The tourists are confident they have enough evidence to make their charges of misbehaviour stick

Senior players, Ian Bell, Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Board, will all continue in the Third Test

Yorkshire 253 & 400-5 dec Middlesex 232 & 201 (Yorkshire win by 220 runs)

Diary of a cricket obsessive

Yorkshire 253 & 400-5 Middlesex 232

Prior has been out of form and battling injury with Jos Buttler set to get a chance behind the stumps in the Test team

For now, there is a genuine belief in Cook’s continued tenure and his right to try to halt a serious run of poor performances.

But a team lacking form and direction prompt only more declarations of faith

Even for a nation whose history is littered with famous batting meltdowns, this is a particularly dismal run for England

England's woeful run of results have shone little signs of an upturn

Cook's position as skipper is under severe scrutiny after a string of poor performances with the bat has coincided with a nine-match winless streak

Fast-bowler reveals he had to swap rooms at London's Langham Hotel because the taps turned on automatically and a 'presence' was with him in the room

The intent was there, he was positive from ball one

Yorkshire 253 & 29-1 v Middlesex 232

second Test, day four: India 295 & 342 v England 319 & 105-4

Hosts find themselves back in the game after a late flurry

The Calvin report: Criticism of Alastair Cook has long gone beyond the pale but even he knows his time is running out