Joe Root

Joe Root joined a list of captains who've been thwarted after declaring at Headingley, but insisted he would stay positive despite defeat in the second Investec Test

West Indies remodelled their games and rediscovered their pride after a shellacking at Edgbaston. But they've shelled too many catches to stand a chance of victory at Headingley

The third day ended with England having wiped off a sizeable deficit with plenty of batting to come, but their way back into the match wasn't smooth

The second Test was delicately poised after a oscillating day with West Indies taking a lead of 169 before Mark Stoneman and Joe Root led England's reply

England's top-order plays the same familiar refrain, as West Indies' best day of the series doesn't quite finish with them in command

The key stats from the opening day of the second Test between England and West Indies

West Indies' new-ball bowlers took four wickets apiece as England were bowled out for 258, a total centered around Ben Stokes' sixth Test century

Joe Root will be cheered on by his home crowd at Headingley while for his opposite number the challenge is to make England work harder than last week

Alastair Cook and Joe Root scored two of their softer hundreds against a West Indies attack low on confidence and quality

Alastair Cook conceded that the performance of the day had come from his sidekick and successor as captain, Joe Root

As day turned to night a familiar figure made light of the creeping darkness to leave England in the pink

West Indies can call on some great memories at Edgbaston but they will start as underdogs against an England side on the up

Joe Root is discovering the relentless demands made on an England captain - and that is even before he begins to think about the Ashes

Joe Root has admitted the idea of his moving back into England's top three was discussed ahead of naming a squad for the Investec Test series against West Indies

The England captain largely has the personnel to give expression to his dynamic leadership. His South African counterpart faces trickier circumstances

England bounced back from the Trent Bridge defeat with mature performances in the last two Tests and with the Ashes on the horizon, Joe Root is keen to harness that attitude consistently

England look to be on the brink of a 3-1 series win over South Africa - but their worries over the make-up of the top five haven't gone away

An absorbing day of Test-match cut and thrust finished with honours more or less even but with South Africa over-flowing with belief, thanks to a searing yorker from the final ball of Kagiso Rabada's day

There is a Test series to win, and another to follow, but minds are starting to drift towards the Ashes series and the questions still looming over England