5th Test Day 3 ENG 486 bt IND 148 & 94 by innings & 244 runs

How the series turned for England

• England started the day on 385/7
• Root ends 149 not out, was bowled off no ball by Sharma 
• Went on to make 5th test ton
• ENG 486, Lead 338 (101 added this morning)
• IND 94 all out - England win by an innings & 244 runs & take series 3-1.

Presentation: Joe Root is named as Man of the Match: "It's always nice to score runs and you want to score as many as you can, but to finish like we did today was really pleasing.

We've had to show a lot of character since Lord's and dig deep. I enjoy batting at five [since Australia], it's nice to score runs and win again. I think I got into a place where I was just looking to survive but I'm trying to put pressure on the bowlers again.

It's still very exciting, just the start of being a really strong side, hopefully we can build on this, even though it's a long time until we play Test cricket again.
 

James Anderson is named England's Man of the Series (nominated by Duncan Fletcher): "We've fought back really well, there's been some good performances through the series. I think I'm in a good place with the ball, I think the way all four seamers have bowled in the last few Test has been hugely impressive. 

We wanted the nicks to carry, after the first couple of games. When you feel like you have an edge over a batsman, it does help as a bowler. It's hard work over a long series, so credit to the guys. The batsmen have done a great job for us since Southampton, scoreboard pressure is a great thing. I was worried about the how the body would cope with these five Tests, it's gone all right, so I'll get in shape for next year and see how it goes. 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is India's Man of the Series (nominated by Peter Moores): "It's tough but we have to look forward to the next series. We were hoping to win the series but in a five-match series it is hard to maintain your performances. 

The body is a bit tired but it was a good experience, playing in England, it was a great experience and I hope I do well in future. Bowlers want to bowl well here, trying to focus on line and length and I'm pleased I had success." 

India captain MS Dhoni: "We've lost a lot of confidence over the five-Test series, it is disappointing, there will be many experiences which the youngsters will learn - not too many have played Tests away from home and hopefully they can take that it into the future. Right from the start, our batsmen never really performed, the lower order helped out.

That blurred the performance of the top order, just scoring 150-60 runs will not put pressure on the home team. It's demanding but the wickets were good, nice pace and bounce - in the overcast conditions the fast bowlers get swing and the English bowlers were very consistent.

The batting unit felt the pressure of not scoring, that's what you have to do in Test cricket, absorb pressure. If we went it with Rohit, the difficulty was who to leave out, whatever we could have done, we tried - a bit more application from the batsmen and it would have been better. The first couple of Test matches were good for us, so there is no point in playing practice games later in the series.

A five-Test series was very demanding, you could see with Bhuvnesh, the effects on him but we couldn't replace him. It's important to know where your off stump is, our playing XI didn't have many Tests, so we are lacking experience but until they play international cricket, they won't get that. It's important to play here, learn lessons and come back strong. T

he one-day format, we have some new players coming in and it's not as demanding. It's important we leave the Test behind and enjoy the ODIs and T20.

England captain Alastair Cook "It was an amazing performance, to win like we've won after what happened at Lord's, the [players the staff can take an enormous amount of credit. All summer, before we won at Southampton, we played good cricket in patches and then let it go after an hour or so.

To maintain pressure like we did in the last few games was impressive. It's good to have the support of the guys throughout the tough times and then enjoy the good times. I think at Southampton, the first day, to win the toss - we made a good decision to bat, Gary going on to get a hundred and the Belly following it up.

When you score runs, with our bowling attack in these conditions, it's hard for the opposition. It's a shame [no Tests until April], they'll be very different conditions in West Indies.

We have a lot of Test cricket after that. We have to enjoy tonight, look at how we have got things to click and then take it on. In sport, you have tough times, it's the character you need to show to bounce back. The support has been fantastic, from the families as well, means we can go out and play some good cricket."

Rampant England thrashed India inside three days in the fifth Test to complete a 3-1 series victory.

The pitiful tourists were skittled out for 94 in only 29.2 overs as England won by an innings and 244 runs at The Oval.

After James Anderson and Stuart Broad broke through with the new ball, Chris Jordan took four of the last five wickets to kick-start the celebrations in the south London sunshine.

England had earlier plundered a broken India for 101 runs in 11.3 overs to post 486 in reply to India's first-innings 148, with Joe Root making an unbeaten 149.

Their third successive victory capped an extraordinary turnaround since the hosts were beaten by 95 runs in the second Test at Lord's to go 1-0 behind in the series.

That defeat took England's winless streak to 10 matches, following a 5-0 Ashes whitewash in Australia and a first home series defeat by Sri Lanka.

Since then, England have won by 266 runs in Southampton and an innings and 54 runs in Manchester before taking their dominance to even higher levels at The Oval.

India's total was their lowest at The Oval and the first time they have been bowled out for less than 100 since 2008.

England's brutal assault with the bat on Saturday evening and Sunday morning left India facing the improbable tasking of scoring 338 just to make the hosts bat again.

And they made a miserable start by losing both openers cheaply before rain forced an early lunch.

