England vs India, 4th Investec Test at Manchester, , Aug 07 2014 - Match Result

So a bonus couple of days off here, and just as well because we would just have been watching the rain fall tomorrow - reminds me of England's victory at Adelaide in 2010. England have the lead in the series heading to the fifth and final Test at The Oval, which starts on Friday. We'll be back then, as ever, for the best live coverage. Until then, stay online for the most comprehensive analysis and reaction from Old Trafford and make sure you're logged in again on Friday, 11am BST, for the fifth Test match, bye for now...

Presentation time, Michael Atherton has had to scramble together his notes. Explain this one MS Dhoni: "I think even in the first innings we weren't up to the mark in the batting department. I feel so far in the series our batting had not really clicked. We need to get better. It's a difficult one to know what's gone wrong. A few of them are going through a lean patch. Outside India, this group has gone well until here. The wickets have been good for batting but we haven't applied ourselves. Consistently we are exposing Pujara to facing the new ball, our openers are not getting partnerships. Virat, it's something he has to go through, I personally feel he is middling the ball but you do go through these patches."

Alastair Cook is the winning captain: "You don't often get nine wickets in a session. The buzz was fantastic. We didn't think we'd get it done but it's great to do it today. Jimmy hasn't been very well, so for him to bowl like he did, and not having Stuart, was a great effort. The work Moeen is doing, I've never seen a bloke learn as much in such a short space of time. When the wicket has had something in it, he's been fantastic. It was outstanding bowling on the first morning and we really got ahead of the game."

The Man of the Match is Stuart Broad, for his six first-innings wickets, who's actually in hospital! He's got a broken nose and Cook says "fingers crossed" that he hasn't broken a cheek bone. Touch and go for The Oval it sounds. England will also hope Anderson recovers from his illness.

What a turnaround for England since Lord's. They have found form with the bat, putting up a stackful of runs at the Ageas Bowl and plenty here too. We questioned whether they could follow up the perfect Test but they've made a pretty good fist of it here with victory in little over 10 sessions really. They have found their swing with the ball, quite literally, and in Moeen Ali have an absolute bonus, he's penning himself into the XI for a while to come. Another match-winning spell here and now 19 wickets in the series.

Siddhesh: "Just when you think it can't get worse, it does. I thought 8 for 4 was humiliating, but nine wickets in a single session probably tops it. Pathetic."

Cheers Ashley! England fans will want you on commentary a bit more! What an evening session that has been for England, rampant. India totally embarrassed here. They knew the rain was coming but they didn't give it a chance to save them thanks to their hideous collapse.

And that's the end of the Test match, after just two and a half days, that too after a second day where more than half of the overs were lost. Crushing win for England, who go 2-1 up, and India have barely any positives they can take from this game. Ashley's left us to get prepped for Match Point, so it will be Alex Winter to see you through to the presentation.

Ayush: "AG, Joe Root has impressed all of us with his temperament and technique..Do you see him as a future England Captain?"

AG: I would think Root is one of the candidates. He's extremely mature, thinks about the game well. But for now, needs to concentrate on his run-scoring

Andy Smith: "What has Jordan brought to test cricket that Bresnan didn't ?"

AG: Both of them are very good cricketers, and can bat, bowl and field. Jordan probably has a little more pace now, but Bresnan has the experience. Looks like they're going with developing the youth of Jordan at the moment.

Faizan: "AG, Anderson dismissed Sachin a number of times. Now he seems to have gotten Kohli's number. What makes him so effective, especially when it comes to dismissing the best batsman in the Indian lineup?"

AG: Someone who's got coming up towards 400 Test wickets has dismissed a lot of very good players. Anderson's main attribute is the ability to swing the ball both ways and do this from a consistently attacking line