Ben Stokes' brilliance took a familiar spot in centre stage as England levelled their series against the West Indies with a 113-run victory late on the final day of the second Test.
Scorecard - England won by 113 runs
England first innings: 469-9 dec (Stokes 176, Sibley 120; Chase 5-172)
West Indies first innings: 287 (K Brathwaite 75, Brooks 68, Chase 51; Woakes 3-42, Broad 3-66)
England second innings: 129-3 dec (Stokes 78*; Roach 2-37)
West Indies second innings: 198 (Brooks 62, Blackwood 55; Broad 3-42, Stokes 2-30, Woakes 2-34, Bess 2-59)
Stokes produced his second sensational knock of the match, backing up his first-innings 176 with an adrenaline-fuelled 78 not out that cemented a dominant lead of 311, and picked up two important wickets as England finished their opponents off for 198.
Stuart Broad, who conjured a superb three-wicket blast with the new ball, had suggested his side could "take a risk" with their morning declaration but Stokes ensured no such gamble would be necessary.
Having been bumped up to open on Sunday evening for the first time in his professional career, he pounded 62 from 39 balls to claim the lion's share of an 11-over onslaught that added 92 runs to the lead.
That left 85 overs to bowl the tourists out and they did it in just over 70, Broad leading from the front while Chris Woakes, Stokes, Sam Curran and Dom Bess all played their part in a strong team effort.
Bess finished things off just as the rain-affected game entered its final hour but England may yet reflect on Stokes' dismissal of Jermaine Blackwood with the final ball of a wearying afternoon session as the turning point.
He was injured late on, pulling up mid-over but refusing to leave the field, and his availability for Friday's series decider could yet provide further intrigue.
Stokes steps on it
Stokes had been fighting fit in a one-sided first hour, ruthlessly de-fanging a high-class seam attack. Resuming alongside Joe Root on 37 for two, 219 ahead, he hit top gear almost immediately, smashing three sweetly-timed sixes over long-off and adding four fours - all despite a permanent blanket of eight boundary fielders.
The Windies made one costly drop, John Campbell allowing the ball to spill from his hands after Stokes carved Shannon Gabriel to deep extra-cover on 29, and Stokes made them pay in full.
He connected with brute force but precise placement and whenever either was a fraction off, he ran insatiably to make up for it. Root was largely content to give him the strike and was eventually run out for 22 in the attempt.
Broad-ly successful morning
Root allowed the innings to run an over or two longer than he might have, but questions over his timing diminished when his new-ball bowlers ripped through the top three inside nine overs.
As he had done on the fourth evening Broad found the fresh Dukes to his liking, immediately slotting into a familiar groove. His fifth ball invited Campbell to drive but shaved the outside edge on its way through.
A decidedly muted appeal was waved away but Root's reluctant review confirmed a miserable day for Campbell.
The dogged Kraigg Brathwaite represented a more important scalp and it was Woakes who claimed it, beating the batsman off the surface and pinning him clean in front for 12.
That left England well in front but Broad was not finished yet, zoning back in on the perfect line and length and making a mess of Shai Hope's stumps. A lunch score of 25 for three completed an emphatic two hours' work.
Roston Chase has proved a thorn in England's side over the past fortnight but he exited meekly after the restart, raising his bat aloft as Broad jagged one into his front pad on his way to figures of three for 42.
Blackwood resists
A rout looked possible at 37 for four but Blackwood (55) and Shamarh Brooks (62) had their own plans. Together they deterred England for more than 28 overs and added exactly 100 to the total. Blackwood was the hero of day five in the first Test, scoring 95 in a chase of 200, and threw the bat with real freedom.
Brooks had a life on 17 when a sliver of bat went undetected and he began to look dangerous with a pair of sixes off the struggling Bess. The pursuit was going decidedly cold when Stokes warmed it up again, settling into a long spell of bouncers for the second time this week.
He was deep into his shift when Blackwood finally blinked in the final over before tea, flailing a catch to Jos Buttler, who scrambled well to gather.
Woakes re-entered the tale in time to make Shane Dowrich his 100th Test victim in 34 matches, completing a pair for the wicketkeeper, and when Sam Curran won the fourth lbw of the day against Brooks it seemed decisive.
Stokes had one more moment left in him before pain intervened, Alzarri Joseph chopping to point, and Bess rallied to spare England a nervy finish.
He bowled Jason Holder with his best ball of the day and closed out the match at 6.15pm, courtesy of an outstanding short-leg grab by Ollie Pope.
Reaction
England captain Joe Root says Ben Stokes' team-mates are "in the presence of greatness" after watching the latest masterstroke from cricket's very own "Mr Incredible".
Stokes produced another classic performance to add to his bulging man-of-the-match portfolio, helping his side to a series-levelling win on day five of the second Test against the West Indies.
Having already set up the game with a brilliantly-paced 176 in the first innings, Stokes reeled through his repertoire as England wrapped up a 113-run win at Emirates Old Trafford.
Opening the batting for the first time on the final morning he hammered a fierce 78 not out, ignoring a spread field to club three sixes and four boundaries, buying valuable time lost after Saturday's washout.
Inevitably he was not finished there. With ball in hand he pounded out almost 15 overs of short-pitched bowling and contributed figures of two for 30, breaking the biggest stand of the day with the last ball before tea, before finally giving way to exhaustion.
He now has 343 runs at an average of 114.33 and nine wickets at 16.33 in the series, a towering return that does not flatter him.
"Everyone understands that we are watching a player at the peak of his powers, at the peak of world cricket, who is delivering time and time again," said an awed Root.
"He just seems to get better and better. I feel lucky, I don't know what else to say. We have to savour that, appreciate that and we have to understand that we are - without wanting to pump his tyres too much - in the presence of greatness.
"He's a genuine all-rounder player, something you don't see much in world cricket. You get guys who have certain strengths and favour batting or bowling, but he's someone you can genuinely turn to any time and he'll change you a game."
Root had earlier hailed Chris Woakes as the squad's 'Mr Dependable' for his under-the-radar performance, which saw him finish with five wickets in the match to reach 100 Test wickets in just 34 caps.
Asked if he had a similar title in mind for Stokes, Root barely hesitated before answering: "He's Mr Incredible! He probably looks a bit the like the cartoon character too," he said, referencing Pixar's square-jawed superhero.
"He's a similar shape, but probably a bit skinnier than him now. Mr Incredible suits him, I reckon. He's just getting better and better. The sky is the limit for him."
Superheroes do not tend to pick up niggles, of course, and Stokes was quick to brush off the discomfort which forced him to abandon his final over after four balls.
England's chances of winning the series 2-1 at the same venue would plummet should he be injured, but he explained: "It was just my body starting to get really stiff. I'm fine.
"I'll give everything to the team, whatever is asked of me."
Stokes continues to do just that - be it the World Cup final, a lost Ashes cause at Headingley or another day-five finale in Cape Town at the turn of the year. He carries a huge burden of expectation now but seems happier than ever with the load.
"It's a case of doing what's needed at the time," he said with typical understatement. "I'll always try to do whatever is needed.
"I've been round a long time now and I have that understanding, of the role models we are. We want to pave the way for England cricketers in 20 years' time. It's not all about the present, it's about taking the cap forward.
"Hopefully that motto - taking the cap forward - is still there in 20 years. We've a duty to win games but also to youngsters who want to aspire to be like us."