London: James Anderson grabbed his 11th five wicket haul in the longest form of the game, as England won the historic 2000th Test against India by a whopping 196 runs on the fifth and final day at Lord's on Sunday.
Anderson finished with figures of 5/69 as India lost their last three wickets for a mere five runs.
Praveen Kumar (2) was bowled neck and crop by Stuart Broad, before Anderson got back to back wickets of Suresh Raina (78) and Ishant Sharma (1) to settle the issue in favour of the home team.
Kevin Pietersen was declared man of the match for his unbeaten 202 in the first innings.
With this win, England have taken a 1-0 lead in the four match series, as both teams turn their attention to Nottingham for the second Test which starts on Friday.
Tremlett struck for England after the tea break by getting rid of Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni was caught behind by England wicketkeeper Matt Prior for 16.
The visitors lost their seventh wicket when Harbhajan was dimissed for 12. The Indian off spinner skied an attempted pull shot off the bowling of Anderson who took his fourth wicket of the innings as Tremlett completed a fine running catch.
Earlier, Raina brought up his sixth half century, and was involved in an unbroken partnership of 53 with Dhoni.
Raina was unbeaten on 54 and Dhoni was giving him company on 16 at the end of the second session.
Anderson got the all important scalp of Sachin Tendulkar (12) in the post lunch session by trapping the maestro leg before wicket.
The visitors lost the crucial wickets of Rahul Dravid (36), VVS Laxman (56) and Gautam Gambhir (22), and went into lunch at 142/4.
The Indians got off to a poor start on the last day when Dravid who made 36 was caught by Prior off the bowling of James Anderson.
India then lost their fourth wicket when Graeme Swann got rid of Gambhir.
Gambhir lunged forward as the ball hit his pad and umpire Asad Rauf took his time before deciding in the bowler's favour.
James Anderson struck a killer blow for England by getting rid of the well set Laxman for 56. Laxman was caught by Ian Bell at short mid wicket after an attempted pull by the batsman failed to clear Bell.
Earlier on Sunday, a sixth Test hundred by England wicketkeeper Matt Prior, and an unbeaten 74 by Stuart Broad put the hosts in a commanding position.
At stumps on day four, India were 80/1 having lost Abhinav Mukund (12), and still 378 away from their victory target with Dravid (34) and Laxman (32) at the crease.
India had conceded a lead of 190 runs after being bowled out for 286 in reply to the hosts' first inning total of 474.
Prior then went to score his sixth Test ton as England declare their second innings at 269/6 to set India a victory target of 458.
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