Jos Buttler and Harry Brook in record T20 partnership as England thrash India

Fifth T20i: England, 257-3 beat India, 201-8, by 56 runs Buttler hits 131, Brook 95 as England seal 4-0 series win Cast your minds back to February 2022: the Partygate scandal is in full swing as news breaks of the surprise birthday party held for Boris Johnson two years earlier and four of the prime minister’s top advisers resign; Russia launches a “special military operation” in Ukraine; Adele sweeps artist, song and album of the year awards at the Brits; and India beat West Indies to go to the top of the ICC’s T20 rankings.

Finally, 1,601 days and two World Cup wins later, and after a humbling series of defeats across Ireland and England came to an often calamitous crescendo, they have been usurped.

Instead, England end a couple of phenomenal weeks on top of the world. Continue reading...