The veteran has helped spearhead an undoubtedly exciting brand of cricket - but its effectiveness had begun to wane

The history of Bazball dictates that this match will produce a winner - but it is currently fascinatingly poised

Andy Zaltzman casts his eye over England’s second Test over New Zealand and finds familiar problems

The Lord’s pitch has bamboozled England and New Zealand’s batters this week.

Forget the actual crushing series result and instead wallow in delusion

The victory nevertheless ended the visitors’ 18-match Test run without a win in Australia

Questions can be asked about why England have not attacked with their most potent weapons at moments of opportunity

Statistically the numbers show a concerning reduction in the effectiveness of Stokes’s team

In Brisbane, Ben Stokes became the first England captain to be run out in an Ashes Test since 1975

Two of the past three series of more than three Tests in Australia have been come-from-behind series victories

England’s high-risk approach to batting erupted in match-turning splatters of wickets

England’s starts to series under Brendon McCullum have differed starkly from the tourists’ Ashes record

England’s bowlers have proved their worth at times this summer

Andy Zaltzman celebrates the growth of international cricket in the past decade

Mountainous run-scoring mixed with bowling magnificence made for a heady concoction of cricketing stats

In this draw-averse age, a narrow first-innings gap between teams generally concocts an interesting narrative

Joe Root is currently in one of the purplest patches of his magnificent, record-breaking, career

Sunday Stat: In the first Test, India became the first team in first-class cricket history to score five centuries and six ducks in a match. In the second Test, England became the first team in first-class history (which contains more than 60,000 matches and more than 200,000 innings) with six ducks and two 150-plus scores in the same innings, and the first to post a score in excess of 400 despite six players being out for nought.