Ashwin Destroys England As India Seal Innings Win Despite Anderson Milestone

• Fifth Test, day three: England 219 & 195 all out; India 477
• Jimmy Anderson takes 700th Test wicket in heavy defeat

On the day that Jimmy Anderson celebrated mountain goat status, England’s expedition ended in outright failure, a harrowing second avalanche of wickets at the hands of India’s majestic spinners turning a tour of missed opportunities into a full-blown 4-1 thumping.

Just 13 minutes into a third day that slipped its carabiner and positively unspooled thereafter came one moment to cherish for the tourists. Anderson became the first and – given the format’s direction of travel – likely the last seamer in the history of Test cricket to reach 700 wickets when Kuldeep Yadav tickled an edge behind.