The Ashes may not yet have been reduced to speck-in-rear-view-mirror status, but England’s focus has already shifted towards white-ball endeavours, with squads for the late-summer’s series against New Zealand and Ireland set to be announced on Wednesday.
Those matches (seven one-day internationals and four T20s in all) form the final preparation for the autumn’s 50-over World Cup defence and offer the final chance for those seeking to force entry into a 15-man squad.
