Good sports: India players shake hands with England captain Alastair Cook
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With Test cricket under fire from forces seemingly beyond its control and from some who actually do control it, how it needed a series to remind those who love this form of the sport just why their love really is worth fighting for. How, over the past seven weeks, from Edgbaston to The Oval and Lord’s, Trent Bridge and The Ageas Bowl in between, this competitive and always compelling contest delivered.
And while the brilliant individual performances of India’s Vira...