The fifth Test finale between England and India at The Oval was the most intense, dramatic and emotional sport you could see, says chief cricket reporter Stephan Shemilt.

A gloomy, drizzly London morning. The final day of a fifth test. Just 35 runs or four wickets away from victory. Those are not usually temptations for selling a bunch of match tickets. But the Oval was sold out on Monday in goosebump anticipation of a dramatic end to the England-India series,

LONDON (Reuters) -India took the last four wickets in under an hour to bowl England out for 367 and win an astonishing final test by six runs to draw the series at The Oval on Monday. Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj was India's hero,