India, July 15 -- Like the warrior that he is, Ravindra Jadeja waged a spectacular fight. It wasn't violent and counterpunching, it wasn't visceral and aggressive. After all, this wasn't the time for bravado, it wasn't the stage to embrace adventurism.

With India firmly on the backfoot, their hopes of scaling down a target of 193 hanging by the slenderest of threads at Lord's on Monday, Jadeja dipped into his vast pool of experience. Into his immense reserves of mental strength. Into his reservoir of discipline and restraint, but also self-belief and confidence. He was convinced he was the man for the job, that he could do it, with a bit of help, with some assistance, with application and support from two men with no great batting creden...