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Matthew Cooper

Inside England's T20 World Cup celebrations including shaved head and late-night antics

England celebrated their historic T20 World Cup win well into the early hours of the morning, with captain Jos Buttler leading the celebrations after they became the first men's team to hold both World Cup trophies simultaneously having also won the 50-over tournament in 2019.

England could not go too overboard though, as ten members of their World Cup-winning squad are due to be back in action on Thursday for the start of an ODI series against Australia and had to fly from Melbourne to Adelaide the day after the final.

However, they were still able to enjoy the moment with former England captain Michael Atherton writing in the Times that they did not even leave their dressing room at the Melbourne Cricket Ground until 1.30am, with management scrapping the usual midnight curfew.

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