Murali Vijay was trapped lbw by Anderson for two and Gautam Gambhir was run out for three when he set off for a single, turned back and was beaten by a direct hit from Chris Woakes.

After a delay of an hour-and-a-half, normal service was resumed.

Anderson had Chesteshwar Pujara caught behind, Ajinkya Rahane was brilliantly caught by Gary Ballance at slip off Stuart Broad and captain Mahendra Dhoni glanced Woakes to short leg.

Jordan then took over with three wickets in two overs. Virat Kohli's wretched series continued when he edged to Alastair Cook at first slip for 20 before Ravichandran Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar also fell to outside edges.

Varun Aaron was run out attempting a second run and the match was ended when Ishant Sharma fended a short ball from Jordan into the air, enabling Moeen Ali to walk in from silly point and take a simple catch.

WICKET - Jordan c Dhoni b Ishant 20 (Eng 400-8)

All happening. One ball after Root moves to three figures, Ishant Sharma strikes to remove Chris Jordan. A good ball, a hint of movement, a little feather through to MS Dhoni. The game moves on and we're about to get a look at the broken nose of Stuart Broad.

WICKET! Broad c Kohli b Sharma 37 FOW: 463/9

Broad has gone for 37 from 21 balls. It was a bad decision, not that it really matters. He punched a short one from Ishant to slip, but his glove was a long way off the bat when he did so. Oh well. England lead by 315

WICKET! Anderson LBW b Ashwin 1 FOW: 486 all out 

Anderson is given out LBW to Ashwin. It looked a bit leg side, but what the hell. Root is left on 149 not out, a masterful innings for a wonderful and infectious cricketer. Even at this stage, you'd put your house on him scoring 10,000 Test runs. 

• IND 2nd Innings, collapse again from the tourists. 94 all out 

WICKET! Vijay lbw Anderson 2 FOW 6/1 Oh yes. Too good for Murali Vijay. Outswinger, outswinger, outswinger, outswinger ... and can you guess what comes next? Murali cannot, or at least, he cannot do anything about it if he can. It's our old friend the inswinger, and it's smashed into Vijay's pads. Looks bang on LBW to me, although the Indian opener seems unsure and unhappy. That's neither here nor there, because the umpire has the finger up. It's going on to hit middle and leg, couple of inches from the top and you can't say fairer than that. Brilliant bowling from Anderson, bringing the batsmen across, across, across with the outswinger and the wider outswinger, and then applying the coup de grace with a hooping in-ducker. 

WICKET! Gambhir run out FOW 9/2 Brilliant from Chris Woakes! Gambhir turns it into the leg side, sets off for a single that is never there, in fact there's not even a half a single there. Gambhir turns, not especially athletically, and tries to get back. But Woakes has swooped and thrown down the stumps with a ferocious laser-like throw. Wonderful cricket from Chris Woakes. Gambhir has gone. And what makes it even worse, the rain starts as Gambhir trudges off.

WICKET! Pujara c Buttler b Anderson 11 FOW 30/3 Oh dear, sorry Mr Pujara. Cursed him there. But no blame attaches to Pujara for this. It's a perfect delivery, it's in the channel, it just nibbles away enough and takes the thin edge. Not a lot you can do about that, Cheteshwar.

WICKET! Rahane c Ballance b Broad 4 FOW 45/4 The decision to stick with Broad for another over pays off as he finds the edge and Gary Ballance takes a stone-cold snorter of a catch at third slip, diving down low to his left and snaffling it an inch from the ground. England can do no wrong at the moment. What a wonderful catch. 

WICKET! Dhoni c Robson b Broad 0 FOW 46/5 The Indian captain has been doughty with the bat in this series but he won't be holding England up today. Brisk ball from Woakes, didn't seem to do much other than perhaps bounce a tad more than Dhoni was expecting. He tries to turn it to leg, gets the inside edge onto the thigpad and it pops up nicely for short leg. Well bowled Woakesy.

WICKET! Kohli c Cook b Jordan 20 FOW: 62/6 Virat Kohli's miserable series is over. Jordan turns him round with a beautiful full-length delivery that takes the edge and is safely caught by Cook at first slip. Kohli's scores fewer runs in the series than Joe Root did in the first innings: 134 at an average of 13.40.

WICKET! Ashwin c Bell b Jordan 7 FOW: 70/7 Too easy. Ashwin edges a big drive to Ballance at third slip. He can't hold on to a hot one but fumbles it up in the air and Bell takes the catch. 

WICKET! Kumar c Bell b Jordan 4 FOW: 74/8 This is pathetic. Kumar snicks a loose drive straight to Bell at second slip, and Jordan has his third wicket.

WICKET! Aaron run out 1 FOW: 84/9 It gets worse. Aaron comes back for a ridiculous second, and Buttler acrobatically breaks the stumps. Really good cricket from Buttler, but there are scarcely any words to describe how diabolical India have been. A couple spring to mind, but this is a family website and all that.

WICKET! Sharma c Ali b Jordan 2. India 94 all out. Six slips, short leg and silly point in place for Sharma as Jordan charges in from the Pavilion End - the number 11 spirals the ball into the air and is caught by Moeen Ali at silly point. The game is up.