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Cook braves criticism as England play it safe

There was enough logic in Alastair Cook's decision not to enforce the follow-on to make it understandable at worst and reasonable at best

24-Jul-2016•George Dobell at Old Trafford

Huge leads, and no follow-on

Stats highlights from a rain-interrupted third day at Old Trafford

24-Jul-2016•S Rajesh

'I'll always try and remain a player first and a captain second'

Heather Knight talks about taking over the England captaincy from Charlotte Edwards, charity work in Rwanda, and her early years

24-Jul-2016•Henry Cowen

Pakistan collapse but England choose to bat on

24-Jul-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Old Trafford crowd savours Root and Woakes

23-Jul-2016•Paul Edwards at Old Trafford

Masood gets it right, on a day when little else worked for Pakistan

Shan Masood was called upon as a bowler. Shan Masood survived to the close as a batsman. That offered scant consolation for a weary, error-prone Pakistan

23-Jul-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Old Trafford

Root double-century keeps England on top

23-Jul-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Cook and Root leave the highlights for others to judge

The discipline displayed by Joe Root and Alastair Cook proved that highlights packages are not the best means of judging the merits of Test cricketers

22-Jul-2016•George Dobell at Old Trafford

Cook equals Gooch, Yasir made to toil

Stats highlights from Old Trafford where Joe Root notched up his tenth Test hundred and Alastair Cook got his 11th as England captain

22-Jul-2016•Shiva Jayaraman

When Plans A, B and C fall through

Each of the areas in which they dominated England at Lord's let Pakistan down at Old Trafford - and Alastair Cook and Joe Root made them pay

22-Jul-2016•Jarrod Kimber at Old Trafford

'About last night. Five magnums of Chocolate Block, 35 beers'

Wine is fine, eyebrows are thinned, and luggage is handled inefficiently in our Twitter round-up

22-Jul-2016•Alex Bowden

Cook and Root centuries drive England's day

22-Jul-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Cook's fifty problem, England's left-armer problem

What will be on the home side's minds heading into the Old Trafford Test?

22-Jul-2016•Andy Zaltzman

England stick with Moeen in a twist

Asked to play a bits-and-pieces role for England, Moeen Ali has seemingly lost confidence in his game - he may not have many more chances left

21-Jul-2016•George Dobell at Old Trafford

England need calm response to Pakistan pressure

The return of James Anderson and Ben Stokes will give England a boost as they look to level the series at Old Trafford

20-Jul-2016•George Dobell at Old Trafford

Can Saqlain arrest England's spin woes?

Spin consultant Saqlain Mushtaq will be depended on to get England out of their spin issues, both while bowling and batting

20-Jul-2016•Andrew McGlashan

The unique phenomenon that is Pakistan cricket

Their openers aren't reliable, their tail is weak, and their fielding isn't impressive. Does that stop them from winning Tests spectacularly? Of course not

20-Jul-2016•Andy Zaltzman

Brett D'Oliveira unburdened by family legacy

He is thriving at a county his grandfather made home, playing in a set-up that is driven on the very principles his father made his life's work

19-Jul-2016•Vithushan Ehantharajah

How will England get 14 into 11?

More allrounders, another spinner, changes to the batting order? What might England do with their side for Old Trafford

19-Jul-2016•Andrew McGlashan

Yasir's 13 going on 100, and 42-year-old centurions

Also, losing ten-fors, and back to back Tests at Lord's

19-Jul-2016•Steven Lynch

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