At lunchtime on Thursday, England were in need of a significant net run-rate swing across three remaining Group B matches to have any sniff of keeping their T20 World Cup hopes alive.
In the end, they got it in one — and nothing close to a full one at that. Needing a swift victory over Oman, the reigning champions delivered a performance of such hurried ruthlessness that whoever is usually tasked with clipping Sky Sports’ full coverage into a highlights package might easily have taken the night off.
