Alastair Cook marked his final England innings with a "dream come true" hundred before James Anderson became the joint most successful fast bowler in Test history by sparking an India collapse at the Oval on Monday. Cook made 147 and Joe Root, his successor as England captain, 125 as the hosts piled up 423 for eight declared in their second innings of the fifth Test. Anderson then had both Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara plumb lbw as India, needing 464 for an unlikely win, slumped to one for two in reply. That double strike meant Anderson had equalled Australia great Glenn McGrath's mark for the most Test wickets taken by any fast bowler of 563. India captain Virat Kohli, a thorn in England's side with 593 runs this series, was then caught behind for a golden duck off Stuart Broad to leave the tourists reeling.

At stumps, India -- already 3-1 down in this five-match series -- were heading for defeat at 58 for three, despite KL Rahul's gutsy 46 not out, with no side having made more in the fourth innings to win a Test than the West Indies' 418 for seven against Australia at St John's, Antigua in 2002/03. The day belonged to the 33-year-old Cook, who is retiring from international cricket after this match. "Sometimes dreams come true," Cook told Sky Sports. "It's one of those days where you will look back and forever go 'Wow!'". The Essex left-handed opener, who made 104 not out on debut against India at Nagpur in 2006, became just the fifth player to score a hundred in both their first and last Tests after Australia's Reggie Duff, Bill Ponsford and Greg Chappell and India's Mohammad Azharuddin.