Andrew Miller

When asked by Sky Sports if England had "stagnated" under his leadership, Alastair Cook responded: "That's a fair shout, you can say whatever you want now

With a defeat-strewn year coming to an end, and seven months of red-ball inactivity approaching, England need to take a long, hard look at the future of their Test captaincy

With the upcoming release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, in cinemas December 15, we decided to take a look at six memorable occasions when the fate of a Test match was decided in a heroic rearguard

The left-field appointment of Rob Andrew as chief executive, after a decade at the RFU, gives Sussex an opportunity to remain relevant in a changing game

India's bowlers required just 38.1 overs to wrap up a 246-run victory on the final day of the second Test in Visakhapatnam

Ravi Jadeja struck with the final ball of the fourth day - trapping Alastair Cook lbw for a 188-ball 54 -to leave England 87 for 2 as they attempted to save the second Test

R Ashwin bagged 5 for 67 after Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow had added a defiant century stand, before Virat Kohl's fifty cemented India's dominance

England ended the second day in Visakhapatnam tottering on 103 for 5 in reply to India's 455 after falling prey to India's trio of spinners

Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara added 226 for the third wicket, both scoring centuries, to put India in control on the opening day in Vizag

With a year to go until the 2017-18 Ashes, Michael Vaughan and Ricky Ponting assess the two teams' current form and prospects of victory Down Under

For a split-second, Umesh Yadav's heart was in his mouth. He'd had the key wicket of England's innings clasped in his hands but appeared to have tossed it away in a celebratory gesture

Jason Roy, England's limited-overs opening batsman, says that England's Test team needs to tap into the mindset that helped propel the T20 side into the final of the World T20

Graeme Swann fears that England are on a hiding to nothing when the Test series against India gets underway in Rajkot next week, thanks to the ECB's outdated attitude towards slow bowling

The England & Wales Cricket Board has announced that it will be doubling its investment in Chance to Shine

Sam Billings says he is flattered to have been talked up by Michael Vaughan as a potential reinforcement for the Test tour of India, but insists that he remains a work in progress

Five fleeting triers in great sides

Michael Vaughan, the former England captain, has warned that Ben Stokes risks burn-out if England heap too many expectations onto his shoulders

Bangladesh's Test history has been sprinkled with some of the nearest misses imaginable. ESPNcricinfo looks back on their record of heartbreak

Ben Stokes capped a supreme allround performance with two wickets in three balls as Bangladesh's hearts were broken on the fifth and final morning of an epic Test match at Chittagong.

England's cricketers were facing a test of nerve in the face of a confident, no-regrets run-chase from Bangladesh's batsmen