
Whisper it quietly, but after a winter’s worth of mess, a Cricket World Cup win could be on the horizon for England.
In T20 cricket, England are good, elevating hope for the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. Their opening partnership of Phil Salt and Jos Buttler is quantifiably the best in the world; their middle-order, headlined by Harry Brook, who is in hot water over what was initially just a “terrible mistake” after an altercation with a nightclub bouncer. Brook was then forced to clarify his initial comments after failing to divulge that teammates Jacob Bethell and Josh Tongue were also involved, leading him to describe the ordeal as “a challenging period” in his career.