England got a bit of grief in India this year when Ben Duckett suggested their aggressive style may have influenced Yashasvi Jaiswal’s hot streak. Harry Brook was wise enough not to go there again this week but there was still an element of game recognises game while taking in Adelaide’s day‑night Test from afar.
As they galloped to their three‑day win in Wellington – and a series victory against New Zealand with one Test to play – a number of England’s players spent their evenings watching Australia level the Border-Gavaskar series at 1-1. The Ashes are less than a year away and the two sides are inevitably tracking each other’s form (even if the pink-ball nature of Australia’s win in Adelaide makes their true line harder to gauge).
