Furthermore, the confirmation of crack closing phenomena upon discharge introduces an interesting feature that has been hypothesized previously, suggesting the involvement of intricate primary particle mechanisms that could be investigated in the future during additional experimentation, where the interface between two particles at a reformed boundary is assessed. We also present, for the first time, a particle-by-particle analysis of damage and the complicated and often non-typical trajectories that are likely to be seen from particles. In addition to the cracking in the initial cycle, we were able to track the progression of the same particles after a number of cycles and can see that the cumulative effect of volume expansion and contraction on the particles over many cycles contributes to damage in the particle structure, more than charging high voltages alone (evidenced by lack of increased damage observed on first cycle charging beyond 4.2 V). This report leads to the possible exploration into further ageing and/or particles that are highly damaged before cycling (due to extensive levels of calendaring), uncovering the intricate evolution of crack behaviour and the interplay of high damage in the overall cracking process. This examination of the connection between mechanical and electrochemical stimuli in crack formation presents interesting future prospects for the approaches developed here. Whilst the use of synchrotron X-rays significantly reduced the acquisition time for this data, this technique has the potential to be employed in lab based XCT microscopes and thus is a facile solution for crack analysis progressing into commercial environments.