The result left Southampton in 13th place, one spot above Brighton who also have five points from as many games after their late pressure paid dividends. read more

Barring Lord’s, the series was a closely contested affair and both teams gave it their all. India were ahead in almost all the Test matches, but blinked when it mattered the most as England won the crucial moments. read more

Ashwin aggravated his injury during the fourth Test at Southampton where he copped a lot of criticism for not being able to trouble the England batsmen on a pitch which was conducive for spinners. read more

England were 114 for two in their second innings, a lead of 154 runs, at stumps on the third day of the fifth Test against India at the Oval on Sunday. read more

India captain Virat Kohli has said that his inability to finish the games in both Birmingham and Southampton saw the team hand England an unassailable 3-1 lead in the ongoing five-match series. read more

Although the team gained an upper hand in some sessions of the Test series, the batsmen have been inconsistent and the bowlers, who impressed with their tight lines, failed to zip past the lower-order of the English batsmen. read more

Anderson dismissed Kohli five times in his bleak 2014 tour when he scored 134 runs at an average of 13.4, but the world No 1 Test batsman has come good with a vengeance this time, scoring centuries and three half-centuries, aggregating 593 runs at an... read more

Cook fell to Bumrah for 71 and Ishant dismissed Moeen for 50 after their 73-run second wicket partnership had looked like lifting England to a solid total. The pitch played slow, but India’s pacers were relentless with the old ball. read more

Highlights, India vs England: India dominate Day 1 of the fifth and final Test at the Oval. read more

Before the match, vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane urged a mindset change while playing abroad. India squandered the advantage in Southampton due to poor lower order batting and R Ashwin’s struggle with the ball, which left too much to do against off-spinner... read more

Of the seven matches in South Africa and England together, India have bowled out teams twice in six games, but only two have led to victories as batsmen have fallen short. read more

India went down by 60 runs in the fourth Test at Southampton to give the hosts an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series, the defeat leaving the country’s cricket fraternity disappointed. read more

While India lost yet another Test series away from home following the 60-run defeat in the fourth Test against England at Southampton, head coach Ravi Shastri insisted the current side is better travellers than the teams of the last 15-20 years. read more

India’s lower-order batsmen came unstuck on a dry Ageas Bowl pitch in the fourth Test as off-spinner Moeen Ali took nine wickets by exploiting the rough caused by bowlers’ footmarks. The Oval pitch has some grass, but is dry and is expected to give pacers... read more

In the last five years of playing away from home, India have won 10 Tests, lost 13 and drawn eight. Eight of those 13 losses came in Tests where India were set a fourth-innings target. read more