James Anderson inspired England to a famous fifth day win over India in the first Test, paving the way for a 227-run victory with an astonishing spell of reverse swing in Chennai. Leach got England up and running with an early blow for his team, prising out India’s most reliable blocker, Cheteshwar Pujara, in his fourth over. India recovered well from that setback, with Gill moving to 50 but that ushered Anderson to the table after 13 overs of waiting. Disguising his action carefully, he tailed the next one in sharply, toppling the off stump as Gill left a tell-tale gap between bat and pad. Rory Burns held on to Shahbaz Nadeem at the second attempt to give Leach his fourth success of the innings.

Source: The Irish Times February 09, 2021 12:04 UTC