Dhaka, July 24 -- England 1, West Indies 1. Two Tests in, this is the scoreline of the first international series post the Covid-19 break. Perhaps fittingly, this might well be the scoreline at the end of the third Test in Manchester, starting today . Reason: rain is expected to play a big part in the deciding Test at the Old Trafford.

West Indies won the first Test in Southampton by four wickets, chasing 200 in a tightly fought final day. England bounced back in the second game, winning by 113 runs on the back of Ben Stokes' heroics.

England will believe the first Test was an abberation and they've got the momentum going into the third game. Their batting floundered in Southampton, with batsmen showing patchy form. It was perhaps underst...