Shai Hope rose to the occasion with a second century in a matter of days which underpinned a monumental victory for the West Indies after they chased down 322 against England in the second Test.
Match scores: Second Test, Headingley
West Indies beat England by five wickets
- England first innings: 258 (70.5 overs. Stokes 100, Root 59; Gabriel 4-51, Roach 4-71)
- West Indies first innings: 427 (127 overs. S Hope 147, Brathwaite 134; Anderson 5-76, Stokes 2-63)
- England second innings: 490-8 dec (141 overs. Ali 84, Root 72, Woakes 61*, Malan 61, Stokes 58, Stoneman 52; Chase 3-86, Holder 2-92)
- West Indies second innings: 322-5 (91.2 overs. S Hope 118*, Brathwaite 95, Blackwood 41, Chase 30; Moeen 2-76)
Day five report & odds
Shai Hope rose to the occasion with a second century in a matter of days which underpinned a monumental victory for the West Indies after they chased down 322 against England in the second Test.
The 23-year-old became the first person in history to record centuries in both innings of a first-class match at Headingley, but more importantly his 118 not out in trying circumstances ushered the tourists to an Investec series-levelling five-wicket triumph.
Hope came to the crease at 53 for two but belied his tender years and relative inexperience in only his 12th Test to put on a match-altering 144-run partnership with Kraigg Brathwaite, a stand that ultimately helped to secure the Windies' first victory on these shores since June 2000.
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While Brathwaite fell five runs short of pipping his partner to become the first person to record twin centuries at this ground, Hope was able to see the Windies home under gloomy skies with the floodlights on in a nerve-jangling finish, with all four results possible heading into the final session.
It is quite the turnaround from the Windies following an innings-and-209-run trouncing at Edgbaston - a defeat that left many former players bemoaning the current set-up - but they have silenced their critics in the most emphatic fashion, having bossed the majority of this Test.
But they are 10/1 underdogs with Sky Bet to win the deciding third Test at Lord's next week, with England 1/5 and the draw 13/2.
England, to their credit, fought back from a 169-run first-innings deficit and captain Joe Root sportingly declared their second innings on Monday evening to leave their opponents the prospect of going for the fourth highest run chase in their history when they resumed on five without loss.
All English eyes, meanwhile, were on James Anderson, who needed only three more wickets to become only the sixth bowler to reach 500 in Tests.
But it was long-term opening bowling partner Stuart Broad who was the more threatening under leaden skies, with his morning duel with Brathwaite worth the £10 admission alone.
The Windies opener had his first moment of fortune on four when an edge from a tentative prod burst through the fingers of Alastair Cook to the chagrin of Broad, who was rewarded for pursuing a fuller length when Kieran Powell departed for 23 after prodding to Ben Stokes at fourth slip.
The expensive Broad continued with an attacking length although another breakthrough came in slightly fortuitous circumstances as he dropped a return catch from Brathwaite's full-blooded drive, only to see the ricochet cannon into the non-striker's stumps, leaving Kyle Hope, instinctively backing up, well out of his ground.
It was a bizarre dismissal and one that seemed to swing the momentum towards England, but it also brought together the Windies' first-innings centurions: Brathwaite and Hope, who put on a 246-run stand in the first innings.
They warmed to their task with few alarms either side of the lunch interval while Hope, who averaged only 18.61 before this Test, took centre stage with some elegant strokeplay.
He followed Brathwaite in going past his second 50 of the match off only 70 balls and with Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes proving expensive and Moeen Ali curiously ineffective on a pitch that was expected to offer a degree of turn, Root seemed bereft of ideas.
But a change of ends for Moeen paid dividend as he made a crucial breakthrough on the stroke of tea, Brathwaite finally perishing after chasing a wide one only to find the hands of Stokes at slip.
New batsman Roston Chase showed the first signs of nerves in the Windies camp but he added an important 30 before driving Woakes to substitute fielder Mason Crane, who took a fine diving catch at mid-on to open the door for England.
Jermaine Blackwood would have done nothing to calm the visiting dressing room with some frenetic swings early in his innings but Hope soldiered on, moving to a historic three figures for the second time in the match - his second 50 taking 105 deliveries.
There was still time for late drama as, with 37 more needed, Cook grassed another opportunity when Hope offered his first chance on 106. From there, a Windies win was never in doubt even though Blackwood was stumped off Moeen for an enterprising 41.
Fittingly it Hope who made the winning runs, clipping Woakes off his hip for a couple to start the Windies celebrations as they sealed victory with 4.4 overs left in the Test.
