London, July 25: England won the historic 2000th Test match, their hundredth against India, by 196 runs on the final day at Lord’s powered by a James Anderson five-for. England now lead the four-match series 1-0. The England pacers, led by Anderson, bowled India out for 261 runs in the second innings to wrap up the landmark Test.

With 378 runs required on the final day of the first Test match, India needed Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman to stay at the crease as long as they could to save the match. If their 61-run partnership yesterday was any indicator, the duo looked up to the job at hand until the former fell to a loose shot; the veteran batsman nicked a delivery pitched outside the off-stump by James Anderson to the wicketkeeper. A little while before, Dravid (on 35 runs) survived a half-chance off Tremlett as Ian Bell failed to hold on to a catch. Unlike in the first innings when he went on to make an unbeaten century after being dropped in the 30s, Dravid perished here without making a big impact.

Sensing victory, the England bowlers came out hard at the Indian batsmen in the morning. A few overs after Dravid’s departure, Laxman pulled one straight to the midwicket off Anderson. The Hyderabad batsman, who scored 56 runs, had survived a tight decision earlier, saved by an umpire review while on 48 runs.

The very next over saw Graeme Swann claim Gautam Gambhir lbw and that brought out Suresh Raina a little sooner than India would have liked.

With the top four batsmen back in the dressing room, India were tottering at 142 runs for the loss of four wickets at lunch.

The England bowlers never let go of the advantage and got the key wicket of Sachin Tendulkar soon after lunch. Anderson dismissed Tendulkar lbw for 12, relieving Andrew Staruss of the guilt of dropping the maestro a little earlier. Never looking comfortable as he kept dabbing at the ball, Tendulkar scored just one run in 40 balls after surviving an lbw off Stuart Broad earlier in his innings.

With the dismissal of Tendulkar, Indian skipper MS Dhoni joined Raina at the crease. Playing in testing conditions, Raina reached his half-century in the second session. At tea, India were five down for 218 runs with the last recognised batting pair - Raina and Dhoni - out in the middle and 44 overs of play still left.

The two looked good for the long haul as they built a partnership worth 60 runs. But the skipper fell to a poor shot, chasing a Chris Tremlett delivery. With Dhoni gone, the Indian tail was prematurely exposed with the second new ball still darting around.

With two Test centuries under his belt, Harbhajan Singh walked out to join Raina who was battling it out in the middle. To add colour to the otherwise dull Indian innings, Harbhajan Singh launched into the England bowling hitting a couple of boundaries. But he too was sent back by Anderson after being dropped, and surviving a strong lbw appeal, off Broad previously.

After a fabulous two days with the bat and ball (74 not out and a four-for ), Broad was less fortunate on the final day as catches off his bowling were missed and leg-before appeals denied. The pacer finally picked the wicket in the only foolproof way possible – crashing the ball into the woodwork of the batsman. When Praveen Kumar walked back bowled, India were nine wickets down.

Anderson followed up with the crucial wicket of Suresh Raina in the next over, in the process completing his 11th five-wicket haul. Broad then wrapped up the Indian innings with the wicket of Ishant Sharma, giving the hosts a confidence-boosting 1-0 lead.

Brief scores (At end of Day 3): England 1st innings 474/8 in 131.4 overs decl.(Kevin Pietersen 202, M Prior 71, Praveen Kumar 5/106), India 1st innings 286 all out in 95.5 overs (Rahul Dravid 103*, Abhinav Mukund 49, Stuart Broad 4/37, C Tremlett 3/80). England 2nd innings 269/6 in 71 overs decl. (Matt Prior 103*, Stuart Broad 74*, Ishant Sharma 4/59), India 2nd innings 261 all out in 96.3 overs (Suresh Raina 78, VVS Laxman 56, J Anderson 5/65 , S Broad 3/57)

Man-of-the-Match: Kevin Pietersen for his magnificent, unbeaten innings of 202 in England’s first innings that gave the hosts the advantage in the Test

Recap:

Day 4 - An unbeaten century from Matt Prior, and 74 not out by Stuart Broad, took the advantage away from India after Ishant Sharma (four for 59) had put England on the back-foot with three wickets in the first session. With a 162-run stand, the right-left batting pair helped England set India a target of 458 runs for victory.

Day 3 - After missing out on a century by five runs on debut in 1996 at Lord’s, Rahul Dravid scored his first ton here, earning a mention in the famous Lord’s honours board. The redoubtable batsman remained unbeaten on 103 runs at the close of the visitors’ innings (286 all out). If Dravid was the man for India on the day, Stuart Broad was the pick of the English bowlers. The pacer, who was under pressure at the start of the match to justify his place in the playing eleven, claimed four wickets, including that of an ominous-looking Sachin Tendulkar (34).

Day 2 - A bright and sunny second day of the first Test saw Praveen Kumar swing the ball to claim his first five-for and Kevin Pietersen score his third double century after surviving a few close calls early on at Lord’s.

Day 1 - Rain brought an early stop to the first day’s play of the 100th Test match between England and India. The hosts had made a steady start, posting a total of 127 runs for the loss of two wickets, before bad weather forced the players to get off the field in the 50th over of the day. The day also saw India lose their key bowler, Zaheer Khan, to a hamstring injury.