Conditions at Headingley are traditionally as English as fish and chips, but it was India's bowlers who showed a greater awareness of what to put on the menu in this match. As our graph shows, they pitched virtually three-quarters of their deliveries on a good length in the first innings, happy to let an increasingly spiteful pitch do the work for them. It's not exactly rocket science, but it was an approach that eluded England. They, by contrast, found a good length only 51% of the time when India batted, and were short with a criminal 39% of their deliveries. This would be poor bowling at the best of times, but is even worse on a pitch like this. Ajit Agarkar and friends showed that, when the ball is jagging and swinging around, it is imperative to consistently make the batsmen play. That was the key difference between the sides.

Rob Smyth is on the staff of Wisden.com.

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