Match Analysis

West Indies' redemption story

A lot of talking, a trip to the football, forgetting what had gone before. How one of the great comebacks was scripted

29-Aug-2017•Jarrod Kimber

Drip by drip, drop by drop, West Indies lose their grip on the 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

28-Aug-2017•Jarrod Kimber at Headingley

Malan digs deep into his resolve

By the time his battling 186-ball innings ended, Dawid Malan barely had enough energy left this time to admonish a failure

28-Aug-2017•Alan Gardner at Headingley

Spinners write another chapter in Bangladesh's growth story

The emergence of Shakib Al Hasan, Taijul Islam and Mehidy Hasan as a potent trio of spinners, coupled with a move towards result-oriented pitches, has helped Bangladesh grow into a formidable side in home conditions

28-Aug-2017•Mohammad Isam in Mirpur

Battling Holder holds West Indies' challenge together

On paper, Jason Holder looks like an obvious weak link in West Indies' team. But his fighting qualities kept his side just about in the ascendancy

27-Aug-2017•Jarrod Kimber at Headingley

England's haphazard fightback

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

27-Aug-2017•Alan Gardner at Headingley

Bangladesh youngsters need more trust from team management

If more trust is placed on the youth, the transition from dependency on the Shakibs and Tamims to the Mominuls, Soumyas and Sabbirs will be much smoother

27-Aug-2017•Mohammad Isam in Mirpur

Special stand takes West Indies away from humiliation toward exultation

Modern West Indies sides face a daily struggle to regenerate the folklore scripted between the eras of Frank Worrell and Viv Richards, but Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope helped rectify that in Leeds

26-Aug-2017•Mark Nicholas at Headingley

Brathwaite waits no longer as long game earns its rewards

Kraigg Brathwaite's insistence on being his own man helped West Indies recover from their debacle at Edgbaston with an uplifting batting fightback

26-Aug-2017•Jarrod Kimber at Headingley

England's fallible top-order fails to change the record

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

25-Aug-2017•Alan Gardner at Headingley

Wearied Roach still capable of finding the magic

When Kemar Roach first played Test cricket he looked a world-beater, but while the years have slowed him down he can still trouble the best

25-Aug-2017•Jarrod Kimber at Headingley

Malan eases his nerves but lets golden chance slip

A maiden Test half-century was an important moment for Malan but it wasn't quite the command performance it could have been

18-Aug-2017•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Easy pickings for England show how times have changed

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

17-Aug-2017•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Roach a glimmer amid ragged and wayward West Indies

The bowling was poor from West Indies but there were stages when the captaincy was even worse

17-Aug-2017•Jarrod Kimber at Edgbaston

Where does India's rout of Sri Lanka rank in their history?

India's 3-0 series win over Sri Lanka was their first ever clean sweep away from home in a series of three or more Tests

14-Aug-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

Cherish the old memories, Sri Lanka

Never in their history have Sri Lanka been so comprehensively rolled over. There was no Duleep Mendis-style counterattack, or a Muttiah Muralitharan-esque bamboozling. There was only misery

14-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

'Project Pandya' provides a peek into the future

From playing as a travelling gun for hire in local tournaments and sharpening his technique in the IPL and first-class cricket, Hardik Pandya has now slammed his first hundred in official cricket - straight in Tests

13-Aug-2017•Sidharth Monga in Pallekele

Sri Lanka's glorious competence

After being pummeled for 1462 runs in three innings, the hosts, led by two rookie left-arm spinners, were sublimely adequate for most of the first day in Pallekele

12-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

India get away with batting errors

At another time, India might have been pushed into a corner after going for shots and losing 6 for 141 but insurance in the form of the lower order and a strong bowling attack could remedy the batting slump

12-Aug-2017•Sidharth Monga in Pallekele

Stokes and Moeen - England's core

Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali have both demonstrated the ability to impact games on their own and offer England a rare combination of all-round riches

09-Aug-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

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