THE WALK DOWN TWO flights of stairs from the home dressing room at Lord’s takes you past portraits of great England cricketers. Depending on the curator’s shuffling, you might see Colin Cowdrey talking to Fred Trueman; Ian Botham puffing on a fat cigar; a rather Byronic Len Hutton; or the dastardly Douglas Jardine plotting Australia’s defeat. They are placed there to inspire the next generation to great deeds.
When Eoin Morgan led his men down to begin the World Cup final in 2019, it seemed a nice touch that the last (
