A year is a long time in professional sport and, so it seems, in the auction house, too. Twelve months ago, Englishmen were all the rage at the Indian Premier League sell-in, fresh from lifting the T20 World Cup in Australia and, just as importantly, hammering India by ten wickets in their semi-final along the way.
Youngsters Harry Brook and Sam Curran were then the chief beneficiaries, the former becoming the most expensive specialist batter ever sold at auction and the latter, at £1.77million, the most expensive player full-stop.
