The calculators were out within seconds of England’s victory over New Zealand, a result that leaves the two sides, along with Australia, level on points at the top of the T20 World Cup’s Group 1.
There is a possibility the trio remain inseparable by that metric when all is said and done on Saturday afternoon, with all three favourites in their final Super 12 fixtures, and so our old friend net-run-rate is firmly in play.
