The unforgettable final scenes at The Oval gave us more drama than we knew what to do with.
And at the top of it, as India one way or the other picked themselves up off the canvas to land the killer blow, we ended up with the result that felt right. It might have been a travesty had Shubman Gill’s team not taken something from this series.
Greater than another player, this was Mohammad Siraj’s summer. He was a warrior throughout, a towering cricketer and the last fast bowler standing.
And just if you thought there was no way on earth that he could have anything left, that his hamstrings would snap and…