“I don’t have much time for cold weather,” says Reece Topley, explaining his movements over the past few months. Topley was one of the few players to emerge from England’s World Cup with reputation enhanced, though his tournament ended prematurely when he broke a finger fielding in the group-stage defeat by South Africa. The prospect of returning to chilly England while the digit healed held little appeal so instead he headed to California, spending a month there before joining a new-look white-ball squad in the Caribbean.
“I had a house in Los Angeles for four weeks, and just ran, ate, drank coffee – you know, the normal rubbish I’d do in London,” the 29-year-old says. “I love being in California. I find it very pretty, it’s a perfect temperature at this time of year. I’ll be honest, I’m quite boring.
