England would have lost even if catches had stuck

By Seth Francis
WHILE individual brilliance from Shai Hope will live long in the memory of West Indies’ stunning second Test victory, it was a match littered with individual errors, namely dropped catches.
Fourteen times the ball came and went out of the hands at a cost of over 400 runs across the game, with Alastair Cook putting two chances down at slip on the final day at Headingley.
As our panel shows, England were lucky to reach the 258 they did in the first innings with centurion Ben Stokes dropped twice. Kraigg Brathwaite’s drop was tough but catchable while Shannon Gabrie...

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