West Indian cricket, declared dead after the rout at Edgbaston 10 days ago, is alive again after the Headingley Test. It was West Indies’ first Test victory in England since 2000 and it means the series is level, one-all with a third match to come at Lord’s. And all that background chatter about cutting Test matches down from five days to four might die down too. Joe Root, then, became the fourth England captain to lose a Test after declaring in the third innings. “There was a temptation to be more defensive,” the England captain said, but “I felt that the best chance of slowing things down was to take wickets.

Source: The Guardian August 29, 2017 19:12 UTC