When England arrived back at their team hotel last night, after the reassuring dismantling of Bangladesh in Dharamshala, they were greeted with a cake for cutting in what is a familiar celebratory ritual among teams in the Indian Premier League.
Given he was frogmarched onto the scene by his captain, the day’s century-maker, Dawid Malan, did not seem overly keen, aware, probably, that the dessert would soon be being used to redecorate his face.
