It was always forecast that England's T20 World Cup defence would not start in earnest until this week, although at times over the past fortnight it looked like it might never start at all.
By the skin of their teeth, Jos Buttler's men are still alive, having just about beaten the weather to beat Namibia on Saturday night, then watched Marcus Stoinis drag Australia away from their flirtation with the defeat to Scotland that would have sent the outsiders into the Super Eight in England's stead.
