That’s all from us tonight, as Harry Brook completes his first white ball series with back-to-back sweeps in the ODIs and T20s against the West Indies.
Factor in the Test win against Zimbabwe and the women completing their own sweeps against this opposition and England’s two senior sides are yet to taste defeat in 13 matches.
England’s men are back on Friday, 20 June with the first of five Tests against India.
In the mean time, from tomorrow we’ve got coverage of the World Test Championship between Australia and South Africa at Lord’s, with highlights clips and text and radio commentary.
Here’s some reading to get you in the mood, and we’ll see you tomorrow – remember it starts at the earlier than usual time of 10:30 BST.
Goodnight.
‘We haven’t conquered the world but it’s a good start’published at 22:34 British Summer Time 10 June
22:34 BST 10 June
England head coach Brendon McCullum: “It’s been a really good two weeks. Any time you go through a period of transition and change, you have aspirations and hopes on what you can achieve. Sometimes, they happen quick and sometimes it takes a long time. But in the last couple of weeks, we have seen a clear blueprint of how Harry Brook wants this cricket team to run. That’s a real positive.
“It’s also a real positive for Brook and the team to have Jos [Buttler] in the ranks and contributing the way he has, it’s been just outstanding and not just on the pitch but also in the dressing room and around the group. It reminds me a lot of Joe Root when it came to Ben Stokes’ Test captaincy. It’s a good mark of someone’s character.
“I have let [Brook] find his way [of captaincy]. He doesn’t like to make things complicated. He likes to keep it simple. His calmness and ability to keep it simple rubs on other guys. He has captained a lot of sides growing up. He’s got great friendships.
“We haven’t conquered the world but we have made a nice start over the last couple of weeks. It’s good positive signs.”










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