In a summer like no other there were many moments to savour. James Wallace sifts through some positives to come out of the enforced strangeness

Double ton: Zak Crawley

No Crowded House
There was some concern at the start of the summer that the lack of bums on seats in the stadiums might dampen the intensity on the field but this did not prove to be the case at all.
Sure, some of the more magical moments lacked the emotional accompaniment of a guttural roar from a 30,000-strong crowd; Jimmy Anderson’s 600, Stuart Broad’s 500-wicket landmarks and careerdefining centuries for Jo...