Cook rejoices in stunning England revival

MANCHESTER, Aug 10 (AFP): England captain Alastair Cook hailed a remarkable reversal of fortune after his side thrashed India to win the fourth Test by an innings and 54 runs inside three days at Old Trafford Saturday.
Cook admitted England had been at "rock bottom" under three weeks earlier when a 95-run loss at Lord's-their 10th successive Test without a win-left them 1-0 down in the five-match series.
But having stopped the rot with a 266-run win in the third Test at Southampton, England completed an even more crushing victory in Manchester to go 2-1 up ahead of next week's finale at The Oval.
Having bowled India out for just 152 in the first innings, with man-of-the-match Stuart Broad taking six for 25, England then made 367 with young guns Joe Root (77) and Jos Buttler (70) putting on 134 for the seventh wicket.
But few could have foreseen the way the match was to end, with India losing nine wickets after tea Saturday's third day in being dismissed for 161.
Especially as by then Broad was off the field with a broken nose suffered when he missed a Varun Aaron bouncer while batting earlier Saturday.
"You don't often get nine wickets in a session against any team," said Cook.
"We got on a roll straight after tea...Then we knew we could get the job done by tonight."
He added: "We were pretty much at rock bottom at Lord's but with the glimmer of Rooty scoring a lot of runs, Gaz (Gary Ballance) coming in and doing really well and the younger guys who had come into the side."
Cook's position as both captain and opening batsman was also called into question as he struggled for runs during the team's winless streak.
England 367 (Root 77, Buttler 70, Bell 58) beat India 152 (Dhoni 71, Broad 6-25) and 161 (Ashwin 46*, Moeen 4-39) by an innings and 54 runs.