The Light Roller – Shut up whiners, India had to overcome burden of ‘mighty’ tag to win Champions Trophy

England’s Champions Trophy, meanwhile, stunk out the room in a way that has barely been conceivable since they started playing white-ball cricket in 2015 (Is this right? – Ed). The promotion of Brendon McCullum to all-formats supremo looked to be on rocky ground after the team lost ten out of 11 games on tour in India and Pakistan… but hold on just a minute. England, remember, are on a mission from Baz to save Test cricket. And if that means tanking in the limited-overs stuff to the extent that it becomes unwatchable, then job done. Yep, that’s right, everybody, the Bazballers have done it again with their 4D chess. No need to thank them (although a namecheck wouldn’t go amiss). The future of Tests is safe in their hands.