England sealed a 4-0 defeat in India series with an innings and eight run victory at The Oval yesterday as Sachin Tendulkar fell just before a historic 100th international match hundred.
India need 291 to short the bat houses still frustrated England for a quarter-wicket partnership of 144 between Tendulkar, who made 91, and Amit Mishra.
But when Mishra was out for a test-best 84, it was the beginning of a collapse of the seven gates of 21 tracks on the way to 283 as all the tourists to play a second round defeat right.
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Off-spinner Graeme Swann, with a finite slope, in turn, was presented, most of the damage with six for 106 for the pleasure of the majority of the 23 500 sold-out crowd.
Was the first time, England is a sweeping series of four home games since a 4-0 whitewash of the West Indies in 2004.
''We had to work very hard for her,''said the England captain Andrew Strauss BBC radio test match special.
''If you force the follow-up, you're still requires a lot of bowlers, especially on a door stop plate. You put it on. For India on a bowl of 300 and 283 on the door is quite a feat. "
Swann was among five or more doors in a test rounds for the 11th and the first time since high spirits of his five for 62 against Pakistan last year to the Lord.
''It was so long in coming,''said Swann. "I never thought I could get a new one."
India, despite three hundred Rahul Dravid in the series, written in total rarely compete in four tries and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, said:''The problem was that we did not score more than 300 times in the series.
''We tried our best, but we do not have much time together before the series, because players from the West Indies. "
India again on the fifth and final day at 3-129, still 162 runs shy declared first innings of England 6-591, with man-of-the-match, Ian Bell the best Test-235 Kevin Pietersen and 175th
Tendulkar was 25 not out and Mishra not out of eight.
England replaced India at the top of the table in the ICC Test Championship with an innings and 242 run victory at Edgbaston last time, suffered a wicketless morning.
But Tendulkar, whose previous best score in this series was 56 in the second test at Trent Bridge, should be 70 as Alastair Cook fell short leg to take a bat-pad by Swann.
There was also frustration for England and Swann, when Tendulkar was dropped by wicketkeeper Matt, before the 85th
Swann, a breakthrough in Mishra plays for the twist that never came, was rolled slightly exceeded its previous best-50 test against Bangladesh in Chittagong last year.
It was another good effort with the bat Mishra, the 43 first innings of 300 in India with man-of-the-series of Dravid 146 not out, after taking no doors is a very 170 expensive with his leg-spinners.
Tendulkar seemed ready, completed his ton tonne.
But only nine of 38 years was Tim Bresnan IPN to closing.
Australian referee Rod Tucker took his time before raising his finger, with repetition shows the ball just clipped the top of the stump have leg.
Tendulkar departed to a standing ovation after his best result of the series.
He hit about four hours, 172 balls with 11 fours before.
Wickets then fell LBW to Suresh Raina Swann completed a pair of 42 balls, before Dhoni led loosely Stuart Broad, armed with the new ball and was caught by Swann in the pages of the three.
Man-of-series-Large, England with 25 doors and 182 runs and had RP Singh caught behind a duck.
Gautam Gambhir Swann away, stuck in the throat, then the game ended with bowling last man Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.
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