Shai Hope the hero in thrilling West Indies win
Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope crafted an extraordinary tale for West Indies at Headingley, leading their side to a five-wicket win that helped them draw level in the series
25/08Result
2nd Test, West Indies tour of England at Leeds, Aug 25-29 2017
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![England]( "England")
258 & 490/8d -
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
427 & 322/5 (91.2 ov)
Player of the Match
25/08Result
2nd Test, West Indies tour of England at Leeds, Aug 25-29 2017
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![England]( "England")
258 & 490/8d -
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
427 & 322/5 (91.2 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 5
The story of West Indies' remarkable win at Headingley
Nobody, not even their own former players, gave West Indies a chance after they were thumped by an innings at Edgbaston, and then...
Holder reprimanded for 'inappropriate comments'
The West Indies captain has been pulled up for venting his frustration during the 70th over of England's second innings, the same over when a catch went down off his bowling
'Great batting, moderate bowling, abominable catching'
The reactions on Twitter to West Indies' incredible win at Headingley
'Elated' Hope revels in West Indies' fight
Ridiculed roundly after the innings defeat in Edgbaston, the team sat down to recognise what was needed of each player and the youngest of XI delivered a truly special performance
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
A piece of Headingley history in West Indies' rare overseas win
All the key numbers from West Indies' astonishing victory at Headingley as they chased 322 to level the series
Day 4
West Indies set 322 after Moeen onslaught turns tables
It took until the final session of the fourth day, but this absorbing Test took a decisive swing as England's prolific lower order carried the lead away from West Indies
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
England's biggest total without a century
Stats highlights from the fourth day's play in Headingley, including the cost of the 10 dropped catches in the match
Moeen takes pride in lower-order resilience
The England allrounder sensed the West Indies bowlers tiring quickly after tea and thought the time was right to "bury them almost"
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
Day 3
Root and Stoneman help even the scales as all-round Holder shines
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
Stoneman 'feared the worst' after finger dislocation
Mark Stoneman feared a fractured finger, having being hit on the hand by Jason Holder shortly after tea on the third day 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
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
Day 2
Brathwaite and Shai Hope centuries hand West Indies control
A fourth-wicket stand of 246 gave West Indies control at Headingley, Shai Hope making an unbeaten 147 - his maiden Test hundred - on a memorable day for the visitors alongside Kraigg Brathwaite's sixth Test century
Stokes reprimanded, one demerit point away from ban
The England allrounder was pulled up for "an inappropriate comment" after batsman Shai Hope hit him for a boundary in Headingley
Brathwaite, Hope put the fight back into West Indies
Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope lived up to West Indies' promise to fight back after their humiliation at Edgbaston
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
Anderson backs England to raise their game after chastening day in the field
James Anderson admits that England fell short of the standards they set for themselves, as doubts about the consistency of the Test team surfaced again
West Indies' biggest partnership in England since 1984
The stats and landmarks from a memorable day for West Indies in the second Investec Test against England at Headingley
Special stand takes Windies 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
Day 1
Stokes shares honours with Gabriel, Roach hauls
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
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
'Not one of our best batting days' - Stokes
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
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
Root equals de Villiers and the Gabriel-Roach double-act
The key stats from the opening day of the second Test between England and West Indies
Others
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'Declaring was the positive approach' - 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
Slow-puncture England left feeling flattened
Rather than the fifth-day surface, it was England who ended up cracking as West Indies' relentless challenge refused to fade
Hope, Headingley: a miracle
Of all the unlikely things in West Indies' cricket history, this win must rank up there
Sanga and Mahela's goodbye, Angelo's party, and Shrubsole's World Cup dream
Nail-biters, rollercoasters, unexpected contests and sweet comebacks - our correspondents and writers pick their most memorable matches of the last ten years
Root still in need of a few answers, but Holder has the biggest problems
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
Headingley history does not bode well for West Indies
Chris Woakes has been recalled by England as they hunt a fourth victory in a row and one that would wrap up the series against West Indies
