A debutant at the start of England’s ODI revolution and still there at its miserable end - though famously not for its crowning moment in between - David Willey last week became the first player to formally declare this World Cup implosion his curtain call.
Timing aside, news of the seamer’s international exit did not come as a surprise, the decision taken after he had been the only member of the 15-man squad left off a central contract list almost twice as large. This weekend, though, after a fifth successive defeat, this time to Australia, put Jos Buttler’s side at last out of their misery, his vice-captain, Moeen Ali recognised an appetite for broader overhaul.
