It is easy to imagine a jovial scene in the England dressing room as it fills out at Cardiff this week: Thin Lizzy blaring, welcoming back-slaps all round and, with the World Cup honing into view, the boys of 2019 back in town.
The reality will, no doubt, be far less ‘reuniony’. These players are hardly strangers, to one another or to fans, criss-crossing paths at all manner of teams, tournaments and tee-boxes, not to mention in the Test and T20 formats that have dominated England’s agenda in the four years since the 50-over outfit enjoyed its greatest day.
