ENGLAND captain Andrew Flintoff revealed the players listened to Johnny Cash's 'Ring of Fire' in the dressing room to inspire them to their 212-run victory over India in the final Test at the Wankhede Stadium.

Victory in Mumbai meant the Test series was drawn 1-1.

Flintoff paid tribute to his young team, admitting: 'They took the bull by the horns and came through magnificently.

'The lads have rallied around. It was a bonus getting the chance to bat first and Andrew Strauss set it up nicely. We bowled well and were always in the game.'

He added on Sky Sports: 'We went in the dressing room at lunch and played Johnny Cash's 'Ring of Fire' and came out with a spring in our steps.

'The captaincy has been fantastic, the lads have been great. They haven't got much experience but they were magnificent. Drawing 1-1 against such a formidable side is fantastic.'

Flintoff's depleted side dismissed India for a paltry 100 midway through the afternoon session.

Off-spinner Shaun Udal was England's hero with four wickets in a crazy post-lunch spell which saw the last seven Indian batsmen dismissed for just 25 runs.

India lost only two wickets in the first session and England's bowlers struggled to prise apart the big duo, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar.

Talismanic

However, the talismanic Flintoff found the outside edge of Dravid's bat in the first over after the interval and Tendulkar followed when he prodded a bat-pad catch to short leg off Udal.

Big-hitters Virender Sehwag and Mahendra Dhoni followed swiftly as England closed in for the kill.

It was not long in coming as the Indian tail swung the bat in frustration with Harbhajan Singh and Munaf Patel both held in the deep hoisting Udal to leg.

The Hampshire veteran off-spinner finished with four for 14 while James Anderson continued his fine match with two wickets, the same number Flintoff took with some aggressive early-morning bursts.

England's victory ranks alongside some of their best in the past two years, given their horrendous luck with injuries during this tour.

They travelled without first-choice spinner Ashley Giles and then lost captain Michael Vaughan, Marcus Trescothick and Simon Jones within the first fortnight.

The chaos continued up until this past week when Stephen Harmison became the fifth member of the Ashes-winning side to miss at least one Test here and opening bastman Alistair Cook went down on the first morning with a stomach bug.

The victory also maintains England's hold on second place on the International Cricket Council's official Test rankings - defeat in Mumbai would have seen India overhaul them.

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