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Day four report & odds
England are 1/3 with Sky Bet to win the second Test while the draw is 100/30 as West Indies prepare for a tough final day with the bat at Headingley.
The tourists have had their noses in front for the majority of the match but fell foul of England's deep batting reserves as Joe Root, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali all followed Mark Stoneman past 50 in a collective show of strength which saw them surpass their wildest dreams to declare 321 ahead on 490 for eight.
Moeen's 93-ball 84 was the largest and the most bruising of those knocks, though Sundaram Ravi's contentious no-ball shout spared him on 32 and the West Indies added another shocking drop to their collection when Malan had the same score.
England skipper Root's sporty declaration allowed his bowlers six overs before stumps but Kieran Powell and Kraigg Brathwaite held on for stumps at five without loss.
The Windies, who are now 12/1 for an unlikely triumph, may wonder how they found themselves in this position having led by 169 after two innings, but spilled catches have cost them more than 200 runs and therein lies the answer.
Day four reaction
Moeen Ali on his desire to make the West Indies "suffer": "We felt like their heads went down pretty quickly after tea. We were trying to go up five runs at a time and keep going, keep burying them almost, make them suffer in terms of keeping them out in the field. Their bowlers were getting tired, there wasn't much going on and they were a bit down I guess as a side.
"We didn't try to go out and be positive, it just came off. I think that was due to the way the guys played up top, we kind of pounced on it a little bit. I feel with the team we have and the strength we have, we were capable of being in this position.
"We're very, very happy to be in this position, at the start of the day we probably wouldn't have thought we would be and it's fantastic."
Windies bowling coach Roddy Estwick on his side's chances: "Hopefully the boys can come out and play very well but the key thing for us is that we've shown improvement. After the Birmingham Test match where everybody was saying we were the worst team that ever arrived on these shores, we've scrapped with England, we've battled them and we've taken it into a fifth day with a chance of winning.
Day three report & odds
England are 4/7 with Sky Bet to win the second Test against West Indies as captain Joe Root led the rearguard in a captivating clash that could go either way at Headingley.
England, absorbing a 169-run first-innings deficit, finished day three two runs ahead on 171 for three, with Root bearing the all-too familiar burden of holding up a fragile top order.
The tourists, who are 3/1 to level the series at 1-1 and 9/2 to earn a draw, would have been heavy favourites had Kyle Hope held Root on 10 at gully, but he took advantage of the latest fielding gaffe in a match groaning with them, reaching 45 not out by close of play.
As it stands the Investec Series is very much alive heading into day four, with the West Indies chasing their first win on these shores for 17 years and England searching for the kind of battling win that would tee them up nicely for this winter's Ashes.
Tom Westley (eight) may have missed his chance to be part of that trip, chasing a wide one to make it four single-figure scores in a row, but Mark Stoneman fared better, making a maiden half-century in his third innings at this level, despite suffering a dislocated little finger.
Dawid Malan also had a platform, with 21no having survived an apparent caught behind on four.
The West Indies had earlier been dismissed for 427, adding 98 runs for five wickets in a lively session which saw James Anderson take wickets with the first two balls of the day to take his career tally to 497. Jason Holder, who went on to make 43, defended the hat-trick ball.
Day three reaction
England opener Mark Stoneman on putting the Ashes, the pundits and even a dislocated little finger out of his mind at Headingley: "It was really good, the way the game panned out allowed us to forget all about the things on the periphery and just try to get into the contest.
"You're obviously under a bit of pressure, they're looking to take wickets with the new ball and do as much damage as they can. So it was nice to get a couple away and feel the middle of the bat.
"It helps remove any thoughts that might be in the back of your mind, the scrutiny you are under when you're playing Test cricket, especially early in your career. Just getting here was a long enough road so to start trying to forecast anything beyond my next innings would be daft.
"You want it to last as long as possible but that can only be if I take the opportunity that comes next. I know I've got to do it from ball one."
As for his injury: "At first I thought 'ow, that hurts', then when I tried to bend my hand inside the glove it certainly didn't feel right. When I took my glove off and saw it I was fearing the worst but thankfully the physio got it back in and there didn't seem to be too much damage."
Windies skipper Jason Holder on his side's hopes: "We've got three wickets so far, they've only got a lead of two runs, so I think it's important we hit our straps. Consistency and patience are the name of the game. I'd say (chasing) anywhere around 150 should be pretty decent."
Day two report & odds
West Indies ended day two of the second Test at 2/1 for a shock victory despite leading by 71 runs at stumps with five first-innings wickets remaining.
