Despite a big crowd turning up at Headingley, in expectation of a day’s cricket, the Indian batsmen subsided tamely before lunch. England’s victory, by the huge margin of an innings and 76 runs, made Joe Root the most successful England captain in the history of the game, having notched up 27 wins in 55 games (as well as centuries in the last three matches). According to a report in the Guardian, he celebrated with the team, before enjoying “a golden afternoon on the outfield where, in his socks, he and Jos Buttler, and later Anderson, played cricket for more than an hour with their young children”.
Seen in the Guardian this morning: Ghaistrill's Strid, on the River Wharfe near Grassington...
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