run win over the world's top-ranked side India at Lord's Monday after James Anderson cut through its middle order with five for 65. Anderson captured the prize wicket of Sachin Tendulkar (12) after dismissing India's two other most accomplished batsman Rahul Dravid (36) and Vangipurappu Laxman (56) in the 2,000th Test match and the 100th between the two countries. Kevin Pietersen was named Man of the Match for his unbeaten double century in the first innings. Tendulkar, 38, who has scored a world record 14,738 test runs, has never made more than 37 at Lord's and is still one century short of becoming the first person to tally 100 international hundreds. India was intent on saving the game in the absence of the injured Virender Sehwag, their one player who could have taken the game away from the opposition. Instead it pinned its hopes on the proven class and techniques of Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman to mount a rearguard action. But the Indians failed to stop the home side from taking a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series. England will overtake India in the rankings if it wins the series by at least a two-match margin. “The bowling unit was outstanding all the way through the Test match. The way the bowlers stuck to their task today was an outstanding performance. The wicket was fairly flat and they had to build pressure and be patient,” England captain Andrew Strauss said. “We had to work hard, India didn't give anything away. India are a very, very good side and showed glimpses of it in this test, I'm sure they'll improve,” Strauss said. His Indian counterpart, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, said the absence of injured spearhead fast bowler Zaheer Khan had been “a big blow”. But he added: “It's a long series, we have three more tests to go and more exciting cricket left. Fingers crossed for Trent Bridge.” The series continues with the second Test at Trent Bridge starting Friday. __
