ENGLAND’SENG FIVE BEST TEST AWAY WINS

1 HYDERABAD HYDE 2023-24 ENGLAND ENGLAN WIN BY 28 RUNS

Ben StokeS Stok reckoned this was the best of o england’s 14 wins in the 19 tests s since he took charge in 2022. It was w better than that: it was england’s engla greatest away win ever — and an arguably their greatest anywhere. no visiting team has won in India Ind after conceding a first-inning innings lead as big as 190. And perhaps no visiting batsman has played a better b innings than ollie Pope’s 196. 196 the transformation of Lancashire left-arm spinner tom Hartley, from fro a nervous debutant to a towerin towering match-winner, was another triumph for Bazball.

2 RAWALPINDI 2022-23 ENGLAND WIN W BY 74 RUNS

AS A england celebrated on o the outfield with darkness da descending over Rawalpindi, Rawalpind Jimmy Anderson declared it england’s greatest win. Stokes’s declaration d tempted Pakistan into in chasing 343 in four sessions, before b Anderson and ollie Robinson picked p up four wickets each and Jack J Leach took the final wicket. Just Jus as sensational had been engla england’s batting: 506 for four on the first day, with centuries from Zak Crawley, Crawl Ben Duckett, ollie Pope and Harry H Brook, and an overall run-rate run of 6.73 an over.

3 MELBOURNE ME 2010-11 ENGLAND EN WIN BY AN INNIN INNINGS AND 157 RUNS

If th there’s one thing as rare as a test te win in India, it’s a test win in Australia. thirteen winters wint ago, england managed three. the second, at the MCG, came after an opening day on which Australia were skittled for 98, with four wickets each for Anderson and Chris tremlett, and six catches for Matt Prior, before Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss took england to the close on 157 without loss. Jonathan trott’s unbeaten 168 helped them to 513 in reply, before four wickets for tim Bresnan bundled Australia out for 258.

4MUMBAI 2012-13 ENGLAND WIN BY 10 WICKETS

kevIn PIeteRSen played a starring role at Mumbai as england squared the series. Having failed twice during a big defeat at Ahmedabad, he destroyed India’s spinners with 186 off 233 balls. Cook contributed 122, before Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann took their match haul of wickets to 11 and eight respectively. When england won the next game, at kolkata’s eden Gardens, they paved the way for their first series win in India since 1984-85.

5SYDNEY 1894-95 ENGLAND WIN BY 10 RUNS

enGLAnD looked dead and buried when Australia began the first test at the SCG with 586. they were then bowled out for 325 and asked to follow on. But a century from opener Albert Ward, and runs down the order, left Australia 177 for victory. At 130 for two on the sixth morning — tests in Australia were timeless then — the hosts were flying. But slow left-armer Bobby Peel, heavily hungover, was stuck under a cold shower by captain Andrew Stoddart after overnight rain spiced up the uncovered pitch and skittled the Aussies for 166.