At one stage here, warm-ups having been abandoned as drizzle turned to windy downpour, only Jofra Archer remained, tearing across the increasingly sodden outfield in a series of shuttle runs.
That, you thought, would be all England need: their premier and most fragile bowler slipping and sliding his way to a twisted ankle or jarred knee while going through the gears ahead of a washed-out game he was not even slated to play. Thankfully, either Archer or one of England’s medical staff saw sense and called the exercise off.
