Author: Joe Harmon
At 115-5 on the first day of the Edgbaston Test, West Indies, who had won the title and batted first on a calm surface, were in danger of being blown away as they had been in Nottingham five days earlier. A steady start had turned into a flurry of wickets, the visitors had lost their top five in nine overs and England’s seamers had found their rhythm. A rescue operation was needed and, not for the first time in his 10-year Test career, Jason Holder was the man to orchestrate it. Holder was no longer the captain, handing over the role to Craig Breath…
