John Stern looks ahead to the 2019 World Cup and assesses the current state of England and Australia’s one-day fortunes

FOURTH ODI

Winners are grinners: England celebrate winning the ODI series
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The next 50-over World Cup is 16 months away, but for England it cannot come soon enough. Their dismantling of Australia, which was completed in stunning fashion by Tom Curran in Perth last Sunday, promotes them to third in the world ODI rankings and leaves the world champions languishing in fifth.
Far from dampening expectations, England coach Trevor Bayliss was more t...