India were certainly cautious after lunch, as Virender Sehwag bowled on a leg-side line at Hayden with up to four men on the boundary ropes on that side of the wicket.

BBC: India beat Aussies to win series

Having already added 44 overnight, they had stretched that to 127 in 31 overs when Robin Martin-Jenkins trapped Berg leg before playing across the line to claim his sixth wicket of the match and 22nd of the season - only one fewer than he managed throughout 2009.

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But, the very next ball, England's talismanic all-rounder was also heading back to the pavilion, the victim of a poor decision by Tiffin when trapped by a Zaheer delivery that pitched outside the line of leg-stump.

BBC: Dismal England thrashed by India