James Anderson's Best Test Performances outside England by country

3-89, 3-38 and 9 runs vs India, 3rd Test at Kolkata, December 2012

Anderson celebrates the wicket of Ashwin, 3rd Test, Day One at Eden Gardens on 5 December 2012.

After losing the first Test, England came back strongly to win the second Test with 19 wickets between spin twins Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar. The third Test was set up nicely, and India chose to bat after winning the toss. After a flying start by the home team, England started taking wickets at regular intervals.

On sporting wickets, the seamers and spinners contributed equally - Panesar picking four and Anderson picking three, including the big wicket of Sachin Tendulkar. India was bowled out for 316, and with an opening partnership of 165, England was well on course. A brilliant 190 from captain Alastair Cook ensured a 207-run lead for his team by the end of the first innings. The Indians counter-attacked, getting to 86 for 0 in just 21 overs.

But soon after began a collapse, and India was reeling at 107 for four. What was heartening to see was the way Anderson was bending his back on a wicket that didn't offer much help for the quickies. Anderson got the twin wickets of Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni, both in the space of two overs and zero runs. Finn followed up with the wickets of Virat Kohli and Zaheer Khan.

A 50-run partnership for the last wicket only started to threaten England, but Anderson soon bowled last man Ojha. Even a fighting 91 not out from Ravichandran Ashwin could only help his team set the visitors a target of 41, which was easily achieved despite an initial setback by India's spinners. England went up 2-1 in the series and a four-wicket haul in the final match of the series ensured that India was always catching up. The fourth Test ended in a draw, and England secured a series win in India after 28 years.