England on the attack

Resuming the fourth day still trailing by 338 runs and 139 runs away from saving the follow on, England lasted for half an hour before being dismissed for 345 to concede a 319-runs first innings deficit.

It prompted a difficult decision for India captain Rahul Dravid, who decided to bat on and ensure England bat last on a dry, wearing pitch only to slip to 11 for three before recovering to edge their way slowly to 121 for five by tea, extending their massive lead to 440 runs.

Denied the services of left-arm seamer Sidebottom, who is yet to recover from the side strain he suffered during India's mammoth first innings, England still made early inroads with James Anderson tearing into India's batting.

India's demise began with another contentious lbw decision against opener Wasim Jaffer with umpire Ian Howell, who has made several wrong decisions during the Test, lifting the finger despite the ball looking as if it would comfortably bounce over the stumps.

Hampshire seamer Chris Tremlett, given the new ball in Sidebottom's absence, followed in the next over when Dinesh Karthik edged a ball from outside off stump to Paul Collingwood at second slip.

But the prize wicket fell to Anderson, who bowled Sachin Tendulkar as he pushed forward in probably his last Test innings on English soil to leave India reeling on 11 for three.

Captain Dravid teamed up with Sourav Ganguly to halt the slide with a 65-run partnership dominated by Ganguly, who contributed 57 runs to the stand before being caught at slip off Paul Collingwood.

Durham all-rounder Collingwood also ended Dravid's painstaking innings spanning over two hours for 12 runs in identical circumstances when he pushed forward and edged low to Andrew Strauss at slip.