Cricket: Andrew Flintoff's first Test as England captain ended in a draw after an extraordinary climax in Nagpur agsint India.
The hosts appeared intent on playing out a stalemate and lost only one wicket in the opening two sessions. But once captain Rahul Dravid departed after tea, the hosts changed tempo and began chasing victory.
Left-arm spinner Panesar followed up his miracle ball which dismissed Mohammad Kaif in the first innings by spinning one from out of the leg-side rough to knock back off-stump.
Dravid's demise ended a four-and-a-half hour wait for England after Matthew Hoggard struck an early blow. During that period Dravid (71) shared a 167-run partnership with Wasim Jaffer, who went on to bring up his maiden Test ton shortly after the separation.
It also resulted in Irfan Pathan walking to the crease and the left-hander began a blitz of boundaries as 30 runs came in three overs.
Having been frustrated previously, England claimed two more wickets thanks to India's change of policy as Jaffer fell immediately upon celebrating three figures and Pathan followed, both batsmen miscuing off Andrew Flintoff.
But India were clearly intent on pursuing a win with 132 required from a minimum 15 overs. Sachin Tendulkar blasted three fours in one Ian Blackwell over to up the ante but India lost Mahendra Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh in the slog and accepted the offer of bad light with more than 11 overs to go, closing on 260 for six.
England captain Flintoff declared overnight, setting the Indians an improbable 368-run target, and Hoggard provided an ideal start when he nipped one back to bowl Virender Sehwag through the gate.
That intervention came in just the fifth over but it took one-and-a-half hours to create a second opportunity and when it came wicketkeeper Geraint Jones flunked once again.
Dravid edged a drive at left-arm spinner Ian Blackwell but Jones, who dropped Anil Kumble in the first innings at high cost, failed to hold on.
Hoggard sent down another good opening spell, having taken six for 57 in the first innings, but the other fast men Steve Harmison and Flintoff did not pose the same threat.
Jaffer's rich form continued, his strokeplay delivering regular boundaries, although he did offer a difficult chance off Hoggard shortly after lunch when Ian Bell dived full length at cover to get a hand on an uppish drive.
He survived a more serious scare in the 44th over of the innings when he set off for a single as Dravid prodded a delivery from Panesar into the off-side - substitute Matt Prior swooped to under-arm at the stumps and narrowly missed with Jaffer not yet back into his ground.