I’m going to sign off now. Thanks for your company and emails, today and throughout the tournament. We’ve had them from all round the world: Israel, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Iceland, France, Antarctica, New York – and a south London coffee shop.
I’ll leave you with Simon Burnton’s report from the MCG. Commiserations to Pakistan, congratulations to England – goodbye!
“Who knew,” says Gary Naylor, “that a shake of hands between an obscure rugby league administrator and a largely unknown Kiwi player in a dingy committee room would be such a momentous occasion for English cricket?”
