• Woakes takes five for 54 as England win by 54 runs
When the usually understated Chris Woakes is impersonating Ian Botham’s finger-pointing jig from the 1992 World Cup during his wicket celebrations, and the captain, Eoin Morgan, is still agonising over his final squad with a day to go before the big reveal, you know things have gone reasonably well.
Indeed bar the Alex Hales affair last month, the world’s No 1 team could scarcely have wished for a better buildup towards this summer’s main event, one they now head into following a 4-0 series win over Pakistan wrapped up via a 54-run victory at Headingley. There are still 50-over warm-up matches against Australia and Afghanistan to be negotiated but in the final game that goes against their statistics before the World Cup, England were once again too good for their opponents.
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