As Ben Stokes filibustered his way through his first press conference since the end of the Lord’s Test against New Zealand – and what innocent times they feel like now – it was clear that only one outcome in Nottingham this week will prevent full-scale meltdown. Victory, and any kind will do.
For the ECB, and the wider English game, the alternative does not bear thinking about.
It’s 14 years since England last lost a home series of more than two Tests, and that too came amid an off-field crisis, with Kevin Pietersen’s text messages contributing to the chaos that led to defeat by
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