scoring runs."
Root praised his team for the win after
they were comprehensively outplayed in the second test at Lord's.
"It was a fantastic, clinical
performance... look at the talent in the dressing room, we know we're capable,
we just have to be more consistent. And yesterday, to hold the rate and build pressure,
when it wasn't going for us – we knew with the second new ball we always had an
opportunity today."
The fourth test starts at The Oval on
Thursday with the series tied 1–1.
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