They came to see a coronation: of King Joe and a second series win as captain — and on his home ground, too — and King Jimmy, three short of 500 Test wickets as he was at the start of play. Instead, they witnessed a resurrection, no less, of a once-proud cricketing nation fallen on hard times, and pride restored by two young batsmen from Barbados, one of whom, Shai Hope, wrote his name into the record books. This was one of the great modern Test matches, one that produced a truly astonishing result. In my time watching, playing and commentating on Test cricket I cannot think of a bigger upset when taking into account the low expectations for a team with a horrendous away…

Source: The Times August 29, 2017 20:48 UTC