Morning everyone, or afternoon, or whatever it is with you. And welcome to the big one. The rugby World Cup Final was just the hors d’oeuvre. Those blustery encounters in the Premier League were merely the pasta course. The main event is this, the second of five Twenty20 internationals between New Zealand and England. Hell, it may even be remembered by next weekend. It’s in Wellington. I’m in London. Let me know where you are, and whether your day is just beginning or coming to a rumbustious close.

England, fielding more understudies than stars, are 1-0 up, and they have now strung together six wins in T20 internationals, stretching back to Sri Lanka a year ago. But the New Zealanders have a winning streak of their own to maintain – five successive victories in T20s on this ground. So it’s hello again to our old friend Something Has To Give.

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