But. Three factors all came into play:
He could not have budgeted for former skipper, Alastair Cook, spilling two direct - although admittedly hard hit - catches at first slip!
As a Yorkshire player of many years - he knew full well that the heavy cloud cover would mean that the new ball and the old would swing prodigiously. The ball hardly misbehaved.
He had already seen that the wicket was deteriorating to a serious extent on Day Four - which meant that spinner Mo Ali was going to turn the ball at right angles on the final day. IN ASTONISHING fashion - and quite unbelievably - the pitch IMPROVED!
Do not blame Joe for a decision to declare endorsed by former England captains - just give praise to Shai Hope (pictured) and Brathwaite for steering the Windies to such an improbable victory.
What a test match this was!
