India Claim Fifth Test Win in England
Chris Tremlett took three wickets but this did not stop India giving England a thumping with a seven-wicket victory in the second npower Test at Trent Bridge.
India needed just 63 to win and got them with 7 wickets to spare.
Tremlett is all of a sudden being hailed in the UK newspapers as the new England saviour, they would be better off concentrating on the fact that they just lost a test match by 7 wickets.
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was also fined 50% of his match fee for shoulder-barging Michael Vaughan, not cricket I say !
India's openers were soon into their stride with Karthik, clipping Jimmy Anderson off the back foot to the boundary.
Jaffer followed by hitting Ryan Sidebottom for four in the next over after which Karthik played off the back foot again and cut Anderson for another four.
After adding 37 India's progress was slowed when Pietersen caught a short ball from Tremlett to get Jaffer out.
Tremlett then had Karthik caught above his head by wicketkeeper Matt Prior.
This meant that Rahul Dravid and Tendulkar but Tremlett soonput an end to the partnership with his third wicket for three runs in 27 balls when Tendulkar knocked the ball straight to Alastair Cook at short leg.
Two overs later India completed their victory, however, when Tremlett attempted a yorker and deceived everybody, in particular Sourav Ganguly, to go for four byes.
So Tremlett ended up with impressive figures, but that’s hardly a consolation for a well-beaten England side.
Well done India, bring on Australia !
Surprisingly, this was only India's fifth Test victory on English soil. The final match will be at The Oval in south-west London.
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