Twin centuries from West Indies pair Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope left England toiling for answers at Headingley, a week after the tourists were roundly written off.
Brathwaite made a diligent 134 and Hope followed with a maiden three-figure Test score of 147 not out, sharing a fourth-wicket stand of 246 which emphatically altered the complexion of the second Investec Test and the three-match series.
Last Saturday the Windies were being shredded from all sides after losing 19 wickets in a day at Edgbaston but here the Barbadian duo delved into their reserves of heart and skill to see their side to 329 for five and a lead of 71.
Having briefly gone favourites during the big stand, the tourists ended the day at 2/1 with Sky Bet, with England back to odds-on at 5/6 despite staring at a sizeable first-innings deficit. The draw was on offer at 4/1 at the close.
Day two reaction
James Anderson on how England's inconsistencies could derail their Ashes bid: "Ironing out this inconsistency is a big thing for this team going forward. We're still evolving and trying to improve.
"But we've got a big tour of Australia coming up in the winter and we really need to turn things around. We can't go there, be inconsistent and expect to win the series - or any series to be honest. It's something we're aware of."
Anderson on England's display with the ball: "We weren't patient enough, we kept trying to find the magic ball even when the sun was out and it was flatter. We still tried to get wickets rather than creating pressure.
"We talk about bowling in partnerships and we didn't do that well enough, if someone was bowling well at one end there was a release at the other. We bowled quite a lot of bad balls and that's not something we usually do.
"This is not the standard we set of ourselves."
Shai Hope on his maiden Test century: "It was good to get the monkey off my back.
"I felt the pressure. As a professional you want to perform to your best.
"We are not coming here to let people run over us."
Kraigg Brathwaite on the Windies' batsmen bouncing back from their Edgbaston nightmare: "Looking in the mirror at ourselves, looking at that game, we knew we could do better. As a team we decided we won't give up and just work twice as hard.
"It was very important for us. We know what we can do, so it was important to show fight and believe in ourselves. That's what we did."
Day one report & odds
England flirted with collapse on day one of the second Test against the West Indies but centurion Ben Stokes and a record-equalling Joe Root took advantage of dismal catching to hand the hosts a foothold at Headingley.
The Windies' very worthiness as tourists was called into question after last week's day/night capitulation at Edgbaston but Kemar Roach and Shannon Gabriel bowled with pace, pride and purpose only for four dropped chances to undermine their bold attempt to reignite the Investec Series.
Stokes was put down on nine before making a devil-may-care 100, with Root's reprieve on eight allowed him to make 59, equalling AB de Villiers' world record of half-centuries in 12 consecutive Tests.
Kieran Powell and Kraigg Brathwaite were the guilty parties, both shelling regulation chances in the slips at an eye-watering cost of 142 runs out of England's total of 258, but Alastair Cook made no such mistake when James Anderson found the former's edge to leave the islanders 19 for one at stumps.
But despite their improvement, the Windies are still 20/1 outsiders with Sky Bet to win the match - the same price they were at the start of play. England are now 1/8 with the draw 8/1.
Stokes' boundary-laden ton - containing 68 runs in fours - proved the frenetic centrepiece of the innings while Root continued a relentlessly reliable scoring streak which dates back to Dhaka last October and he has been price-boosted to 11/4 from 9/4 to score most England runs in the second innings.
That only three of those have been converted into hundreds is a well-known point of concern to Root but England's real issue as they approach an Ashes winter is the glaring and repeated inability to fill positions at opener, three and five.
Mark Stoneman, Tom Westley and Dawid Malan all failed their latest auditions, contributing 30 between them against opponents who were considered impossibly easy pickings after their meltdown in Birmingham.
Day one reaction
Ben Stokes on an improved West Indies: "I thought their seam bowling unit bowled a lot better than Edgbaston and made it hard work for us. We said as a team in the changing rooms it's probably not one our best days with the bat but we never know if it's a good score until their innings has finished. It's how we respond in the morning."
On the shot that got him out: "It was a brain fart. I don't know what happened. I got away with that one but I'm not quite sure what I was thinking, trying to hit (Roach) back over his head."
On Joe Root's world record: "He is one hell of a player and has been for a long time now. The captaincy hasn't affected his run-scoring whatsoever, in fact it's probably made him into a better player if that was possible. There are guys around the world who are known as the best in world and we've got one of them, if not the best."
West Indies bowler Kemar Roach on a better display: "We had a very open discussion in our team meetings. "The guys were totally honest with themselves that we weren't good enough in the first Test. We have a point to prove. The batsmen have been working hard in the nets and no doubt I'm looking for some big things from them."
