There were still more than 28 overs of the match remaining when Stuart Broad, rejuvenated in this match, rapped Ishant Sharma, the final batsman, on the pads and saw one final raising of Billy Bowden's crooked finger. The Indian target of 458, set when Andrew Strauss declared after tea on the fourth day, was notional at best with survival the only real option for India, and they were finally dismissed for 261, the last five wickets falling for 36 in 68 deliveries with the new ball after tea.

The sides meet in the second Test which starts on Friday at Trent Bridge, another ground on which England's swing bowlers generally prosper.

This was to be the day on which Jimmy Anderson, surely the world's leading swing bowler, rose to the challenge of bowling England to success by single-handedly removing what many believe to be one of the most powerful middle orders the game has seen since the West Indies' vaunted Three Ws.

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