The final hour had been called with India eight down. Survival was well within their grasp but you did not have to go far back in the day for a moment when India seemed to hold a few of the aces.

Fittingly, it was Alastair Cook who walked away from his 161st and final Test match. His first innings of 71 was followed up with a 33rd career hundred of 147. Upon taking the final wicket, Anderson wheeled away before finding Cook and embracing his close friend.

Brief scores:

 England 332 

(Jos Buttler 89, Alastair Cook 71; Ravindra Jadeja 4-79) & 423/8 decl. (Alastair Cook 147, Joe Root 125; Hanuma Vihari 3-37)

 beat 

India 292 

(Ravindra Jadeja 86*, Hanuma Vihari 56; Moeen Ali 2-50) & 345 (KL Rahul 149, Rishabh Pant 114; James Anderson 3-45) by 118 runs.